02-18-98

AMERICAN MUSIC: THE VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST currently run by Pat. Wary ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **) Feb. 27-First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (T,O,P) THIS IS A 21 AND OVER SHOW ONLY Feb. 28-8 p.m. Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, Duluth, MN (O,P,T) Mar. 1-Wayne State College, Wayne, NE (O) Mar. 3-Marzz, Raleigh, NC (O) TENTATIVE Mar. 4-Bohagers, Baltimore, MD, $20 (O,P) Mar. 5-Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA (O) TENTATIVE Mar. 6-Nightclub 9:30, Washington, DC, $20 (O,P) Mar. 27 or 28-N. Michigan U., Marquette, MI (O) TENTATIVE 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: Did you do too many drugs? I did too many drugs. Did you do too many drugs too baby -From American Music -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! Baltimore, MD ------------- Washington, DC -------------- ************************************************************************ ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO 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 or try: http://206.103.163.50 Guitar: http://www.bucknell.edu/~wtorres/violent_femmes http://www.olga.net 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: American Holiday New Acquisitions Machine..Tour South Africa Official Sheet Music? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Holiday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boy, you can sure tell last weekend was a holiday here in the US. Over the weekend I got three posts: one letter and two quotes. I decided that was not enough to put out an issue on Monday. Today isn't much better, but if I don't send SOMETHING you'll all forget about me. So here is a very very short issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Acquisitions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just thought I'd let you all know some things that arrived in the mail yesterday. First, I got the promo single CD American Music, for which I placed a high bid at Ebay. The only problem with it is that the cover is missing, so if any kind soul out there has this single, and can scan a CD-sized picture of it, I'd appreciate it. Secondly, I bought the following from RoundFlat Records (http://www.roundflat.com or http://www.rockfetish.com/roundflat): Brian Ritchie CD Single: Sun Ra-Man From Outer Space (also has Parade and Christian for One Day) Brian Ritchie CD Single: Nuclear War (also has Alphabet) Brian Ritchie 12" 45: Nuclear War (also has Alphabet) Brian Ritchie 12" 45: Nuclear War and Atomkrieg Brian Ritchie Full length vinyl: The Blend Brian Ritchie Full length vinyl: Sonic Temple and the Court of Babylon So in one fell swoop I think I got MOST of BR's solo stuff. I'll get the rest when I can. James, since you're running the Unofficial Homepage now, you might want to add the Roundflat Records URL to the list of places to get VF stuff. They have a huge selection of music, and their prices can't be beat. The only complaint I have is that they say to expect a 2-6 week delivery. It took the entire 6 weeks, even though they told me three weeks ago, on a Friday, that they would be sending it out the following Monday. Just beware of the wait, and try to be patient. I didn't get much of a chance to listen to these yet; I am in great need of a new needle on my turntable, and I'd hate to use the old one on a new album. Once I get the needle, I'll play them just once, to tape them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Machine..Tour South Africa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Pat and all you femme fans :) I am sitting at work listening to "I got a machine". I was given "New Times" for Valintines day. (Well the guy earned his kiss for such a great album }:->) I think that this is a very appropriate song for me 'cos I work for an ISP in South Africa, and some times I really feel that the internet and all its machines will take over the world ...... Will it make any difference? Some times I think so and some times I think not. My question is: Have The Femmes thought about doing a tour of South Africa? With the fall of apartheid it is easy for bands to come through. And boy do they have a following in this country. More than one of my friends got to grips with our old educational systems (with their controls, rules and regulations), listening to these guys and thinking what they are actually saying. Bye all Aileen aka: -Pat. Says: A reading of the email section of the Official Homepage revealed the VF should be touring the world following the imminent release of their new album. Just don't ask me when that will be, because I really can't say. I can't think of a single reason why they wouldn't play South Africa. All they need is the invite. So get your friends together and find a venue that can be convinced of the profit of booking them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Official Sheet Music? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know there is tab music on the unofficial and on OLGA, but does anyone know if "official" sheet music or tab collections are available for purchase? Or does anyone have there own personal collection? -Mike - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~