06-23-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: It's not my fault that I'm so evil..... -from I SWEAR IT (I CAN CHANGE) - Violent Femmes from SOUTH PARK music from and inspired by the motion picture BIGGER, LONGER, AND UNCUT. -Submitted by LilBoek *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): June 26- Summerfest, Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI $12.50+Summerfest admission (T) July 3- IC Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA (O,P) July 4- Freedom Fest, MCI Center, Washington, DC (See http://208.231.223.160/freedommain.htm) 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) July 30- 8 p.m., Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NH 18+ show(unless w/parent), $19.50 in adv., $21.50 day of show, doors open at 6. (T,P) July 31- Cape Cod Summer Music Festival, Barnstable Co. Fairground, Falmouth, MA $20 in adv., $25 at gate (P,O) Tickets available through ticketweb, or call 510-594-1400 see http://www.baitfish for lineup 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) Sept 11- Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 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) Washington, DC -------------- Eor24 (Catherine) Denver, CO ---------- truman (Emily) lmjacobs (Laurie) mypen15 (Nick) Hampton Beach, NH ------------------ Potatoe482 (Em) Nevertell6 (Ron) Falmouth, MA ------------ Potatoe482 (Em) Rubaiyat (Marylee) Saratoga, CA ------------ sandycitarella (Sandy) stepheno (Stephen) Seattle, WA ----------- stevens (Michelle) Portland, OR ------------ stevensu (Michelle) LilBoek (Steve) friday (Sandy) Pomona, CA ---------- mypen15 (Nick) ************************************************************************ 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/ http://www.violentfemmes.net 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: Compilation Update Freedom Fest The Femmes With Cake Portland - Cake/Femmes Pomona Southpark Southpark Hitting the Ground Carmaig De Forest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Compilation Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Folks, we are still looking for distribution volunteers. We have about four for West Coast, a couple for East Coast (part-timers), a couple for western Canada, one European (England)...and that's it! Please. We need a few more volunteers! We want this to go smoothly, without being too much work for the distributers! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freedom Fest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi This is in regards to "Freedom Fest '99" in DC in which our beloved Femmes will be appearing. I'm so excited!! I just found a web site (after searching and searching, and giving up), I went to WHFS site finally to e-mail a request for Kiss-Off, and in the comments section of my request I asked about the Freedom Fest. Then, immediatly after I pressed send and returned to the homepage I noticed a box in the corner of the screen which said "Freedom Fest '99!" I couldn't believe it. But sure enough it is the same event and it looks unbelievable. 20 bands, 10 bucks with canned food, outside on the 4 blocks surrounding the MCI Center. That means it's perfect for taking the metro there. The event runs from 11AM to 9:30PM (fireworks time). Cost of admission includes 4 stages with a total of 20 bands. I think this might be my best 4th of July ever. What better way to celebrate the independence of this country? :) okay here's the web site for those who want to check it out for themselves: http://208.231.223.160/freedommain.htm Catherine Eor24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Femmes With Cake ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L'il Boek said: <> Well, get the shotgun, Pa, Sandy's gone plum loco!! There's only one thing I like better than some Femmes, and that's some CAKE! I can't believe my two favorite bands in the world are going to play together. And general admission, too, for maximum danceability. In over 100 rock shows over the past... well, never mind... I do believe this is unprecedented. Actually, I can believe it; I've been wondering if these two bands know and/or like each other. Even though their music is quite different, I've noticed some odd similarities between them. Specifically: * definitely rock music, but with lots of acoustic instrumentation * both feature a trumpet, highly unusual in rock n' roll * both bands are outspokenly political * both feature songwriters who often use irony to blunt the raw emotional force of their lyrics * both cite diverse musical influences, particularly country * both are loud and proud about being from rather unfashionable cities (Milwaukee, WI and Sacramento, CA) * both are incredibly hard-working and just tour their butts off * both seem to be dissed by the press quite frequently (for reasons which I can't fathom) * both feature lead singers who started out playing acoustic guitar and singing in cafes * both have designed their own album covers * both think that the volume at which most rock bands perform these days is idiotic and make a point of turning it down * both do sincere, not kitschy, covers of pop anthems ("Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "I Will Survive") I'll bet you anything Vince Di Fiore will come out and play with the Horns of Dilemma. ohohoh, I need to put my head between my knees now. Looks like I'll need to rack up another 1200 Frequent Femmes Miles to head up to Portland in September. Pat, put me DOWN for that puppy!! --Sandy friday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portland - Cake/Femmes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >SIDE NOTE: CAKE will be opening for the femmes on September 5th... I >doubt there will be any other bands... I tend to think that this is a Cake show with the Femmes opening. Cake is riding a giant wave of popularity and can now play bigger venues than the Femmes (at this time). However, they need an opener like the Femmes to play an amphitheatre. Then again...I could be completely wrong since I am in Los Angeles and not Portland. Either way though...this is NOT a show to miss. I have seen Cake twice and they are one of the best live bands I've ever seen. I would COME if they played in L.A. with the Femmes. Nick mypen15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pomona ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >**Sept 11- Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, CA (P)** WHOA!!! Stop the presses!!!! The Femmes are playing in Pomona?!? Dude, that's like less than an hour away!!! Add me to the list Pat!! Kick ass!!! Awesome!!! So what are shows at County Fairs like? Are they usually general admission? How much do they typically cost? etc.?!?!? Nick mypen15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southpark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Go check out the new Southpark CD! thehappycyclops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southpark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I haven't heard anything about the Femmes being on this album... just thought everyone should know it's out there.... -LilBoek ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting the Ground ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just got my monthly primestar viewing guide, and it says that this movie will be on the Sundance channel July 6 at 5:30 AM and July 30 at 4 AM. That's Eastern US time. For those who subscribed since we last discussed this movie, and who don't yet know about it, Gordon wrote the soundtrack for this,and a lot of cool people contributed musically. Wish the soundtrack CD would finally come out! -amusic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carmaig De Forest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone, I went up to the Knitting Factory in NY Monday night to see Carmaig De Forest. He is kind of a quirky Lou Reed performance artist who opened for the Femmes in Elizabethtown. His show was so good. He plays guitar, ukelele and piano and sings these catchy little tunes about life in his old hometown, Loved ones dying and some good old fashioned Punk rock (Kiss me seven times). He has a really warm, comfortable style and I would definitely recommend seeing him perform if you get a chance. Marylee Rubaiyat -Pat. Says: Ah yes. Etown. The first time in years I was so mad at a bunch of college boys I wanted to beat them all up. Separately or en masse; didn't matter to me. Why? Because of their idiotic behavior during Carmaig's performance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~