01-09-98

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 (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 can't even remember if we were lovers or if I just wanted to -From I Held Her in My Arms 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 ------------- San Juan Capistrano, 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/ AUCTION UPDATE: http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~mmerry2/bids.txt 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 Update RE: Auction Announcement RE: Homepage..Auction..Voice Chicago Info Needed..RE: Voice RE: Buy ROCK and Mercy Seat RE: Webcast Slow..Influence? This and That by Pat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Auction Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pat, here is the status on the bids on the Violent Femmes Auction. $100 has been bid. Please bid higher, in $10 increments. See http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~mmerry2/bids.txt for a status on bids. -Mike -Pat. Says: As of this morning, the high bid is now $130. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Auction Announcement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mike don't be a fool...keep your goods!!!! kyle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Homepage..Auction..Voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm not sure where the unofficial page will go, but it's sad that it is not going to to Mike's new account. What factors influence selling an entire VF collection? In reference to the <> thing. I hope no one flames this person and pollutes this list with lots of responses. (I realize that I am responding to it, but I'm doing it for your OWN DAMN GOOD!! ;> ) Jesse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chicago Info Needed..RE: Voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey everyone, i was just wondering if anyone out there went to that new year's eve thing in chicago? i don't recall anyone mentioning it, and am curious to know what went on exactley...how long did they play?? etc..... thanks jmi oh, and what's up with kj's comment..you're in the wrong place to make comments like that! -Pat. Says: I'd be interested in hearing about that show, too. If noone went to that, would someone write in about past New Year's shows? What I really want to know is: are they different in any way from their regular concerts? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Buy ROCK and Mercy Seat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ what is the website's address? thank you for letting us know! whitney ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Webcast ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy New Year .........AGAIN! Well it's still 1998 and they've got my photos up on the Parade page. You may now proceed without disappointment......... http://www.wavepress.com/roseparade/ Talk to you soon! -Cheryl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slow..Influence? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hmmm the slowness might be pointed to the direction of college break .....hmmm i don't know what to say but i feel i must type something.... do you know if the limelightes had any influence on the femmes? gunslinger is a radical song catch ya on the flip kyle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This and That by Pat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Folks, I'd just like to remind you about a couple of things in the webpage section of this letter. 1:I have added the auction update URL for your easy access. 2:Anyone interested in tabs should look into the tab digest. 3:Une Banane dans l'oreille is a neat diversion. Send in your top 5 choices, and see if your choices rank in the weekly top 5. Here's what I sent this week: <> Of course, you don't need to write in French. I just like the practice. 4:I've received 28 responses for the Here I Am list, and they represent the following places:AL, AZ, CA, FL, MD, MA, NE, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, and ONT, Can. I know where some of you live, but unless you respond specifically to Here I Am, I will not include your name, in case you have no interest in meeting other subscribers. Also, other than the one Ottowan (is that right?), there have been no non-US submissions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~