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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Why, why, why would I lie to you, Why would I lie why would I lie. -From Ugly -Submitted by thehappycyclops ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): March 11- 8 p.m., Kutztown Univ., Kutztown, PA, $22 March 19- 8 p.m., Lupo's, Providence, RI (O,T) (Tickets from Lupo's are $17.50 in advance, $20 at the door) March 20- Renselaer Polytechnical Institute, Troy, NY (O,P) March 27- Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OH (O,P) April 9- 7 p.m., Univ. of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH (P,T) (W/George Clinton) (on sale online @Ticketmaster Feb 24) **April 21- 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI (T)** (online onsale @ Ticketmaster Feb 26) April 23- Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA (P) May 1- Harvard, Cambridge, MA (O) ______________________________________________________________________ ABSINTHE DATES (W/ GUY HOFFMAN): **Feb 23- 8 p.m., Met Cafe, Providence, RI (P,T)** **Feb 24- 9 p.m., Lansdowne Street Music Hall, Boston, MA (P,T)** ($8, 21+, need ID) **Feb 26- Trax, Charlottesville, VA (P)** **Feb 27- Jewish Mother, Virginia Beach, VA (P)** **Feb 28- Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC (P)** **Mar 1- Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA (P)** **Mar 2- Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA (P)** **Mar 3- Nick, Birmingham, AL (P)** **Apr 20- Northern Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (P)** ______________________________________________________________________ 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. *********************************************************************** 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://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Theater/6571/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: RE: Kutztown RE: Ohio Northern Harvard...Cover Band Absinthe Absinthe RE: Songs, Songs, Songs RE: Gordon Solo Album My Homepage and a Pregnant Brian Used to Be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Kutztown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any songs I've missed? There's one they do on New Year's Eve, with a line in it something like "I'll Have A Happy New Year Without You" or like that. And when I saw them on Valentine's day in 1992, they did a macabre tongue-in- cheek Valentine's day song (which Gordon intro'd by saying "I just wrote this today.") with a verse like "You wouldn't be my valentine/ Now I will end this life of mine." >but what other covers have they done? They did a cover of "My Way" at the Drexel show in Philly this past May. It was shortly after Sinatra had died -- might have been the same week. >Anyone know any other songs that were around several >years or so before being found on an album? They were playing "Color Me Once" and "Breakin' Up" long before they appeared on the Crow Soundtrack and "New Times" respectively. bec idanced ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Gordon Solo Album ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is what Gordon told me about Hitting The Ground after the Milwaukee show last Halloween... They decided not to release the movie into theaters, but I heard that they will release it on video in the next few months. I'm not exactly sure when. Now the soundtrack, which I happen to think is the best part of the movie, is going to be released. At least that's what they tell me. I've already been paid for it, so I imagine they'll release it. I've been told it will be out early next year, on Mercury Records. So *my* guess is this album is the soundtrack... rob=) coons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Homepage and a Pregnant Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey everyone, I've moved my website. I was running out of space at AOL so I've moved the whole operation to Geocities. I'm in the process of redesigning the whole page with out frames so the site that you will see there isn't going to be there much longer. I also got a new scanner so I will be adding more pictures soon. Including my autographed copy of Rock!!!!! The address is http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Theater/6571/index.html (long and annoying isn't it.) In sort of but not really non related Femmes news, Absinthe played in Pittsburgh last night. I've been sick so I didn't go but I know someone who did. Wow this sucks there's nothing to talk about. I can't think of anything. Well, I can think of things but they are all totally ridiculous. (I thought about starting a conversation on whether or not Brian looks pregnant in the new promo on the first page of the Official homepage. Or maybe something about how Gordon doesn't look like a twelve year old with facial hair anymore. I actually like the way he looks now more then before. Minus the pastey complexion and the big bags under his eyes of course.) I swear when they come off of this touring break there better be something about Freak Magnet coming on out VERY soon. This getting rather boring. I have the attention span of a two year old and my promo isn't interesting to me anymore. (Sorry to all those who don't have a copy and no you can't have it.) I wish they could put out an album every year rather than every 3 or 4. Like Jethro Tull, they've been together since 1968 (well Ian Anderson has been in Jethro Tull since 1968 the rest of them just come and go.) and they've put out 30 albums and another one coming out this year. Plus Ian has a new solo effort coming out. (For any other tull officionatos there is an official tull homepage now at http://www.j-tull.com totally run by the band.) Of course I think they've been on the same label longer then most people on this list have been alive. Uggghhhhhh, it's so fustrating. The Femmes is the only band I'm really into. And blows that out of 15 years together (most of the time) there is only 8 official releases to date. I know some people are going to say "It's better to have 8 good albums then 20 crappy ones." Bullshit. Just because you are doing more albums in a time span doesn't make them crappy. They recorded Rock!!!!! in a week and that turned out pretty good.Blahh.... I thinks it's time for a Violent Femmes box set. We can call it "Your Label Sucks! Celebrating 15 years of getting fucked like a two dollar whore by the music industry and it's critics." Gordon can right the liner notes and go off about the whole subject. All right that's it i'm done bitching. Kathryn Kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Used to Be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I saw something on the Internet about an album released in '92 titled Used to Be. Anyone know what this is? Daniel dkubiak -Pat. Says: I have Used to Be. It only has 4 songs: Used to Be, Dance, Motherfucker, Dance, Promise, and To the Kill (the last 2 are live) It was put out by Liberation Records. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~