04-19-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Laughs & loves & hopes & dreams action will supply the means... -From Life Is an Adventure -Submitted by ddearry *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): April 20- 9 p.m., The Canopy, Urbana, IL, 18+ show, (T,P) Note: this conflicts with the Absinthe show. April 21- 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI (T,P,O) April 22- 8 p.m., Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH, $14 (T) April 23- Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA (P,O) **April 24- Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT (P)** (NOTE: this conflicts with the tentative date at Bethlehem) May 1- 4:30 p.m., Harvard, Cambridge, MA (O) STUDENT ONLY SHOW May 1- 9:30 p.m., Johnson and Wales College, Providence, RI (P) May 4- Le Batacian, Paris, France (P,O) May 5- Forum, London, England (P,O) May 6- Student's Festival, Lisbon, Portugal (P,O) May 8- Oporto Festival, Oporto, Portugal (P,O) May 10- E-Werk, Cologne, Germany (P,O) May 11- Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway (O,P) May 12- Akadamiske, Bergen, Norway (O,P) May 13- Stutentersamfundest, Trondheim, Norway (O,P) **June 5- Pier 6 Concert Hall, Baltimore, MD (vanallen)** June 6- Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ (P) July 17- LoDo Festival, Denver, CO (P) July 31- Barnstable Co. Fairground, Hyannis, MA (P) August 14- Historic Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA (P) **August 15- 7:30 p.m., Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA (T)** Sept 5- Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA (P) Sept 6- Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA (P) ______________________________________________________________________ TENTATIVE DATES: April 24-Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (O) THIS CONFLICTS WITH THE STORRS, CT DATE ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ GANO SOLO DATE: April 26- 8 p.m., Wetlands Preserve, NY, NY, $8 (T) w/Heal, Lil Mama ______________________________________________________________________ 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 ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Ann Arbor, MI ------------- alexa135 (Andrea) Cambridge, MA (If correct) -------------------------- potatoe482 (Em) London, England --------------- tylerboa xav (Xav) eirikurs (Eirikur) Denver, CO ---------- truman(Emily) ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.lasvegasweekly.com/ http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue 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: Question! Baltimore Paris/Cologne concerts Femmes in Dayton Dayton..Columbus Femmes in Richmond I hear music ... sweet, sweet music .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry, folks. My email program self-destructed. I have now found a free bulk-mailer, and hope this will work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My friend heard last night on the news that the VF's will be at Pier 6 at the inner harbor in downtown Baltimore in the beginning of June?? Can you find out if this is true? Thanks! Stacey Wood STACEY -Pat. Says: Read on... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pat, i don't have too much time right now, but the femmes are playing at Pier 6 concert hall in baltimore maryland on saturday june 4th, (might be the 5th, whichever is the saturday) more info later...gotta run bobby vanallen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paris/Cologne concerts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello everybody, I'm living in Brussels, Belgium, and I plan to go to the Paris or Cologne concerts in May. I don't know any other fan interested in this trip. I will go there alone, but it could be nice to meet fans there. Anyone from the list goes to one of these concerts ? Could anyone tell me how to buy tickets for Cologne from Belgium ? Thanks in advance, Alexandre adobly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes in Dayton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey Femmesters, I saw our boys last Friday in Dayton, Ohio. It was a spirited show in front of a sparse crowd (about 1500). Needless to say I had quite a good time and the show was dandy. The only thing that was rather unique was that the Femmes offered up no between-song banter, not even before DMFD. This may have stemmed from the fact that they were opening up for George Clinton. Either way I thought it was a pretty decent show. We were all corralled in chairs which led me to ask a question. Of those of you who've been to recent Femmes shows, have any of them had open floors on which to dance. I know the boys aren't too hip with the moshing scene but have they gone as far as to request no more general admission floors? Just a thought. Jason weeezer p.s. Whatever happened to that compilation of DMFD intros some guy was collecting for a web page? