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Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: I'm meeting people, nice people too... I'm meeting people, nice people like you. -From Look Like That -Submitted by LilBoek *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): POSTPONED June 15- Knitting Factory, Hollywood, CA (P) POSTPONED POSTPONED June 16- Knitting Factory, Hollywood, CA (P) POSTPONED **June 18- 8 p.m., Filmore, San Francisco, CA, $22.50 (O,P,T)** With El Destroyo STEVE!!HONEYMOON'S OVER!! **June 19- 8 p.m., The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (O,P,T)** Tix:$20 **June 20- 8 p.m., Viejas Summer Site, Alpine, CA, $22.50 (O,P,T)** ALL AGES SHOW **June 21- Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO (O,P)** **June 24- Spokane Opera House, Spokane, WA (O,P)** **June 28- day show, Y-100 Festival, Sony Center, Camden, NJ (O,P)** **June 28- 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, New York, NY (O,P,T)** Tix:$26.50 adv, $30 door, 16+ show. **June 29- 8 p.m., Bottle and Cork, Dewey Beach, DE, 21+ show (O,P,T) **June 30- 8 p.m., Hampton Beach Casino, Hampton Beach, NH (O,P,T) With: Psychedelic Furs Tix: $23.50 **July 7- Summerfest, Miller Oasis Stage, Milwaukee, WI** Oct 25-7 p.m., Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, NY (T) 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: in the US, contact Frank Riley at Monterey Peninsula Artists in EU, contact Paul Boswell at Free Trade Agency Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? 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Spokane, WA ----------- nwinn (Nicole) LilBoek (Steve) New York, NY ------------ RatFink746 (Frank) ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/bluenote/936/ http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://www.geocities.com/kittricken/ http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Message Board: http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb870757&TL= 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 Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Quote of the Day New Message Board Date Changes Yippee! Spokane VF date in NYC Summerfest? Violent Femmes to play Summerfest on 7/7 Seattle x 2, Portland Check Out This Funny Review Saw Them Free! Viva un WAMI! Freak Magnet Raquel? RE: 120 Minutes RE: 120 Minutes Victor on the Vid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry, folks. I think I went into suspended animation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote of the Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Quote of the Day is from Good Feeling. :Ben: benhj -Pat. Says: Ben's was the first correct answer. Within a half hour, in fact, despite the fact that I should have typed la la, not na na. Oh well. Thanks to the many people who responded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Message Board ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey guys I've done some more updating to my site - including a FM page AND a link to a NEW VF message board. Oy! Hey you silent AM'ers - come and say something! This silence is deafening! As always I am: http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking Or do not pass go and go directly to the board: http://thefemmeking.myforum.net/index.php3 Oy! I would appreciate some feedback from you guys on the page. According to the counter 855 of you have visited since Jan 1. Or do you want me to believe it's just the same sad fan hitting me 855 times? Ouch! thefemmeking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are some upcoming tour date changes: The June 15th and 16th shows at Knitting Factory - Hollywood have been postponed, due to the fact that the club hasn't been finished yet! This can be confirmed on the KF website at http://www.knittingfactory.com/kfla/ . Thanks to LYDON69 for the tip. The May 9th San Francisco show that was postponed has been rescheduled for Sunday 6/18. Note that it's now at the Fillmore, NOT at the Warfield. Tickets from the original show will be honored at this show. (This can be confirmed on the Warfield's answering machine.) Rock on... --Friday friday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yippee! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a Violent Femmes concert on June 24 at the Spokane opera house and I am going!! :) They are playing with another band, but I cannot think of the name. Jack? Flap? I don't know--only going for the Femmes! Nicole:) nwinn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spokane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'll be going to the Spokane show on June 24th. . And what is up with Gordon doing a solo album. I saw in on MTV online.... Just wanted to know what others might know. LilBoek ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF date in NYC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > VIOLENT FEMMES LIVE IN NYC!! > The Violent Femmes are scheduled to play IRVING > PLAZA on Wed. 6/28/00. Tix are $26.50 in > advance and $30 DOS. Doors are at 8pm. > > for info: > IRVING PLAZA > 17 irving place at E. 15th street > box office: (212) 777-6800 > > tix available at the irving plaza box office and > through ticketmaster (212) 307-7171 > hope to see you there!! thanks! > kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summerfest? