07-08-96

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE ROCK!!!!! VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST currently run by James Schrader happy monday The Quote Of The Day: "...Vague sketch of a fantasy, laughing at the sunrise like he's been up all night..." from GOOD FEELING, send your quotes to In Today's Digest: * * * Cheezy ass concert review RE: ROCK for 7-5-96 what I found on alt.music.alternative summerfest concert thoughts.... Toronto Did I happen to mention that i'm impressed? YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Guess I Went A Little Overboard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Jose Talbot Subject: Cheezy ass concert review Hey! I wuz at the ampitheatre last night, and heard some pretty cool music. What the hell am i saying? IT FUCKIN ROCKED!!!!! ok, it was my first phlemmes (sorry, i got hooked kallin them that) concert, and it totally ruled! ok, first gordon comes on smokin a cigar and everyone is screemin(the Goo did a prety good job of warmin us up, but dishwala was kinda cheezy) anyway, they played all the whoopass songs (i don't remember all of them, and i'm not gonna give yah an incomplete list) ya know, all the femmes songs rock, and i luv them all, but, in concert, the well known ones have alot more energy to them, and thats why i think you should all stop knocking the popular ones (B in da S, A it U, K off, ectectect) cauze in concert they whoop more ass than the others. sure, we all look like god's cauze we know all the lyrics, but i'd rather have everyone knowin lyrics, than to be standin up all by my lonesome, chantin away at the lyrics. ok, i know this wasn't much of a review (look at the subject) but hey, all you need to know is that the femmes ruled soooo bad that they set a new record for ampitheater attendance (WHOOP ASS!), and, hey, being the femmes, you know they automatically ROCK!!!!! :) for private messages, e-mail me at / O==|=====================================================|==O / JJJJJJJJJ :) ZZZZZZZZ :) EEEEEEE J :) Z E :) :) :) J :) Z :) E J o Z EEEEEEE r rrrr J :) o:) o Z :) E :) rr r J J o o :) Z :) E r :) J :) o ZZZZZZZ EEEEEEE r Soy el Diablo! No te chingas con mi mierda! http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1262/ / O==|=========================[:-O>-=====================|==O / "http://www.globaldialog.com/~viper1/jose/" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: "Haluska's" Subject: RE: ROCK for 7-5-96 The Femmes Rocked last night!!!!!!! Oh my god! It was so kewl, when they played Gone Daddy Gone I thought i was gonna shit my drawls! And Add It Up at the end just made it the perfect concert except for the fact Dishwalla and the Goo Goo Dolls suck! Mike out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Azure! Subject: what I found on alt.music.alternative Hey guys, found this on alt.music.alternative, and I thought I'd pass it on incase anyone missed it: Hi folks-- If you're interested in the VIOLENT FEMMES, stop on by and check out our coverage of their big show last night in Milwaukee. As you may know, the Femmes are originally from Milwaukee, so it was a real barnburner of a show. We've got some swell shots of the band, and tons more coverage of the whole Summerfest event, now winding to a close. Go direct to the Femmes at http://www.requestline.com/summerfest/04 See the rest of our stuff at http://www.requestline.com Peace, HE -- Hans Eisenbeis, Content Director Request Line http://www.requestline.com (612)931-2034 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Laurel Gilbert Subject: summerfest concert thoughts.... First off, if ANYONE knows how to get a soundboard tape of July 4th's Summerfest concert, I will sell my soul to you for it. :-) Okay, here's my "Summerfest Experience...." We left (Bowling Green, Ohio) at about ten a.m. on the fourth....here's a little tidbit of info...the eight-ish hours drive from Toledo to Milwaulkee can be filled JUST PERFECTLY with all the Femmes tapes in order. We started with the first album and went all the way through to Rock! and then listened to Add It Up for our last 45 minutes driving into downtown Milwaulkee. We got there about four and the Marcus didn't open up 'til seven thirty, so we ate and wandered around, and listened to bands. At one point we did wander down to the Marcus, and discovered that the concert was sold out (24,000 seats) and that they had hand-stamped the maximum for the lawn seats (I believe 15,000) and there were a few very unhappy souls wandering around without tickets. :-( Didn't stick around much for the first act, and I wasn't really into GooGoo Dolls, so we sort of wandered around for that. It was funny; a lot of people were dancing to GGD, but there were also a fair amount (like me) just sitting around waiting for the show to begin. My notes? Awesome. Amazing. nearly 30,000 people on their feet, screaming and dancing and clapping. They said it was the largest audience EVER at the Marcus. Highlights? Good Feeling is always an important concert moment for me. Digeradoo is amazing...I was certain that, between the digeradoo and the horn section in Black Girls, the aliens were going to land on top of the Marcus and carry us all away. I had a funny moment: durring American Music and the line "every time I look at that ugly lake.." my s.o. turned to me and goes "ugly lake!" and points behind us....duh. I never thought of it. :-) (I know...it's dumb.) Most importantly, I'm struck with how wonderfully experimental they've become....remember how the Beatles had their "early" phase with "She Loves You" and "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and then they started experimenting with