06-27-01

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (** means new tourdate): T=Ticketmaster O=Official homepage P=Pollstar 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 Sun 07/08/01 - 8:00PM, Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA (T,O,P) 21+ Show 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://groups.yahoo.com/group/vf2000/ 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 AM Archives: http://www.angelfire.com/my/warychronicles/amusic/main.html *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: The Chicago Show RE: A Story Request Vote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have added a few (very few) pictures to the AM section of my homepage, and will try to add more this week. Click on my AM archives link above to get to the page, then click on pictures on the left. If you are so inclined, check out my main homepage as well. I have a new mp3 of the week (not vf related). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Chicago Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ took in the Chicago show on Sunday; beautiful day in the west loop, alex chilton (of big star?) opened for the femmes with some pretty innocuous rock and roll (he looked a high school math teacher). gordon was out and about enjoying the festival before the set; i was going to hazard some sort of hello and i could have sworn it was him but to be honest the last time i saw him he had long hair and looked twenty pounds heavier so i didn't say anything. it was fun to see them again. they seemed to feed off the crowd and i wonder if the vibe of the crowd influences their set because the middle of the set featured some very low key numbers (hallowed ground, confessions, etc.) which i would think might alienate some of the un-femme-initiated in the crowd (read: they would be happy if the femmes played blister in the sun five times). they really were fun to watch. some of their jams were a little repetitive as they all seemed to feature sigmund snopek doing something weird with various instruments, but they really seemed to be enjoying themselves. i always liked the femmes because i never felt they sold me short with their music. i was trying to keep some sort of a set list in my head, but they played three songs that must have come off their newest album with which i'm not familiar, one had the refrain of "freak magnet" and the other "rejoice and be happy." they also played "life is an adventure" with gordon flubbing the penultimate verse (he apologized before the song that he was a little rusty on the lyrics). the encore was "i held her in my arms" (my second favorite femmes song next to "fat") and "american music". though the music of the femmes will forever be the soundtrack to my high school years, i was worried that going to see them would only provide nostalgic value. i was so happy to be proven wrong. they once again affixed in my mind their standing as one hell of a rock and roll band. -- matt mlidforsrobinson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: A Story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ this is a reply to the June 20th issue the "A Story" When will people ever learn not to leave their CD wallets in their Cars?? let alone Stereo Faces?? im not suprised your CDS got stolen yet i wouldnt take this as a Disapointment yet instead a lesson, in the Crack town i live in if you leave your CD wallet in your car at night weather you have the nicest alarm or some really nice car they will smash your window and grab it, and ilive in a pretty small city. next time think before you lock your car & go into the house for the night becasue the Freak Magnet promo advance is not a CD you want to lose like that! Later Exodus Vffan *~*~*~PhRoZeN FoR LiFe~*~*~* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Exodus, Don't be so hard on Stephen; we don't all live in Crack towns. Anyone wanting to steal my car wouldn't have to break the window; It's unlocked, and the keys are in it. The house is unlocked, too. Dear Stephen, Do you need another copy of the Freak Magnet promo? I'm sure I or another of us could get you a copy of a copy, if not a 1st gen... -Pat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Request Vote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay I think most agree that we should try to be proactive in getting the femmes some much deserved radio play, 2 to 3 minutes that any radio station is not playing any fred durst or kid rock is a good 2 to 3 minutes as far as I'm concerned. I requested sleepwalking twice from two different email addresses yesterday. Its a newer femmes song, upbeat and short. I think its got a shot of getting some airplay, particularly because it got some airplay around boston when freak magnet first came out. But I will request anything be it Every Breath You Take, It's Gonna Rain, etc . . .as long as its by the femmes. I'll commit to send a request everyday- I think we should get organized and pick one song that we all request. would some sort of vote of amusic subscribers be out of the questions? m.bromley -Pat. Says: Anyone wanting to vote for a request song, send it to me. I'll keep a running total, and run it in the next issue, which should be sometime Friday. Please send in concert reviews/experiences. More of you must have gone to the the Chicago show, and there's the 1st Ave. show on Thurs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~