07-03-01

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 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) **Sat 07/14/01 - Double Diamond, Aspen, CO (P)** ************************************************************************ 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. 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 Linemans and Summerfest Milwaukee Article Violent Femmes Desktop Theme This and That RE: Freak Magnet RE: Vote RE: Vote RE: Vote, etc. The Vote So Far ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summerfest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's the setlist for the Femmes show last night at Summerfest in the order that they played them. Prove My Love Promise Country Death Song Blister In The Sun Kiss Off Jesus Walking On The Water Don't Talk About My Music In The Dark Old Mother Reagan Dahmer Is Dead Freak Magnet Gimme The Car Life Is An Adventure Hallowed Ground All I Want Rejoice And Be Happy Confessions Dance, M.F., Dance! Black Girls Gone Daddy Gone Add It Up Encore Children Of The Revolution Bridge Over Troubled Waters American Music The crowed was an entertaining one. People were trying to crowd surf while everyone was standing on unstable metal bleacher seats. Security didn't like that and when they finally got a hold of those people they went flying out! I really mean flying out. Also we even had the privilege of passing an empty half barrel to the front of the stage!! Afterwards my brother and I talked to the band. Guy asked me "in this life time??!!" when I told him that just once I would like to hear them play Agamemnon and Never Tell. I think he was refering to Agamemnon because they keep telling me that they play Never Tell quite often...(except when I am at the show!!:() I asked Gordon about Agamemnon as well. We talked about the show and I mentioned that they didn't play I Held Her In My Arms and he said that they had plans to do it, but ran out of time, but they did play Life Is An Adventure, which Gordon remembered that we like. I did say a quick hi to Brian, but didn't talk long since we weren't getting home before 4am and didn't feel like getting home any later. qween_madonna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linemans and Summerfest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well damn... I can't believe I missed a chance to see VD and Brian together again. I guess it was just one of those days when the heavens are in alignment and you're just not tuned in ... damn! Summerfest was cool though. Good show... BIG crowd ... high energy... Absoultely huge Horns of Dilemma too - must a been like 8 or 10 people back there. They rocked hard. Gordon did a solo cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon was playing at the Marcus Amphitheatre). He seemed mightily pleased with himself when he finished so he played the first verse again for a crowd sing-a-long. It was no Hey Nonny or anything but it was ok. They also did an encore repeat from last year - Children of the Revolution! Some kid came up and played guitar next to Brian. I think I remember something from last year about the kid being related to him or something. It was good. I wandered around to the backstage area after the show was over and was surprised to get a chance to talk to Brian. He hung around for a long time signing stuff and talking to people. I just think that's so cool of him to do ya know? I mean there were tons of people backstage but he's out there saying hi to us regular people. He's the man. Thanks Brian. wisconsinsane13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Milwaukee Article ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was a little slow but not as bad as this jerk says. You can respond online to the article by clicking just below it. I hope some of you who were there say something. 01:16 a.m. June 30, 2001 CST Femmes stale, lifeless in Fest performance by Andy Tarnoff I never thought the day would come when I panned a Violent Femmes concert. I've seen Milwaukee's native sons perform more times than I can count on two hands, but on Friday night I witnessed what appeared to be the band's equivalent of the white flag of surrender. Normally a great live show, the Femmes came out to the Miller Oasis and played a dull, lifeless set in which they managed to mangle songs they've been performing for two decades. From the first song through their encore, most tunes were played too slowly, and front man Gordon Gano mumbled through lyrics as if he was sleepwalking. From fifth row center, the music was actually too quiet to hear bassist Brian Ritchie's powerful solos. Drummer Guy Hoffman, who replaced Victor DeLorenzo in the early '90s, stumbled through "Black Girls," a Femmes anthem. "Country Death Song" and "Gimme the Car" went off without a hitch, but even the upbeat "Gone Daddy Gone" dragged along. For the first time, the Violent Femmes looked old. Gano resembled Sipowitz more than a rock star, dressed in an uncool short-sleeve button down shirt and gray pants. Gano, Ritchie and Hoffman went through the motions of a concert but stopped well short of delivering the performance they've been known for in the past. It almost seemed that their indifference at times silenced the raucous crowd. The crowd itself was part of the problem, too. Groups of drunken, obnoxious fans body-surfed without restraint until they broke a metal bleacher. The real fans tumbled off their bleachers as these groups urinated on the ground, slammed dancers and flung themselves around. Security at Summerfest's second largest stage was nowhere