06-28-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): July 3- 3 p.m., IC Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA, $20 (O,P,T) July 4- Freedom Fest, MCI Center, Washington, DC (O) (See http://208.231.223.160/freedommain.htm) **July 16- Double Diamond, Aspen, CO (O)** 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,T-CA) Gates open at 9 a.m., tickets (through TM CA) $30 w/ Joan Baez and Joan Armatrading 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,O) July 31- Cape Cod Summer Music Festival, Barnstable Co. 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Wow! Freedom Fest Re: Portland - Cake/Femmes San Diego? Fall in DC? RE: Carmaig DeForest Femmes Live, Etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Major thunderstorms all day yesterday...kept the computer shut off most of the time. Haven't backed up the subscriber list in awhile, so I have to be very protective of my files :) Where are you, cheezeboy? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summa... summa... summa fest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey everybody! I finally got my Sis to take a couple days off from work/school and we did a whirlwind tour of Summerfest this weekend! We packed in as much laughter, music & miles as we could in 58 hours - oh and of course some Leine! It was a blast! I had hoped we'd have a Snopek sighting during the show and we were not disappointed. Horns of Dilemma were smokin' too but there were so many of them even I couldn't catch all the names- Brian likened it to a HOD sundae - at least that's the image I think he was trying to convey when he introduced Sig as "the cherry on the top!" :o) The Marcus is an unbelievable facility - acoustically, absolutely perfect. Good crowd too - lots of dancing and singing. The set was a little too "old-fave's" heavy for me but it gave everyone a good excuse to sing along to every song. I always enjoy surveying the crowd when they bring the house lights up for Blister - what a great feeling it is to see so many faces smiling and hear so many voices in unison! There were some really extraordinary moments in the show too - Brian's possessed ending to Dance MF, and Gordon doing the Wisconsin state song -you know the crowd kinda liked that one - eh?! - the highlight for me was the drum solo on Black Girls - the beats echoed around in the Marcus and Guy & Johnny O just kept it coming! Wow!! We met some true Femmes friends this weekend too - people who've really been around from the very beginning - nothing like a first hand account of what it was like to see them playing on Downer all those years ago! Speaking of that - Brian said onstage that the Femmes had just celebrated their 19th anniversary! How 'bout that!?! We even met the man behind the melody ... Peter Jest. I tried to get him to tell me exactly what it takes to get the Femmes to name a song after you but he took the 5th! He kept us laughing with a few other stories though! It was a truly great time - Love ya' Carrie - and thanks Milwaukeeans! Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wow! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well well everyone... if you haven't thought this thought yet today here's your chance... the Violent Femmes Rock!!! Yes its true! I just got back from seeing them at Summerfest. I hadn't seen them live in over a year and let me tell you that was way too long! I was just so excited to see them in their hometown...which by the way is one of the coolest places I have ever been! I had a great time in this city!!! Okay here's a recap... (check all that apply to you) I got to see the Femmes LIVE! I got to hear all the favorites! I got to see Sigmund Snopek play with the Femmes! I got to see a great Horns of Dilema section! I got to see the UGLY LAKE! I got to go to Summerfest! I got to meet the band! All in all it was FAN DAMN TASTIC! (with a cherry on top):O) So thanks to the femmes and thanks to my kick ass sister (you know who you are) this was one of the best weekends/ roadtrips EVER! Carrie garrica ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freedom Fest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First of all Pat, you can sign me up for the freedom fest, cause i'll be there. 10 bucks, are you kidding me. plus, it is walking distance to the mall for the fireworks. for those interested, here are the other bands at freedom fest this year: Fighting Gravity 2 Skinnee J's SEV Jimmie's Chicken Shack Modern Yesterday Fetish The Ernie's Mary Prankster Colouring Lesson Soul Purpsoe Mile Post Nine Carbon Leaf Citizen Cope Campson and special surprise guests and of course the femmes see ya there Bobby vanallen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Portland - Cake/Femmes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << 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). >> This show is definitely Cake opening for the Femmes. Even though Cake is riding a wave of popularity the Femmes have always had a large fan base in the Northwest. All the papers have been billing it as The Violent Femmes show... I think the Femmes have enough respect to headline the show as opposed to the "flavor of the year" band... (I'm not dissing CAKE I like them a lot, but popularity doesn't always rule a lineup... -LILBOEK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ San Diego? