06-11-01

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I've been a theme/rut qui m'embete. ************************************************************************ 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. Milwaukee, WI ------------------------- iddybiddydiddy (Patty) Austin, TX ------------------------- rockinaustin (Alicia) Denver, CO ------------------------- lmjacobs (Laurie) ************************************************************************ 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 Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Re: Taste of Randolph RE:Austin Info??? RE: Femmes in Austin RE: Happy Birthday Gordon Sell Out With Me Tonight TV Ad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Taste of Randolph ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last year, I caught Cowboy Mouth at TOR, and I believe it was like $5 at the gate. It doesn't sell out since it's a huge street affair, and is actually a pretty good place for a concert. It should be a great show, see yall there. j3 John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE:Austin Info??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can't find anything about an Austin show either but I did find the following article from when the VF played here last year. I laughed my ass off about some of the stuff he wrote but I didn't take his Twisted Sister thing kindly at all! Does anybody else think AM is a rip-off of Twisted Sister? Live Shots BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY June 23, 2000: Violent Femmes Austin Music Hall, June 10 My date was dead-on in summing up Saturday's Violent Femmes show as "totally junior high," but Gordon Gano's mullet may have been taking things a tad too far. Short on top, long in back, the lead Femmes' hair was a little like his band's set, actually. With inclement weather forcing a last-minute relocation from Stubb's, a printer glitch holding up the will-call line for at least two hours, scheduled openers the Damnations not playing due to "not enough channels in the P.A.," and fill-in Jimmy Smith trying valiantly -- with a Vic Chesnutt song, no less -- to stem the cafeterian tide of conversation, it's no wonder the Femmes emerged more flummoxed than the new kid in class. Their early set was a hodgepodge of "na-na-na" choruses, flute solos, bassist Brian Ritchie making like Henry Rollins on "Don't Talk About My Music," and a whole lot of country twang. Maybe they wanted to make sure they were in Texas, though it didn't matter where they were the instant a Pink Panther-like motif became "Waiting for the Bus" and the real show started. "Blister in the Sun" was dispatched soon after with a minimum of milking (that came later), and with a jubilant "Out the Window" and holy-rolling "Jesus Walking on the Water," the Femmes were off like a prom dress. You could almost picture balloons dropping from the ceiling when they trotted out slow-dancer "Good Feeling," and if they had, the crowd might have paid more heed to ensuing selections from the Femmes' new Freak Magnet CD. But everybody likes "American Music," even if it is a slowed-down remake of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It," and the Springsteen-like earnestness of "I Held Her in My Arms" was pure poetry. Well into the home stretch, the Femmes expanded their number to seven for a lengthy "Black Girls" (what was that about not enough P.A. channels?) as Gano introduced the band while drummers Guy Hawkman and Austin's Rafael Gayol did a mean Harlem shuffle. "Gone Daddy Gone" provided a xylophone lick straight outta the band hall, and then it was time for a little arithmetic -- "Day ... after day ... ." The crowd went positively pep rally as Gano's hip-hoppy rants about kissing, screwing, and the f-word became bluesy instrumental breaks longer than the will-call line. It was worth every second for the larynx-straining payoff of "Add it up! Add it up! Add it up!" and when the totals were in, Gano bid the crowd a sincere and well-earned adios. But he still deserves detention for that hair. thefemmeking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Femmes in Austin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey Hey! Add me to the who's going to Austin please!!! Also here's the info about it! Thanks - Alicia Summer-fest Where: Waterloo Park 403 E 15th St Austin, TX When: Saturday June 30 Price: $10 in advance at Hooter's or Star Tickets; $15 at the gate. With 13 bands pumping 10 hours of live music, the cost of the ticket is a small price to pay. The Bands -------------- Violent Femmes Reckless Trish Murphy George DeVore The Uninvited Edgewater Pushmonkey Soak Podunk Scabs Nixons Stroke 9 Toadies Behind the Scenes This non-profit charity event is sponsored by Smirnoff Ice and Hooters, and all profits will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. -rockinaustin Pat. Says: OK, now the combination of Hooters and the Make-A-Wish Foundation brings to mind a multitude of really bad jokes. 'Nuff said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Happy Birthday Gordon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gordon's birthday was on the 7th. It is also Michael J Fox's birthday too. Gordon's birthday was listed as 6/6 on the official website. In Phoenix after an awesome VF concert, I was sitting in VF's dressing room talking to Gordon. I told him my daughter's birthday was 6/6 like his. He replied that the website was wrong and that his birthday was 6/7. I then told him that my husband's birthday was 6/7. He asked me if my husband was short like him, Prince and Michael J Fox. I said that my husband was about 5'11", which I didn't think was very tall, but Gordon disagreed and said that was a lot taller than him or Prince or Michael J Fox. I can't wait for VF to come back to Phoenix, it's been too long since I've seen them in the flesh! Monica MonMcM -Pat. Says: My fault. The letter was sent on the 7th, so Nick got it right. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sell Out With Me Tonight ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have a subject of discussion in this confusing time of being a Femmes fan. While watching tv one evening, I think ESPN, a tv commercial came on for a Mercedes Benz convertible. The image on screen is just the car putting up its automated top. But something instantly caught my attention when the commercial came on - the song playing, it was oh so familiar. Then I had my "holy shit" epiphenal moment - the song was "It's Gonna Rain" by the Femmes! After I got over my amazement at hearing this gem on a frickin' Mercedes commercial, i came to these conclusions: 1. There is some ad guy/gal at Mercedes that deserves big props for the clever use of, let's face it, a really obscure song. A great song, off a great album, but really, not many people know the album or would even recognize "It's Gonna Rain" as a song by "that band that sings that blister in the sun song." I had that feeling that I was the only person in the whole state who would see that commercial and know the song they were using. 2. If Mercedes ever makes a car that costs less than my annual salary but a good margin, I'd at least consider getting one. 3. The Femmes in a car ad strikes me much better than an Iggy Pop song about heroin for a frickin' Carnival Cruise Lines. I think they deserve the exposure (if any) and money (however much) and I wish everyone on this list could see the commercial. Maybe they have it at the Benz website somewhere? Anyway, that's all. Go get some of those new Femmes songs at emusic.com, especially the alt. version of All I Want. It sounds really cool with strings. Hasta luego, Josh katzjoshua ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TV Ad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well... I'm speechless ... I'm stunned... I'm sad ... I was just in my room ... minding my own business ... roomate watching ESPN... I hear the voice... the bass ... I run into the den... in time to see it ... a BMW commercial ... If they need money bad enough to have to sell that song to that market ...well... we have failed them as fans ... that's all I can think ... Eric wisconsinsane13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~