06-15-01

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Okay so the joint was topless or the, the top was jointless but #2 says, "The past is pointless!" -from Rules of Success - Something's Wrong -Submitted by ddearry Keep those quotes coming!!! ************************************************************************ 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 - 6:00PM, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (P,T,O) 21+ show (NOTE THE TIME CHANGE) 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) drharris76 (Dan) 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: New Commercial Radio Plays What They Want You to Hear RE: Lust For Life RE: Werewolf Song RE: Werewolf Song Emusic Question ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Commercial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The new Mercedes commercial features its covertible to: It's Gonna Rain by none other than the Violent Femmes! Just saw it this morning. Neil neilg -Pat. Says: OK, so I haven't seen it yet. What station(s) are you all seeing it on? And the second question is: is it Mercedes or BMW? Not that it makes a whole hell of a lot of difference; our next car will be a Saab. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Radio Plays What They Want You to Hear ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As far as pressuring radio stations to play femmes songs, I know I've called a couple of times to request "sleepwalking" when Freak Magnet first came out, after I heard it on a local radio station. WFNX (101.7) in Boston even played it a couple times a day for a period of about two weeks when Freak Magnet came out. They even gave away copies of the album to listeners. Unfortunately the main "alternative rock" station in Boston, WBCN gave the album no airplay at all, the only femmes song they play at all is Blister (they actually overplay it in my opionion). There are other femmes' songs out there that are recognized by the general public (i.e. american music, kiss off, add it up) that radio stations in this area refuse to play. As far as a suggestion of a song to push for I would choose Something's Wrong or All I Want. Personally I love Werewolf, but I think it may be too disturbing . . . m.bromley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Lust For Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeah, that werewolf track is the hottest on the album, I think. You're right Deana, it must be from the Pabst show, absolutely. In regards to the BMW ad, rock on VF. Pat summed it up best - they didn't sell out, they just sold. And good for them. What about all the freakin radio stations that still blast BITS? Did VF sell out b/c they're getting radio play? C'mon now. My only complaint is that I don't have cable to see the freakin commercial. j3 John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Werewolf Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just want to say to Deana that the Werewolf song was recorded at the Milwaukee show or at the La Crosse show since that was the only two shows they played it at during the tour. Jon qween_madonna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Werewolf Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Breifly in response to Deana from the last issue, the Werewolf track is definitely from the Pabst theater show, because i talked to Gordon after the show about that song and the guy who wrote it, although now i can't remember a single thing he told me, except that he (Gordon) was a big fan of the songwriter. See you all in Chi-town (i hope i can go, stupid having to work to earn money...) rob=) rhc75a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emusic Question ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ w emusic, I have never used it before..can u buy JUST the femmes album or it appears u need a 3 mo membership? also..they used to have oh reggie and my way on their site (they are gone now) and the qual was much better..is there anyway to get the qual better? they dont sound like getting an MP3 on napster or winmx etc..any ideas? thnx Lazar921 -Pat. Says: I think I may have gotten my versions of oh reggie and my way off the official homepage..I'm pretty positive the my way and Y2K version wer lifted off the homepage. I don't know whether the quality of these will satisfy the discerning ear, but give it a shot if you want. I used to have an account on fortunecity, but found out this week they will no longer support mp3, so I've been working since 6 am on moving all my files to a new web site. So, go to http://www.angelfire.com/my/warychronicles.com and click on the American Music Star. It is far, far from complete, but someday I'll get to it.............. bookmark the page, because I hope next week to start an mp3 of the week feature. These will not be VF tunes, but don't let that stop you. OH, and feel free to send nastygrams to fortunecity. I intend to do so when I come back from my weekend vacation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~