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << Sept 10- Gas Lamp Quarter, San Diego, CA (P) >> Hey femmes fans, just trying to get some info on this concert (as "Johnny" plays in the background on my computer's CD ROM, tee hee). Is this a free thing?, because TicketMasterBater doesn't have anything on it (which is good, because i'm already giving them almost 15 bucks in surcharges for the Tori and Alanis gig in Irvine). I know they played in the Gaslamp for free for Super Bowl last year (and of course I was there) or is this maybe part of some festival I'm not finding...? At any rate, I anxiously await info. Thanks, y'all! Claire Lottelita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fall in DC? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My friend told me that the Femmes will be making their way back up to DC in the fall. She said that WHFS is putting on another festival and the Femmes are going to be there! Anyone know anything about this? kahal_buffy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Carmaig DeForest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey i would like to reply about carmaig deforest .... i was in the front row at the elizabeth town show and it was so amazing... me and my friend got there like 2 hours early and were looking for the line for the concert so we walked around campus... we saw the huge line so we started to stand it thinking that it was for tickets which i had prepaid for already..., well anyways once we got too the front of the line we realized it was for pizza!??!??! there was a huge line for pizza at a cafeteria of all things... then we went to the library and asked for information... the hot librarian directed us to the tent sale and we saw that there was not a single person in line... i guess there arent as many devoted femmes fans as i thought, an hour before the show and no one in line for a general admission show... what the hell was up that ? anyways... we seized the oppurtunity and waited in line while reading this hysterical book called "children of the grass".. its the unofficiail official handbook for marijuana (not that i would ever do illegal drugs or everything :) ).... the book was so funny though so we werent bored in line at all... well we got in and got in the front row and camped out til the show started and then some guy named carmaig deforest came on.. his first song was acapella and it was pretty cool, it was about like little indian girls or something. well he proceeded with the set and kept going from good to bad gradually and the crowd got pretty damn rowdy... i was hoping carmaig would leave myself although i did like a few of his songs... but i dont agree with the way the crowd behaved themselves, people were throwing quarters and really anything they had at the poor guy. He took it like a man though and kept on going with a pissed off attitude kind of saying "ok you want me to leave ? i'll just stay longer".. the last song he played though, had to have been the worst piece of crap i have ever heard.... he would say one word and then keep repeating it followed by another word( kind of like in "don't start me on the liqour" when gordan goes- dont, dont start, dont start me, dont start me on, dont start me on the, dont start me on the liqour..).. but carmaig did this the whol song for about 7 minutes and it was so annoying... so after that song i basically thought he sucked and i hope the femmes could save the day, but after a half hour or so they came on and opened with "out the window" and i realized that i would've paid 15 bucks just to see them sing that one song :) the show was amazing though Doors88jim -Pat. Says: I enjoyed that last song very much. Didn't you catch the way the words were strung together so that you would expect the next word to be one thing, and yet he would put in a different word which changed the whole meaning of the previous words? I was constantly put off balance by the developement of the song, and thought it very clever indeed. It was cool, daddy-o. Anyway, that book? Might it have been "A Child's Garden of Grass"? I bought it way back in '75, and it still sits on the bookshelf (though unread and unappreciated), along with "Steal This Book" and "Revolution for the Hell of It". I can't believe it's still in print! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes Live, Etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry, these thoughts are in response to two issues ago, but i was at my family reunion (remember? i missed summerfest!!), so i'm allowed to be late. deal with it. The femmes have a live version of "Kiss Off" on the MTV 120 Minutes live comp disc. They also have at least one live CD, entitled "Kiss Off". hmmm... a theme... Dave Tienen (think wrote the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article that led to the song "Dont Talk About My Music") is an idiot. Plain and simple. He has NO taste in music -- in fact, I have never read a review by him about a concert he enjoyed! i think he has something up his ass. anyway -- not only did he write that article about the Femmes being old and washed up that Deana shared with us, he also did not bother to attend the concert the next night, let alone write a review about it. HA! Anybody boot the summerfest show? ok, that's enough for now i suppose. rob=) coons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~