06-02-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: I said I don't live in Chicago, I don't know no Al Capone. That bitch took my money and went to Chigago. If I ain't already enough sick and alone. -From To The Kill -Submitted by LilBoek -Pat. Says: I usually save that quote for Aug. 18, which is the birthday of someone very close to me who had that exact thing happen to him. *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): June 4- 9 p.m., Toad's Place, New Haven, CT, ALL AGES!!, $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 (T,P) July 31- Barnstable Co. Fairground, Hyannis, MA (P,O) August 15- 7:30 p.m., Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA (T,P) Sept 4- Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA (O) AND/OR: 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) ChewVitC (Kara) Denver, CO ---------- truman (Emily) lmjacobs (Laurie) mypen15 (Nick) Saratoga, CA ------------ sandycitarella (Sandy) stepheno (Stephen) ************************************************************************ 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 !!!!NEW http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ NEW!!!! 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/ 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: New Web Page Toad's Place? New Gordo Song RE: I Killed My Lovely Daughter RE: Gordon-- "Realiser"/Producer -- Louise Attaque RE: Louise Attaque RE: Louise Attaque KROQ Violent Ramones? Need to Find a T-Shirt LONDON SHOW- BRIAN RITCHIE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Web Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ladies and gentlemen my name is thefemmeking. I would like to cordially invite you to visit the newest Femmes site on the web. The page is in its "humble beginnings" stage but I call it home. The links are intentionally not turned on yet and the only way for you to find out what's behind those icons is to visit the page and send me an email telling me what you think of it so far. Bribery? You got it! For every 100 hits I'll turn on a link! oooweeeooo everybody's surfin' now come on and surfari with me ... Page: http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ Email: thefemmeking OR thefemmeking -Pat. Says: This looks as if it will be a very interesting page. Nice pictures, and great arrangement of them. Check out the page, click on the links which aren't there yet, write the guy a letter...and check back again often enough to turn on those links! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toad's Place? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey about the show at toad's place. i heard it is an all ages show, even though toad's place is usually 21+. as long as it is an all ages (or at least 18+) show and it is not sold out yet then i am going. -erin ear4888 -Pat. Says: I checked out the Toad's Place homepage http://www.toadsplace.com and found that it is indeed an all ages show. Check out the homepage, and then call to see if there are still tickets. There is a phone number on the homepage to call, with a 203 area code. Is it still 203 in New Haven? Because everyone I call back home is now 860. BTW, tix are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Doors open at 8, show starts at 9, and there are two opening bands; Double Dong and Paradise Vendors (acoustic). I can't believe after all these years, Toads Place is still going strong. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Gordo Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, I was flipping through the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Friday, and whose name jumped out at me in bold print? None other than our beloved, Gordon Gano! Why, you ask? Good question. Here's why -- he has lent his vocal talents to a new song by our also beloved Sigmund Snopek which is available on a new compilation disc: Linneman's Riverwest Inn ... recently compiled and recorded and is now about to release "Milwaukee Sampler," a 16-track CD consisting of acts that have frequently played the bar. The disc serves as a fairly representative sample of the city's popular music scene east of I-43 and north of downtown. Other artists featured on the disc (previously mentioned included The Lackloves, Mike Jarvis, Amy Rohan, Vida Blue, and more) include local music figurehead SIGMUND SNOPEK, whose "Turnaround" includes cameo verses by BoDean Sammy Llanas, former Talking Head Jerry Harrison, and Violent Femmes singer Gordon Gano. OK, back to me again... the article says that other artists on the disc include: Azz Kitchen, Moriarty, Li'l Rev, Freshwater Collins, Sarah Kozar, Front of Truck, Muddpie, and Waking Roland. The article closes by saying that the CD costs $10, which really sounds like a good deal to me. It does not, sadly, say how to acquire one of these CDs. I'll try calling Linneman's, and let you know if I figure anything out. (If you want more info on this you can email me...) So for those of you desperate to hear somthing new from Gordon, here's a start! rob=) coons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: I Killed My Lovely Daughter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the "I Killed My Lovely Daughter" Im Thinking thers only one person behind the whole thing who is making them---If you notice the front cover is a cut out from a promo poster from wensday November 17, 93 at the kansas Union Ballroom, also when this item sells its always the same title and description, notice though that the seller of this has always got "0" Feedback and the server of his E-Mail is either "CoinTrunk" Or "Aledwards" this CD has come into auction Now 4 times and never has it been on at the