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NEW TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **)
**July 11- Brewery District Pavilion, Columbus, OH (O)**
August 23- Newport Folk Fest, Pittsburg, PA (O,T)
Tickets soon available via Ticketmaster. see note below
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The Quote Of The Day:
Happiness is a word for amateurs
-From Happiness is
-Submitted by
Rob has sent a bunch of quotes from Freak Magnet, and they will appear
over the next few issues.
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In Today’s Issue:
Drexel
Newport Folk Fest at Pittsburgh
Bass Lines Wanted
RE: Freak Magnet
Interscope Ramblings
Ark Records Clash Tribute??
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Drexel
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Hope to see some of you there. Look for a black dress, with brocade
bodice (with flowers of metallic gold and silver thread). OH, and if you
see me, I’ll be with my husband. Wish him a happy birthday, because his
was yesterday.
We’ll also be sporting the best cigars to be found in Bloomsburg, PA.
Don’t expect us before the band playing before the VF; we’re going out
to dinner.
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Newport Folk Fest at Pittsburgh
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okay here’s the deal. it is at star lake amphitheatre located out side
of pittsburgh pa. I don’t know if it will be the same line up
everywhere. you can get tickets at http://www.starlakeamp.com
or by phone at (412)323-1919. or ticket master.
here is the list of bands playing at the newport folk fest.
john hiatt
nanci griffith
joan baez
loudon wainwright III
THE VIOLENT FEMMES
lucinda williams
rodney crowell
bela flek & the flecktones
marc cohn
billy brag with wilco
and more!
that is the list that the venue has posted. tickets go on sale on the
twenty-nineth through ticket master.
matt
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Bass Lines Wanted
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Does anyone have the full bass line for Blister in the sun and American
music and add it up. If anyone does just e-mail at
Thank you
-NoFx531
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RE: Freak Magnet
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I agree with you guys that the music on Freak Magnet is good but doesn’t
anyone think that the order could be better? See I don’t think the album
flows very well from song to song. And I definitely don’t think Bad is
the right song to open with. I dunno – what do you guys think?
-wisconsinsane
-Pat. Says: Interesting topic. I expect all of you who have a copy of
Freak Magnet, or who have heard it, to keep sending in your
thoughts, on this topic or any other. Those who have not
yet heard the album might want to hear about it. IMHO, I
have heard Bad live, and it starts so jarringly…BOOM
you’re right into it. I guess it’d make you jump a bit
when you put the CD on and you haven’t adjusted the
volume. But you know what? I like that. Lone Justice did
that on their self-titled album. The first song was East
of Eden, and Maria McKee just belts out “Should I go North”
so hard that even though I’ve owned the album since 1985, I
STILL just about jump out of my skin. It’s a delicious
feeling. Nice touch.
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Interscope Ramblings
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I finally have gotten around to writing interscope to voice my
displeasure over their poor business practices. Among other things I
renamed their ‘promotion’ dept. the ‘no-motion’ dept. It’s never too
late to write them, and if you already have, well then hell, do it
again. Just go to
http://www.interscoperecords.com
and click on email. I’m sure they love getting email. Get your friends
and family to write too.
Mike had quite an idea at the Milwaukee show. It was funny to read
about such an impromptu act of support for the band, but maybe the rest
of you, upon finding yourselves so moved by the band’s performance, and
compelled to vocalize your innermost feelings, should instead yell out
such words of encouragement from the audience, and at a time when the
band is not playing or speaking, so that the rest of the audience
clearly understands just who it is that you think should be fucked.
I would imagine that jumping onstage might freak the band out a bit,
n’est-ce pas?
-patwary
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Ark Records Clash Tribute??
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Hey, remember a few months ago when we were talking about this album?
The VF were supposed to have recorded a song from it. Then we heard
nothing further. At the time, I wrote to Ark Records for info, and the
response was that the album was put on hold for legal reasons.
A later request for info went unanswered. SO, has anybody heard anything
at all about this? Just curious, plus I’m trying to get some
conversation going here, as you may have noticed.
One other thing. For a time there was a person who subscribed because
he was getting together a “best of” album over in England, and wanted
feedback from us on what we thought should be on the album. Any word
on anything like that coming out in the UK?
-patwary
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