06-26-00

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: It's late, I spent an hour trying to get online, only to be kicked off after a half hour...then spend another hour and a half trying to get BACK online....It's almost midnight, and I have to be up be 5 AM... there's no quote today. *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): 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? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Camden, NJ ---------- DSTAMM (Dan) Hampton Beach, NH ----------------- gineryc (Eric and Jennifer) Milwaukee, WI ------------- rhc75a (Rob) vfpony (Bill) jjwil90 (Julie) 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: Invitation to Join vf2000 June 24 Hoopfest Concert:) Spokane Show Philly Shows Hampton Beach Viva Wisconsin! YAY! Summerfest RE: Compilation Video RE: Compilation Video NPR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Invitation to Join vf2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is an invitation to join the vf2000 group, an email group that I moderate at eGroups, a free, easy-to-use email group service. By joining this group, you'll be able to easily send messages to fellow group members using just one email address. eGroups also makes it easy to store photos and files, coordinate events and more. TO JOIN THIS GROUP, simply choose ONE of these 2 options: 1) Reply-To: vf2000-subscribe -OR- 2) Go to our site at http://www.egroups.com/invite/vf2000 and click the "JOIN" button If you do not wish to join the vf2000 group, just ignore this invitation. Regards, Moderator, vf2000 SPECIAL NOTE FROM eGroups: Because eGroups values your privacy, it is a violation of our service rules for moderators to add subscribers to a group against their wishes. If you feel this has happened, please notify us at abuse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 24 Hoopfest Concert:) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just got back from the Violent Femmes Spokane concert, and it was great! Quite a bargain for only $15 per ticket! 22 Jacks wasn't bad, either. But like I said before, I was only there for the Femmes! :) They played a good number of songs from their older albums, and a great deal from Freak Magnet. I can appreciate Freak Magnet more now that I have heard some of the songs live. Too bad they didn't play A Story, though! Also at the concert were Cynthia Gano and the Horns of Dilemma! Cynthia is actually a really good singer--for one of the encore songs, they sang a song that she wrote. Pretty neat! (I'll let Steve Boek try and relate the song list, because I am lousy at remembering the order of the playlist:)) As an added bonus, 2 or 3 couples in the front row thought that they were solid gold dancers and did the bump, grind, and obscene grope throughout most of the show. I had to laugh at some of the antics, even though it was pretty distracting: I went to a VF concert over a year ago at the same place (Spokane Opera House) and I thought that the acoustics were kind of lousy back then. Of course, I was in, like, Row V last time. This time I was in the second row (BBB), actually in the orchestra pit. I could actually see their faces and the sound was great!! In fact, my ear drums are now bleeding and I am deaf, but it was worth it! ;) I noticed this time (since I could actually see them!) that the band dresses rather oddly on stage! Well, Guy looked normal, but Gordon looked a little bit like he needed to wash his clothes. Brian wore a big orange housecoat (or something!) for the first part of the show and then stripped down to a purple t-shirt with the sleeves cut off, that had some kind of chess logo on it. I don't know what I expected, but this was very interesting to me! All in all, the band seemed more enthusiastic this time, the experience was better for me, there were more entertainers, and the ticket was cheaper. It rocked!! :) I hope that they come back again soon--the Femmes are marvelous entertainers! BTW, when they come back, I would like to get up the nerve to ask for an autograph on my ticket. Is that taboo or anything? If not, what is the best way to go about doing this? Where do they go after they leave stage? I don't want to be annoying or chat with them for an extended period of time; just want to get a little momento. Any advice or ideas would be appreciated! Nicole:) nwinn -Pat. Says: Depending upon how much time they have after a show, you may very well get a ticket, CD or T-shirt signed. Look for the tour busses at the back door, and wait patiently. If someone from the crew happens to be around, you might try asking politely if the band will be out to sign autographs. Always remember to say thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spokane Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I hit the road again to go see the Femmes. It was worth every penny. I was able to get row B tickets and thought I was going to be in the second row. But like most venues there was a little section in the front that had three rows in front of that. I think that all those tickets were for the local radio station that was putting on the show because they all had freak magnet cloth aftershow passes. Well, I got there about 20 minutes before 22 Jacks opened up the show. They rocked and had a lot of energy. The crowd seemed to sit for a while during the show. I don't know if they were tired from Hoopfest (a 3 on 3 basketball tournament they were holding in Spokane) or what. Then while the road crew was setting up the stage Guy Hoffman came out to set up his drum sticks. I yelled at him and he came out to the edge of the stage. I reminded him of the Seattle shows and he remembered me. We talked for a few minutes and asked me about the Brian Ritchie Cd that I had. He then told me that Brian had about 1,000 of those in his closet. I asked if there was any way we could get to the meet and greet session after the show. Guy told us to meet him around back of the building after the show at the door with the V on it. We were stoked. They then went on to play a great show and some of the people were still sitting down to watch them play, I thought it was odd. I started yelling really loud when they played "Nightmares" because I hardly get the chance to hear something off of 3. Cynthia was there again and played in the Horns of Dillema and they sang a song of Cynthia's during the show. The jam on Black Girls was awesome as always and Guy seemed to have a lot of energy that night. Well, after the show we hung around for a few minutes and Guy came up to pack up his sticks. He then said, "You remember that door I told you about? Go there now." So we walked around the back but there was no V's on any door. But very shortly Guy poked his head out the door. About 20 people crowded around the door. A girl asked him if she could get autographs on her shirt. Guy took the shirt and told me and the girl I was with to come on in. We then went back to the dressing rooms. Gordon was sitting on couch drinking some water and his nephew was sitting down relaxing. Guy went around with the shirt and got Brian and Gordon to autograph it. After Gordon signed it he told Guy to take it away because it's kind of funky. I asked Gordon if he was working on a solo album and he said that