05-19-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: You can send me VF quotes anytime, you know! *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): June 4- 9 p.m., Toad's Place, New Haven, CT, 21+ SHOW, $25 (T,P) June 5- Pier 6 Concert Hall, Baltimore, MD (P,O) June 6- Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ (P,O) June 7- Tramp, NY, NY (O) July 3- IC Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA (O,P) July 17- LoDo Festival, Denver, CO (P,O) July 23- The Vogue, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA (O,P) July 25- Calgary Folk Music Fest, Calgary, Alberta, CA (O,P) July 30- 8 p.m., Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NH 18+ show, Internet onsale May 22 (T,P) July 31- Barnstable Co. Fairground, Hyannis, MA (P,O) August 14- Historic Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA (P) August 15- 7:30 p.m., Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA (T,P) 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! Baltimore, MD ------------- vanallen (Bobby) stacey (Stacey) kerrinross (Kerri) Gluegirl (Danica) Newark, NJ ---------- Fraggle3 (Shannon) Denver, CO ---------- truman (Emily) lmjacobs (Laurie) mypen15 (Nick) ************************************************************************ 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/femmes/ Note: above url has been changed, and it has been *IMPROVED*!! 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: Marlboro? Violent Femmes in St. Louis!! Denver The Providence Story... RE: I went to Germany Stories, Rock, Money and some guy named Nick Ebay KROQ - Memorial Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marlboro? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ if anyone knows how to get tickets to the marlboro festivals, can you please post it? it sounds interesting...thanks :) ~shannon Fraggle3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Femmes in St. Louis!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey, I was so excited to see that the femmes were coming to st. louis. they are never here. you said that the show was on the official homepage, but when i visited there a few minutes ago, it was not listed. what is going on? i hope they come here. I don't want my hopes to be crushed. keep me informed please. Audrey audremart -Pat. Says: I'm sorry to disappoint everybody, but it turns out the Marlboro Festivals are all private corporate shows, and not open to the public. I have therefore removed them from the tourdates list, but I hope Nick includes them in his past tour page, so we can refer to them in the future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Denver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey.......I just realized that the Femmes are gonna be in Denver on July 17. Then I realized that I'm driving to Denver (from L.A.) to see Dave Matthews on July 20th. Son of a bitch! Now, I'll just go 3 days earlier and catch the Femmes too!! kick ass. That is so great! So Pat, add me to the list for Denver. Thanks. Nick mypen15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Providence Story... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i showed up early at a violent femmes show here in providence, RI...i was hoping to meet them before anyone was there, so i went at 4pm...i rounded the corner to the club, and sure enough - Brian Ritchie...i say hi and introduce myself...i explain that i am a bassist also, and that i learned to play by listening to every femmes bassline i could get my hands on...i suddenly remembered that there was something i'd been trying to show the femmes for years...(this should settle any "bigger fan" arguments)...i hiked up my shirt and showed him that i had the Add It Up album cover tattooed on my back...he was quite impressed, and got the road crew out to see it...they were all pretty much amazed that i went 4 1/2 hours under the needle to show my appreciation of their music...brian said he'd come and get me later so that i could show Gordon and Guy...sure enough, he came and got me...i went backstage and showed all them all the tattoo...then i hung around a bit with all of them, talking about femmes and music and whatever i could think to ask...they were all incredibly cool...brian then asked me a question which made my heart stop...he asked if i would like to play a song with them...he suggested faith...i was undeniably intimidated, and asked if we could do something else (what i had in mind, i don't know) ...then, of course, i agreed...we continued to hang back...i played Never Tell on bass with Brian on guitar...then, inevitably, i went on ...the crowd was screaming and i showed the crowd the tattoo...we played the song and Gordon broke into the Rhode Island state song...he mentioned liking the part about being the smallest state, yet being one of the best...there was someone from the femmes entourage snapping pictures the whole time, which they said would be posted on the website ...it was a personal dream come true, and furthermore, (heh) my band