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been watching and waiting patiently BUT there are only TWO stages left that haven't announced all the headliners - The Miller Lite Oasis and the Circuit City Rock Stage! Could it be? Is it possible? Are the Femmes really going to be absent from S2K? wisconsinsane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Femmes to play Summerfest on 7/7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Some of you were starting to get downright anxious, so without further >ado, here's the Miller Oasis headliners for S2K... > >6.29 - Love Monkeys >6.30 - Todd Rundgren >7.01 - Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band >7.02 - Edgar Winter >7.03 - Brian Setzer Orchestra >7.04 - TBA >7.05 - Marcia Ball >7.06 - Natty Nation, Wailing Souls >7.07 - Violent Femmes >7.08 - Michael McDonald >7.09 - Ben Folds Five > >For additional information and the latest updates check >http://www.summerfest.com. jjwil90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seattle x 2, Portland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, I decided to go to three Femmes shows in a row. Kind of like a mini wisconsin tour for us west coasters. (I know it doesn't compare). So I find myself in Seattle on Cinco de Mayo, tickets in hand for three days of the Violent Femmes. I'm there a little early as I want to be up front for the show. One of the security guys walks by and says, "the doors won't open till 7". "Oh," I say. "I better go home then I got forty minutes..." Well, the doors open and I get up front with some other Femmes fans that were waiting in line with me. And we wait for the show to begin. The show started with a familiar yet much improved El Destryo. They had a new drummer "Shig 33" and a female in the group. Both added a nice element to the already existing band that holds the triangle of truth. There were a few people in the audience that decided to be mean to El Destroyo but it was much better than the previous year. The second night of El Destroyo was just as good if not better than the first only because the people that were returning for the second night knew what to expect. Before the second night started I talked to Jimmy for a little bit and he mistook me for one of his friends and proceeded to tell me that he called my mom last night. Since I thought that Jimmy was just busting my chops I played along and asked what she had said. Jimmy said that he didn't talk to her and he just left a message. At that point we both realized that we were dealing with mistaken identity. In Portland Jimmy didn't talk to the crowd much but my brother in law made his own version of the triangle of truth which Jimmy hung on to. Now what you've all been waiting for the Femmes parts of the shows.... The Seattle shows were really cool. Other than the fact that they didn't sell out the shows couldn't have been better. There wasn't much moshing and very little crowd surfing. I was up for the first two shows because the last time they played two back to back shows in Seattle was one of the best concert experiences ever. It would be hard to rival. Once the show started I knew it would be special because one thing that I have always wanted to see since I got their albums was to see all three siblings on stage together. The first night Gordon, Glenn, and Cynthia got around a microphone and sung an original Cynthia song. It was very cool. The second night Glenn came out with a guitar and Gordon and Brian backed him up on "Workin with an Idiot" just like on Glenn Gano's album "Unfinished". The third night in Portland they also played "Workin' with an Idiot". Which I don't mind, because how many times are you actually going to see it like that??? Now, this is the kicker for my weekend. Before the encore of the second night one of the guys on the Femmes crew jumped down into the pit and asked me if I was there the night before. "yeah," was my response. The guy said "Gordon wants to have a drink with you after the show" And then he handed me an aftershow pass. That was pretty cool, because I knew I would be able to get a straight answer from Gordon about why they don't play many songs from 3. One of the girls that I knew from the night before also got a backstage pass and we were both pumped. After the show Glenn came out and we started talking about his album and he seemed to remember me from buying his album. We started talking and he said that he is working on a new album now, I don't remember if he told me when it was going to be released. Everyone with an aftershow pass went down to the bar at the Moore theater and waited. I remembered someone telling me that there would be something to drink down there... I didn't even care if it was just water... but there was nothing. Gordon came out and the first thing he said to us was "This is it, don't expect anything else." I thought that was pretty funny because after almost 20 years of touring I can just imagine