04-02-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: We don't want no killing, Lord I don't wanna see my brother die. We don't want no killing, Lord I don't wanna see my sister cry. -From NO KILLING *********************************************************************** THIS WEEK'S TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): April 2- Doubletree Ballroom, Boise, ID (P,O) April 3- The Rock, Pocatello, ID (P,O) April 4- 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, $25 (T,O,P) ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Pocatello, ID ------------- ANGEL34TA Bellingham, WA -------------- BurrResear (Bob) Eugene, OR ---------- chzbooger LilBoek (Steve) Dayton, OH ----------- rayr (Becky Ray) Richmond, VA ------------ therapy Ann Arbor, MI ------------- alexa135 (Andrea) Cambridge, MA (If correct) -------------------------- thenewkid (Drew) potatoe482 (Em) London, England --------------- tylerboa xav (Xav) ************************************************************************ 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: Safe In Yugoslavia Eugene Harvard Info Newark Info Needed Reply: A Dream... RE: Faith Dance RE: What Album Should I Get.. RE: Cover This RE: Cover This RE: Cover This ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry about the issue-free Wednesday. Anybody who has ever gotten a massive migraine will know why I went nowhere near the computer for most of this week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe In Yugoslavia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > As far as I know, you are the only subscriber to American Music in > Yugoslavia. I just wanted to write to tell you that I have been > thinking of you quite a bit these past few days, and hope you are OK. > If you are able, please write back to tell me how you are doing. My > thoughts are with you and the people of your country. Hello Pat & everybody on the American Music list! Thank you for those kind words - you have no idea how much they mean to someone who spent the last week in constant fear. I got on this list thanks to Deanna, but I never found time to write anything. I figured the list was mainly about VF concerts and similar (for me - distant) topics. Now I'm writing for the first time and the subject couldn't be worse. My country - Yugoslavia - is under NATO aggression! Day after day, bombs and cruise missiles are falling on our heads. I live in the capital, Belgrade, where air raid sirens can be heard 2-5 times a day! Then we have two options: go to the shelters and stay there 3-10 hours, or stay at home and pray! It is hell! I keep telling my girl-friend not to worry and that everything's gonna be O.K., but as days pass and bombs keep falling, I'm starting to disbelieve those words myself. I don't want to go into any political dicussion about the matter, but I think I have the moral obligation to say this: Our country is not only targeted by NATO bombs, but also by a huge propaganda machinery! We are no barbarians as CNN and others try to picture us. Best regards from Belgrade, Yugoslavia Viktor armitage -Pat. Says: Dear Viktor, I could not write again due to the migraine of these past few days, but I hope you and your girlfriend are still safe. I too do not want to talk about political matters, but I do want to assure you that I'm sure many people know that you are not all barbarians, just as most southerners in my country are not white-hooded church burners. There's not a country in this world who has not at some point in its history committed horrible crimes against minorities or militarily/technologically less- advanced peoples. Every one of us has something of which to be ashamed. But I believe that most people are basically not violent, and I feel for those who have had to suffer because of the actions of others. Our leaders? Don't get me started. No matter how idealistic they seem to have been early in their careers, they all become enamored of power and end up prepared to do anything; sacrifice any principle (or any person for that matter) in order to keep a hold of their power. You know, it would seem that we have a golden opportunity here, with the internet, to meet and understand people of other countries and different beliefs and ways of life. It would seem that maybe we could try...just *try* to learn how to live together. And while we're at it, maybe we could not teach our childrn to hate. Everybody should read today's quote a few times, and take it to heart. Call me aggressively pacifist. Oops! What's that I'm standing on? A SOAPBOX??? Sorry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eugene ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will also be going to the Eugene show... it's number 7 for me... I can't wait. LilBoek ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harvard Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ just to let you know, the harvard Mass show is ONLY for harvard students...so, unless you can find a harvard brain soon, it looks as though theres not much more that can be done. sigh. but hey...I found a friend of a friend whose brother goes there, so its not as hard as it seems! good luck! em (potatoe482) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Newark Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ does anyone have any infor about the show in newark, nj at the performing arts center......i checked their web page and the Femmes' webpage and neither said anything about it. -kara ChewVitC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reply: A Dream... