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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: I don't believe in no car I don't believe in General Motors I don't believe in Ronald Reagan Or the League of Women Voters... -From Faith -Submitted by Jeffrey_Wilson *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): Jan 28- The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (O,P) Jan 29- Pechanga Entertainment Center, Temecula, CA (P) Jan 30- Winterfest, San Diego, CA (O) 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! San Francisco, CA ----------------- rcbarbato (Ryan) Stepheno (Stephen) Temecula, CA ------------ welborn (James) *********************************************************************** 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: The Seattle Show RE: United Airlines RE: Merchandise..Eep Opp... RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah Don't Take it (Was: Oh, Reggie) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Seattle Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi! Well, I just got in from the second Seattle show and it was great! It's my sixth Violent Femmes concert and they just amaze me! I waited around after the show and got to talk to Brian a little bit. He's such a sweet person! Guy came out after Brian and I've read on this mailing list that he's shy but i can't believe it! He had obviously had a few drinks but he made my friend give him a big hug and then he wouldn't let her go! He explained that he liked her because she has three sylables in her name. Funny, huh?!? Anyway, he finally let go of my friend and they left. We waited around for about another half hour for Gordon only to find out that he had snuck out through some back alley and was long gone. I was disappointed but i got to meet Gordon at the last show that i went to and I missed Guy entirely at that show. So, i guess it was a trade off. I was dissapointed that no-one played the fiddle at this show. Usually Gordon or his sister picks it up for at least one song. Have they not been playing it at all this tour or was it just an off night? Anyway, i love tha femmes more and more everytime I see them and now I want to be a rock star just so I can tour with the Femmes! Jami n9741055 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: United Airlines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ United Airlines wouldn't reimburse me for smashing my acoustic bass to pieces. Anyone have one they want to trade for a $100 flight voucher? therapy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Merchandise..Eep Opp... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24 hour fax 818/981-7941 e-mail : celbmrch I didn't have any problem getting my stuff from Celebrity Merchandise so I don't know what to tell you about it. Here is the contact info from their webpage. Maybe if you get a hold of them you can find out what happened to your shipment. 24 hour internet orders http://www.celebritymerch.com Mailing address : Celebrity Merchandise 15030 Ventura Blvd. #710, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 e-mail : celbmrch I hope the Official Homepage is back up soon, since Pollstar is proving to be unreliable with their date info. I need a Femmes fix I hope they come back to the east coast soon!! "Eep Oop Ork Ahh Ahh, Eep Oop Ork Ahh Ahh get in this capsule baby we are BLASTING OFF!!!" I honestly think that Gordon was just saying that to be a goof. If you read the other quotes from inside the booklet most of them are kind of goofy. Plus if I recall correctly I did see the Femmes play this song live at UPJ in '96 and I'm pretty sure they weren't doin' the Milli Vanilli. (Have you ever seen drunk frat boys sing this song. IT's pretty damn funny. Almost as funny as watching my father play video games.) Plus there is always one way to absolutely positively be sure if they Femmes actually play a song. Listen to the bass line it's either Brian or it's not. His technique is so unique that I doubt anyone could easily copy it. Later, Kathryn kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the jovial, one-eyed person writes: >"The Violent Femmes did not, in fact, perform on "Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah." >It >was all played by studio musicians in Los Angeles under the direction >of >Ralph Sall with Mr. Sall as producer doing the lead vocals. This is >common practice in the music industry and meets my approval..." > - Gordon Gano > Now this upset me tremendously! I know that many books are >ghostwritten. So where does that put the Violent Femmes? They are >musicians. What, they couldn't do the songs? Too difficult? Unfortunately, I haven't yet heard this song (though I REALLY want to), but I know that I read someplace that Gordan was being facetious when he said this. Just kidding around. I'm sure that if it was anyone but the Femmes, it would become quite obvious to anyone who knows their sound. Especially the "common practice in the music industry" bit. No one ever accused Gordan of not having a sense of humor. - Jeff Jeffrey_Wilson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Hey! When are they comming to the East Coast!! I need dates, sucka'!! this is slightly amusing for some weird reason... I can't remember what the liner notes say on the eep opp thingy but it sounded like they were just being their joking selves...i think they played it and in the video gordon does the right jazzish type 7th chords and brian is the only stick/fuzz player i know.... maybe i should read the actual post..nahh too lazy ... adios Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to the song. It's the Femmes. All ya gotta do is try to imagine someone else playing that song. It doesn't work. -ROB rkalmbac ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gimme a break, people! That entire quote is an obvious joke. john DidacticCP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't Take it (Was: Oh, Reggie) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Brian ritchie said in one reply that you can legally walk out of a >store with a promo CD without paying for it since it is illegal to >sell them... food for thought, i suppose, but i'm not sure i would try >it.... I wouldn't. It's still the property of the store. They can't legally sell you any of their advertising posters, lightbulbs or cash registers, but just try and take one. I think Brian's trying to get people in trouble. When I use to work for a bookstore, only the manager could stop shop lifters and only if he saw them doing the act. All anybody else could do was say " Would you like a bookmark with that? ". Most music stores actually have plain clothes security walking about. Our store catches 2-4 people a week. Erik"36" Foisy thehappycyclops -Pat. Says: The point Brian is trying to make is that true promos always have the notice that says something like:PROMO, NOT FOR RESALE. These promos are not supposed to be sold, so if you see one in the used bin, you should be able to just take it, since the record store should not even be trying to sell it in the first place. I suppose that in a perfect world, that record store would get fined or something for even trying to sell it. It's a totally different situation with displayed advertising posters,etc. They're (presumably) not trying to sell them, and so you can't just rip them off the wall. But why should the record store profit from something they got for nothing? Another related thought: If you bought what you thought was a promo copy of Freak Magnet, and the "Promo, not for resale" notice is not stamped on the front of it, I think you can assume you have a burned copy of the promo. If you see one of those in a record store, well shouldn't you have even more right to take it? After all, they're then trying to sell an illegally bootlegged copy of a CD which was never even supposed to be sold in the first place! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~