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dayton..Columbus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i am depressed. i missed the femmes opening for george clinton (in dayton) because i was STUCK in the fucking TRAFFIC on one of the many interstate-like things on the way to dayton from where i live. i scratched myself until i bled. yup. i may go to the columbus show this sunday if i can convince someone to drive. and if i can tell my dependent friend i don't want to go to pittsburgh with her. meow. love to all, becky rayr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes in Richmond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just got back from the femmes show at the university of richmond. it had been 4 years since i'd seen them and it was brilliant. there were the usual antics of a whole +lot+ of crowd noise, especially during good feeling, which sucked, but the crowd surfing/moshing was pretty mild. some dude got arrested, or at least, dragged out by the police. there was also a couple having sex in the top row. i kinda got the feeling not many people were paying too much attention to the music, cause there was constant movement in and out of the basketball arena, so that was kinda annoying too. The support band, The Pat McGee band were hometown heroes and well- received,although they sounded a little bland and repetitive for mine. They have a website, http://www.patmcgeeband.com with audio samples if you wanna check them out. I don't think they're touring any further with the femmes though. They played Never Tell! I was so happy i almost cried. Brian's solos, esp in never tell, were incredible. after the show I went to the tour bus and got to meet Guy, have him sign my old t-shirt, tell him i came "all the way from australia to see you guys play" etc. he was really sociable, signed the ladies' breasts (including my wife's... heh), etc. Travis from the list was there and talked to him about absinthe and offered to play clarinet for them in the horns of dilemma (which were particularly discordant at this show, the audience was stunned and a woman in front of me covered her ears and left during the songs the horns played on) on sweet misery blues. i wanna be there for that. guy was really keen about it. guy posed for photos with my wife and i. it was really cool. we also snuck a camera into the concert, but don't know if the photos will turn out or not. brian and gordon snuck off in a van, much to my dismay, so hopefully i'll be able to complete my signature collection some other time... oh they sent some black and white photocopy promo posters to guy to hand out to the 8 of us around the tour bus... guy looked at the photo used [the one from the debacle cover] and ripepd them all up, stomped on them, etc. yelling about using the "old drummer" instead of him. :^) in all i spent about 40 minutes talking to guy with a few others, and he was really nice. it's a shame brian and gordon aren't so interested in meeting their fans anymore. when i introduced myself to Guy as "therapy" (what everyone calls me), he just flipped out as though it was the funniest thing he had heard... anyway, here's the setlist: out the window look like that country death song blister in the sun prove my love promise fat dahmer is dead 36-24-36 confessions don't talk about my music waiting for a bus jesus walking on the water good feeling gimme the car rejoice and be happy american music never tell black girls gone add it up +encore+ old mother reagan kiss off the ending was awesome... brian put on this hat with a big rollerball in the top of it that controlled the frequency of noise from his bass in the amp... you gotta see / hear it. i can't describe it properly. they were on top form musically (except the horns of dilemma :^) ) not too much banter other than gordon saying noone was happier to be there than he was, and the usual intros to dahmer, etc. the new songs sounded very cool. i asked guy whether the record company actually told them their new album "sucked", but i think he thought i was asking him whether it was true that it sucks... or something. he said the promo was put together hastily and wouldn't be the album released, the dylan cover song would go, etc. he also said he doubted it would be released, but i think he meant that out of frustration... all in all, i'm completely buzzing. it was a great night. oh, and travis, write me before the next boathouse show. i wanna see you there, going the solo on sweet misery blues. :^) -- ~therapy therapy ?therapy -- http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/info.pl?therapy http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/violent_femmes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hear music ... sweet, sweet music .