it depends on what you consider a solo album. He wrote most of the material on the album but he really only sings one of the songs. Most of the other songs are sung by artists like PJ Harvey, Frank Black, They Might Be Giants, and others. He said that it's been done for a while but because of record label problems it's difficult to sign all of the artists to an agreement to get it out. I then asked him about the "Hitting the Ground" soundtrack and Gordon said that they are one and the same. So now that's clarified for me. I got Brian to autograph my "I See a Noise" CD and told him that Eva was my favorite track on the Cd. Brian then said that most people like Religon Ruined My Life the best. We then got a couple of pictures and they headed out to do the meet and greet. Since there was nobody left backstage and we didn't have passes the security told us we needed to leave. We had no idea where Guy went off to so we didn't get a chance to say thanks. Well, then we went out the back door and there was still about 15 people waiting around that door. We were walking across the front of the building and we could see Guy through the windows and we waved to him. He gave us a sign to hold and and came down to the door. The doors were already chained together but we were able to open them about 6-7 inches. I thanked Guy for the memorable evening and he said that he had something for me. He said it was kind of a bootleg shirt from Germany. It was a simple black shirt that said Violent Femmes and had the circular saw blades from the New Time album. I thanked him profusely and that was the end of another memorable evening with the Femmes. LilBoek ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Philly Shows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's up Femmes fans...this is a multi part email thing...First I just heard this morning a sonic session from a Philly show i attended a few months back. It was a free 50 person show...it was the 3rd of the 5 times ive seen the femmes that I got to see them for free. I have tix to our radio feztival this weds. and cant wait to see the femmes on the main stage...they are playing for an hour in the mid afternoon. Well here is the set list from the sonic session for anyone who is wondering... Flamingo Baby American Music Rejoice and be happy Add It Up Cold Canyon Good Feeling.... And it was all acousitc as we interacted with the femmes the whole show ...it rocked..well' Peace DAN STAMM DSTAMM -Pat. Says: I am jealous. I wanted to see this show so very badly... in addition to not having seen the band since April 1999 or so, I have never seen Catherine Wheel, or any of the bands appearing on the main stage. Should be a good time. Instead, I shall taking the dog to the vet for x-rays. What fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hampton Beach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Pat! How are ya? Could you add "Eric & Jennifer" to the Hampton Beach Jul 30 show listing? Thanks :) I can't wait till the show! It's been a year since I've seen the Femmes live. Actually, the last time I saw them live was at Hampton Beach last summer :) It was a blast, & I remember meeting some great people from the list as well. Have a great summer! Eric gineryc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Viva Wisconsin! YAY! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add me to the list for SUMMERFEST! yay! The Femmes and summerfest again! and not on the night when 12 zillion other bands i like are there! yay! rob=) rhc75a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summerfest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just have a dumb question. My sister and I are going to see the Femmes at summerfest this year, and we're both really hoping we'll see one of the boys somewhere so we can get something signed. (Although none of them really seem like the type to be walking around or anything, but you can always hope, right???) Anyway, we both feel really dumb about going up to total strangers, so I was just wondering if anyone has ever gotten the chance to talk to them, or if anyone thinks one of them would be more approachable than another. Or, if anyone has any encouraging stories about talking to any of them, I would really appreciate it. My sister and I need some serious confidence-boosting before the big event, JUST IN CASE! jjwil90 -Pat. Says: Au contraire, Julie! Many people on this list have met the band in this way. Depending upon how pressed they are for time, you may very well meet a band member walking around. Approachability is dependent upon what kind of mood each happens to be in at the moment, your behavior...lots of things could affect your experience. Remember, they're people, too, and although you bought a ticket to see them, that doesn't mean you can lay claim to their private time unless they allow it. Somebody should write a FAQ about how to meet the band. At any rate, I hope your letter will cause many people to write of their "I met the band" experiences. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Compilation Video ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ just wondering if i completely missed the compilation video or what... and if so/if not how i can get my hands on a copy ok thank you bye bye wes Frodo009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Compilation Video ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << I was watching the Femmes compilation video >> You mean it's already done? Please let me know who's distributing near DC or Hawaii so I can get a copy. I was watching some cheesy indie flick called "A Reason to Believe" the other day and to my surprise the Violent "nice butt" Femmes were on the soundtrack along with Blind Melon, REM, and a bunch of other silly bands. Did anybody else know about this one? I also forced myself to watch "I was a Teenage Zombie" just for my boys. Danica Gluegirl -Pat. Says: The compilation videos were sent to distributers months ago. Would the people with copies please email who and where you are, so others can enjoy and appreciate all the hard work Deanna put into this? She is not a distributer; she's already done her part. I think if I search through my poor currupted old computer I may find the email listing distributers, but the damn thing sits, unhooked, in the basement. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NPR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This morning I heard the guitar parts from "Color Me Once" used as the backdrop for news and voice-over on WBUR -- Boston's public radio news station. I know I have heard it before during Morning Edition or another NPR show ... within the past year or so. Every time it comes on, I get giddy and can't concentrate on the announcer, but it's really perfect music to go behind stuff like that. They always surprise me with their eclectic choices. Just wanted to mention. Also, tonight the Femmes are playing in Las Vegas. This is the first Femmes show in Nevada that I've missed in the past 10 years. I feel a bit ill. I hope someone still out there or someone who made it to the show can give me a review of it -- or a set list or something. --James -- -- James Welborn welborn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~