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Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: little voice says I'm going crazy to see all my worlds disappear vague sketch of a fantasy... good feeling won't you say stay with me just a little longer y'know it always seems like your leaving when I need you here just a little longer... -From Good Feeling -Submitted by ddearry *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): 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! Milwaukee, WI ------------- rhc75a (Rob) vfpony (Bill) jjwil90 (Julie) Smashkin (Amber) New York, NY ------------ RatFink746 (Frank) *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Femmes on Craig Kilborne Show Hampton Beach From the Milwaukee Journal Online Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes on Craig Kilborne Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Femmes will be playing on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborne on the night of July 4th. The show starts at 12:30 and airs on CBS. Appropriately enough... the band is scheduled to perform American Music. It's not a cable station so everybody should be able to see it. Joel TeamEnos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hampton Beach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where to begin :) First, I want to say "hi" to James, Ron, & the other terrific people from the AM list that we enjoyed meeting after the show. Found out James lives in Maine as well :) Ok, about the show...The Psych Furs didn't play due to schedule conflicts, so Howie Long opened the show. (I think that was his name) He was good, & had a great sense of humor. His set ended around 9:10, & around 9:30 Gordon walks out and takes off his black coat, Guy & Brian are onstage & they simply smile & begin to play. Some interesting moments of the show were: When Ron was invited onstage to play bass on "Gone Daddy Gone" while Brian played the xylophone. I must say Ron rocked! Towards the end of the show, a tech handed Brian a piece of paper just before they left the stage. When they came back for the encore they played a song request for someone's birthday, "Fat"! During the song Gordon paused slightly right before he sang the word "Fat". The audience filled in the word every time Gordon was about to sing it :) For us, the shinning Femmes member of the night was Guy. His drum solo during "Black Girls" was phenomenal. By far the most intense I've seen him play. A little longer than usual as well. It almost sounded as if they were going to start playing "Wipe Out". Gordon & Brian were also great! We were against the barricade in front of Guy, and at different times during the show Brian would walk over right in front of us, and do that grimace he does so well :) Gordon didn't make it over quite as often until "Add It Up" when he stood directly in front of us during entire break / guitar solo. Just amazing! I could see every detail on his guitar, the quilted maple top on his Tele thinline is just beautiful. I noticed the maple neck looked quilted as well. Definitely a custom Fender shop product. Which reminds me....does anyone know what effect pedals Gordon uses? I noticed he uses a wah, but other than that I'm not sure, he definitely uses a few more, looked like Boss pedals? I really couldn't see them that well. Other songs they played were: Country Death Song Blister American Music Old M Reagan Don't Talk About My Music Life is An Adventure Confessions Rejoice & Be Happy Gimme the Car All I Want Waiting For the Bus Prove my love Freak Magnet Color Me Once Dahmer's Dead When You Died Oh, a little more about Guy....he made eye contact with Jennifer throughout the show, & gave her a drumstick after Kiss Off. (the last song) She was a happy camper! After the show Jen & I made a dash for our car to get the camera & a couple items to hopefully have signed :) We met Guy first, he was extremely friendly & really liked Jen, gave her a hug/kiss on cheek & said she was the star of the show :) Guy is such a ladies man, hehe. Brian & Sigmund came out of the venue about 20 minutes later. They were very friendly as well. Gordon seemed tired, & quickly left via a van with tinted windows. Who could blame him after singing & playing an hour & a half. We took photos of the after show activities, & one hour developed them :) They turned out great & I should have them up on the web before this issue of AM is mailed :) at http://www.townserver.com/planetblue Oh, speaking of the website, I updated the Violent Femmes audio section. It's Brian talking about how he likes Hampton Beach, pretty funny! Well, that's about all I can remember at the moment, I'm sure I'll remember something right after I send this :) It was a blast seeing them again, & meeting after the show was icing on the cake. It was also great meeting/seeing the other AM list members! Just remembered, at the end of the last encore Gordon wishing everyone a happy Canada Day before he left the stage :) Also....they played "Out the Window" & "Prove My Love" I don't think I had listed those. I remember Brian's enthusiastic background vocals on Prove My Love :) Take Care Pat! Eric gineryc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Milwaukee Journal Online Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Found this on a transcript of an online chat on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today. Q: Chris Wegehaupt of Milwaukee -- Whatever happened to Sigmund Snopek III? He used to always be at the comedy stage, usually daily? I'll miss him. A: Summerfest -- Sigmund decided a few years ago to concentrate on commercial jingles. He will be here this year playing with the Violent Femmes. ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~