01-07-98

AMERICAN MUSIC: THE VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST currently run by Pat. Wary ************************************************************************** TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **) Jan. 22-Stanford University, Stanford, CA (O) Jan. 23-Miller Stage, San Diego, CA (P,O) Jan. 24-The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA (T,P,O) Jan. 26-The Joint, Las Vegas, NV (O) Jan. 28-The Canyons Arena, Park City, UT (O) Jan. 29-Union Block, Boise, ID (O) Jan. 31-Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA (O)** Feb. 1-Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA (T,P,O) Feb. 2-LaLuna, Portland, OR (T,P,O) Feb. 4-The Vogue, Vancouver, BC, CA (O) Feb. 5-SAME AS ABOVE, OPTIONAL DATE (O) Feb. 7-Egan Civic & Convention Center,Anchorage,Alaska (O,P) Feb. 8-same as above, is the abbrev for Alaska AK? (O,P) Mar. 1-Wayne State College, Wayne, NE (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. ************************************************************************* The Quote Of The Day: I'm goin' down Niagra Falls In a barrel of fun Aint I a lucky one You don't return my calls -from Telephone Book -Submitted by PLEASE send your VF quotes to ************************************************************************* WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Stanford, CA ------------ (looking for someone to go with) San Diego, CA ------------- Las Vegas, NV ------------- Seattle, WA ------------ ************************************************************************* ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ANY AND ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ************************************************************************* WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~mmerry2/femmes.html Guitar: http://home.ptd.net/~jiffypop/violent_femmes/ TAB DIGEST: The tab digest is give and take; remember to share what you have. Une banane dans l'oreille: Send in your top five faves each week to: . They will periodically be compiled and posted. HERE I AM: write to me, , to add your name to this list. Once it's up and running, you can then write in to find out who lives near you, or who lives in a town you'll be visiting. ************************************************************************* In Today's Issue: Auction Announcement Buy ROCK and Mercy Seat ByeBye Unofficial Page Boot Page Gordon's Voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Auction Announcement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Femmes Music Collection Auction --------------------------------------- Hi, I'm Mike Merryman, the owner of the Unofficial Violent Femmes hompage. I am auctioning my entire Violent Femmes collection to the highest bidder. Email me your bids at. The auction closes Jan. 31, 1998. I'll pay for shipping inside the US. The whole lot is being auctioned. I will not auction indivual items. The auction includes the following: Records: (all are excellent or good condition) -------- -Children of the Revolution (7" vinyl) -Gone Daddy Gone (12" EP vinyl Rough Trade) -Violent Femmes (12" LP) -Hallowed Ground (12" LP) -It's Gonna Rain (12" EP import vinyl) -The Blind Leading the Naked (12" LP) -3 (12" LP) -Children of the Revolution (12" EP import vinyl London) -3 on 3 (12" promo vinyl) -Nuclear War-Brian Ritchie (12" EP) BONUS: I will include newspaper articles, these bootlegs, and videos FREE!: Concert Recordings (copied) ------------------ 1. Milwaukee, WI, ?/?/81, 33min, B 2. Milwaukee, WI, ?/?/81, 25min, B 3. 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN, 1/7/83, 75min, B+ 4. Lyceum, London, 10/24/84, 80min, B 5. Femmes in Europe, 200 min of concerts in Europe in the mid-80s, A 6. Chicago, 1985, 60min, B 7. Royal Albert Hall, London, 9/27/91, 80min, C- 8. Femmes open for Grateful Dead, Buckeye, OH, ?/?/91, 45min, B 9. ?/?/91, 20min, B 10. Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, 9/4/93, 80min, C+ 11. KROQ Semi-Acoustic Xmas, Los Angeles, CA, 12/?/93, 15min, B 12. Madison, WI 93' radio show, 30min, A 13. Open Air Theater, San Diego, CA, 6/12/94, 40min, B 14. Kitsap Country Fairgrounds(Endfest '94), Bremerton, WA, 8/6/94, 60min, B 15. Moore Theater, Seattle, WA, 2/16/95, 90min, B- Interviews, etc. (copied) ---------------- 1. "Aces and Jacks," Levis 501 Jeans Commercial 2. "Holly Jolly Christmas," at 4th annual KROQ Acoustic Christmas, 12/93, Universal Amphitheatre, CA 3. MTV interview with Gano 4. MTV interview with Gano, Ritchie, and Hoffman ?/94 5. Conan O'Brien interview with Gano, Ritchie, and Hoffman, 10/5/94 6. Brisbane MMM Radio, Australia phone interview with Gano, 3/95 7. Brisbane MMM Radio, Australia interview with Gano, Ritchie and Hoffman, 3/95 Videos: (copied) ------- 1. "No, Lets Start Over", Lyceum, London, Live, 1984, 52 mins. 2. "Nightmares" from Beavis and Butthead, MTV. 3. "American Music" on MTV. 4. "American Music" and "Blister in the Sun" performance on Dennis Miller. 5. "I Held Her in My Arms" on MTV. 6. "Blister in the Sun," "Kiss Off," and "Add it Up" performance on MTV 7. "Breakin' Up" on MTV. 8. "Breakin' Up" from Beavis and Butthead, MTV. 9. "Machine" & interview, MTV. 10. "Color Me Once" performance on MTV. 11. "Epp Opp Ork Ah Ah (Means I Love You)" from "Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits". Solo Albums, Misc. (copied) ------------------ 1. Peter Corey Sent Me, Victor DeLorenzo 2. The Mercy Seat, Gordan Gano 3. The Mercy Seat, (live recording), The I-Beam, San Fransico, CA, 9/3/84, 55 min, B 4 "Sackcloth n' Ashes," Sixteen Horsepower (special guest Gordan Gano) If you want to find out more about these items visit the Unofficial Violent Femmes Hompages (can be found by most search engines) -Pat. Says: Folks, I understand that this auction is being advertised on this list only, so one lucky subscriber will, at the end of this month, have the whole shebang. Although I already have on vinyl the first 4 VF releases, 3 on 3, Mercy Seat, and will soon have Nuclear War, I have few singles, videos and boots, and so I have made an opening bid of US$20. The progress of this auction will be posted regularly in American Music this month. PLEASE remember to send your bids to not here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buy ROCK and Mercy Seat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is my first time writing. I just thought I would tell everyone that I have discovered a website that sells CDs for $9.99 plus $1 for shipping and they have copies of Rock!!! and The Mercy Seat. Just thought you all would like to know. Carrie Hinkley Pat. Says-I forgot to respond to this in time, but Carrie, could you send in the URL for this site? Oh, and I don't think they ever released the Mercy Seat on CD, so this might be vinyl. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boot Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi fellow fans! I have lots of tapes for trade, with A photo gallery that includes all original pictures, autographs, & more! Take A look when ya have A chance at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/6918 I'd love to trade for videos, or audios, & have one Femmes audio that I taped myself. I also have A few shows on the way! Thanks, Eric -Pat. Says: this info will be run in the Buy/Sell/Trade every Monday as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ByeBye Unofficial Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am sad to annouce that the homepage is going away because they are going to take my university account away (I am no longer a student). I would encourage anybody on the Internet who is interested, to download the homepage, maybe using a shareware tool like WebSnake. l would like for all the information to remain available. Thanks. -Mike -Pat. Says: If anyone is interested in taking over the information in Mike's homepage, let me know, and I'll post the new URL in the webpage section. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gordon's Voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Did Gordon get voice for Christmas this year? I thought this year he might get lucky! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~