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't written much lately - I'll try to make up for it now though :o) Ya know sometimes life just takes you as low as you can go, but, ohhhh how sweet those high points are when you get back up! Femmes/ Femmes/ Cowboy Mouth - that's how my weekend went and I'm feeling great to be alive at the moment so I wanted to share the luv with my 1000 closest friends here on the list. The weekend began about 4 hours later than scheduled (damn work!) but Amber and I made it up to Richmond VA with about 20 minutes to spare before the show Friday night (whew - that was a close one!) Very good set & good crowd. Here are some of the highlights: a blistering rendition of Never Tell, big HOD - Ray, Darren & the "Two Doms" (Dom Jr/Sr), a couple of new horns for Mr. Ritchie - one was a very long, trumpet shaped, collapsible wooden horn and the other looked and sounded like a snake charmer's flute, and we were treated to the theremin "top hat" as a finale. Okay, okay I know that review was kind of lacking - normally I'd have gone on and on about a show that solid BUT -I'm afraid I just can't wait to get to last night's show!! On a scale of 1-10 ... it was a 12!! Shepherdstown College YOU GUYS KICK ASS!!!!!!!!! Oh my GOD - were these kids excited about having the Femmes there?! They had a festival going on all day, they had T-shirts printed up - they even had chalk drawings on the sidewalks leading up to the arena! I'm thinking they must have been piping in Femmes music to all the dorms & classrooms too because it seemed they all sang along (correctly) to every song! The guys rewarded them for their excitement - oh yes! Check out this set list!! Nothin, Special, Ctry Dth Song, I HEAR THE RAIN, Blister, Out th Wind-O, Prv My Luv, Nonny (with an extended woo hoo jam), LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE, W8n for th Bus, Good Feeling (sniff sniff - I had tears - really), Country Roads, Dance MF, BAD, Am Music, BREAKIN' UP (I had goosebumps on my goosebumps), Girl Trouble - well kind of, the WV state song, Black Girls, Gon Dad-D, Add it up - the encore: Mthr Reagn & Kiss Off. I thought Amber was going to jump over the barrier and run onstage when they started Life is an Adventure! It was fun just standing next to someone having that much fun! What's that you say? The Femmes don't have a song called Country Roads? That would be John Denver's song folks - add that one to the list of song covers in full. Guy, Gordon & Johhny O serenaded the crowd on this one - well actually the crowd wasn't really listening too well - they were too busy singing and cheering themselves silly! Very cool! At this point the show really took on a life of its own. Dance MF was absolutely wicked and Brian went totally NUTS at the end. Between the last chorus and when he does the "you're such an uuuuuuggglllyyy...part, he started spewing out all kinds of nonsensical bits of chatter and odd noises and then began squealing this high-pitched dolphin-like sound - it was quite impressive - no college sorority girl could do better - not even on Rush day! The veins on his neck were popping out & his whole head was pink when he was done - I can't even describe the look on Gordon's face! FrEaKy ... then came Bad, heh heh - nice follow-up dontcha think? Hey Nicker - Amber and I sang a few lines just for you! Am Music was the song so nice we got it twice - well 1 verse anyway. Breakin' Up - like I said goosebumps! Then Girl Trouble ... sort of ... Gordon was either overcome with excitement, suffering from temporary Lou Reeds disease or some other exogenous factor. I've heard that Lou Reed's disease doesn't normally strike such a young man so hopefully it was just temporary whatever the cause! :o) Sooo... this was an absolutely original version of this one guys! In the middle of the mayhem, Guy took over on bass & Brain sat down at a little mini- drum kit and proceeded to kick the rhythm up to a fever-pitch! I've read a few posts about it recently but I don't remember ever seeing Brian play drums before - I liked it but I hope he doesn't quit his day job! Oh NO! (rolling my eyes now) Don't anyone start a Guy vs. Victor vs. Brian thread! Girl Trouble somehow morphed into the West Virginia state song. Gordon first played the melody on the guitar and then sang the lyrics acappella. Very nice! Black Girls - Guy was NOT going to be outdone by Brian - I think I saw smoke rising from the kit when he was finished with his solo! Gone Daddy Gone and Add it Up were almost a let down after the flurry of excitement onstage during the previous songs - almost. But then they came back out for the encore and I swear it felt like they were singing Kiss Off for the very first time ever! I can't remember the last time I got into that song that much and actually counted up with Gordon and everything! It rocked! I was high- fiving everybody around me! Then Brian donned the theremin top hat thing AND simultaneously blew the digeridoo! Unbelievable! It was a FAN-tastic show! Thank you band & crew! I just have one thing to say to everyone! Get off your asses and go see the Femmes! If they aren't coming anywhere near you get on the phone with a promoter in your area and tell them you want to see them! Every concert ad you see has the promoter listed somewhere on the ad - write down the names and look them up in the phone book. It doesn't matter if you're 15 or 50 - they can't see you over the phone just call 'em. Don't be afraid or embarrassed just DO IT! And for all the fans in Europe - get ready! They're coming & you're going to hear some great music! Laughs & loves & hopes & dreams - action will supply the means... Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~