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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: Nothing to eat and nothing to drink, Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think, Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think. -From Country Death Song -Submitted by thehappycyclops ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): Jan 21- 7:45 pm, Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA (P,O) $47.75, $38.75, $31.75 Jan 22- 8:00 pm,The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (T,P) Jan 23- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (O) Jan 24- Doubletree Ballroom, Boise, ID (P) Jan 25- 8:00 pm, Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA (T,P,O) Jan 26- 8:00 pm, Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA (T,P,O) Jan 28- The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (O,P) Jan 30- Winterfest, San Diego, CA (O) Jan 31- Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA (mypen15) ALSO: ----- Brian will be performing with Dr. Eugene Chadbourne on the following: **Feb 5,6,7- Knitting Factory Old Office, New York, NY (O)** NOTA BENE: 'O' stands for the Official homepage 'P' stands for Pollstar 'T' stands for Ticketmaster 'I' stands for Insider Info All other references are subscribers To book a show, contact Monterey Peninsula Artists. Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Las Vegas, NV ------------- welborn (James) Seattle, WA, 1-25 ----------------- LilBoek (Steve) Seattle, WA, 1-26 ----------------- LilBoek (Steve) San Francisco, CA ----------------- rcbarbato (Ryan) ************************************************************************ ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.lasvegasweekly.com/ http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/6918 http://members.aol.com/kittricken/index.html VF Message Board: http://red.cscwc.pima.edu/~cstaley/femmes/board.html Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/violent_femmes/ MP3's http://members.tripod.com/~GasolineFumes/music.html Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com ************************************************************************ In Today's Issue: Tour Dates We Don't Have any Real Friends Boathouse Boots? New Year's Happy New Year! Just some thoughts of the DEC.30th issue..... RE: Guy the Artist He Saw ME in the Crowd Aids Benefit Show? New Album? Solo Efforts ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tour Dates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey Pat, I saw an ad for a new femmes show... January 31 at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA. Same place they played last January... oh and I was in Vegas for about a week or so and the show at the Hard Rock is being advertised, so I think it's right. I don't know about the Utah thing... Nick mypen15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We Don't Have any Real Friends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I was SUPPOSED to go see the Femmes for the fist time, But that just didn't happen. My cheapskate "friends" decided last minute to back out on me, And I didn't want to go alone. Bastards. So I'm still waiting. I missed Flamingo Baby. They all stood on one leg. (get 'em up! get up!) I'm so pissed that I missed that! The openning band was The Interpreters. They're local to Philly, and as was said, everyone in the world hates them. Not just cause you're supposed to hate the opening band so the real one looks better than they really are either. I mean half the people at the Electric Factory paid their $20 just so they could go boo them. Then they left when the Femmes came on. These guys are the Charlie Browns of music. -DRewery -thenewkid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boathouse Boots? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you by any chance know if anyone on the list recorded the recent Boathouse show? I'd be happy to make it well worth their while for A copy! I use to work stagehand, & lights at the Boathouse, & recorded the Femmes there in '89. Aren't their shows just amazing!? It was also A real pleasure meeting them. They are so polite, & down to earth! Anyways, thanks for any help you can provide :) Take Care, Eric ettog ************************************* Trade live & rare concert recordings! Or, view the photo gallery with all original images. Including autographs, concert photos, set-lists, & more! At Boothaus~ http://www.bigfoot.com/~boothaus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Year's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, by now, it's pretty much a blur, but I'll give it my best shot. First off, I missed the Pietasters