06-29-01

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** No matter what they decide to have done. Burn up the clouds, block out the sun. My hope is in one they can't bring down. My soul is in hallowed ground. -From Hallowed Ground -Submitted by mike_bulldog ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (** means new tourdate): T=Ticketmaster O=Official homepage P=Pollstar 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: Summerfest Webcast Chicago Show On The Road With Deana Femmes On TV CD Find etc. Nostalgia Etc. RE: Vote RE: Vote The Vote So Far ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MonMcM and LilBoek, please resend to your recent posts to my yahoo account, which I have already sent you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summerfest Webcast ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Femmes video webcast from Summerfest Date: Monday, July 9th, 2001 First Show Time: 12:00pm PDT To find out more information on the webcast and to tune in, go to: http://apps.hob.com/onlinemusic/webcasts/eventpage.asp?event=010709violentfemmes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chicago Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I too, went to the Chicago show. I didn't write before, because words just cannot describe how incredible that night was for me. I chatted with Sigmund, and Gordon...Gordon signed my jacket. Also, Brian tossed me his guitar pick...I felt like such a giddy teenager (I'm pushing 30. Their performance was amazing...kept my adrenaline pumping the whole time. The crowd wasn't your normal Femmes crowd though...there were some definitely true fans, but many I think were there for the whole street fair thing and decided to check them out...some little kids were in the crowd too. Anyhow it was just phenomenal!!!! Bockhorst7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On The Road With Deana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Pat and my extended Femmes family! I am coming to you live from the Hwy 12 Internet Cafe in beautiful Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. I have been dying - yes dying - to write since last night and when the tired eyes saw this place the car made a four lane change (without signal!) to pull in here! So did anyone feel a particularly weird tingling last night? An unexplained vibration or just a strange feeling that you couldn't shake? Starting about 10:45pm? At about that time at Linneman's Riverwest Inn Brian Ritchie and Victor Delorenzo played on the same stage - TOGETHER!! I could hardly believe my eyes - much less my ears! I found myself thinking of that Obi Wan line from Star Wars, I just felt a powerful shift in the force -as if a million voices just cried out." I know you were all there in spirit. This most unexpected and impromptu performance came about as an addition to Sigmund Snopek III's regular gig. Vic and Brian accompanied Sig on some tunes from his album Wisconsinsane, some jazz standards and - the two highlights for me - Mack the Knife and an extended version of Summertime. Sig tried to start Blister twice but Brian and Victor were having none of it. Frankly, I was glad. It was so much more interesting to watch them all play new things and - best - to watch them play off of each other and improvise. Sigmund worked his magic on the keyboards and so many other instruments I can't even remember them all. Victor's son Malachi sat in on guitar for most of the second set and Sigmund's brother Shaun played a few lovely acoustic tunes in between sets. So much wonderful music and so many gifted musicians - just an absolutely unforgettable experience. I'm on my way to Minneapolis now so Pat add me to the who's going where for 1st Avenue (yay!) and of course Summer... Summer... Summerfest!!!!!!! Peace, Love, and Violent Femmes ... Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes On TV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm 23 and still love cartoons. And because of that fact I am really excited to tell you about this. I was watching cartoons on Nickelodean yesterday when I heard something out of the ordinary. When I heard the music I thought at first "nah, it can't be them", but as they started singing I went nuts! The Femmes were singing a commercial spot for "Spongebob Squarepants". Has anyone else seen this at all, it's great! It's cool to see them doing something like this. I love the Violent Femmes and I also love cartoons so it's a perfect match. Way to go guys. Melanie mlarson mlarson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CD Find etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I went down to Athens Georgia yes because I'm a huge R.E.M. fan. Anyway I was at this coffee shop that had some used CD's and tapes, looking through all the CD's most were really lame artists but figured they were all $5 so kept looking and was so shocked to see a promo copy of Freak Magnet with the plain white cover. I've seen this CD on Ebay for a lot more than $5, so it just goes to show what you can find used. I never thought I'd ever get a copy of this so to everyone out there search the used CD stores because you just might find a copy. I also found a copy of Brian Ritchie's solo album Sonic Temple &Court of Babylon at a Border's Outlet for like $6. I'm 28yrs old and have been a fan of the VF for over 10yrs and have seen them live 5 times. It disappoints me to know that their music doesn't get played anymore. Face it the state of music today is quite sad, with all this teen crap out there. These acts are selling out stadiums very pathetic. Hopefully decent music will come back sometime soon. Most of the bands I listen too people are like I didn't know they were even still around. Finally saw the car commercial with It's Gonna Rain, it didn't bother me at all. Joy JoyDiv007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nostalgia Etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A couple quick notes: To Matt...I must agree that when I had first seen the Femmes in Duluth, MN, I thought it would be a nostalgia show. Boy was I wrong...It was definitely here-and-now. Put my vote in for "Sleepwalkin'" Definately a radio worthy song with just enough pop to influence even the most hardcore top 40 fan. (Bonus "Someone sucked me.." will draw people just as quick as that other song by some band that went something like "Why can't I get just one fuck") And lastly...Is the original recording if Freak Magnet an exact copy of the released version? If not I would like to get any songs that are different. (straight download, FTP, whatever...I'm not proud.) Thanks Pat and keep up the good work. We'll give you as many sick days as you need without a cut in pay. opkutech -Pat. Says: Songs on the Promo which do not appear on the released version are: postively 4th st, a different version of I wanna see you again, yes oh yes, requiem, and restless stones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Vote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I like "Every Breath You Take" because it is "new". "It's Gonna Rain" is an interesting choice because it is "new" again because of the commercial which I have yet to see. If you all remember, Volkswagen made "Da, Da, Da" by Trio popular some 15 years after its inception. I'd like something from Freak Magnet to get played such as Rejoice..., but lets tackle one battle at a time. Make your requests at http://www.kroq.com SCPGAMEDIA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Vote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ my vote for the radio song....All I Want(alternate version)! rmw17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Vote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I vote for: All I Want lmjacobs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Vote So Far ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All I Want - 2 (One original; one alternate version) Every Breath You Take - 2 Sleepwalkin - 2 It's Gonna Rain - 1 Rejoice and Be Happy - 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~