02-25-98

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. DECC, Duluth, MN (O,P,T) Mar. 1- Wayne State College, Wayne, NE (O) Mar. 3- 8 p.m. The Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA, $8, $16 (P) Mar. 4- Bohagers, Baltimore, MD, $20 (O,P) Mar. 5- 9 p.m. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA (O,P) Mar. 6- Nightclub 9:30, Washington, DC, $20 (O,P) Mar. 27 or 28- N. Michigan U., Marquette, MI (O) TENTATIVE Apr. 4- Mt. Union College, Alliance, OH (P) **Apr. 6- 9 p.m. World Mardi Gras, Indianapolis, IN (T) 21+ SHOW** (or is it the 26th? See post below) Apr. 7- Knight's Hall, Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, ~$17.50 (P) Apr. 18- Winona State University, Winona, 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. ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: sink down sink sink down down down down to the bottom of the river don't you know nothin' -From Never Tell -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! Fredericksburg, VA ------------------ Baltimore, MD ------------- Washington, DC -------------- Louisville, KY -------------- ************************************************************************ 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://vf.scopemag.com 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: Bellarmine Info Mt. Union Info Needed Indianapolis Show Stop the Evil Sweden Boot Info? Web Page Woes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bellarmine Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ that concert date for 4/7 (I think you have it listed as 4/4) in Loisville KY. I've got the info on that one for you. I talked to Joyce in the student affairs dept at Bellarmine College. Knight's Hall is a gymnasium that holds approx. 3000. It's located in Louisville KY on the Bellarmine College campus. Tickets have not gone on sale yet but they should within the next two weeks. They will be sold through the school and a local record store called Air Extacy. She believes there will be charge by phone through the school. Tickets are "tentatively" priced at $17.50 and there is no age restriction. -ddearry -Pat. Says: Please wait a couple of weeks before calling Bellarmine College. I'm sure Deanna will let us know when tix go on sale, and then if you need to order by phone you can call. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mt. Union Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Does anyone know how to get to Alliance, OH from Pittsburgh, and is anyone thinking of going??? raylene -Pat. Says: Looks like you take I-76 west into Ohio, then turn left onto US62 and then to HWY 45 west. If that's wrong please correct. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indianapolis Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My brother, who is at home in Indianapolis, reports to me the Femmes will be at the World Mardi Gras in Indianapolis on April 26, with tickets going on sale this Saturday, February 28. Neither Pollstar nor the VF homepage has this listed. Does anyone have an inside track to info to hopefully validate this? If it is at the World Mardi Gras, I apologize to all of you who aren't 21 or don't have a brother who is whom you look identical to. Any info is greatly appreciated, Jason -Pat. Says: Thanks, Jason for alerting me to this show. Ticketmaster lists the show for April 6, not 26. If anyone is in the Indianapolis area and can verify the correct date, please write to this newsletter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stop the Evil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My friends, there is an evil among us and I will need your help to defeat it. As some of you may know, the evil known as Puff Daddy has worked with Dave Grohl, drummer from Nirvana. I just received word that Puffy is now working with Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin's guitarist on a remix of a Zeppelin song called Kashmir. This is why I am asking for your help. Puffy has now "worked with" two of my three favorite bands. My friends, the other is our very own Violent Femmes. We must do whatever possible to prevent the union of Puff Daddy and the Femmes, as the results would be disastrous. Imagine, you're listening to the radio and a song ends and then you hear the familiar opening to Blister in the Sun and then..."Yeeeeeahhhhh, muthafucka!!!" I, for one, do not want to hear this. I am willing to do whatever it may take to prevent this. Puff Daddy must be stopped. Nick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sweden Boot Info? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Pat. Wary wrote: > > ---------------- > Will trade: BITS video, BITS at woodstock, BITS on 120 minutes, Sabrina > The Teenage Witch, Pete and Pete w/ Gordon Gano, Dennis Miller Show, > Eep Op Ork Ah-Ah video, Machine Single, Film Noir, Pittsburgh > bootleg 83?, Sweeden bootleg =============== Hey, this was interesting! I didn't know that the VF ever played in Sweden at all, that the closest they got was Denmark... When is this one recorded, and where, is there anybody who knows that?? /Stoffe ------------------------------------------------ Christoffer Dahlblom - Software Engineering URL: http://www.student.hk-r.se/~pt94cda/ "Life sucks, get a fuckin' helmet" -Denis Leary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Web Page Woes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And BTW while I'm thinking about this - what the *&%$ is up with the Official page?!? Do they need volunteers? If they're never gonna update that thing why is it even there?!? I get so darn frustrated, then excited when they actually update something, then even more frustrated for , it seems, every time they add something it's even longer before they update again! I know it's got to be crazy, touring and the new album, but if what they said is true about the number of hits lately - don't you think it would be better if it at least had the current tour dates on it!?! Well on second thought maybe the hits they're showing are really just us several hundred devoted listers going there every day in the hopes they've updated. AAAARRRGGGHHH! -ddearr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~