04-06-98

************************************************************************ TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **) 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) April 9 - University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, PA (O,P) Apr. 16- 7:30 p.m. Quandt Fieldhouse, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI $19.50/21.50 (O,P) Apr. 17- 8 p.m. North Michigan University, Marquette, MI $11.50/$13.50 (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) ONLY STUDENTS MAY BUY TIX TO THE LASALLE SHOW April 30 - 96.5 The Peak, Denver, CO (O) May 2- Salisbury State College, Salisbury, MD (O) May 3- 99X Stage@Music Midtown, Atlanta, GA (O,P) May 9 - KMYZ, Tulsa, OK (O) May 10 - Frontier City Arena, Oklahoma City, OK (O) TENTATIVE DATE May 11 - Witchita, KS (O) TENTATIVE DATE 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. ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: I know the world is starved for love. -From No Killing -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! Indianapolis, IN ---------------- Louisville, KY -------------- Stevens Point, WI ----------------- Winona, MN ----------- Fargo, ND --------- Peoria, IL ---------- Charlotte, NC ------------- Salisbury, MD ------------- Atlanta, GA ----------- Burlington, WI -------------- ************************************************************************ ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.scopemag.com http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/6918 Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.bucknell.edu/~wtorres/violent_femmes http://www.olga.net Une banane:Send in your top five faves each week to: HERE I AM: Tell me where you live for the Here I Am list. ************************************************************************ In Today's Issue: I HAVE THE FREAK MAGNET CD!!!!!!!! WI Shows Info Needed Burlington Info Needed Bellarmine Info The Brandeis Show The Brandeis Show The Brandeis Show RE: Who Decides? RE: Who Decides? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I HAVE THE FREAK MAGNET CD!!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guess how freakin' ecstatic I am! In my hands at this very moment I am holding the Freak Magnet CD!!! How jealous are you of me? (I'm sorry, but no one I know cares about this stuff as much as you guys do. I told my friend Kristen, but she gave me a bad impression of Homers Whoo-hoo.) The best part of this was that my roommate Andrew got it for me, not realizing that it was the one that we've all been impatiently waiting for. I know this is a bootleg, and I'm not sure how many of you disagree with it, so feel free to yell and complain, but remember, I have the CD and you don't. So my quote of the day is from Rejoice & Be Happy, -"You are the salt of the earth. If you're not salted what are you worth?" Love, Kendra -Pat. Says: This is the sound of Pat pouting ...... OK Kendra, you have to at least send in the list of songs on the album, and tell us if there's any cover art. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WI Shows Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Put me down for going to the 2 Wisconsin shows: April 16 at UW-Steven's Point & May 15 Burlington. But I need to know where & how to get the tickets & how much. Femmes concerts have been known to sell out here in their home state. I'm a student at UW-Milwaukee (ya know the place mentioned in that "degradation" ad & right near the Oriental where the Femmes were discovered...I know the "Dahmer's dead" story well, and I know what Gordon means about "Waiting for the Bus"!) and I've already seen 4 Femmes shows around Wisconsin... If anyone has any bootlegs of any Femmes shows from anywhere in Wisconsin in the past 3 years, please let me know. And if anyone's taping the Stevens Point and/or Burlington show, please let me know. Also, I really need to know how much, where to get, and how to get tickets for these 2 shows. thanks, Tom -Pat. Says: Don't know anything about the Burlington show yet, but this was in an issue a couple of weeks ago. You weren't here then, so you wouldn't have seen it: <> You never know when a show will sell out, but quite a few have been doing so lately. Your best bet would be to get your ticket ahead of time. If you can't go personally, charge the tix and have them waiting for you at will call. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Burlington Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi I live near milwaukee and am very intersted in going to the burlington-chocolate fest show... does anybody have any info on this (i.e. tickets, times, etc). thanks very much. james http://www.cris.com/~schrader/crappy/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bellarmine Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I called today to check for a guy who just emailed me after Wednesday's AM issue. Tues 4/7 - Louisville KY - Bellarmine College Still plenty of tickets left but they are expecting a BIG walk-up crowd. Potential sellout as there were only 3000 tickets. Will-call and ticket sales will be open from 12-1pm and then not again until 7pm. Doors open at 8pm and there is NO seating. Get there early! -ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Brandeis Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The show at Brandeis was great...There were about 500 people in the gym. I was right up front (I swear Brian and I made eye contact a few times...but I bet everyone else there thought the same thing!). The played "Freak Magnet," from their new album, I'm assuming, which was an OK song. The only annoying