07-09-01

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 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) Rubaiyat (Marylee) Aspen, CO -------------------------- Rubaiyat (Marylee) ************************************************************************ 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: Femmes Pics Re: Femmes Show Review Re: Response to Review by Andy Tarnoff 2 Questions The New Album? The Complete Freak RE: The Vote Don't Give Up The Vote So Far Disaster Relief SpongeBob SquarePants Midi File ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes Pics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, I took some great shots of the Femmes this last weekend at the Taste of Randolph St, in Chicago. Check them out... http://www.whatsupchicago.com/photos/062401/photopage1.htm# Jonathan jkrivit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Femmes Show Review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone, I was at the Summerfest show on Friday and couldn't disagree more with Andy Tarnoff's review. I responsed to him and told him so Highlights were the extra wonderful Horns of Diemma performances including Brian's nephew on Sousaphone and a beautiful young girl on flute, Brian and Gordon's solos on Gimme the Car. (the place went nuts), and Gordon's beautiful Bridge over Troubled Waters. Guy and Johnny's Black Girls drum solo was really a crowd pleaser. I did agree with Andy's comments about Sigmund Snopek's performance. He is such a musical treasure. I'm going to both the Denver and Aspen shows so I'll write more later. Rubaiyat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Response to Review by Andy Tarnoff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, Just wanted to comment on your review of the Femmes show at Summerfest. Were we at the same show? I found the show really energetic and the crowd totally enthusiastic. At least my section of the crowd was. (first row). When you think that the younger members of the audience were probably in diapers or training pants when the Femmes first played those songs, it's pretty amazing that they still know every syllable of every song by heart and sing along with total joy and abandonment. True, the Femmes don't jump around as they used to but I found the improvisation on well known numbers more a creative gesture than "a mangling of songs they've been performing for two decades." If the Femmes looked old, it's because they aren't 17, 25 or even 30 anymore. We are just going to have to forgive them for aging just like the rest of us someday will. To still be able to put so much energy and elicit such an audience response after two decades really amazes me. They are one band that never disappoints. I would agree with you that Sigmund Snopek's performance was as always a silver lining. He is a musical treasure. Anyway, I'll be back next year, making my pilgrimage from Phila. (A plane to Chicago, a Blue route train to Union station. Amtrak to Milwaukee, shuttle bus to Summerfest) to see them again. For me, it was a journey well worth the effort. Sincerely, marylee Rubaiyat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where can I find the song Walking In The Rain???????? And is it true the band does not get along????????? rmw17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The New Album? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have i been living under a rock? I thought the new album was freak magnet. Whats the new album? By the way, everyone that doesn't have Viva Wisconsin, i highly recommend it. It kicks serious ass. I meant to vote for its gonna rain. Sorry Pat Luke luketobin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Complete Freak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay, I'm a scum bucket. I'm an AM Voyeur for forever now. And here is my first post.. I vote for All I Want -Alt. Version I love it, wife loves it. Both my kids (8 and 2) love it. Everyone I ever play it for loves it. The same goes for Raquel, but All I Want is a little radio friendlier (and a little longer i.e. more air time).. Oh.. and jjwil90, The Yellow Freak Magnet vers. cuts out a whole section of the song.. HELLO! Beyond music!!! Who the hell made that cut??? And while I'm at it.. BEYOND music or to whom it may concern... Yes Oh Yes is a great song... Yet it was cut from Yellow FM??? I've made a compilation cd for my 8 year old (of all the clean songs) and Yes Oh Yes is one of her faves (mine too.) For myself, to satisfy my freak needs, what I did was make a new CD which I love.. I call it Complete Freak. Here is the track list... I really enjoy the flow of the CD. Hollywood is High Sleepwalkin I'm Nothin (Buskin' Version) All I Want (Alternate Version) Raquel Forbidden When You Died At Your Feet In The Dark Freak Magnet I'm Bad Yes Oh Yes Happiness Is Rejoice and Be Happy Mosh Pit New Generation Positively 4th Street Requiem for Nico A Story Reckless Stones VFY2K Shakuhachi I may have to edit it now that Raquel and others Alt belong to Something's Wrong... Probably won't. So what do ya'll think.. What is the Complete Freak, and how should it flow??? Been a femmes fan since Hallowed Ground. I enjoy Blister2000 more than BITS-orig. Only had privilege of seeing VF once. FREE at a Univ. South Florida event... A Homecoming thing (which I hate). It was hilarious. Half the people there were freakz like me.. The other half for Sorority types who could care less about VF... Sorry for being such a lazy f*** for never posting.., Nimrod ADriggers P.S. I tend to ramble.. Sorry again.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: The Vote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It has been good to see Amercan Music floating into my e-mail box again. I will vote for All I want. I think it will be one of the songs that fans remember later on. I had to learn to play it right away when i first heard it. Maybe the Femmes will play near this way. Jesse http://www.bastardrecords.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't Give Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vote: count one more for "rejoice and be happy".. thats got the best chance of being a semi hit if ya ask me.. its too catchy to not want to hear again once its on the radio if any of the band reads this.. i just wanna tell you guys not to give up home man.. i think you guys should do another college tour if you have it in you.. this way you can see how many people still love your music and how much you truly mean to a lot of us.. i hope everything's ok, dewey DOORS88JIM2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Vote So Far ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All I Want - 3 (One original; one alternate version) Every Breath You Take - 2 Sleepwalkin - 3 It's Gonna Rain - 3 Rejoice and Be Happy - 2 I'm Bad - 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disaster Relief ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have a sad little Femmes-related story and a request to the good readers of American Music. About 4 years ago I was in a record shop in Houston and, out of boredom, looking through their folder of stickers for sale when I found a Femmes sticker - a black vinyl sticker that says VF in yellow lower case letters. I happily bought it and put it on my car - then about 6 months later i was hit by a drunk driver, the car totaled, the sticker gone. So i got a new car and a new sticker at the same store, all well and good, until the floods of Houston hit about 3 weeks ago and wiped out my second car. The car can be replaced (it'll just cost me...a lot...ugh) but the record store is out of that VF sticker so I ask you, the people - can i get that sticker on the web anywhere? I'll someday have a car to put it on, and hopefully it won't blow up or float away again. -Josh katzjoshua ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpongeBob SquarePants ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was reading Salon Magazine today and saw this. Now we know what time to tune in! "The very cool cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants (8 p.m., Nickelodeon) moves into prime time for the summer. Check out the Violent Femmes' new video of the theme song." ddearr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Midi File ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am desperately looking for the midi file for American Music. Can you help Cheers Glen Webster ngwebster ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~