08-04-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: I'm Free!!!!! -From I'm Free, Why do Birds Sing? -Submitted by MSCLOne *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): Aug 7- Mystic Theater, Petaluma, CA (O) Aug 15- 7:30 p.m., Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA $25-$36 (T,P) **Aug 19- House of Blues Cybercast (See Kathryn's post below)** 6:30 p.m. PDT, 9:30 p.m. EDT, 1:30 a.m. GMT go to http://www.hob.com Aug 28- Jones Beach Amphitheater, Long Island, NY $15 (O) go to: http://www.vw.com/ 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 8- Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (P) 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! Saratoga, CA ------------ sandycitarella (Sandy) stepheno (Stephen) Seattle, WA ----------- stevens (Michelle) Portland, OR ------------ stevens (Michelle) LilBoek (Steve) fridayt (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.bigfoot.com/~planetblue 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: Another Web Page Remodeled VF Site DriversFest '99: New Ticket Price Announced! Hampton Beach Show Review Hampton Beach Show Review RE: Blue Note My Insights on the Femmes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ugh. Slack off for a week, and this is what I get. A huge HUGE issue! Another First Place Trophy for Ethan the AirMan! Would somebody with a Yahoo email account please try to contact rpouder? He changed his email address to this, and even tho he writes to me, asking to have AM sent to him there, every mail I try to send to him comes back undeliverable. I wrote to Yahoo, but no response. Please let him know what's going on if you can! His name is Bob. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another Web Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ my first attempt at a violent femmes page, I'll add more as I get more time morebeer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remodeled VF Site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey everyone. I just wanted to say that over the last month I went through some major changes at the I'm Nothing Site. I was getting complaints that not every browser could see it the same way, so I decided to change it completely. http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html I wanna hear what you guys think of it:) Plus I also changed my email. (gurlmail takes forever!!!) Smiles:) Taylor webmaster ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DriversFest '99: New Ticket Price Announced! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Volkswagen Enthusiast, What are your plans for Saturday, August 28? We hope they include a trip to Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, N.Y. Why? Because we'll all be there for DriversFest '99 and hope you will be too. And now for just $15 (U.S.) per person you can attend the event, take part in all of the great activities we have planned, and receive a kit packed with cool Volkswagen stuff. So what exactly does your $15 ticket include? - A Rock Music Festival at the famous Jones Beach Theatre featuring some of the hottest bands around: The Verve Pipe, Violent Femmes, Dishwalla and The Razorbacks. - A Performance Driving Clinic* with special guest instructor Indy 500 winner Danny Sullivan. - A "Drive and Shine" Car Show* - New Car Test Drives* - A Driver's Lifestyle Exposition featuring Microsoft, K2, Trek, Goodyear, and others - And much more Plus, your DriversFest '99 package that will be sent to you includes your ticket and wristband, a commemorative DriversFest '99 T-shirt, a nifty VW antenna ball for your car, and all the info you'll need to attend the event. Don't miss out on your chance to live and breathe all things Volkswagen for one full day. To purchase your $15 (U.S.) ticket to DriversFest '99, click here (http://www3.vw.com/owners/index.htm), or call DriversFest '99 Headquarters at 1.800.434.5280. Hope to see you at the beach! * You must be at least 18 years old to participate in this driving event, have a valid driver's license, and you will have to sign a waiver. For all other inquiries, please go to http://www.vw.com/ Forwarded by: # James Welborn (JW1560) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hampton Beach Show Review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In one word...Amazing! First a big "hello" to Ron, & Em who were also there. Really enjoyed meeting them. We all had a blast! :) I had never been to this venue before so after parking in the back (i'm usually a little lost) I entered the venue through the back instead of the normal entrance. I didn't realize this until after I was in, so my ticket was never torn, nor was I searched or anything. I'm not sure how I was able to get in the door since i walked right pass 2 security guys. They were busy talking i guess. It was a very high energy show (as usual) and I was extremely excited since I hadn't seen them since 1991. I wish I could go to tonight's show but I have relatives coming in from out of town. Anyways, I was hoping Ron would've been able to play bass again onstage, hopefully tonight he'll get a chance to jam with them again. During the show Gordan & Brian interacted with the audience quite a bit. Someone in the front had made a vf banner with poster board, & gave it to Gordon. He read it to the audience & went into american music. Gordon also gave the audience a choice in how to end "kiss off" & then did a really cool jam. Brian played everything from a baseball bat/bass to a Dr Suess Hat that made strange