same time as another so if you really look at it its obviously being done by one person and a CD printer-- also does anyone know anything of Kiss Off--I own the CD but its not really a BootLeg It was copyedd Directly over No Lets Start over video there the exactly the Same no difference at all after all if you were in the crowd you would have heard different background noises than if you were on stage recording it but everythings exact does anyone know if this is an official import release or not??? thanx Nick Parr Parr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Gordon-- "Realiser"/Producer -- Louise Attaque ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hmmm, y'all haven't been paying attention to the Official Femmes page, have ya? According to the page, Louise Attaque's CD was awarded Diamond certification, a level above platinum that we don't have here, and our lovely Gordon produced it. The Femmes wanted to thank all of us rabid fans who went out and bought the CD simply for this teeny Femmes link... Anyway, everybody keep the spectacular concert stories coming in! Obsessed fans like me who've never had the opportunity to see the guys live LOVE to hear about the fan's antics as well as Gordon's, Brian's, and Guy's. I live vicariously through you guys... so thanx for taking the time to sit down and share. Love y'all... --Jennifer-- supergigi17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Louise Attaque ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >In the Paris concert, Gordon has sung "savoir" from the French band >"Louise Attaque". Nobody, including me, knew the song very well around >me. Recently, I heard the album of "Louise Attaque" and I was charmed >by the music (not the French lyrics). does anyone know if Louise Attaque CDs are available in the states? I heard them in France a year ago and really liked them. I heard them on some music channel. -james schrader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Louise Attaque ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A couple of facts on the French (and talented) band Louise Attaque: Louise (old fashioned female name) Attaque (Attacks)... see something here... Louise Attacks - Violent Femmes (Femmes means Women in French)? Louise-Femmes Attacks-Violent? Yep you're right, Louise Attaque named themselves after their favourite band, the good ol' Femmes. Which is why they had the idea to send Gordon a demo tape of their work... Gordon loved it, and decided to produce Louise's first album! Gordon (and Warren Bruleigh apparently) worked with them in Brussels on some of the songs. Has somebody else got info re: the relationship between Louise and the Femmes? If you got a chance to listen to their album, simply called "Louise Attaque" (it might not be easy to get it outside the French speaking countries), do it, because that stuff is really, really good, completely in accordance with the spirit of the Femmes. They're safe. Matt MatthieuLesle PS: and the French lyrics sound great! Arumph! "J't'Emmne Au Vent" (http://www.multimania.com/iceman2/lyrics/lyrics/artists/louise-attaque.htm) Allez viens, j't'emmne au vent Je t'emmne au-dessus des gens Et je voudrais que tu te rappelles Notre amour est ternel et pas artificiel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KROQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the Femmes were #27 on the KROQ countdown poudertsg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Ramones? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On a typical texas road trip, i played She Went To Germany for my girlfriend, who somehow recognized it. She's not a femmes fan and therefore doesn't own any of their australian imports, of course. Then she realized where she had heard it before: she says it's originally a Ramones song. Could this be another Femmes cover that i never even realized? Huh. Anyone who knows more about the Ranmones let me know. Oh yeah, everyone should see Rock n Roll High School. Not the lame 80's version with Corey Haim, though, the original w/ the ramones. joshua heyzeus -Pat. Says: I checked the liner notes, and nothing is attributed to the Ramones. The Violent Femmes are usually pretty good about giving credit where credit is due (except for that bit in the middle of Gone Daddy Gone, and a couple of stray lines here and there), so unless your girlfriend can actually play the Ramones song for you as proof, I'd say it's a Gordon original, although it may be heavily influenced by a particular Ramones song or Ramones songs in general. I don't actually have any Ramones records right now, and it was a long, foggy time ago. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Need to Find a T-Shirt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pat- Back last May of 1998. I saw the violent femmes at the CPR fest. There was a shirt there with a Japanese cartoon character on it and it said "Why can't I get just one fuck?" I really wanted to but it, but I had no money. does anyone know where I can find it? mike mdixon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LONDON SHOW- BRIAN RITCHIE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was at the Femmes show in London and have a query for anyone who was there. At the show Brian Ritchie sang a song on his own but I am not sure what it was called. The song went something like IF YOU DONT LIKE MY MUSIC THEN TOUGH !! I am sure these are not the words but they are someting along those lines. If anyone has the title of the song and knows where I can get a copy please let me know. PS The show was awesome and we need them back soon. Harry NFLHWB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~