02-05-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: how long can the days go on when my love is so strong and i know i cannot tell a lie i wanna see him go bye bye bye bye bye bye bye...." -From Please Do Not Go -Submitted by *********************************************************************** 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: Faith A Dream A Dream Something Said A Concert Experience On the Radio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was just wondering why the person who wrote the Filmore review put the quantifier "(Unnecesary) beside the song Faith. This happens to be one of my favorite Femmes songs. I am not sure exactly what the person meant by stating "unnecesary" next to Faith, so if I have got it all wrong let me know. I get so pumped when they play Faith at concerts, in fact I request it frequently, but I have only heard it once at the 9:30 club show last year. Also I have performed it for the Sunday School class I teach. My Fourth and Fifth graders love it too. Yes I play Violent Femmes music at church, and I think God likes it too. Well those are my feelings on Faith, so just remember, even if you think a song at a concert is lame, someone else in the crowd might think it is the best. Travis waqz84a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Dream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i had an interesting femmes dream a month or so ago. i had seen a show in october in madison (an acoustic show, awesome!) and had a dream that i was back there after the concert. everyone had cleared out except for a few people and gordon came out and gave me the pick he had used during the show. i was kind of excited and we started talking for a bit. then brian richie came over and started slamming the grateful dead. this stemmed from an incident last year in stevens point when i actually did meet the band. someone complained that their show was too short, and that the grateful dead used to play some 6 hour shows. he (brian) replied with something along the lines of you could have 6 hours of crappy music or 2 hours of good music. he did not seem to be in a good mood. there was more to my dream, but it has been awhile, so i don't remember many more of the particulars. adam mccarthy ajmccart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Dream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have never had a dream about the Femmes that I can remember, but I did get a call from a friend of mine from out of town the other day where he described to me HIS Violent Femmes dream. Dreams are pretty vague and difficult to remember and there wasn't much to his and it isn't from the horses mouth so its description won't be very long. He was wandering Montreal's used record stores looking for VF records and he kept finding some really cool stuff for really cheap. It just kept jumping out at him. He kept buying the stuff. He even found a milk crate full of VF stuff for 15$ at the end of his buying spree. The odd thing is he doesn't really like the Femmes. He was buying all this stuff for me and was going to give them to me for my birthday!!! Then he woke up all confused. He felt like he had stolen my dream. I agreed with him. I wish I had had that dream. He sounded really excited over the phone! Erik"36" Foisy thehappycyclops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Something Said ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've said something stupid to the band before. After a show, I met the band and they were real cool to my friend and I. We were having our pictures taken w/ the band, and I was standing next to Gordan (i'm about 6'1") and I said "would you like me to squat down?" (it wasn't supposed to come out like that.) Gordon replied, "No, and I don't want you to kiss me either." I felt like a complete jack ass, but they (the band) knew what I meant and all was good. That's the end of my cool story. hudsonm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Concert Experience ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gee, i haven't written in a while, but the chance to tell my story again was just too good to pass up. okie.. they're playing bits, right, and i'm so happy, because it's my first vf show. and this guy shoves my boyfriend from behind (as always happens at shows, right?) well, my boy (scott) sort of does that lean back, 'hey be nice' lean, and the guy behind us goes nuts. he punches scott in the kidneys and scott turns around and yells at him to stop. this guy's friend (they were like the thirty-year-old-sleaze-with-skanky- woman type guys, and the skanky woman looked like barbie, only even more plastic), takes a swing at scott and misses, and instead hits the skank. so the skank starts to cry, my other friend steve comes over to see what the commotion is, the skank tells the bouncer that scott punched her, and the bouncer(6', 300lbs) is trying to kick scott (6'5", 140lbs) out and i'm (5'9" 120lbs) trying to hold the bouncer off of scott and scott off the jerk that actually hit the skank. steve, meanwhile notices something gleaming in one of the guy's hands, thinks it a knife, runs, grabs scott and i and we disappear into the crowd, JUST AS BITS ENDS!!!!! i missed the whole song. i was so annoyed. rrgh. that's my story. not too exicting, but entertaining enough. -kat katchick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Radio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ when the femmes were in seattle last monday and tuesday (25th & 26th) they apparently recorded an "end session" for seattle's "alternative" station the end.. an "end session" is when this radio station gets rather popular bands that are on tour in seattle to come into a small studio and play some songs for a few lucky fans, or so i am told... well, i heard of this and heard that it was going to be played on sunday, and it was... so, i grabbed a blank tape, threw it in ye olde cassette player and hit record at about 8:38 last night -- and i'm really glad i did because they played really good stuff... here's the run down of it all.... country death song american music blister in the sun kiss off what you really mean (gordan talked for a bit before this song and apparently it was written by his sister cynthia (she accompanied him on vocals) and at the end he added that it was a premeire) american primitive ("in the premeire mode" said gordan... it was just gordon singing without any instruments) fat and then it was all over... it was really cool because it was so stripped down and country sounding --at times i almost thought johnny cash was joining them anyway, i got it all on tape, so if anybody is interested, just gimme a holler... matt thewordisbeef ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~