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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: crossed my path and i followed your face, it was hard to believe it was hard to trace, uhhh, i saw you today, seems like i see you every day, but there's something i figured out about you oohoohooohoohhoooooooh.......YEAH.... -from Ugly -Submitted by flyingdutchguy *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): July 3- IC Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA (O,P) July 4- Freedom Fest, MCI Center, Washington, DC (stacey) 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) June 26- Summerfest, Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI $12.50+Summerfest admission (T) 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) **Sept 5- Rose Garden Amphitheater, Portland, OR (P)** **Sept 10- Gas Lamp Quarter, San Diego, CA (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 To book a show, contact Hornblow USA at: hbgusa Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Milwaukee, WI ------------- Extatika (Beky) Victoria.K.Grundle (Victoria) flyingdutchguy (Scott) 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 http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ 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: Comp? Clearing Up Some Comp Questions Newark Show A Story Freedom Fest? It Could Happen My Luck Has Changed!!!! Message Board 500 Forum? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comp? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hello everyone. im half asleep and im kind of confused. how can i get one of those awesome Violent Femmes compilation videos? should i just write to the charmrec.com people or are they just not ready to be distributed yet? id really like to see it, and congratulations Deana, for finishing it. so yeah, info on that would be great. :) ~shannon fraggle3 -Pat. Says: Dale at Charmrec did not compile this video; he graciously submitted a few clips. Do not write to him unless you want to buy some of the great CD's he has for sale! Read on for more details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clearing Up Some Comp Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everybody! Man have I been deluged with email since Friday's issue came out. I'm happy there is so much excitement about the Vid. Those of you who emailed early got responses but I'm sorry to say that I gave up trying to reply to each note by Saturday morning. I hope to clear up the majority of the issues with this post. The most important thing I want to get across to everyone is that I am NOT selling the video!!! Secondly - as soon as we finalize the details Pat will post all the instructions for obtaining the vid. We are offering the video to everyone on the list for either a blank tape & postage or the cost of a tape & postage. So put your checkbooks away and fire up your VCR's - we need volunteers to help get this thing distributed. I think there are around a thousand of us here and , ,judging by my Inbox, we have a lot of tape copying to do! As far as I know we have had one person volunteer for the upper East Coast area and one person volunteer for the European (PAL) format. Someone also volunteered to try and purchase all the tapes we need in bulk to keep the cost at a minimum. I have sent Pat & the people who contributed, original copies & am hoping to be able to send the volunteer distributors originals as well. I know Pat's busy so you can email me also to volunteer or with any organizational suggestions. Actually - let me be blunt for a second - please remember that I said there are around a thousand people here so don't email me to ask if the Live on 120 minutes intro's were '88 or '89 or to suggest that we use Fuji vids instead of Maxells. I know everyone is anxious to get your vid so please help us or stay out of my Inbox! Thank you! Deana ddearry -Pat. Says: I have two west coast volunteers: Claire from CA and Monica from AZ. For some reason, I can't make copies, but I am working on it. If I can fix the problem, I can do some east coast distribution SO At this point, I would like responses ONLY from people who are willing to help distribute. I don't know where the PAL person is, but one may be enough for Europe, if he or she is willing to work very hard. We will need an OZ/NZ distributer...and I think we still have a South African subscriber who will want this comp (you still here? I never hear you on the T? list either!) One East coast distributer is not enough, and it seems the central US is not represented yet, not is the entire great big country of Canada! When we have a distribution system worked out, volunteers will all get 1st generation editions, we will list their names; write to the closest and work out the details with them. Now, if you do not like potluck video choice, I suggest you buy your own tape. No, we don't have 1000 subscribers anymore, but we do have about 650 (typical summer lull), and when the Fall arrives, people will be asking about this comp all over again. OH, let me stress this---this comp is available only to people who are now subscribers to AM, or who had to unsub because of summer vacation, or who subscribe from now until the time distribution is complete (and I hope it won't take too long). This is not something we're going to be doing forever. And if I see a sudden increase in people subscribing ONLY to get this vid, and then unsubbing, I'm going to stop distribution to new subscribers. And we're only giving out one copy per person. There's going to be so many to make as it is. OH, one more thing...I had better not see this compilation showing up on Ebay! This is a not for profit effort. why? because we like you! If I catch anyone selling this vid, you will be yanked from this list faster than you can say "oops". And then I will track you down and emasculate, efemminate, eviscerate, and harangue until your head spins. