AM Fan Letter • 1998
03-18-98
AMERICAN MUSIC: THE VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST
currently run by Pat. Wary
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TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **)
Apr. 1- Salem State College, Salem, MA (O)
Apr. 2- 9 p.m. Brandeis Universtiy, Waltham, MA, $15/20 (O)
Apr. 4- 8:30 p.m. Timkin Gymnasium, Mt. Union College, Alliance, OH
$10 (P,O)
Apr. 5- 7.30 p.m. Elco Theatre, Elkhart, IN (T,O,P)
Apr. 6- 9 p.m. World Mardi Gras, Indianapolis, IN (T,O,P) 21+ SHOW
Apr. 7- Knight's Hall, Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, ~$17.50
(P,O)
Apr. 16- 7:30 p.m. Quandt Fieldhouse, University of Wisconsin,
Stevens Point, WI $19.50/21.50 (O)
Apr. 17- North Michigan University, Marquette, MI (O,P)
Apr. 18- 7:30 p.m. McGown Gym, Winona State University, Winona, MN
(P,O)
Apr. 19- Fargo Civic Auditorium, Fargo, ND (O,T,P)
Apr. 21- 7:30 p.m. Madison Theatre, Peoria, IL (O.T,P)
Apr. 24- Center CityFest '98, Charlotte, NC (O,P)
Apr. 26- La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA (O) STUDENT ONLY SHOW
May 2- Salisbury State College, Salisbury, MD (O) TENTATIVE
May 3- 99X Stage@Music Midtown, Atlanta, GA (O,P)
May 15- Chocolate Fest, Burlington, WI (O,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.
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The Quote Of The Day:
Jesus walkin on the water
sweet Jesus walkin in the sky
-From Jesus Walking on the Water
-Submistted by
PLEASE send your VF quotes to
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WHO/WHERE
Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone
else on the list also going? Check here first!
Waltham, MA
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Alliance, OH
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Indianapolis, IN
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Louisville, KY
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Stevens Point, WI
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Winona, MN
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Peoria, IL
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Charlotte, NC
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Atlanta, GA
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Burlington, WI
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In Today's Issue:
READ the Ads
Winona Info
La Salle Clarification
I Want More DC/Baltimore Reviews
RE: No Talking, Just Head
RE: Good Gordon Hunting
RE: World Without Mercy
RE: New Perspective
What's His Name
Modern Rock Live?
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READ the Ads
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i have gotten about 10 emails from people asking for a list of my
bootlegs...i DO NOT have any....(wish i did) they say they saw my name
in the classified section but i didnt put it there...sorry for people
who have been writing and i didnt write back...PLEASE no more emails
about bootlegs...thanks!!!
-Pat. Says: That ad was a request for articles about the VF for a
school project. It states that clearly. It says NOTHING
about boots.
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Winona Info
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Hi
We will be selling tickets beginning Mon March 23, 1998. The tickets
are available at the UPAC office located in Kryzsko Commons on the
Winona State University Campus. We will be taking cash and checks only.
The LaCrosse center will also be selling tickets beginning March 23,
1998. The LaCrosse center and all of its regular outlets will be
selling them. They will we be able to take credit cards. I am unsure
of the number for the LaCrosse Center at this time but I will e-mail it
to you today. The tickets are $15 open to all who are interested. The
opening band will be Polara. Any other questions please e-mail them to
this account.
Thank you
Beth LaCanne
Concert Chair
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La Salle Clarification
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Received this from La Salle:
<Because I was too concentrated on getting to the front of the stage,
>too busy waiting for people to move.
Sometimes you just have to shove your way through, atleast that's what
I do.
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>Dates that tickets go on sale are not yet definite. Student tix will go first, and then the week after, the guest tix will be available. I'll keep you posted on futher developements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Want More DC/Baltimore Reviews ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone. I was supposed to go to either the Baltimore or DC show, but nobody who could drive me there would come with me. So basically, I missed out on both concerts. And I am still damn pissed. But I hadn't read anything about either of these shows. So, just so I can feel sorry for myself some more, could people who went please tell me how the concert was? Thanks, Joanna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: No Talking, Just Head ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > there is an album by the Heads (the Talking Heads minus David Byrne) > called > "No Talking Just Head" Where several guest performers stand in and do > songs. Gordon Gano does a track called "Only the Lonely" I think. Yes, and a very depressing song, if I remember from my listen at Blockbuster. I think that the album was supposed to be a sort of tryout for a new lead singer to replace David Byrne. I never heard if any of the guest singers will fill the bill-anyone else? ALSO JUST IN.......Did anyone see a new show last week called (I think) "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place" on Wed. night? The theme song/intro is Blister, bump bump-bump bump! Check it out... -Cheryl - -Pat. Says: If anyone wants to check it out, my TV Guide says it's on tonight, 9:30 Eastern, on ABC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Good Gordon Hunting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Here's the story. While we >were getting ready to leave for the theater, my friend Cris said his >roomate had said the funniest thing about the Femmes. "Oh really! >What?!!" was my naive reply. "Well, we were listening to Marcy's >Playground and Jared said, 'Ya know, this is what the Violent Femmes >would sound like if they could actually PLAY their instruments!'" Actually, in a review in Entertainment Weekly of "Sex and Candy" they said it sounded like the Violent Femmes minus the intensity. I took that as an insult. I don't think Marcy Playground sounds jack shit like the Femmes, not even that one song. They are pretty good, but I cannot see any comparisons with the Femmes. Well, actually, the guy's voice in Sex and Candy is sort of like Gordon minus the intensity but it's supposed to be that way. Oh yeah, and Brian Ritchie is one of the best bass players there is. So fuck you to Jared. Big fuck you up the ass with a #2 pencil. Nick -Pat. Says: I don't see the MP/VF similarity either. When I first heard the song I would have bet the farm it was Cracker. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: World Without Mercy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi!! I purchased the tape version of "The Blind Leading the Naked" (new) just four years ago and I have seen it around in various music stores. It shouldn't be too hard to find. Isn't the song sung/written by Victor?? Anyway, I like the song and that's why I bought the tape, just to hear it! It's worth finding! Good luck, Ryan "Without friends, we only have our butts!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE:New Perspective ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~