thing about the concert was the crowd surfers!!! I can understand how one can really get into a concert and dance like mad, but crowd surfing is really stupid! People surfed during "Good Feeling" (!!!!!!!!) and some guy landed right on my friend's head. Not only were some of the audience annoyed, but it obviously pissed the band off as well. Other than that, the concert was excellent. The Femmes played with such great energy that it was easy to ignore the sweaty kids dropping like flies around me and earning some well deserved bruises. - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Brandeis Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey--I just wanted to let you know that the Brandeis show was a great time. It was my first VF show so I can't compare it to any others, but I thought it was awesome. Brian played the conche shell, the digeridoo, a tiny sax, a bass that had to be bigger than me and a bunch of other instruments. There was an awesome drum solo for about 15 minutes, and I must say....I never knew Gordon's eyes were either that blue or that beautiful. There was a pit was it was pretty much confined to one place and it wasn't too rough. There were way too many crowd surfers and since I was in the front the bouncers kept dragging them over my head. That's okay though. Anyway, my first VF experience was great even though I they didn't go on till past 10 and they didn't go off till past 12 and I didn't get home till past 2 and I definately had to be at school before 7. Well, that's it...later!! liz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Brandeis Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Even though I haven't seen the femmes live in two years, or so, I was able to check out the show at Brandeis, (missed the night before) and it was tremendous. The Brandeis gym might not be the ideal place for a concert, but what the hell. The show was fairly crowded, mainly boston-area students, but some older fans as well, which was heartening, although, I noticed for the first time the lack of ethnic diversity that the femmes seem to attract... Regardless, the opening act was Foidie, or something along those lines. I missed most of their performance, but it appeared to be three drummers, and it got the crowd mostly amped. The femmes got on stage late, about 10:30, maybe. Guy was in black, with a 16 horsepower shirt, Gordon was in white t-shirt and leather jacket, and Brian was wearing an orange sari. The set-list, as far as I know, was: Look Like That Out The Window I'm Nothing (with the full band) Please Do Not Go Country Death Song Dahmer Is Dead 36-24-36 Waiting For The Bus Blister In The Sun Prove My Love American Music Good Feeling Dance MF Dance (with Brian on one-string bass) Bad Bad Bad (I don't know if this is the name of the song. I've never heard it before, and it was hot, hot, hot. I can only assume it's off of Freak Magnet) Gimme The Car ???--> I didn't catch much lyrically, but it's a religous tune with rejoicing and the saviour featured prominently in the chorus. I hope that it's on freak magnet, as well, because it was really, really good. To The Kill I Held Her In My Arms Old Mother Reagen Freak Magnet ---> If this keeps up, the album will be great, better than rock. This song, again, was unbelievable. Confessions-->with the horns of dilemma, and Brian on Conch Shell. Great. Black Girls-->with Brian on a tiny sax. I personally thought the arrangement was uninspired, but I'm not really going to complain. Gone Daddy Gone Add It Up. Of course, after add it up, they left the stage, and then came back for the encore... Didgeriblues--> among the night's best. I had never heard it live, and damn it was good. Kiss Off-->Fool In The Full Moon-->Kiss Off... this, i thought, was great. I never really like fool in the full moon until that moment, and I thought they did a spectacular job. I loved it. After the show, I waited around back with a couple of kids from tufts. The femmes came out, with fodie, but were not in a talking mood. Gordon said thanks, and hopped in the minivan, and Brian stayed for about a minute, talking about playing the didgeridoo, but that was it. It was disappointing, because I wanted to talk for a bit, but what can you do? They'd done their job, already. So, hot damn, if you get a chance, I strongly recommend dropping everything and running out to see them, if you can. they were tight as ever, maybe tighter, and top damned notch. jorge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Who Decides? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << I think it was Pat who answered someone else's question about this and said that it is BR who decides what they're gonna play next. I have ALWAYS wondered about this. I've watched so closely before but have never figured out how they do it! >> i do hear brian yell out songs before they play...and i read in an interview that he picks out most of the songs...that is what i know byebye ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Who Decides? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For everyone out there wondering how the Femmes decide what they are going to play on any given night, it is Brian who calls off the songs as they go. And the reason you may not notice is that sometimes he does it in the middle of a song or he calls out the next 3 or 4 songs at one time so the concert is not choppy. Glenn Gano tod me this and I am sticking with him, he should know , after all he has preformed with the Femmes and is the lead singer's brother. P.S. Amber if you are out there I need your address Travis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~