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************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: "boing boing boing boing boing boing boing boing." -from the Morning Song (Candlelight Song) -submitted by Drew Don't blame me, he submitted it. There'll be another from him on Friday. PLEASE send your VF quotes to patwary ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Birmingham, AL -------------- Milwaukee, WI ------------- ************************************************************************ ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO PATWARY ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.scopemag.com if this doesn't work, try: http://206.103.163.50 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/6918 Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.bucknell.edu/~wtorres/violent_femmes http://www.olga.net Une banane:Send in your top five faves each week to: melancon HERE I AM: Tell me where you live for the Here I Am list. ************************************************************************ In Today's Issue: Amazon.com Les Enfants du Rock 'n Roll Soundtracks Machine on Real World Re: Blister On the Ice Not Fade Away RE: Cover As Ska ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amazon.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ so I type up "violent femmes" at amazon.com and among the usual, I get "step right up." Does anyone have any clue what this is? All I know is that it is associated with Tom Waits (a tribute album perhaps?), and it's a combo of songs by various artists. They have a sound bite of a song sung by the Femmes, called "Step Right Up." If any of you folks are interested, go to amazon.com. adios! Olga ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Les Enfants du Rock 'n Roll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out this photo! Is that a Flamingo?? :o) (See Pat's note below) This site also has a track listing for that Les Enfants du Rock 'N Roll boot we discussed some months back..... maybe it does exist.... Violent Femmes Album Title Les Enfants Du Rock 'n' Roll Date of Release 1985 (approx.) Type bootleg Time 47:00 1985 LP Slat VF1-1985 1.Blister in the Sun 2.Hallowed Ground 3.Prove My Love 4.No More Reagan 5.Daydream Believer 6.F.A.I.T.H. 7.Ain't Gonna Wait 8.Gone Daddy Gone 9.Jesus Walking on the Water 10.Batman 11.Never Tell 12.Good Feeling Okay- 4 could be Old Mother Reagan but what about 5, 7 and 10?!?!!! (See Pat's Note Below) Anyone ever heard of a label called Slat or Alex?? How about our Australian listers - can you help out with this??? Also they have another bootleg listed from '92 - called "Australian Tour." I've never heard of this one before. Anyone have any info on this??? -ddearry -Pat. Says: I tried Deana's links, and neither one of them worked. In addition, since they used symbols not supported by my computer in some way, the entire newsletter came out double spaced when I checked it by sending to myself. This happens sometimes. But what you need to do is go to the All-Music Guide Site, the closest I could come is http://205.186.189.2/cg/AMG.exe That'll give you an error but ignore it and just do a Violent Femmes search. The 'flamingo' is I would assume a reference to Brian's...um... attire. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soundtracks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in a search for vf songs i haven't heard i began thinkin...hmmm how bout soundtracks. I know they have a song on the crow soundtrack and grosse point blank, but that is all i could think of off hand. can anybody else think of anything??? -wes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Machine on Real World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was watching MTV and the first episodes of the Real World were on. I don't know what year it was, but the London episode played the song Machine. They didn't play any of the words, but they played the song for about 10 or 15 seconds. Just thought I'd let you all know. Lindsay lmorrow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Blister On the Ice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Was watching the third quarter of the Detroit/Washington game from > Detroit last night and, during a break in the action, a familiar tune > came on very loudly over the PA system--none other than Blister In The > Sun. > I hear this just about every time I watch the Pittsburgh Penguins. I wonder what the connection is between Blister and hockey? Also, this line about "better to burn out than fade away"; I've also heard that line in a tune by Def Leppard. Pyromania, I think. Don't ask me how I knew that. Besides the VF song with the same title, does anyone know where the line "36-24-36" also appears? I know of at least one song. (And NO it's not Def Leppard!) -Greg.Ward ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not Fade Away ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok, this has absolutly nothing to do with the Femmes, I apologize, but I had to respond to "Fade Away"...I hope you know that "Its better to burn out than to fade away" is NOT a Cobain quote, but a Neil Young quote, from "Hey Hey, My My" -Grover53 -Pat. Says: I think most of us know that by now, and I suppose we also all know that Nirvana played with the VF. The question I have is, did the VF ever play with Neil? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Cover As Ska ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey everybody! Thanks for all the ska suggestions, and I think I've decided what to go for first. We're going to try "BITS" first I think, just becuase it's short and has a lot of leeway with our wonderful horn section; and because we're playing the 4th of July Celebration in a San Diego neighborhood, I think we'll go for "American Music" as our finale. They're well-known tunes, and I think we can ska-ify them well enough. Thanks again to everyone who gave suggestions! Claire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~