set, because the hotel sucked and didn't bring the car when they should have, and so we were late in getting there. There wasn't a huge crowd, but they all seemed to be enjoying themselves. The people behind the crush in the first few rows were dancing and having a grand old time. The VF set was only an hour to an hour and a half long. They opened with Out the Window and played pretty much the usual songs, with the exception of three songs off of Freak Magnet, and one song which Gordon said they only play on New Year's, the title of which seemed to be I'll Have a Happy New Year. I don't make boots, so sorry Eric and whoever else may be constantly on the prowl for unique songs. I am glad to hear Color Me Once played more often lately. It's becoming one of my favorites. Oh, and am I the only one who likes the way they've been doing Waiting for the Bus much much better than the album version? I have a set list if anyone wants it, but SOME of you don't like to see them here, so I will refrain. If you want it, email me, and I'll send it to you. The Squirrel Nut Zippers also did a nice solid set. They're really a tight band, and it wouldn't hurt anybody to check them out. Expand the horizons a bit. They are NOT swing, but are more akin to Dixieland/New Orleans/10's and 20's jazz. So it was a good night, not as good as it would have been if the VF had headlined,but you can't have everything. We enjoyed ourselves immensely; perhaps a wee bit too much, but that's another story. amusic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy New Year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy New Year everyone! Special wishes to all of you I met - virtually - or in living color this year! Looking forward to 1999 with all of you! I live by the saying, "If God had meant for us to see the sunrise he'd have scheduled it later in the day." To that I must now add - & Good Morning America :o)! If it hadn't been for the "snooze" button & a remote control I'd never have made it. Between dozing off and my husband muttering "Why snore...TV...cough... on?" I caught myself thinking... hmmm... Sabrina the Teenage Witch vs. Good Morning America expert ... ahhhh it's sooo easy... when will you boys ever stop giving us opportunities to prove anything boys can do girls can do better!?!! :o) Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just some thoughts of the DEC.30th issue..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pat...First of all, Thank you soo much for another great year! Yep, I will always remember seeing you outside 9:30 club the March of 98. We can only hope they play 9:30 again...due to Bayou closing, 9:30 Club should be getting more artists to play. Anyway, the last issue of 98 was very interesting. I liked the emotions in a couple of the letters about how the public treats others. I also liked the person talking about listening to the Femmes since grade school or 83. I can identify with listening to them from the first album too, but I was in highschool. It really doesn't matter. We all love them, and the new ones just starting to listen to the band, only put the gas in the bus to get the Femmes to our concert sites!!!!! My hubby is 41, and loves to tell me he's been listening to Blondie and Joan Jett and many other bands longer than I have been born:) So, therefore, we should all just gather our rockin' chairs and baby strollers, and keep rockin' to our favorite band for years to come. What it all boils down to is one simple thing.......We all make the "ONE IN THE CROWD" Happy NEW YeAR 1999! Kerri :)~ kerrinross ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Guy the Artist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << Does Guy do any of the art on the shirts? just wondering because i think he did the machine single cover and i like that a lot....i even made a pretty clay sculpture of it >> I have a shirt Guy designed...it is a weird one with eyes and stuff. He signed it in the corner...you guys know which one i'm talking about right? gosh i have not posted in a while...hello everyone! -kara ChewVitC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He Saw ME in the Crowd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wait a minute, "I saw you in the crowd was written about me." I was with a big guy at a concert(hence the whale), he motioned Gordon to look at me, not 2 feet in front of me he stood and we made eye contact. And continued the eye contact through out the concert. Any way, after that concert was the concert for "New Times", so it all fits. And I'm not no hussie looking cheezie groopie kind of girl. (Not that I'm saying anyone is) Any way I am convinced it was for me. ;) Chzbooger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aids Benefit Show? