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Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: In this world of wreckage I look above Help me Lord, help me understand What it means to be a boy, what it means to be a man -I Held Her In My Arms -From RMW17 *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): Apr 15- Avalon, Boston, MA (P,O) Apr 16- 7:30 p.m., Lupos, Providence, RI (P,T,O) http://www.lupos.com doors open at 8 p.m., $17.50 advance/ $20 day of show Apr 17- 7:30 p.m., 9:30 Club, Washington DC, $25 (P,T,O) Apr 18- 7:30 p.m., 9:30 Club, Washington DC, $25 (P,T,O) Apr 20- 8 p.m., Warehouse, Toronto, ON, CAN, $22.50 (P,O,T-Ca) Apr 21- 6:30 p.m., State Theatre, Detroit, MI, $24.25 (P,T,O) Apr 22- 7:30 p.m., Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, $20 (P,T,O) Apr 24- 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, $26.50 (P,O,T) Apr 25- Bemidji St. University, Bemidji MN (P,O) Apr 27- 8 p.m., Investors Gym, Winnipeg, MB, CAN, $26.50 (P,O,T-Ca) Apr 28- 8 p.m., Centennial Auditorium, Saskatoon, SK, CAN, $25 (P,O,T-Ca) Apr 29- MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB, CAN (P,O) Apr 30- Wild Bill's, Banff, AB, CAN (P,O) May 2- 8 p.m., Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, AB, CAN, $29.50 (P,O,T-Ca) **May 4- 8 p.m., Vancouver, BC, CAN $29.50 (O,T-Ca)** May 5- 8 p.m., Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, $19.50 (P,O,T) May 6- 8 p.m., Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, $19.50 (P,O,T) May 7- Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR (P,O) **May 9- 8 p.m., Warfield, San Francisco, CA, $22.50 (O, T)** May 10- 8 p.m., Wilshire Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, $30 (T,O) **May 14- Student Festival, Braga, POR (O)** **May 16- Zeleste, Barcelona, SP (O)** **May 17- University Festival, Faro, POR (O)** **May 18- Student Festival, Beja, POR (O)** Oct 25-7 p.m., Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, NY (T) 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: in the US, contact Frank Riley at Monterey Peninsula Artists in EU, contact Paul Boswell at Free Trade Agency Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Boston, MA ----------- U_E4Smith (Emily) welborn (James) Nevertell6 (Ron, our second favorite bassman) hbedard (Holly) Providence, RI -------------- U_E4Smith (Emily) welborn (James) Nevertell6 (Ron) hbedard (Holly) New York, NY ------------ RatFink746 (Frank) ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/bluenote/936/ http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://www.geocities.com/kittricken/ http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Message Board: http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb870757&TL= Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://therapy.lost.net.au/femmes http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Webpage Updates Femmes in London El Destroyo Back emusic.com VF in Print ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Webpage Updates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have recently completed some major updates to my VF webpage and added several new links. Please everyone check it out when you get a chance and send me some email if you like it! http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ thefemmeking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes in London ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Femmes were excellent at the London Palais last Monday. It was a larger venue than the last time I saw them, so this time they were accompanied by some of the Horns Of Dilema, including Sigmund Snopek III and a guest appearance from a guy who played on Dark Side Of The Moon. They played a few too many songs off the new album for my linking (about 7!). The songs are good but I haven't had the album long enough for them to grow on me properly yet. Gordan made a mistake in the middle of Sleepwalkin', which he seemed to find ironic as it is apparently to be the first single. He said that it must be "fear of success"! He then said they would try playing the second single to make up for it. This is apparently going to be All I Want. All in all I like the new album a lot. I guess even A Story is an interesting experiment. At least it's the last track so it's easy to give it a miss if you can't face it that day! Simon simon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ El Destroyo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was just told that El Destroyo will be opening for VF for most - if not all - of the American dates on the Femmes current tour!! A designated opener?! The same in each city?!? Egads! Does this mean we'll have to qualify this as an official quote/unquote TOUR?!? I don't know what to think about this! Could action figures and life size pin-up posters be far behind? Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HELLO our computer has been broken for many months. i went to see them in columbus ohio back a while ago. i enjoyed the show very much. i wish they hadn't shortened down their songs though. i will bring my son next time i go. Rudykitten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ emusic.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heads up everyone for those of you who haven't gotten Viva Wisconsin yet there is a deal on the internet that will get you the entire album in MP3 format for free. Emusic has some special deal where you download the Music Match's FREE MP3 player/ripper and Music Match will BUY you Viva Wisconsin in all it's glory. For those of you already have it they also have some other good stuff there. I downloaded They Might Be Giants "Severe Tire Damage" So swing by and check it out: http://www.emusic.com/music/free.html Kathryn kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF in Print ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well it ain't Rolling Stone but... Last night I was standing in line at the grocery store flipping through the Oscar Issue of People Magazine(April 10 issue) looking at all those Hollywood honeys all sparkly and fluffy and feeling downright out of it in my jeans and berks when what to my envying eyes should appear but the words FREAK MAGNET! Freak Magnet is People's "ALBUM CHOICE" of the week! FREAK MAGNET Violent Femmes (Beyond) Neither a Femme nor prone to violence, band auteur Gordon Gano is an endearingly quirky songwriter (best known as composer of 1983's "Blister in the Sun") and perpetual adolescent whose voice is still cracking after all these years. It short and sweet and frankly I probably would have missed it altogether but for its position right next to a picture of Patti Smith and an review of her new - and I must say - fabulous album Gung Ho. Anyway it's been a good week for me already - Femmes wise. The review in people last night and I just noticed on eBay that there is a boot 2CD set from VF's 4/3/00 show for sale! Rock on! Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~