03-26-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: -Young man, you're transfer's expired, will you please pay the full fare? -I just got this transfer! -Hey, can you open up the back door? -Either pay your sixty-five cents or you'll have to leave the bus. -You gotta be kidding me, I just got it! -Can you please open up the back door? -From Waiting for the Bus -Submitted by Jeffrey_Wilson *********************************************************************** THIS WEEK'S AND NEW TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): March 26- Rodeo's, Jackson, MS (P) March 27- Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OH (O,P) CANCELLED!! **April 8- 8 p.m., Evansville Memorial Coliseum, Univ. of Evansville, Evansville, IN, ONLINE ONSALE MARCH 31, (T,P) ** **April 20- 9 p.m., The Canopy, Urbana, IL, 18+ show, (T,P) ONLINE ONSALE MARCH 27** Note: this conflicts with the Absinthe show. **June 6- Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ (P)** ------------------------------------------------------------ ALSO: **April 26- 8 p.m., Wetlands Preserve, NY, NY, $8 (T)** Gordon Gano, Heal, Lil Mama ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Jackson, MS ----------- mdixon (Mike) ************************************************************************ 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 *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Gordon Gano Solo Date Silo Show Review Eugene Info Needed The London Show Mature Fans What Album Should I Get.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Has anybody kept in touch with Neil Fahey? He was the originator of this newsletter. The past three issues to him have been returned as undeliverable, and unless I can find another email address for him, he will have to be deleted from the subscriber list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gordon Gano Solo Date ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gordon Gano is playing at the wetlands in nyc on April 26th. Does anyone know of any other solo dates of his? -kara ChewVitC -Pat. Says: Thank you Kara for finding this date! It was the first I'd heard about it, and I know nothing more. Any additional info would be greatly appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Silo Show Review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What a great show. I had the best time at this show then I think I did at any other show. (Well, except for down in WV when Deana and I were gettin' jiggy with it.) Anyway, wasn't even sure that I was going to make it. The day before everyone backed out, but my father graciously agreed to take me. Even though he had to work at 7:30 this morning. We got there around 8:30 and no one was on yet. Carmaig De Forest opened and did a really good set. (At least I thought so although the whole time my father looked like his head was going to explode.) Then after him the Femmes came on. IT was the best show I have ever seen them put on and the crowd was really good. Gordon made a comment that this was the oldest crowd they had played in front of ever and that he thought all the people his age had day jobs and were to busy to come to shows like this. Everything was laid back and really mellow. I was even able to go get a drink in the middle of the set and get my spot in the front row back. Another difference I noticed is that there wasn't anyone screaming "I LOVE YOU GORDON!" Instead they were yelling, "WE NEED RITCHIES!" I'm not really sure why it was plural. Maybe they were so drunk by the time the Femmes came out, they were actually seeing 3 or 4 Brians. Or maybe they just want him to produce another heir to the Ritchie empire... I don't know. Also the girls standing next to me kept singing all the wrong parts of the songs at the wrong times. So according to them "Prove My Love" starts out "Special favors..." not "Just last night..." Someone needs to tell Gordon he's singing it wrong. I can't remember the whole set list so I'll just name the songs that stand out. Never Tell: this is my favorite song off of Hallowed Ground so I love when they place this live. Telephone Book/Faith: Guy was on bass, Brian was on a little Thunder drum set and Gordon was on guitar of course. They had to start this song three times, I think it was because Guy didn't come in when he was supposed to. Anyway it started as Telephone Book and somehow mutated into Faith. When they went into the bridge Gordon said, "We're going into the bridge and we're staying their for a while. The bridge is right here and stays right here." At which point he turns to Guy and holds up his guitar neck to show which cords he was playing. Guy's eyes got really big and all he said was "I'm not going anywhere." Jesus Walking on the Water: Gordon on the fiddle, Brian on banjo, Guy on drums and that Ray guy on bass. This was the first time I've seen Gordon play the fiddle so it was cool. Although when he picked up the fiddle he almost knocked his guitar over so there was this mad dash to keep it from hitting the floor. Good Feeling: The only reason this song stands out is because everyone had been chattering through the whole song and Brian felt a need to see exactly who it was "I'd like to see a show of hands of all those people that were talking through the last song." Hands go up and there are a couple of whistles. "You should all be ashamed for talking through the most beautiful ballad in the history of Western culture..." Straight in to D. M. F. D. a song which my father found very amusing. The Pennsylvania State Anthem: Gordon played the beginning of this and then asked if anyone recognized. A resounding "NO" came from the audience. He then turns to the back of the stage and then comes back with a little book of state anthems. And starts sing it. "Does that sound familiar?" "NO" then he said something else which I didn't quite hear and asked "Does anyone know what I'm talking about or better yet does anyone even care?" "NO" "OK, forget it then." Hey don't look at me I grew up in western and up state NY. So there is no way in hell that I'd know what the PA State anthem is. As I said a great show I had a great time and so did my dad. Which is really funny because he hates everything...that must be where I get it from. I guess bad attitude is hereditary..... Kathryn Kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eugene Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello! I need some info from anyone in Eugene or Bellingham area. I live near LA, California, where Violent Femmes are not playing before their international tour dates. So I'm planning on flying up to Oregon or Washington to catch the April 4 or April 8 shows. Can anyone give detailed information on either show? What is the set up like at U of Eugene? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanx, Bonnie BALanthier ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The London Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am going to see the femmes may 5th in london. I would like to get in touch with anyone else going. cheers tylerboa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mature Fans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << This 57 year old Femmes freak Bob >> I'm glad to see a fan older then me! Monica MonMcM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Album Should I Get.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey List! I am looking for some advice the only Femmes album I have is Add It Up- even though i only have one of their alubms I absolutely love them - i was wondering what album i should get next I was thinking the first one since it has the "regular" versions of Kiss Off and Add It Up but i dont know...any help would be great thanks -Mike SubAddict ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~