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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: well i guess i'm gonna go out now gonna try to find something new, and all i'm left with is this craving for some flamingo stew... -From Flamingo Baby -Submitted by Nevertell6 *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): 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 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, $5-$14 (P,T) see http://www.fairplex.com **Dec 31- Falls Festival, Lorne, AUS (P)** SOLO SHOWS: ------------ Aug 27- 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Tonic, NY, NY (O) http://www.tonic107.com 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) Nevertell6 (Ron) ViolntPhem (Melissa) Falmouth, MA ------------ Potatoe482 (Em) Rubaiyat (Marylee) Saratoga, CA ------------ sandycitarella (Sandy) stepheno (Stephen) Seattle, WA ----------- stevens (Michelle) Portland, OR ------------ stevens (Michelle) LilBoek (Steve) friday (Sandy) parr (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: Calgary Show Tonic Show LA County Fair RE: Calgary Beyond Records RE: Eep Opp Meaning of Blister in the Sun In the Middle of Nowhere ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey folks! My youngest (Ethan) took a first place in Saturday's supercross! woohoo! I'd still be jumping around, but I'm recovering from sleep deprivation. We picked up a new puppy, a male Vizsla, on Thursday, and the early training has worn me out; so much so that I passed out last night before I could post yesterday's issue of AM. But already this guy is housebroken (at 7 1/2 weeks!!), is now sleeping through the night, and after smearing tabasco on everything in the house, I don't have to watch him so much. If anyone is thinking about getting a purebred dog, GET A VIZSLA!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Calgary Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The femmes in calgary were great. Here is the set list. country Death Song blister in the sun I'm nothing Jesus walking on the water I wanna see you again Rejoice and be happy American Music old mother reagan i'm Lucky? I am not sure who wrote this. Its a cover of a folk song. Gordon said " i hope i dont get in trouble for that" Could anyone who was there help. Kiss off Good feelings Add it up Before Add it up gordon had a little bit to say. "Earlier This afternoon as I explained breifly about. This song has two chords, played over and over and over and over again endlessly but with enough variations that it doesn't seem to bother most people. And if this song does bother you its really probably not because of the chords its probably something else." It was too short but when the femmes play its always too short. I have an audio of the concert minus the first half of country. Its not the best quality but is great for people at the concert. Email me if you want a copy. The band before the femmes were from Scotland and were great. If anyone remembers the name please tell me. tylerboa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tonic Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi. The homepage is a little confusing on this one. You might want to move the listing for 8/27 to the solo shows area. It's just Brian and Shak friends not VF. http://www.tonic107.com Fri, Aug 27 An Evening of Traditional and Contemporary Music for the Shakuhachi at 9 & 10:30pm, $10, presented by Brian Ritchie ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LA County Fair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey...as dumb as this is gonna sound, I was wondering if anyone in California planned to see the femmes at Los Angeles County fair when they play in september. I REALLY want to spend my hard earnings from my jack in the box gig(no laughing) there. I was wondering if it would be worth it though...since as a lot people have brought up, if they get a hostile crowd (ie crowd divers, people throwing stuff on the stage etc..)they tend to leave. I will be mad as hell if I spend the money and they leave:) Smiles:) Taylor stressedouttay -Pat. Says: I thought Californians were only violent when in cars :) But seriously, this sort of behavior occurs very rarely, and you really shouldn't worry about it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Calgary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> What's this? The Femmes are doing solo sets now? Does anyone else feel like we Americans get shafted somtimes? I mean it seems like they think that the rest of the world's audiences understand VF music better or something. Maybe I'm still just a little upset about the Milwaukee show - I felt like it was just the "standards" - again. I know, I know, Brian calls out songs he feels the crowd wants & it's different every night(whatever)yeah the crowd LOVED it - everyone got to sing-a-long but I just feel like - give me MORE! I want more than the 1 and a half hour set of standards. If I think of