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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: GEORGE BUSH SNORTS COKE!!!! -From VFY2K (only available on the Official Homepage, Thank God) *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): **Feb 23- Lupo's, Providence, RI (P) RON DUMONT!!CHECK THIS OUT!!** **Feb 24- Avalon, Boston, MA (P)** **Feb 25- 7 p.m., Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY (P,T)** Onsale online noon, Fri. Jan 7, 2000 Mar 14- Elysee Montmartre, Paris, FRA (P) Mar 15- Ancienne Bengique, Brussels, BEL Mar 20- Babylon, Munich, GER (P) Mar 21- Longhorn, Stuttgart, GER (P) Mar 22- Hugenottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg, GER (P) Mar 23- Hirsch, Nuremburg, GER (P) Mar 24- Kesselhaus, Berlin, GER (P) Mar 26- Live Music Hall, Cologne, GER (P) Mar 27- PC 69, Bielefeld, GER (P) 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 Hornblow USA at: hbgusa Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/bluenote/936/ http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://www.geocities.com/kittricken/ http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Message Board: http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb870757&TL= Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/femmes/ http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Falls Fest News RE: Theramin Fan Pic on Official Page Brian's Century Picks Re: Louise Attaque A funny Femmes Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Falls Fest News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Found out on the New Times Club that the Falls Fest performance was shortened; seems someone from the crowd threw a bottle or something at Gordon, causing the band to leave the stage for about 15 mins. What is it with that? Why the increase of things thrown at Gordon lately? BTW, the simulcast apparently fizzled out, but hold on to that URL, because they may release pictures and audio and/or video within the next month or two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Theramin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is in response to Ian Keiser's question about the theremin that Brian plays on Viva Wisconsin. You can hear the theremin at the end of Kiss Off. Also, my brother and I were the only two people to see all six of the shows for the Viva Wisconsin album. On the back of the cover of the Viva Wisconsin album, the itinerary lists are wrong. They both list the days as Sunday when they were both Friday shows. I thought this is weird that they would have the wrong day...who did the proof reading? Jon Beam beam.jona ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fan Pic on Official Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey Pat! My picture's up on the website! It was taken backstage at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI, directly after I played with them backstage. It was taken either by Alvin Lipsett or Michael Spoor. Sorry for not remembering, but I PLAYED WITH THE FEMMES, FOR PETE'S SAKE! Anyway, hope everyone is enjoying the holidays the same way i am...by dancing around the apartment to viva wisconsin! Ron Dumont - "Glum" Nevertell6 http://www.camelliarocks.com/ http://www.gotpoetry.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian's Century Picks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran a story on Dec. 30 where they had various Milwaukee celebs pick their top 10 albums of the century... imagine my surprise when one of the interviewees turned out to be our very own Brian Richie (since the JS seems to hate the Femmes so much I never would've guessed they'd be included...). Anyway, here is Brian's top ten, for those interested: 1. "Cesar Franck," Cesar Franck 2. "King of the Delta Blues," Robert Johnson 3. "Luke The Drifter," Hank Williams Sr. 4. "Das Andes," Pierre Henry 5. "Live in Greenwich Village," Albert Ayler 6. "The Madcap Laughs," Syd Barrett 7. "The Heliocentric Worlds," Sun Ra 8. "Pink Moon," Nick Drake 9. "Marquee Moon," Television 10. "Irish Heartbeat," Van Morrison and the Chieftains and no, in case you're wondering, none of the 11 people interviewed picked a Femmes album as being among their top 10... Happy New Year everyone!! rob=) rob_coons -Pat. Says: HMMM. Nothing by a Davies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Louise Attaque ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sammyd >I think Louise Attaque came out with a new CD, but my French isn't >good enough to be sure. Louise Attaque's second album will be released on January the 18th. (in Europe at least). My French is nice and my English is (slowly) improving... http://www.louiseattaque.com/ (in French) There are some live MP3 (http://www.louiseattaque.com/index/mp3_3.html) and also a picture of Gordon with Gaetan from Louise Attaque. On the site, they say +/-: Gordon Gano and Warren Bruleigh are inseparable and they supervised the recording of the new album in London. Dr Gano, assisted by Mr Warren et Robbie Adams did the mixing. And as Frank (frank.dhooghe) anounced, VF came to Brussels, Belgium(!) where the first album of Louise Attaque was recorded. That's very nice, this time I did not need to go to Paris or Dublin. Best wishes to all, Alexandre adobly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A funny Femmes Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My friend just got me this cool CD called "Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits," and it has 19 cartoon theme songs or songs featured in a cartoon episode sung by famous bands. One of the songs is 'Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You)' from 'The Jetsons,' and it's sung by the Violent Femmes, which was a very cool surprise since the Femmes are my favorite band. It's a really funny song, and I just thought I'd mention it b/c I wasn't sure if any of you knew about it. Or maybe you all know about it, and I'm just pretty ignorant. Well, that's it. I hope you all had a Happy New Year. -Michaela Xfilesfanm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~