03-10-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: 'Cause if you got truly fat, fat, fat you just might want to see me come back. -From Fat *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): March 11- 8 p.m., Kutztown Univ., Kutztown, PA, $22 (O) Remember, I'm only posting the full listing of dates on Mondays, so I hope you saved that issue. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Kutztown, PA ------------- hudsonm (Matt) Providence, RI -------------- thenewkid (Drew) potatoe482 (Em) jepoole (John) Manchester, NH -------------- ViolntPhem (Melissa) Jackson, MS ----------- mdixon (Mike) Ann Arbor, MI ------------- alexa135 (Andrea) Cambridge, MA ------------- thenewkid (Drew) potatoe482 (Em) *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Lupos Directions Boise Info Cologne Info Needed Naked Femmes Dream Femmes Dream Femmes Dream The Return of Extatika Bogus Headline of the Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lupos Directions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ please put me on the list for people going to the providence show. i am also looking for directions to lupo's. thanks, john poole jepoole -Pat. Says: Lupo' has their own webpage, and anyone needing directions can find them at http://www.lupos.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boise Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For your information.... I guess I'm answering my own question that was posted in the last V.F newsletter...I called Select A Seat and tickets sales for the April 2nd show in Boise, Idaho begin at 10 a.m on Friday, the 12th. Thats this Friday! I am definitely going to ditch school for this... Thanks again, Marie Boise,Idaho RealAllure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cologne Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Hello once again!! >Do you know, where the tickets are to buy?? >Cologne is not so far for me, I think I will go there in May!! >Great thanks from Germany > Tina koep1101 -Pat. Says: This was a personal letter, but to those of you who want to go to the Cologne show, here's some info on E-Werk: Address: 51063 Mulheim Schanzenstr. 37 Phone: 0221-962790 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Naked ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << Does anybody else compose their posts to amusic while naked?>> ewwww no not nakee people -kara ChewVitC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes Dream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm going to have to go with traveling with them for a year... but only, i think, if i knew that every night their show was going to be at least a little bit different -- that in the course of the year they'd sneak in every song at least once, or something. On a somewhat related note, i found out today that i have mono.... and this is at the same time i have tickets for my other favorite band Friday night in a town about an hour away from where i live. does anyone have any ideas about how i can convince my mom to let me go? i am not going to miss this concert. rob=) coons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes Dream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ all these are very nice selections....i'd have to go with playing kazoo with them on black girls..i'd have to have a boot of the show though.....kazoo showdown with little boy brian.....i also wish that i was a little bit fatter...a bit...a byte...a blaaaaaa Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes Dream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> I once described a Vilolent Femmes concert as a catharsis. I was up dancing and singing for 2 hours! I'll go ahead and answer your question from 3/5. I also would love to travel around with the Femmes. Would we get to travel on the bus? Could I share a bunk with Gordon? I wouldn't mind getting to know him better. Monica MonMcM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Return of Extatika ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The album hasn't been released yet, has it? Sorry, but I've been gone for awhile, and I mean I HAVE a copy of the album, but I was just wondering if the cd is out yet. I just got a cd writer, and I want to make a mix cd, but there are a couple songs off the new cd that I'd like to include on that mix cd. I just figured I'd ask and cross my fingers and click my heels that maybe it had come out. I'm kinda pissed off. I think it's pretty lame that I live in Wisconsin, where the Femmes are FROM and they don't even have the decency to do a show here in the near future. I mean they're going to Germany, I study German and they truly appreciate David Hasslehof in Germany. I think that Wisconsin deserves a show a little bit more than Germany does. I mean, come one, they listen to David Hasslehof on PURPOSE in Germany, give me a break, I want a concert here. So I was looking at the back issues, which Pat kindly sent to me so I'd have a clue as to what the current topics are on this mailing, and I've decided that my wish (not dream, a dream is in your sleep, a wish is while you're awake) would be to have a VIP pass to a concert at Summerfest (not in the Marcus, I don't like when there are seats other than bleachers at concerts anymore) and to be able to spend the entire day just kicking back and hanging out with the Femmes. I think that'd be pretty cool. They seem like pretty fun guys, and I'm sure they'd make me laugh, so I think that I should probably spend a day with them. I'm a pretty funny and wild girl, I bet they'd like to spend a day with me. I know Brian's nephew, maybe I should get him to hook me up with that; I don't see that happening very likely, but y'know? I can have wishes. I think that the new album should add "Reggie's Right" to the play list, that's a quality song, and I think it could take the place of a song that's