drugs and eastern philosophy, and then the White Album made everyone go "huh?" It would seem the Femmes are doing a lot of the same sound experimentation....in Death Drugs, Black Girls, etc, they really seem to be trying to make a rhythm *not* on the 3 or 4 measure beat. It's hard to explain...but it's so *hard* sometimes to find the rhythm, and yet it's there, and they are concentrating SO hard on it. Native American and far Eastern drumming and shamanistic music is often based in a really weird-sounding (to us) rhythm, not a 4/4 or 3/4....I'm convinced after the concert that the Femmes are doing the same thing. Anyone want to comment?? They also played a lot of songs I hadn't heard live before. I loved 36-24-36, Dance MF Dance, Country Death Song (with the red light only on Gordon....sweet...), Old Mother Reagan, We Don't Want No Killing...etc. And of course, the screaming after they "ended" (not) with Kiss Off (before the encore with Gone Daddy Gone and, of course, Add It Up) was amazing. I'm sure my hearing is permanently damaged...and did anyone else catch the guy who played bass when Brian took over the xylaphone on Gone Daddy? He appeared from a group of roadie-types who all cheered him and hugged him and patted his back after the song was over. Wouldn't that be COOL?? You're a roadie with the femmes and you get to play bass for Brian R. in Milwaulkee on the encore before 30,000 people. Yes! I was very pleased; I knew all the words to all the songs except one they played in the middle....was it new or a cover? Okay, I'll quit; this is long. We were so tired driving home that we stopped and slept in this real dive of a motel about 30 miles south of Milwaulkee. But it was SO worth the 8+ hours drive. I did buy a T-shirt and a sticker, which will be the first sticker on my soon-to-be-purchased new (bought new, very used) car. Looking forward to hearing other Femmes mailling list responses to the concert, and again, if anyone has tapes of the concert, my soul is yours! Laurel _________________________________________________________ ** "You don't like those ideas? I got others..." --Marshal McLuhan ** Laurel Gilbert American Culture Studies, BGSU, Ohio http://www.bgsu.edu/~lgilber/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Brendan Lowther Subject: Toronto Just thought I would let everyone know that I saw the Femmes Last night at Lolapalooza and they kicked some seriuos butt. Chow from T.O.! -Brendan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: TRUMAN EMILY Subject: Did I happen to mention that i'm impressed? hello ok first for josh, besides "Do you really want to hurt me" for femmes doing covers there is of course the Eep Opp Ork Ah-ah (means i love you) well i consider that a cover. and i know they did a song on the Tom Waits tribute album, but i can not remember what the name of the song is. At the concert on the fourth they did not play any of those 3 songs...i was really hoping for the Eep.. that would have been fucking cool to dance around to. anyway now about the concert on the 4th!! It was a wonderful performance!! it was only the 3rd time I've seen the femmes, but of course they lived up to what i wanted and surpassed it =) (except for the fact they did not play waiting for the bus..and the last 2 times they did..and i really love that song..) here is the setlist: 4 Seasons, Out the window, Prove my love, Country Death Song, Dahmer is Dead, 36-24-36, A Blister in the sun, American Music, Ugly, Good Feeling, Didgeriblues, Dance mother fucker dance, Death Drugs, (Gordon's guitar solo), Color me once, Old Mother Regan, Girl Trouble, No killing, Dont start me on the liquor, Confessions, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Black Girls, Kiss off. encore: Gone Daddy Gone then gordon says "Thank you very fucking much for comming ??? rock concert I believe tonight permits one more song........ ...........DDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY AFTER DAAAAAAAAAAYY..." so you all know what that last one was ;) i traveled to milwaukee from denver to see them =) i'm so so so glad i did. it was sooo worth the money i spent on my trip to see them. i love the violent femmes!!!! em ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: (Nicholas) Subject: YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARC ROCK!!!!! ON! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! <> ROCK!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Subject: I Guess I Went A Little Overboard > > Alright, I think it is about time for the bashing to stop. Every >Femmes song has its place and so does "Blister in the Sun". So while all >everybody sits and bashes this song (one that I happen to like) I will be >the lone person to stand up and defend it. > While it may be true that most people know two songs by the Femmes >("Blister in the Sun", "Add it Up"), you must realize that most bands are >known for only a few songs. Who cares if everybody can only recognize the >Femmes for 2 songs, its their loss, not ours. Its like another of my >favorite groups, Rusted Root, people have only heard "Send me on my Way" >and none of the others. > In short, this letter says Get over it and quit your whining. Don't >complain that everybody in this world does not share your devotion to the >Femmes. Life sucks, buy a helmet. > >Marc I guess I went a little overboard. I really don't have BITS like it sounded but It is definitely not my favorite song. I just wish people wouldn't think that its their only good song. People think "Oh, they only have one song played on the radio, it must be their only good song" and that just plain stupid, stupid, stupid. okay, i've said enough John, aka NoidLess