to be seen. If there was a silver lining in the show, it was the increased presence of our friend, Sigmund Snopek III, on keyboards. He played well on "Hallowed Ground" and "Children of the Revolution." Gano joked with Snopek but barely said a word to the rest of his band, adding credibility to rumors that the trio doesn't get along. The Violent Femmes haven't had a legitimate hit since "American Music," which they played last in their one encore. Apparently, their omnipresence at the free Summerfest stages has earned them the reputation of an over the hill, '80s party band. Sadly, their generic, uninspired performance did nothing to cause the packed house to change its minds. Article submitted by wisconsinsane13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Femmes Desktop Theme ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone. So like, every once in a while I just spend some time searching the net for any VF related hits and I found one last week that is way cool. http://www.richiesworld.com/RichiesThemes/vf.html You download a file that puts a Violent Femmes theme on your desktop. Has icons, cursors and even music. all of the sounds are from the self titled. it's awesome. TFK thefemmeking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This and That ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know I should probably be spanked for not responding to all the newsletters, but this is the first time I've touched a computer in 6 months. Im on my way to Vegas for my 21st bday (july 3-the same as Tom Cruise) and am able to check my email. I hate to bring up old news, but I never did get a copy of the compilation video... anyone with a copy in Hawaii or on the West Coast please contact me! I was kind of hoping the boys would be playing near Vegas for the 4th of July, but no such luck. Since I havent seen them play in what feels like years I feel it is my duty to say one thing: NICE BUTT!! You know who you are. haha. There's a huge void of good music in Hawaii. The last show was 98 Degrees or some crap like that. Crucible played at my work 2 days ago but Im not much for death rock. I just got off a plane and havent slept in 2 days, so Im kind of just talking out of my ass. Everyone should come to Hawaii and eat mangoes naked in the moonlight. Have a beautiful day. Danica DanicaJISH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Freak Magnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in response to freqfsh's email: i fail to see how freak magnet was an attempt by the femmes to go "out on a limb" and play "punk". the music that the femmes create has long been punk influenced. freak magnet proved to me once again that every femmes song sounds different, though you know a femmes song from the first note struck. Nevertell6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Vote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I vote for: Walking in the rain (i haven't even heard this song yet, one reason why i vote for it) luketobin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Vote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't know about All I Want. The beginning sounds too much like "Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction. I think our best chance would be with It's Gonna Rain, but that's not really gonna promote the new album in the least bit... Nick mypen15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Vote, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay, can I still vote for a song? If so, I'm voting for "I'm bad" even though it's from Freak Magnet and not the new album. And here's my case for it: I saw the show at Summerfest on Friday (AWESOME!!!!) and ever since then, I've been listening to everything they've got. So, of course the first thing that enthralls me after a concert is all the songs that I've never or rarely heard them do live. But then I was thinking about some of the songs that they didn't do that they normally do. The first one that I really missed was Good Feeling. But then, I'm listening to Freak Magnet, and I realized that they didn't do "I'm bad." And I didn't realize how completely awesome that song is until I realized that they didn't play it. Once you get to the middle part, it just makes you want to thrash around or something! Just go back and listen to it and see what I mean. And then, of course, it's so completely awesome live!!! But anyway, that's besides the point. But the concert was so completely excellent! I hadn't seen them since last summerfest, and they looked really different! Brian looked like he lost a lot of weight, and Gordon got a hair cut! But my favorite song was probably "Life is an adventure." If anyone heard someone freaking out during that song, it was probably me. My sister says I was the only one. (I didn't really pay any attention to who else was screaming.) But, she said that Gordon smiled at me (SIGH.) So all in all, the show was completely terrific. Only wished it was longer. Oh, and by the way. I noticed today that "All I want" on the white jacket version of Freak Magnet is about 30 seconds longer than on the other Freak Magnet CD, so that song is also a bit different in addition to the other songs that were left out on the second one. jjwil90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Vote So Far ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All I Want - 2 (One original; one alternate version) Every Breath You Take - 2 Sleepwalkin - 2 It's Gonna Rain - 2 Rejoice and Be Happy - 1 Walking In The Rain - 1 I'm Bad - 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~