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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: 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 NEW ADDRESS: http://vf.scopemag.com 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: The Chicago Show Blurb in Milwaukee Journal Auction News...Other Countries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Chicago Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just a little info on the Chicago show. I didn't go because the tix were $100.It was Dennis Rodmans New Year's Eve Party. For 100 you got to see the Femmes and have drinks. for like 120 bux, you go to go "back stsge" where dennis was. thats all i Know. -l8r Pat. Says: You can find out what the Chicago Tribune had to say about this concert by going to: http://www.chicago.tribune.com/tribune.htm Scroll to the near bottom of the page, type Violent Femmes, and hit the search button. When the next page comes up, click on the highlighted Chicago Tribune News. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blurb in Milwaukee Journal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ okay, i know this isn't very important, but in case anybody cares, the femmes are mentioned in today's (1-12) Milwaukee Journal on page 5 in the article about the attractions of Super Bowl weekend in San Diego, and their appearance at Super Bowl Fest. james /----------------------------------------- * IF YOU'RE UP TO IT... go * * http://www.cris.com/~schrader/crappy/ * * * * * * * * -----------------------------------------/ -Pat. Says: Anyone wanting to read this article should go to: http://www.jsonline.com/packer/rev/san11198.stm While you're at it, you can read a little about what the Journal said about the Chicago show by going to: http://www.jsonline.com/archive/dec97/news/features/0104.flan.stm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Auction News...Other Countries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The current bid on Mike's collection is US$150. I've had a couple of new subscribers from far off places, and so for the hell of it, I decided to see how many of us are not from the US. I did this last in August, but there have been some changes. This information is not exact, as I went mostly by the two letter endings (i.e. .uk, .se), and a few by other means, such as the Here I Am list. So if you're interested, here 'tis: Australia 31 Canada 10 UK 8 Germany 5 Portugal 5 Norway 4 Sweden 4 Belgium 2 South Africa 2 New Zealand 2 Denmark 1 France 1 Greece 1 Iceland 1 Jordan 1 Netherlands 1 Russia 1 Singapore 1 Slovenia 1 Switzerland 1 Yugoslavia 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~