08-09-96 -

THE ROCK!!!!! VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST
currently run by James Schrader

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FROM JAMES: sorry About taking so long AGAIN. It won’t happen again. By the way, if anybody has the tabs or chords for “4 SEASONS” on NEW TIMES please send them to me. They aren’t on the femmes web page.
thanks.–James
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The Quote Of The Day:
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“Just last night I was reminded of just how bad it had gotten and just how
sick I had become…”
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from “Prove My Love” on VIOLENT FEMMES. Contributed by
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In Today’s Digest:
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Re: Victor Solo
Finding Rock! outside of AUS
More about the Femmes and Dahmer
Femmes Covers & other stuff
Re: Rock!!!!! for 7-28-96
Big Gordon news
VF on top 500
Mailing List
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From:
Subject: Re: Victor Solo

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>From: Meg Zamula
>Subject: Victor solo
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>– [ From: New User * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] —
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>I was reading the Washington Post this morning and it featured a review of
>”Pancake Day”, the new solo album by Victor De Lorenzo. It is, apparently,
>his second. Has anyone heard it? Has anyone heard the first one?
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>Also, did anyone catch Gordon on that singer/songwriter tour?
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>Meg

I have heard two songs off of “Pancake Day” . They are both amazing. The first one, “Noise” I heard on the MADE IN WISCONSIN VOLUME ONE compiltation, and the second, (I’m not sure of the title, it think it’s called “Blind”) i heard on the radio. Both are amazing and I plan to buy the CD as soon as possible.

Also, If anybody saw Citizen King at summerfust early July, Victor’s son (who I think is about 13) and a couple friends played a few songs before CK went on.

By the way, Victor played his own show at Summerfest, which i really wanted to go to, but unfortunatelty i missed it.

John, AKA Noidless

From: Wary
Subject: Finding Rock! outside of AUS

Just got Rock! last week. IMHO, it’s one of their best. I, too had not
heard of it till subscribing here. I often go to a small record store
downtown, and though it was not there, the owner ordered it for me.
Ended up costing less than $20, not bad. There were a few places on the
web which sell it, can’t remember where offhand, but the prices ranged
from $20-28. So, find yourself a friendly music store owner or surf
around, you’ll find it.

From: Azure!
Subject: More about the Femmes and Dahmer

Hi all 🙂

In the programme for Alternative Nation (1995 Australia) the article on
the Femmes gave some more information on “Dahmer is Dead”. I think the
interview was with Gordon (tho it was a long time ago so im not sure) and
he said that the reason they had a song about this dark character was
because he was the only thing more famous then the Femmes to come out of
Milwaukee. He spoke about celebrity status given to mass or serial
killers, and that it was troubling, and in typical femmes irony the fact
that their song had helped Dahmer’s noterity…which is true because
countless people who *didnt* know who Dahmer was before the Femmes sang
about him now have asked, and now know.

If anyone has the article, I’d love a photocopy cause I lost mine in the
terrible rain us poor Melbournians suffered that day to see our beloved
femmes 🙂

Azure

From: TRUMAN EMILY
Subject: Femmes Covers & other stuff

hi
about the refreshments playing ‘kiss off’ i heard this a couple of months
ago when i went to see them in concert. 🙂 i was impressed with it..they
did a great job 🙂

even though i have a month left of summer before i go back to
school..this was the best summer i’ve ever had. reason #1..i traveled to
milwaukee from colorado to see the femmes at summerfest 🙂 and what a
great concert that was..and reason #2 a few nights ago (july 27th) i saw
the cure in concert..here in denver..and they played ‘Faith’ dont know
how many of you are also cure fans..(them and femmes are my favorite
groups) but the cure playing Faith was very very special..quite fantastic
🙂 it was a wonderful 3hours of cure 🙂

hi josh!! see ya in like 9 or 10 days!!!

From: “John Popadak II”
Subject: Re: Rock!!!!! for 7-28-96

Hello Femme Fans!!! I am just writing to see if anyone has any
information regarding the Femmes latest album “Rock.” I have not
been able to find it anywhere. I need it in order to have all of the
Femmes albums.

Also, I am not sure if this is correct but doesn’t the line go:
“We got the mother and the kids, we got the guy and his date
We all get mad, we all get late”
Is that the correct lyrics. Someone used the quote and put “we all
get laid” Which one is correct?

JohnPOP.

“36-24-36 I want lots of pretty chicks!!!”

From:
Subject: Big Gordon news

I don’t know much details about this, but this is what one of my friends
told me he read in Rolling Stone.
Apparently the Talking Heads are getting back together minus the lead
singer (David Byrne) and are going to be called Heads. Anyway, they are
going to have a few different singers on the album to do three or four songs
a piece, and considering what mailing list we’re on, I don’t have to tell you
who one of these singers is. Keep your eye open for more details, because if
it does happen, it will be very big news in the music industry.
Gordon was probably chosen as one of the illustrious few because of his
relationship to Jerry Harrison.
Gotta go, ta ta
HpyChicken, Matt

From: “Barbick”
Subject: VF on top 500

I’m from northwest Indiana, so I get all of the big Chicago radio
stations. Recently, Q101, an alternative rock station, had a “Top 500
alternative songs of all time” count down. Violent Femmes was on the
countdown at #2 with “Blister in the Sun” I was so excited. It was
good to hear that Violent Femmes have made such an influence on music. I think
that I am a younger fan. I’m in high school, and not a lot of people
around seem to know too much about Violent Femmes. I just thought
that it would be interesting to know that they were #2 of 500 (and
there were a LOT of good songs)

Dave Barbick

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***—This letter was sent to me, but the end of it is a question that he wanted answered so I posted it—JAMES***

From:
Subject: Mailing List

Hi. I got my first and only copy of the Femmes mailing list on 7-28-96. I
haven’t received it since. Maybe I’m just a moron and did something
wrong, but I don’t know why I haven’t received ROCK since the 28th of
July. I’m hoping this will clear up everything. Oh yeah, I have a
question also. I live out on Long Island and the Femmes never play and
where around here The closest placed they played was Philadelphia. I was
wonder why they don’t play the City of Long Island. And I remember
reading that they played Lalopaloza (I don’t know if that’s spelt
right). If so, were they always on the line up or was that a last minute
thing? Well I guess that’s more than one question. Thanks for your time.

KungFu-Larry [Dan Deacon]