04-30-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Run, skip, jump, play My little boy is happy Look..he's smiling Because he knows no fear..here -From I'm Free *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): 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) 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! Cambridge, MA (If correct) -------------------------- potatoe482 (Em) London, England --------------- tylerboa xav (Xav) eirikurs (Eirikur) Baltimore, MD ------------- vanallen (Bobby) stacey (Stacey) kerrinross (Kerri) Denver, CO ---------- truman (Emily) lmjacobs (Laurie) ************************************************************************ 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.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/violent_femmes/ http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes 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: A Shameless, Off-Topic Plug The Cleveland Show Baltimore Info Needed Hyannis Info Needed RE: Johnson and Wales RE: Used to Be Single on Ebay RE: Used to Be Single on Ebay RE: Used to Be Single on Ebay RE: Delmore Schwartz Live VF Real Audio Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Shameless, Off-Topic Plug ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I forgot to mention-my oldest son (Austin) came in 3rd on his 60 and 3rd on his 80 last weekend. My youngest (Ethan) came in 5th; his best place this year. See my oldest here: http://www.evansvilleraceway.com/ev7.jpg and both of them (look for 7w and 11w going for the hole shot) here: http://www.evansvilleraceway.com/ev9.jpg No race this weekend, so I won't be boring you with the results next week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Cleveland Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would just like to add my thoughts about the Cleveland show. This show was my 7th time seeing the Femmes and I must admit that it was one of the best shows I have ever seen them do. They played a variety of songs from a lot of different albums. And as SDavid4810 said they did not play Dance M.F. Dance. Which was also a disappointment to me. They play it so well live. An interesting side note: for the encore Gordon said they "had played in Cleveland a lot of times before but that this was the best crowd that he had seen here. Since you guys are so special we're going to do something special for you." They then proceeded to bring out a music stand and placed some music on the stand. Gordon was looking at the music and Brian was looking at it over Gordon's shoulder. They then proceeded to play Ohio's state song. Not many people knew what it was but it was just so cool! Can't wait until they come back again. The opening band was a local Cleveland band named Rosavelt. They opened for the Femmes the last time they were at the Agora. They are actually not too bad. Happy listening!! John POP. popadakj Mr. John E. Popadak II, Senior Library Assistant KSU, Trumbull Campus Library 4314 Mahoning Avenue, N.W. Warren, OH 44483-1998 EMAIL: popadakj URL: http://www.trumbull.kent.edu/~popadakj/john/john.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Does anyone know how to get tickets to the Baltimore show? Are they already on sale? thanks, Catherine Eor24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hyannis Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had a question, how can I get tickets to the July 31st show in Hyannis? I know it by pollstar, but I don't know what to do with that knowledge! Thanks. Jon RPG9000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Johnson and Wales ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello everyone......I just wanted to comment on the Johnson and Wales show. I called the college to get info on the show and in regard to: "are you a student?" posted by..."em"...(is that right)....I asked the women that I spoke with if I should bring my student I.D. Hoping that she would say "no," because I don't go to school there and therefore don't have one. Her exact words were " Well, maybe, just in case." This tells me that there's a good chance that they will not be checking I.D.s. So, if your close to the college "em," you might just want to give it a shot. All they can do is tell you to go home. I was considering going to the show myself, but, being that I live in Florida and was planning on flying up (I'm on vacation that weekend) it might be too big a chance for me to take. I'm still considering it though...................also....in regards to the "Used To Be" Aus. single......thank you LilBoek for asking why it would be at $137.50. Because, I thought maybe I was missing something......(IE: solid gold, perhaps or maybe it included dinner with your favorite femme?) I didn't know, but, I guess Pat's right some people deserve to lose their cash. I'm glad I wasn't the only confused person out there!!! Anyway, until next time...enjoy life!! Peace-- Tammy from Tampa LTJENX13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Used to Be Single on Ebay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $137.50 for a single? ouch!!!!!! I picked mine up for about the same as Pat ...... i was also blessed to find the freak magnet promo for $8.00 at the local used cd store so the whole talk about the outrageous price on ebay.com is also amazing. flyingdutchguy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Used to Be Single on Ebay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi pat! I just thought I would comment on the absolutely ridiculous price I just saw the Australian Liberation records Used to Be single go for on Ebay: 143 dollars and change! Is it really that rare? Does somebody want to pay me a 140 dollars for mine? I love the femmes, but at this price I think I could be convinced to give that single up. I think I paid six bucks for it a a used cd store. Anyway, I just had to make some comment about this. Chris (cstaley, ChrisS, etc.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Used to Be Single on Ebay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok im the one whos got the bid in on the used to be single and its only cause its one of the last two cds i need to complete the whole vf record release collection also me and the seller have talked behind the auction and im not paying 137.50 moe along the lines of 15-30 bucks so if you dont get it thats to bad, theres nothing between your understandings and my intentions and willingness, so let me know when you own everyone of there record but one and will see how much your willing to pay! Nick Parr Parr -Pat. Says: Let me get this straight..the auction is bogus because you and the seller have already worked out some sort of secret deal. Do you do this often? Isn't that against Ebay rules? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Delmore Schwartz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Someone who attended the Wetlands (NY) show wrote that Gordon played > A trilogy of songs written to the poetry of > his favorite poet (I think his name was Delmore Schwartz). FYI: Delmore Schwartz was a poet and author, and Lou Reed's teacher and mentor at Syracuse University. His most famous piece is 'In Dreams Begin Responsibilities', which is a haunting story-- rather like a pre-cursor to the modernist movement in literature. It's worth checking out. He was also a famous drunkard, who held his classes at bars and essentially befriended Reed because he could go drink for drink with him. He died sometime in the late '80s, I think, drunk and destitute in NYC. ..ds dshein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live VF Real Audio Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is a link to a live VF show at 1st Ave. in Minneapolis. You'll need RealAudio and the show starts at about 25 minutes on the counter http://206.147.162.62/webcast/ViolentFemmes10.23.ram P.S. "Freak Magnet" is at 28 minutes. opkutech ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~