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Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Please please please do not go. ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/bluenote/936/ http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://www.geocities.com/kittricken/ http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Message Board: http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb870757&TL= Discussion Group: http://www.egroups.com/invite/vf2000 and click the "JOIN" button 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 Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Re: Wisconsin Show RE: S2K show RE: Summerfest RE: The Too Late Late Show RE: July 4 Craig Kilborn Show This and That ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Wisconsin Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Damn! Children of the Revolution!!!! I need to hear that live! Quick question: On the tape version of Blind Leading the Naked, there was an extra song that is not on the CD version. Of course, long ago I gave away my tapes to a needy friend after buying all the albums on CD. And now I can't remember what song that was! From the official web page (I don't have the CD nearby, I'm at work), here is the track list for the album (I imagine it's the CD version). 1. Old Mother Reagan 2. No Killing 3. Faith 4. Breakin' Hearts 5. Special 6. Love & Me Make Three 7. Candlelight Song 8. I Held Her In My Arms 9. Children Of The Revolution 10. Good Friend 11. Heartache 12. Cold Canyon 13. Two People ... and for the life of me I can't remember what the missing track is. Or am I imagining things? (Maybe it's Hallowed Ground that I'm thinking of?) If anyone has a cassette copy of either album, maybe we can settle this? Thanks! --James welborn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: S2K show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ well, Jon did such a good job on his review from summerfest that there's really not a lot more to throw in, but i'll try... Hands down, this was the best Femmes show I have ever seen. I was going to say the 98 WI tour show in Milwaukee was still my favorite, but I changed my mind. This was amazing. Like Jon said, the setting was just perfect. And the atmosphere was great too -- the crowd was so into the show, and you could tell the band was loving it. Gordon's voice had something in it that made it even better, and Guy's performance was about a zillion times better than I have ever heard him before. Actually, after one of the songs he took a metal washtub off the top of his drum, and tossed it into the crowd. it bounced off my friend's head and landed right behind me... Had I not been holding an $800 camera that i borrowed from my job, I would have dove for it... but as it was my girlfriend's brother snared it, then ended up having to stand in it for the rest of the show so no one else could steal it from him! I was really excited to hear "All I Want"... actually all the Freak Magnet stuff sounded really, really good. I was surprised that they played "New Generation" because it's actually my least favorite song on the album, but whatever. then it was pretty cool that brian's nephew, my good friend Carl, not only played the sousaphone with the horns, but also played Brian's bass on a few songs - including "Children of the Revolution", which was very cool to hear done live... I did shoot almost 2 rolls of film from the 3rd row, so hopefully i got some good pictures... if they turn out well enough i'll probably put them up on the web somewhere and post the address so if you're interested, you can check them out... ok that's about it... i'm still hoarse for screaming/singing along... ah well rob=) rhc75a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Summerfest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi! Thanks for all the tips people gave me for getting things signed. However, my sister and I didn't get the chance to use them, but we'll keep them in mind for next time. The Summerfest show was cool; we got seats in the front row right in front of Brian Ritchie. It had been a whole year (since last year at Summerfest, actually) since we had seen them, so I was a little emotional. They were great. But I don't know: maybe I'm way off, but they seemed a little unenthused. It's hard to explain, but my sister and I got the same vibe. I was thinking maybe it was just that some people's family members were there, they probably don't get to see each other often, and maybe they just wanted to get back to seeing their family. I don't know. The next day, I looked on their web site, and under "what's happening" they said they are all depressed. So now I'm all worried! My poor, dear friends (well, in my head anyway) are feeling down. I don't know when I'll get the chance to see them again since they haven't been playing around here a whole lot lately, but if anyone else gets the chance, just make sure to let them know their efforts are very appreciated! But anyway, on to brighter things. My sister said she saw a movie trailer today that plays "Kiss Off" throughout the whole thing! That's so cool. I don't know what it is yet, but she said it had Benecio Deltoro (however you spell that) in it. And I saw them on Craig Kilborn last week: it looked like maybe they had taped the performance of American Music the last time they were on because I think they were wearing the same clothes. But it was so cool! I don't know why, but I love the fact that Gordon Gano was chewing gum while he was singing. (call me weird...) Thanks again, Julie jjwil90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: The Too Late Late Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> I forced myself to stay awake but was in such a stupor of sleep deprivation that I can't even tell you what they played. They looked great and I fell asleep before I could even notice if they talked after their number. They must do some earlier shows or I must get my VCR fixed so I can tape. marylee Rubaiyat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: July 4 Craig Kilborn Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I got back from watching fireworks just in time to catch the Craig Kilborn show. Don't worry, you didn't miss much! The C.K. show itself was dumb and enough to put a person to sleep (sorry Kilborn fans!), and he only put the Femmes on at the very end. He introduced them as the Violent Femmes, who were there to promote their Viva Wisconsin album by playing American Music. The Femmes came on and they played VERY well, but they were only on for about 2.5 minutes, and then the credits rolled without an interview or even a word from the band. Bummer. I could see how a person could miss that very tiny section at the end: I'd like to see more interviews, personally! Nicole:) nwinn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This and That ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just want to let Joel know that the Femmes do have a new video out of "All I Want." It's little different, but not bad. I almost passed out the first time I saw it as I had never seen one of their videos before, and it was off their new album. I saw it on the M2 channel, which is somewhat similiar to MTV, but more alternative and much better!! So, keep your eyes open!! I went to the show last weekend in Hampton Beach, and can anyone explain to me why the shows at this venue are so calm?? I was there last year too, and there isn't any shoving at all. And I've been to some pretty rough shows! I'm certainly not complaining, it was great!!! Especially being able to walk out of the show and across the street to the beach. Being from VT, it's very rare for me to be at the ocean. Last year, we walked back to the hotel on the beach after the show, but this year, we were a little short on $$ and we actually camped out at this campground like 20 minutes away. Holy cow, I forgot how hard the ground can be!!!! But it was worth it to see the band again!! Oh yeah, my best friend Martin was supposed to record the Femmes on the late, late show for me, but fell asleep at 1:15 and woke up in the middle of American Music, so I too did not get to see them.... hbedard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~