got some great press out of the deal... yours truly, Ron from Camellia Nevertell6 -Pat. Says: Welcome to the newsletter, Ron. I've been waiting for a long time to hear that story. Thanks for sending it in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: I went to Germany ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As I was Reading This letter, I couldn't help but to go back to last year when I saw the Femmes in Duluth, MN. It sounded pretty much the same, but they sure have a way of personalizing their shows. For instance, before Dance... Brian said something like "what do you do in this cold? I suppose you could fish...or...maybe you could fish...or maybe you could...When I say..." Also, since this show was in the home town of Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan), they played "Positively (34th?) Street". And I would have to say the highlight for me was that same red spotlight on Gordon during "Country Death Song" Although for us it started as white, then pink, and slowly darkening to a hellish red as the song got deeper, then when he sang "Hang myself in shame" the lights went out and the song ended as it does on the album in total darkness. Well thanks for the memories, and to the "Arguement" that's going on ...this is why Pat has this newsletter. I am 28 years old, and still love to hear about the teenage excitement of going to a concert, especially if it's their first. opkutech ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories, Rock, Money and some guy named Nick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >After years of waiting, disappointment and canceled tours, I finally >got to see the Femmes in Cologne on May 10. It was worth the wait. After reading scrawbzy 's concert experience I just had to write in and say that people's concert stories are some of the best things about American Music. Somebody recently commented that they didn't like those bits. I can't imagine why. Don't be shy about sending them in. Some of us are living the Violent Femmes concert life through you. We don't all live in Milwaukee. Or the States for that matter. Keep them coming. >Re: $20 for Rock on Ebay. . . All this recent talk about money and the price of the Femmes is really funny in my eyes. If you got money burning a hole in your pocket and you want to get more Femmes with it, then I say its a good thing. I paid 45$ or so back in 1995 for my copy of Rock!!!!! and it was worth it at the time. I must have been the only guy in Canada who had it - and not many people out of Australia could have bought it so soon. It was years before other Femmes fans started talking about the songs on it. For me, that was worth 45$ at the time. Now, I'm not so rich, so I wouldn't do it again. But if you got the $ then might as well spend it on the Femmes. How many of you out there travel around, mostly to see the Femmes? Bet you its worth it. Money, money, money! ><< Maybe I am just a bigger femmes fan than Nick is ! >> I've seen a picture of Nick. He's not so big... Erik"36" Foisy thehappycyclops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ebay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Pat. Says: Nick sent me some personal mail between himself and another subscriber, and the jist of them was that the misunderstanding between them has been resolved; the seller appears to have told them different stories, but it appears neither of the two cheated on Ebay. I am not including the posts themselves because they are afterall personal mail, except for this quote from Nick: OK there ladys and gentlemen the show is over and settled!!!!!!!!!!! Plus, there were a question Nick had which I think may be answered by some subscribers, and a comment as well. So here they are: Also, about that "I killed my lovely daughter" bootleg you won, did that turn out to be a CDR?? P.S the Singles Nuclear war/Alphabet & Sun Ra man From outer space/Parade/christian for one day do exsist i hav both of the MIP on my wall just thought i would let you know about em thanx. Nick Parr Parr -Pat. Says: I have not heard of this CD before it was on Ebay. Is this an official Oz release, a boot, or what? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KROQ - Memorial Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My local alternative radio station KROQ is doing a "Top 106.7" bands thing for Memorial Day weekend and they want people to vote for their favorites. So everybody VOTE for the Femmes and whoever else you might love. Only one entry per e-mail address so remember when you were all internet rookies and you thought it was really cool to get a whole shitload of e-mail addresses (I'll have to remember mine...)? Well, now's the time to use them. Last time KROQ did this (like 2-3 years ago) the Femmes were #16. This is the URL: http://www.kroq.com/contests/memorialday/index.html or you can just go to the homepage (www.kroq.com) and click on the link that says "vote here" or something. go get em guys!!!! Nick mypen15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~