all of the crazy stuff people probably ask him to do. Glenn came out with him and I actually had more fun talking to him. Although, Gordon did answer my question about not playing any songs off of 3. Simply put, Brian calls the set list every night and I guess he really doesn't like that album very much. Well, I had a lot of fun that night, I didn't even ask for an autograph, maybe I should have. I have enough autographed things and I just think that they might be sick of signing stuff. The only awkward part of the night came when Glenn busted my chops about about something I said once, even though it was a long time ago. I apologized and he wasn't too upset about it... The third night they put me on the guest list and me and my friend got aftershow passes again. This show was sold out and they played till almost 12:30, as opposed to the 11:00pm curfew time in seattle. They finally played "A Story" that third night but the Seattle people didn't get to see it. It was really cool to see live. Reminds me of when they used to play Machine right after New Times came out. Well, after the show Glenn came up to me and said that they were going to go straight to the hotel so there really wasn't going to be an after show.. Oh well. It was a good weekend. SORRY I WAS SO LONG WINDED. P.S. Brian, if you do read this, thanks for flashing that guitar in my eyes every night. At least you knew I was there. HAHA. LilBoek ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check Out This Funny Review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday April 25, 2000 @ 05:30 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff Toronto, Ontario The Warehouse April 20, 2000 Reviewer: Hannah Guy Maybe it was the rain. Four hours before the band was supposed to perform, lead singer and guitarist Gordon Gano was still in New York. Weather problems at Toronto's Pearson Airport prevented his arrival. Amid torrents of rain and wind, Violent Femmes fans braved the shitty weather to see the 18-year-old band. One of the few bands that survived the '80s with a consistently strong following, the Violent Femmes are as popular as they ever were. Fans ranged in age from early teens to late twenties, and nary a grey head was in sight. But the Femmes themselves are starting to show a little wear and tear. Bassist Brian Ritchie was wearing some wacked-out, round fifties sunglasses and a long black skirt that didn't disguise his cheerful little beer belly. And almost every hairline on stage was heading south. Damp cheers greeted the aging band as they walked on stage, opening up with "Out The Window," "Jesus Walkin' On The Water," and "Prove My Love." It must have been the rain, because I've seen more fervor in a soup kitchen queue. The audience seemed marginally amused, singing along half-heartedly. Even the Violent Femmes seemed muted somehow, performing with skill, if not a lot of heart. The arrival of keyboardist and Horns Of Dilemma star Sigmund Snopek III perked things up a bit, displaying his extraordinary talents on the ivories and invoking comments from the band about his numerous fingers. The good-natured banter seemed to ease some of the on-stage tension a bit, and fans responded. "Old Mother Reagan" and "Dahmer is Dead" saw the crowd grudgingly respond, and cheer with something akin to enthusiasm when the Femmes played "I Can Change" from South Park. Between songs, Gano announced that he had finally figured out the riffs to the Stones' "Satisfaction." Ritchie responded by suggesting that they jam and try to play it. The two got through a couple of bars before they stopped. "We can't do this," said Gano. "It sucks," agreed Ritchie. They then launched into "Hollywood is High," "Freak Magnet," and "Sleepwalkin'" off the Femmes latest release, Freak Magnet. Up to this point, the band was performing well... but something was missing. The something was found in the midst of "Colour Me Once," a performance which, in my eyes, elevated Brian Ritchie to the status of Bass God. Ritchie, who played a number of instruments that evening (acoustic bass, electric bass, the tuba, the xylophone and what appeared to be a duck call), established himself as a spectacular musician, coaxing sounds from the bass that belonged to a guitar. It was a thing of beauty and a privilege to watch. From that point on I was sold, and so was the rest of the crowd. It was during "American Music" that I noticed that Gano's eyes looked a little glassy. Well... a little more than glassy. He stared into the lights with a gentle smile on his face, and I realized that the man was high as a kite. Several songs later he was introduced as the "glue sniffing," "ecstasy popping," "pot smoking," "acid dropping," "coke snorting" Gordon Gano. He looked hurt at the "glue sniffing remark." "Black Girls" was a highlight, showcasing the talents of Snopek on the saxophone, Ritchie on the tuba (I didn't think a tuba could make those sounds) and Guy Hoffman's gifted handling of the drum. The band finished off the set with all-time favourite "Add It Up," which featured Gano's rock 'n' roll guitar stylings. A two-song encore with "Waitin' For The Bus" and "Kiss Off" ended the evening on a bright note. The concert was initially soggy, but fortunately was able to dry up and become a spectacular performance by a band who have proven they're long from dead...Musically, anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saw Them Free! