04-24-98

************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: The prophet is a fool, The spiritual man is mad, For the multitude of thine iniquity, And the great hatred. -from "Hallowed Ground" -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! Charlotte, NC ------------- Philadelphia, PA, LaSalle ------------------------- ************************************************************************ 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.students.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: Returned to Sender Charlotte Tonight Info Needed for New Rock Fest Ride Needed Peoria Review Wanted Peoria Show Peoria Show The Moshing Thread ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Returned to Sender ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've heard that a few of you are having trouble sending email to Interscope, and that your emails are returned as undeliverable. I haven't checked it out myself yet, but if anyone knows of an alternative email addy, that might be nice for those of us who want to contribute to the letter writing campaign. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charlotte Tonight ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey guys (n femmes...laf..bad pun). Today is Friday (DUH) and 2nite the Femmes are playing Charlotte. AND, I will be there!! This is my first Femmes concert and I will be on cloud 9 the WHOLE time. I just decided I'd let everyone know how excited I already am and I can't wait to get off of work on Friday (I can't believe i even have to work...grrr). Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine that this is really happening. I almost am expecting my brother to cop out on me again or for the Femmes to cancel or SOMETHING crazy. Cross your fingers that it doesn't and look for word about the show on Monday!! Much love and I'm sure some of you can relate to how I'm feeling!! Beyz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Info Needed for New Rock Fest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey! I tragically missed the Stevens Point show, but i've got my Burlington ticket, and now I might have to get one for New Rock fest. Personally I don't listen to that station too much & the other bands that will probably play are a little too trendy for my tastes. So just to make sure it's worth it for me...can some one give me a COMPLETE list of who's all playing there? I know all the headliners & I'm not big fans of any of them. I do like Soul Asylum, though. And how long can we expect the femmes to play for? and how much are grass seats? I'm not gonna try to get reserved seats for such a big venue to see the Femmes ...I'm more used to seeing them up close and/or at small venues with all general admission seating where I actually have room to dance (that's the best way to see 'em!)...and the grass is the only place you have much space to dance at the Marcus really. I've seen them at the Marcus during Summerfest before, but they were headliners then, and I got a headstart on some really close reserved seats. But now that I've caught the news a little too late to get significantly good reserved seats, I'll just get grass seats. I'm not even gonna stay for many of those other cheap bands anyways. Green Day does have some good music, and Soul Asylum is great, but to me being primarily a classic rock fan & a Deadhead, the whole "new rock" format they've got at that station is just annoying. You won't see me buying a T-shirt for this concert. -Tom by the way...I'm only gonna make this generous offer once: anyone who can prove to me somehow that they attended the Violent Femmes show on the 4th of July, 1996 at Summerfest at the Marcus Amphitheatre can send me one 100 minute blank tape with a self addressed stamped mailer and I'll tape you a A+++ quality bootleg of that whole show. E-mail me with some kind of proof (i.e.--a quote from a band member, a songlist, a review of the show & your personnal experience, etc...) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ride Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I want to go to the drexel show, but need a ride. Can anyone help? Rachel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peoria Review Wanted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How was the Illinois Show? -Pat. Says: Ask and you shall receive. Read on... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peoria Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Instead of going into detail about the setlist and how bad the crowd sucked and blah blah blah, I'm going to let everyone know that something unusual happened during this show. (Which, by the way, was of course, another great one). Well, it took the band a couple songs to warm up to the crowd, and I think something was on their minds, since they didn't seem to be as completely gelled as they normally are. Gordon's face looked bad bad bad, too, but oh well. During the encore, Gordon pulled out a paper napkin from his jacket and said that he had wrote this song at one of the diners in Peoria,and wanted to try it out. I'm killing myself, b/c I can't remember the name of the song, but it was a really cool ditty. It was about different races, and was really hard hitting. The first verse was something about how the "Blacks, they sure can preach" and there was a verse in there about how the "Yellow men can do anything but put a tv on your wrist" -- the crowd was kinda in shock the whole time, and after one verse he mumbled "Yes, I did really say that!", and the "American Indians, they're really good at sneaking up on people". It was a freakin hilarious song, and everyone throughoughly enjoyed it. The point of it was something like god is unity, which makes us diverse, or something. It was really really good. Regardless, hopefully someone else at the show can remember that song and remember the refrain. I didn't see anything relating to what the title was on the FREAK MAGNET setlist posted by deadpool, but maybe it has a wacky title. I sure hope it'll be on FM, since it's a really neat song, my new favorite VF song, actually. I hope it's not a song like I CAME FOR YOUR WOMEN, and won't be released except on boot. (BTW, does anyone have access to last night's Peoria boot?) john #3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- I just remembered the name of that song that I couldn't remember earlier. . . DIVERSITY OF MAN. Thanks, john #3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peoria Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Peoria show was very unique. It was one of the roughest crowds I've experienced. After getting in the first row (gen adm) I sat and waited for the opening band. The band was "THe Uninvited" from San Francisco. They were quite good. Their lyrics were "funny" and they had good tunes including "Too High for the Supermarket" and "God Said". In one of their songs they made a reference to Blister saying something like "When I'm a walkin, I strut my stuff, but I'm too high!" It was great. One of the best opeing bands I have experienced. But the real show was the Violent Femmes. Opening with "I Wanna See You Again" they played quite a score including personal favs of Good Feeling, Never Tell, Just LIke mY Father, and COlor me Once. They also played the new stuff like Bad and Freak Magnet. But what surprised me was when they played Add IT Up! It was not last! It was the last song before the ENCORE! I was shocked. Every concert I had been to before, and that is quite a few, they always finished with Add It UP. When they returned Gordon decided to read a song he had written the night before on a napkin! It was literally on the Napkin!. It was called "The Diversity of Man!" and it was about agreeing with what Reggie White said earlier this year. It was great. The highlight of the evening. Following the concert, I was talking with some of the crew and they told me to call Interscope. He explained that it was a bunch of BS politics. They handed out a few passes to hang with the band. Hope this review made you wish you were there! :) MBlack http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~mg-black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Moshing Thread ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I may clarify my position on participation at concerts? I have no objection to dancing, singing, screaming--I did plenty of it. what I object to is people flinging themselves around with no concern for the people around them. People were getting knocked over, jabbed in the face and kicked. That does not make for a good experience. paying attention to the moods and feelings of the music should not make concert goers oblivious to those fans who are smaller, less athletic, whatever. To paraphrase: Your freedom to swing your fist ends where my face begins. Violent thrashing about and slamming into people does not make a concert better or more enjoyable for anyone except those big enough to slam without getting badly hurt. If all my attention must be focused on keeping my balance and not getting crushed underfoot, how can I participate in the magic that is this band? I am all for getting into the music--BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S SAFETY. A little common sense is all I ask. -Tori ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~