sounds. After the show we met the band by the tour bus, got autographs, & chatted for a short while. That was the icing on the cake! Gordon went directly from the venue to the inside of a van. So I peeked inside.. said a quick hello, & mentioned how i enjoyed the performance, & that i had worked at the Boathouse when they played there in '91. He said something like "oh yeah i remember the boathouse" I also mentioned how excited everyone on the am list were about the release of feak magnet.. he said "don't hold your breath" it looks like a live cd will be out before freak. I then thanked him for the autographs, & the wonderful music. I kept it short with Gano because he looked extremely exhausted. Brian, Sigmund, & Guy were in higher spirits, & talking with fans. I asked about the possibility of a live home video release, they said there was too much involved in the production compared to the live cd. I also asked about a promo vid for a freak magnet track, & they said it's too expensive, & that Gordan isn't interested in doing anything in front of the camera, also that for the most part mtv charges for airtime. (I didn't realize that, although that does explain why they air the videos they air.) I then went to my car & got my camera- Brian had gotten in the van with Gordan & they went to their hotel, but Guy was still around so I got a few pics, & will upload them to the Violent Femmes section of Planet Blue (there's a link to Planet Blue at the end of this message) I know Guy has a reputation of being the ladies man of the group, but what was funny is that him & Sigmund didn't get back on the tour bus... 2 girls offered to give them a ride to the hotel, so they left with the girls :) Anyways, if you have a chance to see them live I highly reccomend going! Here are the songs they played in exact order: I'm nothing out the window country death song blister in..... prove my love rejoice confessions i swear it held her in my arms candlelight song old mother reagan 36-24-36 american music jesus walking good feeling Brian's story about the beach.... Hilarious! dance mf dance happiness is color me once hallowed ground black girls gone daddy gone add it up kiss off Hope everyone is able to see them soon! Also, if you have a chance, take a look at Planet Blue. Take Care, Eric erycg ~PLANET BLUE~ http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hampton Beach Show Review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I attended the July 30th Femmes show at the Hampton Ballroom Casino, and I figured I'd share two quotes of Brian's. His intro for Dance MF Dance was that he and Sigmund were on the beach earlier that day, and they saw two girls wearing Femmes shirts. The guys went up to them and said, "Hey, we're in the Violent Femmes", and supposedly the girls said, "Yeah right, sing one of their songs" so Brian and Sigmund started in a really bad rendition of blister and the girls laughed at them. Then Brian said, "How bout this one? When I say dance, you best dance mother fucker!" After the show, we saw Brian and a bunch of fans were asking him questions. One guy asked if Brian had any advice for others. Brian said, "Don't marry a girl because you got her pregnant, it's like putting on you hat after you take a shit in it." Jon RPG9000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Blue Note ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >ps- anyone here going to the Blue Note show in Columbia in Sept? i'm >thinking about it...? I have family in Columbia (Missouri, for the uninitiated) and saw Buddy Guy play at the Blue Note when I was there for Thanksgiving last year. It's a great little club. I may go visit some family that week and go to the show. Hey Deana and Amber B. -- that's about halfway -- wanna meet me there? --James welborn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Insights on the Femmes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, Pat (and everyone). I've been enjoying this news letter since I started recieving it in June. Thank you very much for producing it. I've been a fan of the Femmes since 1994 but didn't really start listening until 1995; then I went nuts on their material and had to have every album I could get my hands on. They have been my number one inspiration in music after I began playing the guitar in '93, so much emotion and energy....pure expression of our most driving human problems. I was in New Zealand in 1995 for one year as a high school exchange student. Kiwis (New Zealanders) are huge Violent Femmes fans. Everyone there who listens to pop music is either a fan or has at least heard of them. (their music traveled a long way from Milwaukee in the bands first years). It was there that I fell in love with this band. While I was traveling around the country I frequently stopped into music stores. The first album I picked up was Hallowed Ground (I had already dubbed their first album off a friend). Then I picked up The Blind Leading The Naked.......and next, after it had only just come out and was enshrined in a special corner of the record store, I bought ROCK!!!!! . I had no idea that the rest of the world had not seen it yet and that I was so lucky to get it. So that night I got my first listen to TONIGHT, I DANCED, DEATH DRUGS, and LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE, which I think are some of the best songs on the album. It is a cool album and I like the new sound. I'm looking forward to Freak Magnet. - James ...shipyard21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~