06-01-01

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (** means new tourdate): T=Ticketmaster O=Official homepage P=Pollstar **Sun 06/24/01 - 7:00PM, Taste Of Randolph, Chicago, IL (P,O)** **Thu 06/28/01 - 7:30PM, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (P,T,O)** 21+ show **Fri 06/29/01 - 10:00PM, Summerfest Miller Oasis, Milwaukee, WI (P,O)** **Sat 6/30/01 - Summerfest 2001, Austin, TX (O)** **Fri 07/13/01 - AT&T LoDo Music Festival, Denver, CO (P,O)** ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE If any of you are going to any upcoming shows, and would like to meet fellow subscribers who are also going, send your name and what show you will be attending, and I will put it here. ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://members.fortunecity.com/planetblue http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ -aka- http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Discussion Group: http://www.egroups.com/invite/vf2000 and click the "JOIN" button 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 (not working 4-26-01) Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Duluth Show Duluth Show & Summerfest I Daresay He Soiled Himself ... 4/30/2001 NYC Concert Report Milwaukee Rock Montgomery Alabama Show Violent Femmes and Heather Frith/Nova ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Duluth Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Femmes show in Duluth went on as planned, I had to eat $30 on an unused ticket but had a great time anyway. The set was pretty much a reconstruction of the "Add It Up" Album but included "color mr once" and my favorite of all time "Hollowed Ground" Pretty shocked that the only tune off Freak Magnet was the title track. Harmony Reily was really good too, but sounded more like a radio rock band. Total length of show: 3hrs - H.R 45min, V.F. 2hrs -opkutech ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Duluth Show & Summerfest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's up Femme fans? Yeah so I made a trip out to see the guys in Duluth. Planned to see a show at First Avenue in Minneapolis too but I still don't know what the hell hapened with that. Noticed that it has been rescheduled for late June though. And hey some news from Milwaukee - Femmes are playing the Miller Oasis for Summerfest! Duluth was cool. Mostly as expected but a few tunes from Freak Magnet. Anybody download the mp3 album from emusic yet? I gotta tell you guys that I am way confused by what's going on with VF. I mean what are we supposed to think about all this shit and NO word from the band? Breaking up ... not breaking up... new tour dates... tour dates cancelled... mp3 albums for download ... f**king webpage never gets updated... And damn if anyone ever talks around here anymore... that is *if* we get an issue at all ... What I want to know is DOES ANYBODY EVEN CARE ANYMORE? -wisconsinsane13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Daresay He Soiled Himself ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The story of which she referred to, of course, is the absence of >Violent Femmes' singer Gordon Gano, from the Thursday Meehan >Auditorium concert. >Gano, confused while getting off his tour bus, ended up playing a >marathon one-man show at the adjacent Moses Brown High School front >lawn. Well, the first sentence is actually true. I think the latter, although hilarious, is just a creative attempt to explain the unexplainable. Gano was a no show so Snopek took the voice set. I may never forgive myself for missing an opportunity to hear Sig sing Add it Up so someone please write in with a concert review. In other news ... Foellinger auditorium respectfully enjoyed a full complement of Femmes on Sunday night. And just a few hours north on Monday, Dekalb Illinois kicked some major arse for a couple of hours while the guys laid down an excellent performance! It was hot, sweaty and rauccous - and the crowd was pretty Ok too ;o)! I'd give you all a rundown of the set but I can't - I got so caught up in the show that I completely lost time. Don't you love it when that happens? When the guys came out for the 2nd encore (yes, 2nd!) the guy behind me said, "What do you think they'll play?" I said, "Kiss Off," and he said, "they already played that." Like I said - completely lost in the music. If you were at Otto's Monday (and especially if you caught Guy's drumhead & your name is Michael) send me an email and we can discuss! One more thing... >not everyone digs 'rock n' roll' or you know, the other types of >music out there, but you have to give a certain respect to all types >of music even if they're not your style. Right on Shannon. R-E-S-P-E-C-T ... girl you said it! And come on like him or not don't we all have days where we wanna Durst around and Break Sh**? Have fun at Irving Plaza! Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4/30/2001 NYC Concert Report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Does anyone remember the *exact* playlist from 4/30/2001, Irving Plaza? Here's what I recall (not in order): Old Mother Reagan I Held Her In My Arms Blister in the Sun Kiss Off Add It Up Confessions Prove My Love Promise Gone Daddy Gone Good Feeling American Music Waiting for the Bus Jesus Walking on the Water 36-24-36 Dance Motherfucker Dance Freak Magnet All I Want Rejoice And Be Happy I drove from N. Carolina to see the show and the drive was soooo worth it. This was the best show I have ever seen-- and I was sober! They played all but 2 songs from "Violent Femmes" 1982 album. One song from Freak Magnet. A couple of Jesus songs. and one song I didn't recognize. The crowd was good, some folks didn't understand what a mosh pit was, but the other folks around me set them straight. I do wish they had played "Mosh Pit" from Freak Magnet. The opening band sucked. --Ilana inewby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Milwaukee Rock ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So did anybody else end up wandering around downtown Cincinnati wondering,"Where have all the cowboys gone and what does a Silo the Husky fan look like?" Just kidding - although I was really looking forward to hearing a band called Silo the Husky. The Cincinnati show was cancelled - although this time at no fault of the band. In my experience the promoters of Femmes shows are usually a little nervous about security due to the reputation of us willfully crazy folk but in this case the fears may actually have been justified in light of the racial tensions and rioting going on there in recent weeks. Why can't we all just get along? Every cloud has a silver lining though and mine was sterling!! I had already planned a trip to Chicago to see my second fave band -Television - so Cinci was just going to be a detour on the way home anyway. TV was unbelievably fantastic ... beyond words really (but if you want me to try, email me privately and I will). So as I am floating out of the Metro Thurs night with Marquee Moon ringing in my ears I bumped into a friend who is also into TV and VF and he says, "You know if you go to Milwaukee you could see Victor play tomorrow night." Life is an adventure right? So I spent Friday day lolling by the "ugly lake" reading (wrapped in a blanket because it was freezing and all I brought with me was shorts and T's)! Then I enjoyed my very first Friday night fish fry with the Bluebirds (Sigmund Snopek & Andrea Terek) at Carpenter's Pub, and finished the evening at Linneman's watching Victor play. You guys in and around Milwaukee just don't know how good you've got it! I even got a little bit o' Femmes in - Sigmund cover Blister in his set and Brian sat in with him and played Summertime on the Shakuhachi. Seeing Vic play again was fun and I think we will all be hearing the Delorenzo name being tossed around in music circles again soon. His son Malachi (don't know about the spelling) opened up he and really blew me away. Oh - BTW - for anyone who's heading to Summerfest this year - Sig and Andrea are doing the Bluebird's thing on the 28th and 30th. Femmes are on the 29th so come early and/or stay late and see them too! Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montgomery Alabama Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes finally the Femmes venture to the south eastern US and for everyone who had the opportunity to see them at Jubilee City Fest in Montgomery, Alabama it had been a long awaited visit! They played all of the favorites to a great crowd dancing the night away... they even sneaked in an encore after the curfew of the festival. I have never wished I was more musically inclined as I did when Brian invited Ron up on stage to play bass. What the ultimate fan experience! This was a great day and I got to spend it with some incredible people... my sister and a dear friend who traveled many miles to see the band! It has been a long while since I had seen my favorite band and I had almost forgotten how incredible it is to see them live! Let me encourage you to make plans NOW to catch one of the upcoming shows... you can never have enough Femmes in concert! Carrie garrica ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Femmes and Heather Frith/Nova ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello there, my name is Massimo and I am the editor for the http://www.heathernova.org website. I am currently working on a Heather Nova Tour Itinerary feature, trying to list all possible shows she played. In a few articles I have found out that she appeared as an opening act for the Violent Femmes, and this should have been in the early nineties, most likely in the UK. It might also be possible that she appeared under the name Heather Frith (her real name), as I have found her listed with this name as the opening act for Bob Mould in 1991. So I am looking for more informations, and I thought I might ask you if you've seen her name pop up anywhere on posters/ticket stubs/ads/ whatever for Violent Femmes shows. Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks, Massimo Benvegnu' Editor - heathernova.org maxgnu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~