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saw the femmes live couple years back for FREE!!!! Oddly enough it was for a homecoming thing (hate those pop functions) so I don't know who picked the femmes to book... Anyhow, the femmes put on an excellent show, though the crowd was quite anemic. Gordon was wearing a Annual Cigar Fesival shirt from the festival here annually in Ybor City here in Tampa. The thing was was that I was at the same festival before the show and never saw da boys.. You know Brian had to be there too... Show was grand. Brain plays a mean shell. Crowd of about 200 actually cared about the show, the rest cared about looking good for the stupid homecoming crap. I just hope they come back to Tampa soon... (yes, I would pay whatever the damn ticket cost is, silly cheap bastards...) Driggs... http://www.13ad.com driggs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Viva un WAMI! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm kinda surprised no one else from around Milwaukee (or WI for that matter) posted this yet, but since they didn't here you go... "Viva Wisconsin" won a WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) award for album of the year last week. Yeah, I know what most of you are thinking, big deal, Wisconsin album of the year. And normally, I might agree, but the nominations were actually pretty good this year... Viva Wisconsin beat out Eric Benet, who i know very little about except I guess he's supposed to be a phenomonal R&B singer who has become pretty popular; Citizen King, who had heavy national airplay for their single "Better Days"; The Gufs, who are an excellent, excellent group for anyone who hasn't heard them; and Willy Porter, a local favorite who is a very good songwriter. just thought i'd pass that along... everyone keep their fingers crossed for the Femmes at Summerfest! rob=) rhc75a -Pat. Says: Isn't Static-X from WI as well? They're getting pretty popular around here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freak Magnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I finally heard the five new songs on the new release of Freak Magnet (twice, a week apart each time to see if they needed time to "grow" on me). Anyway, I absolutely love "hollywood is high", ever since I first listened. And "sleepwalkin'" got to me the second time around...those are such cute songs! As for the other three, blecht! *or your own sound of ickiness* one of them had interesting music (the one with Night in the title, i think). I couldn't bring myself to pay 17.99 + tax for this CD, especially for those five songs only. i still think "a story" is possibly their worst song, right down there with "dance mf dance", and should not have been on there again. and I don't think brian should sing on the songs, neither lead nor backup. it makes me skip skip skip to the next. well, that's my two cents...please no one attack me! :) ryan rcbarbato "Without friends, we only have our butts!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Raquel? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello all, Has anyone listen to "Raquel", a song on the "All I Want" single? What it sounds like? Thanks in advance. Alexandre adobly ================================================= http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/gains/65/index.html ------------------------------------------------- Depeche Mode - Violent Femmes - Nephilim ================================================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: 120 Minutes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Does 120 Minutes plan on showing the Femmes new video again? If so, can we get a date asap!!!???!!! I HAVE TO SEE IT! RMW17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: 120 Minutes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not that this is completely VF related, but with all the talk of 120 Minutes could someone please let me know what the hell happened to that show? i always turn on the TV to watch it sunday nights and Tom Green is on. What happened to that show?? Smashkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Victor on the Vid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was watching the Femmes compilation video (thanks to Harry in England for going to all the trouble)and one thing struck me at once: What a great performer Victor is. I saw the Femmes once in 91 when he was still with them and I remember thinking that he added an extra dimension to the band. I'd never seen someone playing standing up and putting so much energy into it. Seeing him on the video again pressed home what a fine entertainer--and musician--he is. Don't get me wrong, I think Guy is excellent too. But Victor seems a bit more off-the-wall and eccentric and I like that. scrawbzy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~