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is very, very bizarre, because a few months ago I had a dream that the Femmes played at my old elementary school back in Rockford, Illinois. They played in the library, and there was a huge pit in there full of pillows that the kids always read books in, and the crowd danced in the pit. I don't really remember the music, but what happened afterward is very vivid. The dressing room was the kitchen in the cafeteria, and for some reason I got to go back and meet the guys. I sat down in there and started talking to them and Brian started making fun of me, saying that I don't cuss enough (which is very untrue... I've been told I "talk like a gutter tramp.") Guy was just sitting back and trying not to laugh, and Gordon was telling Brian to lay off, but Brian kept lecturing me on how important it is to cuss because it lets you let your emotions out "without sounding like a book reading nerd." That made me very angry because I'm a voracious reader and see nothing wrong with that. I jumped up and started yelling obscenities, telling him that there's nothing wrong with education, and in fact I happen to love to "Read, read read read read read read...everything I can read... and learn, learn learn learn learn learn learn...everything I can learn." At this point Brian's whole face lit up and he said to Gordon and Guy, "There! I helped another one of 'em!" They thought that was hilarious, but I was greatly confused. Then we sat down and the four of us talked like old friends and they all signed autographs for me. The next thing I know a lunchlady with a hairnet comes in and shoos us all out, telling us that she's gotta make lasagna for the schoolchildren, and I woke up... I'm sure this dream has some strange meaning that I could fugure out if I took the time to analyze, but I really don't have the patience. But it WAS very cool and my Femmes lovin' friends loved hearing about it. Anyway... peace out y'all! supergigi17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Faith Dance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >-Pat. Says: This dance should be videotaped and put on the web so we > can all see it. Then we can all do something during a > show that doesn't involve pink flamingoes. Don't you love these little nuggets of joy from Pat? I know I look forward to them. I am going to get those pictures back some day and then I will make a web page and then I am going to put these pictures ON that web page and then the whole world will see my Faith dance, and then it will be a great day when sometime in the distant future, after the femmes are long dead and there is a cover band playing their stuff for kids who never lived while Gordon did and they will ALL be doing the Faith dance, and they won't know who will have started it, or where it came from, but it will be the most fun part of any show. Gordon and I will just smile down from heaven on them. -Drewery -thenewkid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: What Album Should I Get.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << What album should I buy>> I have long held the opinion that the Femmes are the only band who are able to sound like a different band on every album. This is the main reason that I like them; you can never get sick of their music. I recently rediscovered the album The Blind Leading the Naked. Right now, it is my favorite album, and I recommend that you buy it, whereas a week ago and for three months before that, I was not able to listen to any song on it all the way through. Ask this question in two to three weeks from now, and I will most definitely have a different answer. P.S. This is a good album for someone who is not overly anti-religious. There are numerous references to the Lord and to Gordon's faith, but, as an atheist, I find the religious lyrics easy to tolerate while still enjoying the music. SDavid4810 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Cover This ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYI: 'love potion #9 was originally done by the Searchers. I'd love to see the femmes do a cover of 'ashes to ashes' by david bowie, 'i'll never fall in love again' by burt bacharach, or 'you've got a friend' by carole king....... the list goes on and on, maybe i'll send in a few more suggestions sometime soon.... flyingdutchguy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Cover This ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Speaking of Covers..... I don't know if anyone on the list has ever heard of the punk band BigWig. Any hoo, I saw them at a small show about a month and a half ago and they played "Kiss Off". It was really awesome hearing a (for lack of a better term) punk version of the song. After the show I was talking to the band and I metioned "kiss off" and how the Femmes were playing a show in kutztown and Tom, the guitarist and singer, thanked me and he and the rest of BigWig planned on going to the show. I don't know where I'm going w/ this, so I'll stop now. Later. -matt hudsonm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Cover This ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > It seems many VF love songs are done with tongue planted > firmly in cheek, so I'd have to cast a vote for > Love Potion #9 hank williams' "lovesick blues" Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~