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am always arguing with one of my friends because he hates the Violent Femmes. He swears that there was an aids benefit show a few years back and that all the bands played for free except the femmes, they demanded like $5,000.00 (or some number like that) and the show didn't even make what the femmes demanded so the people that put on the show had to pay out of their pockets and it was a benefit show. apparently it was a small one in the DC area, and my friend says he heard this from a guy in a band that played the show. If anyone knows if this is true in any way (cos i may have messed up the appent story), please let me know cos he swears it and i have never heard anything so really don't believe it. -Chrissy PitaGrrrl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Album? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings, fellow femmenites, I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything about the new album. i managed to get my hands on a promo from interscope records, but the band has parted ways with that company (yeah! collector's item!!) and i'm wondering when and by what company the album will be distributed. Thanks for any info you can give. Scott Flyingdutchguy -Pat. Says: We're ALL still up in the air over this one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Solo Efforts ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry this took me so long but here, finally, is my attempt at a comprehensive listing of solo/combined/misc recordings from our boys that are not Violent Femmes releases. This list is by no means complete (I came across many other references to recordings that I was unable to verify) so please everyone feel free to add any info you have. Kathryn has been kind enough to volunteer to post this permanently on her webpage so I would like for it to be as complete as possible so everyone will have access to it! Thanks! Gordon Solo - ------------ The Mercy Seat Shrimp Whistles (a children's recording) one song "Nature Boy" w/Melvin Rhyne Carmaig De Forest - Death Groove Love Party "In Their Own Words" (compilation) - Songwriter's Song -Pat. Says: Add to this: The Heads-No Talking, Just Heads (Gordon contributed to Only the Lonely) The Rugrats Movie Soundtrack one song Brian Solo - ------------ Brian Ritchie - The Blend also: Nuclear War 12" Nuclear War/Alphabet 12" Alphabet/Feast of Fools 7" Brian Ritchie - Sonic Temple and the Court of Babylon also: Sun-Ra Man From Outer Space 3" CD w/ Phil Ochs tune "Parade" Brian Ritchie - I Hear a Noise (re-titled) I See a Noise Badger A-Go-Go (compilation) one song "Blood on the Saddle" w/The Ghostly Trio Plasticland - 2 songs - "Colour Appreciation" and "Mushroom Hill" Sigmund Snopek III - -------------------- Wisconsinsane (Brian & Vic backup Sig on the whole album) Turnaround (Brian on 5 songs) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Brian on one track) Dr. Eugene Chadbourne - ----------------------- Pachuco Cadaver "The" Insect and Western Party John Kruth - Greasy Kid's Stuff (Brian on 3 tracks) Elliot Murphy - --------------- Party Girls & Broken Poets (Brian on 2 tracks - credited w/ slide guitar?!) Selling the Gold Jack Grassel - Thunderstones (Brian plays Didge on one track) Tetes Noires - Clay Foot Gods (produced by BR & VD) Brian plays guitar on 1 track John Frankovic - The Last Noel Kirk Kelley - Go Man Go (BR produced and sings on 1 track) The Holy Ranger - Free Hand (produced by VD) Brian on 1 track Guy Solo - ---------- Oil Tasters - 7"single What's In Your Mouth/Get Out of the Bathroom 7" EP That's When the Brick Goes Through the Window/ Earn While You Learn/Smoke LP "Oil Taster's" FIGGY FIGGY - Ice Musicfest BODEANS - Love&Hope&Sex&Dreams ABSINTHE - A Good Day to Die GG/BR only - ------------ John Kruth - Midnight Snack Glenn Gano - Unfinished Yo Yo Mundi - La Diserzione degli Animali del Circo Phonogram (BR produced 5 songs and plays bass on 1 / GG sings on 1 track) Violent Femmes GG/BR/VD ----------------------- Dr. Eugene Chadbourne --------------------- Corpses of Foreign Wars Barber Shop Jesse Helms Busted for Pornography Tony Trischka - World Turning - "Down in the Ciderhouse" Moe Tucker - I Spent a Week There the Other Night Violent Femmes GG/BR/GH ----------------------- Step Right Up - Tom Waits Tribute Album Elliot Murphy - Selling the Gold -"Queen of the Serpentine" Pierre Henry - Interiur/Exteriur -ddearry -Pat. Says: Thanks, Deana, for all that hard work; and thanks, Kathryn, for making it permanently available on your webpage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~