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Newark Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the show in newark was a lot of fun. there was a good mix of young and old people going to see the femmes. it was sort of funny to look over and see a baby....hehe. the crowd was really good....no one was getting rough(if they had i would of had to of beat them up....j/k ). the femmes seemed really happy, they played a lot of stuff from the first album and nothing from rock which surprised me. They didn't play dance mf dance, i guess cause all of the little kids there. ohh this is really cool...when me and my friends were walking back to the car, we had to walk through this parking lot thing Gordon and a really tall, thin black women just walked right by us. we didn't say anything to him, which i regret. but i think he may of heard us freaking out after we passed him. -kara ChewVitC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ okay...here's the story...i showed up just in time for the second opener, which was an incredibly odd band called double dong...i was hoping to get there early enough to meet brian and the gang again, but no such luck...the road crew recognized me immediately though, which was cool...when the femmes came out, all the guys acknowledged me with looks and nods, and i was happy with that...but, much to my delight, that was not it...during the last number (which i cannot even recall becuase it degenerated into some bizarre version of whatever song it started out as) brian nearly threw his bass at me and made for his theremin...i rocked it out this time, becuase i felt much more comfortable...so, there i was, front row...playing bass over the crowd barrier, while jay (my good friend from another local band up here) held the bottom of it for me...it was great...just seeing brian up there looking down at me...one more little sidebar...they played the best damn version of never tell i've ever heard em do...i daresay it might have been the best femmes show i've ever seen...14th time's a charm i guess...btw, feel free to write me just to talk about the femmes or to get the dirt on my band... Ron from Camellia Nevertell6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freedom Fest? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have a questin about the freedom fest on the 4th of July. Is it actually in the MCI center or is it outside. Also, would it be during the day or at night. I don't want to miss the fireworks, but I guess the femmes would be better than that. Beware all that go though. It is impossible to drive around in DC on the fourth...hundreds of thousands gather on the Mall for the festivities. anyway, anyone who has more info on this, including what other bands might be playing would be appreciated. thanks Bobby vanallen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It Could Happen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You know, all I've heard about Femmes at Summerfest is people missing it. I'm going to be in Madison, rob coons(coons) is going to be at a "stupid" family reunion, and theflyingdutchman from yesterday's issue is missing it by a few days. I figure the Femmes are a reasonable, flexible band--they could just play a few days earlier for those of us who can't make it. So if anyone sees Gordon just let him know I would like a special preformance on say...the 24th. Thank you. VfPONY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Luck Has Changed!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ well, as it turns out i was able to rig my vacation schedule around to allow me to stay in milwaukee and see the femmes play live!!!!!! ] LIFE IS GOOD!!!!! This will be my first time to go to Summerfest in Milwaukee..... my friend, who is a native, says it is great fun.... how sad it is that this texas boy had to introduce her to the music of the femmes! I am taking her to the concert with me..... add me to the list of people attending the summerfest concert!!!!! scotter -flyingdutchguy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Message Board ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ well scince the problem of the message board i really never did care for it but it seems everyone else dose so ill do my best to put up another one for all you and my VF page that ive been working on for the last couple of years should be up soon so be patient and ill keep you informed Nick Parr Parr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 500 Forum? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ what ever happened to the 500 Forum?? and are the VF subscribers to the AM newsletter?? Thanx (P.S Erik If your reading this mail me on how your doing!!!!) Nick Parr Parr -Pat. Says: I don't remember using the 500 Forum; maybe another subscriber has info about it. As far as your next question...with so many anonymous subscribers...I really couldn't say. I'll bet they don't even all have computers, not to mention email addresses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~