07-19-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: It seems that no matter how much I drink I seem to still stay sober It seems that no matter how young I am I seem to still feel older -From Dating Days -Submitted by Extatika *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): July 23- The Vogue, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA (O,P) July 25- Calgary Folk Music Fest, Calgary, Alberta, CA (O,P,T-CA) Gates open at 9 a.m., tickets (through TM CA) $30 w/ Joan Baez and Joan Armatrading July 30- 8 p.m., Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NH 18+ show(unless w/parent), $19.50 in adv., $21.50 day of show, doors open at 6. (T,P,O) July 31- Cape Cod Summer Music Festival, Barnstable Co. Fairground, Falmouth, MA $20 in adv., $25 at gate (P,O) Tickets available through ticketweb, or call 510-594-1400 see http://www.baitfish for lineup **Aug 7- Mystic Theater, Petaluma, CA (O)** Aug 15- 7:30 p.m., Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA $25-$36 (T,P) **Aug 27, 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Tonic, NY, NY (O)** Aug 28- Jones Beach Amphitheater, Long Island, NY (O) Sept 2- Blue Note, Columbia, MO (O) Sept 3- Liberty Memorial Park, Kansas City, MO (O) Sept 4- Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA (O,P) Sept 5- 5 p.m., Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater, Portland, OR, $25 (P,T) w/Cake Sept 10- Gas Lamp Quarter, San Diego, CA (P) Sept 11- 8 p.m., Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, CA (P,T) see http://www.fairplex.com SOLO SHOWS: ------------ Aug 30- 9 p.m., Alterknit Theater, Knitting Factory, NY, NY, Straylight Dialogues, AKA Brian Ritchie! (O) http://www.knittingfactory.com/Welcome.html 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, contact Hornblow USA at: hbgusa Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Hampton Beach, NH ------------------ Potatoe482 (Em) [email protected] (Ron) [email protected] (Melissa) Falmouth, MA ------------ Potatoe482 (Em) Rubaiyat (Marylee) Saratoga, CA ------------ sandycitarella (Sandy) stepheno (Stephen) Seattle, WA ----------- stevens (Michelle) Portland, OR ------------ stevens (Michelle) LilBoek (Steve) fridayt (Sandy) parrm (Nick) Pomona, CA ---------- mypen15 (Nick) ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.lasvegasweekly.com/ http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/bluenote/936/ http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Theater/6571/index.html http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/femmes/ http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Private Show Denver Re: Femmes Going Off Stage Re: Femmes Going Off Stage RE: Does Gordon Play Violin On Stage? RE: Gordon the Violin Player RE: Brian Playing Xylophone RE: Louise Attaque RE: Mystery Men Soundtrack RE: Mystery Men Soundtrack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Private Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember the post last week about the Canes show in San Diego? Well, it has come to my attention that this is one of those Marlboro shows, and so is a private gig. Don't try to get tickets for it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Denver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, my road trip to Denver (for the LoDo -- Lower Downtown -- Festival) was great. A 10-hour drive always gets me goofy, so forgive me when say I learned "Hallowed Ground" is best when sung in an Elmer Fudd voice. They Might Be Giants' John Flansburg was signing autographs after their set on Friday. I hadn't picked up "Factory Showroom" yet, so it was perfect. Even better when I opened it up and there was a large white oval on the back of the CD mount, perfect for signing. The Femmes got a late start Saturday, so they closed down quickly at the end, without a chance for an encore. They were good-natured about having the beach balls from the crowd bouncing up onto the stage a couple times. (Has anyone else noticed that the beach balls only come out when a TV crew is nearby?) But I, too, have been at a concert (Reno Livestock Events Center 1994) that they walked off the stage after being hit with objects. I don't remember the set list, but they played a lot from the first album ... and I heard (for the first time) "Don't Talk About My Music" ... they played DMFD without a creative intro ... and they also played the Colorado State Song. (At least I guess that's what it was.) Speaking (above) about getting hit with objects, it strikes me (ha, ha) that I've been to dozens of concerts and never seen any other act stop, or even threaten to stop, a show for that reason ... even after being hit with objects -- Nine Inch Nails, Beck and others. But I've also noticed that it happens to the Femmes more often than it does to other bands. The crowd Saturday was much more "drunk frat boy" than I hoped ... and I realize that the Femmes' audience has a larger element of that than does that of, say ... geek-rockers They Might Be Giants. One guy, in particular, was yelling back at the sound-check guys, beer spilling out of his gesturing grip, "Fuck you! We want the Femmes!" I figure that every dollar one of these morons spends on a Femmes album or concert helps out the band, so I have mixed feelings about wanting to commit genocide. Anyway ... the trip was great, the concert was good ... and I can't wait to see them again! --James # James Welborn (JW1560) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Femmes Going Off Stage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes no one will forget the fateful Edge Fest in Fort Wayne, IN. Not only did the boys have to play with the likes of Matchbox 