some of my favorite Femmes songs - well I just can't remember the last time I heard them live - Fat, Sweet Misery, Mother of a Girl ... If Brian were standing right in front of me I would say - very politely of course - don't forget man - we're not all frat daddies & a lot of us own more than one album - come on guys - ROCK OUT!!! Eric wisconsinsane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beyond Records ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new record deal- eh? Hmm... just when I was starting to like the fact that the Femmes could contribute to all these other projects without having the little "Gordon/Brian/Guy appear courtesy of ..." thing behind the credit. I don't know but I guess I can I can learn to live with that again. I am kidding of course! Bring on the label - bring on the music!!!!!! I noticed during the scrolling of the movie credits for South Park the other day that Motley Crue's girls,girls, girls was released on Beyond Records (dont' ask why I notice these things - I don't know why) so I did a little surfing and found that there is a BMG/Beyond label dba Beyond Records. Could this be it? It's the home of Blondie, Sponge, the Crue and others. Here's the web address: http://www.bugjuice.com/beyond/ Dear God let's hope we won't have a Crue/Femmes thing anytime soon if it is true. I found another little label called Venture Beyond Records (mostly Goth & electronica bands) that could be it too - so I don't know if I'm on to anything or not. I emailed both & I'll post if I get a response back. Along the lines of that Crue credit that put me on to the Beyond thing I noticed something in the liner for BR's I See a Noise the other day and wanted to see if anyone else could add their 2cents. Remember back a couple of months ago when Guy was doing those dates with Absinthe? Well the lead guitar for those shows was a guy named Jim Eanelli. Mr. Eanelli is listed in the "thank you" section of Blind Leading the Naked, WDBS, New Times (sp?), and the euip. specialist section of 3, as well as Brian's Cd. Just thought that was interesting. BTW - I've always wondered this... why is Geoff "Stinky" Worman so stinky? Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Eep Opp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Doesn't Gordon state on the inside cover that they didn't actually play the song....i thought he said that the record company has another band to do it...it happens all the time...>> I'm glad you asked about that! If we can get a few more volunteers you can see the video for Eep Opp with your very own eyes - it's on the compilation tape! I know we definitely need at least one person for middle America - Pat, what else is missing? Deana ddearry -Pat. Says: We need AUS/NZ. I swear we're going to put this thing out come hell or high H2O. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meaning of Blister in the Sun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hello! i recently received an e-mail from a person wanting a meaning to "Blister in the Sun"...i've thought a bit and can't come up with anything really concrete, SO, i need the wonderful help of all the more dedicated fans on this list who are much more knowledgeable with this stuff. Thanx, RyRy the FryGuy rcbarbato -Pat. Says: I believe the concensus is that it is about a guy who is so sexually deprived he must take matters into his own hands, so to speak. You Ryan are in such a stable, loving relationship you don't need to resort to such measures, and so of course this explanation would never occur to you. If anyone has any alternate ideas about this song, please let's hear them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the Middle of Nowhere ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Being Icelandic is pretty sweet for the most part. Clean air, fresh water, fish, decent people etc. What we don't get are i.e. The Violent Femmes. I have bought almost all of my VF CD's overseas. So it is not surprising that I have very slim chances of getting Freak Magnet. Could maybe somebody tell me if I can order it somewhere, or maybe someone would be willing to buy me a copy and send it to me (at my expense of course). Or maybe it hasn't been released officially yet. Somebody please help me!! eirikurs -Pat. Says: The Official Homepage promises an October release. I don't know if this will be worldwide. It had better be. When it is released, I'm sure somebody will be happy to send you a copy. Which reminds me..has anyone spoken with the band lately to see if the official release will be in any way different from the promo? And while we're at it, let's open this can of worms: for those of you who have FM, if the decision were yours, would you keep the album as is, or change it? If you would change it, how? I remember someone mentioned that Guy said Positively 4th Street would not make the final cut. I say boohoo to that; I liked that makeover! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~