lacking in appeal. When it comes to the album, which I was listening to at work a couple weeks ago, I've decided that I'm kind of divided. (Btw- don't ask me to send you a copy of the album, because I probably won't. Not to be rude or anything, but I'm 16 and I'm lazy, I'm not going to take the time to copy the tape and spend the money to mail it. I work once a week for $25 a night, I need my money to go to concerts and to make sure I like my clothes. I know that sounds really selfish and stuff, but I'm 16, and I think you'd probably rather that I'm honest.) I think that some songs are totally kickin', but I think some of the songs are lacking. I don't really like "A Story" or something like that. I think it's too long, and that it kind of gets dragging after awhile. Don't get me wrong, I mean I love the Femmes, but I'm honest and Iam able to admit that I don't like all of their stuff. I think that maybe the list needs a new topic, something really saucy or something, to lighten things up. Maybe we need a troublemaker or something to shake things up a little and get things rolling. Conversation seems to be forced, and topics seem like they're reaching for anything that can possibly be considered Femmes related. As for the "Naked" people, now that's saucy, that's something that could turn into something really funny. We should talk about that more. not a lot of people just walk around naked or something, and even fewer people admit it. i think Nakedness has gotten a bad wrap. I think nakedness it a good thing, and that everyone should be naked sometimes, besides when they're in the shower. Maybe not naked necessarily, because some people have issues with that, but what about in your underwear? Come on!!! My friend Jane and I are going around driving on Friday night in our underwear and some shirts. We figure it will make the night more exciting. I think the Femmes would find some good old fashioned nakedness and underoo wearing kinda cool. Or maybe going commando for a day, what if everyone tried that? I think I'm gonna do that when I go see RENT this weekend, go commando style, And I'll get Jane to do it too. It'll be some good old fashioned fun. Topic starters: What is your favorite femmes song? mine is gimme the car, because it's crude and hilarious, and very honest) What is your favorite Femmes album? (i haven't heard all of the albums, so i don't have one) What is your funniest memory of a femmes concert? (mine is the time that i thought I was going to die in a tornado at chocolate fest and then i started dating a guy who pretended he was really into the femmes but i'm pretty sure he wasn't, because he couldn't name any songs except for stuff on the radio) Have you ever not worn underwear to a femmes concert? (not yet, maybe this summer, IF THEY PLAY A CONCERT HERE!!!! they'd better, because I WILL get ahold of a phone number and let them know what I think of them) Okay, well this ends my novel for this issue, thank you, and have a nice day. -Beky p.s.- this will probably never happen again, so don't worry about having to read my ranting and raving often, my comments will usually be about a paragraph or so, when I send in. I've been gone for awhile, so I felt a need to let everyone know everything that came to mind. p.p.s.- i'm really a very nice girl, and i'm not obsessed with nudity, i just think it's not something that's shameful. bye! Extatika -Pat. Says: It's good to have you back. But one thing: I've been on this list since Neil started it oh so many years ago, and in all this time, I can't think of a single instance when they played in Germany. Sure, a couple of years ago they played one day in England and another in Portugal, but other than that they've been here in the US and Canada, including many dates in Wisconsin. Let's learn to share. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bogus Headline of the Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following story is FALSE. It is a figment of the imagination of ddearry MINISTER BLASTS ROCK GROUP! (AP) In his weekly press update Tuesday, Christian leader Rev. Jerry Falafel talked tough about Tinky Winky and warned parents of another dangerous influence on their children - the Violent Femmes. Rev. Falafel said that the recent media attention surrounding Dennis Rodman's announcement of his decision to leave Basketball and join the band had alerted him to situation. Falafel said he took several minutes from his daily routine of searching out internet pornography to confirm that the band did in fact have a website on the internet and such website was created with a Macintosh computer just as he'd suspected. "I am convinced that the computer used was not just any Macintosh computer but one of the new iMac computers; and, as we are all aware, the new iMacs do come in purple." Rev. Falafel also said his analysis of the effect this would have on the youth of America was further complicated by the related announcement from former drummer Victor Delorenzo that he, not Rodman, would soon be the fourth member of the band. "It was obvious to me from Mr. Delorenzo's comment that, "one man could never have enough hammers" that he suffered from severe dementia most likely brought on by the years he spent with his own band that consisted only of drummers. Thankfully Rev. Falafel has made sense of this senseless situation. He ended the address by saying, "Having never met these Femmes, I can only assume this trio of women have some kind of Indigo Girl complex. They are probably attempting to reach our children with their dangerous message of purple computers and ex-Basketball stars whose wives promote ... Bud, Bud Light, and O'Doul's ... right now. To them I say I will not stop! I will never rest as long as I carry the torch for the safety and enlightenment of America's children!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~