20 and Dishwalla, they had to endure the white trash, ignorance-fed barrage of trash from the crowd. In a related story Fort Wayne beat out Gary that year for the coveted "Armpit of Indiana" Award. Jason weeezer "Well does the fact that I'm trying to do it, do it for you man?" ---Dignan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Femmes Going Off Stage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << I feel no one deserves to be hit with anything while playing a concert, nor should they dodge things being thrown on stage! just my 2 cents. >> I once heard Brian tell an audience that if they threw things on stage, they were going to walk off. He said, "We already have your money, so if you throw things, we'll leave." He told my husband after the show that if those kids didn't know better, they needed someone to tell them so. I think my son Dan is playing with the Horns of Dilemma again on 7/31 in Cape Cod. Marylee Rubaiyat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Does Gordon Play Violin On Stage? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Very much so. Their 95? tour in late summer made it's way to Claremont Colleges. A sold out house of most "too young to appreciate" saw Gordon playing the fiddle for Jesus Walking on the Water. They were also priviledged to witness the accompaniment of Gordon's brother playing guitar alongside. Off to the side of the stage were the Gano parents. Proud, proud parents they were as they watched their son's showcase their talents, while they traveled along for this portion of the west coast leg of the tour. Via "pull myself up from my bootstrap tactics" I earned myself a backstage pass due to a generous local sub promoter who paid me back for helping to load in the opening act, for running numerous food runs for his staff, and for basically just not going away. It's tough to track down a Femme's gig anywhere, and I had a manic obsession to get in. If you have been a Femmes listener for as long as I have, you also would have found it kind of surreal to hear Gordon play such anthems as "Add It Up" and "Gimme the Car" and "Out the Window" in front of his mother and father. As the songs played through I would occasionally glance over (surreal, surreal, surreal!) to see his parents expressions. I was amazed. These were gracious, smiling, and proud parents who seemed to not just uphold familial creative license, but to allow for the grace needed to see their offspring create, express, and make good money. Truthfully, I have to believe that, at some point, Mrs. Gano has had to have had the following exchange with her son - "Gordon, isn't there any other words you could have used in "Add It Up" son? I mean, if you had just stuck to "Kiss" I could understand, but honey, I know you young boys masturbated, and its all part of growing up, but couldn't you have just stuck with getting just one 'kiss.'? "I love you son." "Oh, and Gordon, your father and I would always let you borrow the car. Just ask." "Oh, and another thing son, we always have things in the house for those blisters. Just ask. I love you son. We are proud of you boys." Why couldn't all of us had such understanding in our lives? Just another case for the beauty of family values. Let's all just Praise the Lord. To Be Continued.... C1J2M3Com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Gordon the Violin Player ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the person who asked if Gordon ever played the violin on stage: YES. I saw him play the electric violin for the song Machine on the New Times tour. For that song Brian played the midi-xylaphones, but it was programed for that wacky bass sound thats on the recording. drumgalante ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Brian Playing Xylophone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ this is regarding the following comment/question: <> yes, brian also plays the xylophone on 'i hear the rain' flyingdutchguy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Louise Attaque ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was reading something, somewhere about Louise Attaque, ( I think it was on the official site ) and they were saying that the album wasn't available in america. In Quebec it's availlable!!! So if you want to order it Go ahead. It's a brilliant album produced by Gordon. I know that the band has already recorded their second opus, I hope that Gordon did something on it, but seeing what the femmes did lately I suppose that he didn't have time. P.S. I don't know if we can put it in the news letter but i've got a number from a store in Quebec from which we can order the album and i know for sure that they do mail-orders for a little fee. 1-514-844-2587 1-800-817-2587 champign 4380 rue St-Denis Montral Quebec Canada H2J 2L1 -ffrenet -Pat. Says: Phone numbers/addresses to places which sell Violent Femmes related material are always welcome. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Mystery Men Soundtrack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Violent Femmes have a track on the Mystery Men soundtrack. The name of the track is No More Heroes. +----------------+--------------+ + Michael Pellen + mike + +----------------+--------------+ + http://www.dqc.org/~mike + +-------------------------------+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Mystery Men Soundtrack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey, did anyone notice the label this Mystery Men Soundtrack is on? Isn't it ironic? Interscope Records at last puts out a release with the Violent Femmes written on it--cudos to you guys! :-) -Cheryl moongirl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~