06-20-01

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: I will admit to being full of shit as soon as I am aware of it... -From 12 Steps - 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 06/30/01 - Summerfest 2001, Austin, TX (O) **Sun 07/01/01 - Dynafest, City Hall, Houston, TX (Josh Katz)** $10 advance tickets available at Ticketmaster 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 Pat's Page: http://www.angelfire.com/my/warychronicles click on the american music star. Soon to be added to the mp3: World without mercy, thanks to Chris Staley check out my mp3 of the week, even if it isn't VF related *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Curse My Luck Poster For Sale Re: What and Where Is It? Something's Wrong A Story RE: Rules of Success RE: Various ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Curse My Luck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Concert Announcement! The Femmes are headlining the "Dynafest" (?what?) in Houston, Texas on July 1st, featuring a few other bands of small renown. It takes place apparently at City Hall plaza in downtown. And, because i have bad luck when it comes to the Femmes, I'm going to be out of town and miss the show. Sigh. But i expect others on this list to be at that show (steph?) -Josh the Angry Texan katzjoshua PS It's definitely a Mercedes ad. When I saw it, it was on ESPN, the station that brings you the musical soundtrack to the MXPXgames. -Pat. Says: After a lot of searching, this is what I found: http://www.dynafest.com/main.html http://www.spacecityrock.com/houston.html Dynafest:Sunday, July 1 at City Hall (corner of Smith and Walker downtown), Houston TX Gates open at noon. Advanced Tickets $10 while they last available now at Ticketmaster Tickets also available at gate on the day of the event For information call (713)864-1100 DATE, PRICE, & ACTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Featured acts (Main stage) Violent Femmes Supersuckers Blue October Flicker Stick (As seen on Bands on the Run) Pushmonkey ("Amazing 2nd stage) The Hunger Slim Simpleton Crash Comfort Vatos Locos Thanx But No Thanx the Shah Oh, and I saw the Mercedes Ad on VH1 last night. Getting the kids ready for bed, I suddenly yelled "that's IT!" and we all stopped, turned up the TV, and watched the commercial. Then we went to bed happy. Well, appeased anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poster For Sale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I still have the framed German language Blind Leading the Naked poster Framed if anyone is interested. Gene4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: What and Where Is It? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -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. It's Mercedes. No other voice over. Just "It's Gonna Rain". I saw it a couple weeks ago while watching the 11 PM news on NBC. Well, I wasn't really watching. At that point I was sleeping and for some reason I woke up suddenly to a very familiar sound. It was so surreal, being 1/2 comatose and trying to piece together the Femmes and Mercedes? Cheryl moongirl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Something's Wrong ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ is their a way to get the something's wrong album from somewhere else than emusic? i live in new zealand and to get anything in american $ costs about one and a 1/2 times more. even a site where you can just buy it and not have to sign up for 3 months or whatever would be awesome. purpldishwasherx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some young punks broke into my car last week, I parked the car just like they said (the proverbial they,) in my driveway but I left the window down. Guess I'm learning things that I should've already learned. Sometime between 7 and 9pm they took my portable (tape integrated) cd player, my brand new bel 980 radar detector, and my cd wallet... some 50 cd's... I really didn't care about most of the stuff... (I lie but most of it can be replaced) except my pre-release (white cover) of freak magnet. Little Bastards, somebody should have told them what it means to be a man! I'd like to shoot bullets at their feet and say "dance motherfucker dance." I guess I was born too late. I usually get a wakeup call like this once a year, Oh no.. I could never happen to me... Life is fun and life is great til I make a big mistake. My CD's literally must have gone out the window. Even though I know better, I trust most people know what's wrong and what's right; and even if they were standing on a corner waiting for a bus they wouldn't steal my american music. Unless of course they really did wanna hurt me. They can all just kiss off!!! They obviously didn't know the music was in my soul. I know it's true, but I'm sorry to say my CD is gone, daddy gone. It's probably down downtown by now (on ebay) and even if dad gave me the car tonight I aint no al capone. It's like a bad dream, that's sad. Sorry to lay it on ya Pat, but, If I ain't got you I got nothing at all. Stepheno ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Rules of Success ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Rules of Success: Rule#1 Strength needs no excuse Rule#2 The past is pointless Rule#3 The things that you apologize for are the things that you want Rule#4 Just because it happened to you doesn't make it interesting The werewolf song was recorded at the Pabst on Halloween night. It was written by Michael Hurley. SCPGAMEDIA wrote: >>If freakin Gwen Stefani can call the radio station ad nasium to get >>her own song played, then all the Femmes fans can band together to >>bring the Femmes back to the forefront as one of the leaders of >>todays music. HEAR! HEAR! What say you Femmes fans? Are we gonna ROCK!!!!!? Or are we gonna roll over and die? I'm a little out of touch on this so I'll ask you guys. Which station is generally regarded now as the most "progressive"? Still KROQ? We should all get together and target ONE station and ONE song from the new album. Get the Femmes to be the first band with an MP3 only song in rotation!! How many of us are there now Pat? Do we have enough devotees to accomplish this? Rule#1 Strength needs no excuse!!!!! TFK thefemmeking -Pat. Says: There are about 500 subscribers, tho sometimes you'd never know it. Have at. Pick a song and a station. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Various ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >This is in response to Eric's (wisconsinsane) posting. Well, I didn't say *THEY* had sold out. What I said was that we had failed them as fans so they had to sell a song to BMW to make $$$ >As fans we have to realize that music is the >Violent Femmes job, their pay check, their food, shelter, and college >education for their kids. Yes but as fans if we don't support them then they have no job, no food, no shelter etc etc. If Freak Magnet sales were so bad - whose fault is that? OURS! The question that I have been trying to get answered is DOES ANYONE CARE ANYMORE? It was nice to see a few people write in to say that they still do care but come on - it was not an overwhelming response! So we should not be surprised by anything the guys have to do to keep their jobs. The way I see it we either A)aren't very good fans or B)there just aren't enough of us anymore. >This car commercial might actually get more people interested in >the Violent Femmes Highly unlikely as there is no way for people to find out who is singing the song ... >I've never understood why fans don't want to see their favorite bands >succeed just so they can say, "Hey, I know of this great band you've >never heard of." We'll never "see" the Femmes succeed - we have to make them succesful. That's what fans do. MONEY talks but ACTIONS speak louder than words... Shoot back whatever you want to say - on the list or off - I'm sick of being nice. This is the way I see it and if I piss people off enough to get off their asses and write an email or see a show then I've accomplished something. Dammit. Oh and one more thing while I'm at it - Pat, I appreciate your time but keep the list coming out regularly or turn it over to someone who will. You don't own this list. It's a FAN list! I expect this part to be left in when you send out the next issue. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way - just the only one to say it. wisconsinsane13 -Pat. Says: No, you're not the only one to say it. About 5 out of the all the subscribers wrote. But it is valid, so I'll talk about it. I spent months trying to find a topic to interest people enough to write in during those months when there was no touring and poor record sales. The Hall of Fame attempt was the last of a long line of attempts. About 2 or 3 people responded to that. You're right. I don't own the list; it IS a fan list. And I tell you I was getting about one post a month for months on end. Except for the few people who wrote asking "where is American Music?" And I wrote back to them, and told them: if you want an issue, write something. anything. And they never wrote back. So who is at fault here? Does anyone care? That's the question I've been asking myself for a year. And it's not just here. Check out the message boards. One has 1 post from this month. One has 5. OK so here comes the part where it IS my fault. In October I stupidly agreed to take on full time hours at the job which was before a two-day, 20 hour thing. Big mistake. I was tired all the time, and suddenly everyone in the family was getting sick. 4 people; 4 colds or flus a month, 8 cases of stomach virus, two cases of pneumonia, one of which was me, and I suffered a back injury which kept me in bed for a few weeks under the influence of strong painkillers. Plus, my mail server crashed several times over the course of 3 weeks, and I don't care what they say, I KNOW they lost some of my mail in the process. So this is where things stand now. I'm back to two days a week at work. They know I'll leave before taking on any more, and they need me too much to let that happen. I can promise you enough of my time to put out at least two, and possibly three issues a week. But I can't do it without letters from you. If only two percent of you write a week, that gives me enough for two issues. I don't care what you write, as long as you mention the Violent Femmes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~