08-07-98

For your optimum viewing pleasure, switch the font on your email program to Courier New, size 10, and maximize your screen. or not...whatever. ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **) **October 2- Case Western University, Cleveland, OH (O,P)** **October 3- St. Norbert College, Green Bay (De Pere), WI (O,P)** 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 Monterey Peninsula Artists. Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: Oh, Can it be so painful? Can it be so blind? Love is a vicious angel, Fluttering wings, trapped inside your mind. -From World Without Mercy -The Blind Leading the Naked (cassette) -Submitted by LilBoek PLEASE send your VF quotes to patwary ************************************************************************ ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO PATWARY ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.scopemag.com if this doesn't work, try: http://206.103.163.50 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/6918 VF Message Board: http://red.cscwc.pima.edu/~cstaley/femmes/board.html Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/violent_femmes/ http://www.olga.net Une banane:Send in your top five faves each week to: melancon HERE I AM: Tell me where you live for the Here I Am list. ************************************************************************ In Today's Issue: Call For Topics Call For Topics Freak Magnet Scary Femmes Records ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call For Topics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There seems to be a lull in the normal chit-chatty newsletter, so I think we need a new topic to discuss. Does anyone know if they are planning to do a tour of their own after they finish the Newport Folk Festival? I'm curious about how I can get them to play New Years in D.C. again. Should I try contacting the club that they usually play? Will the club people(?) just ignore my inquiries since I'm only a college student? I was sitting up last night thinking about that since it's sort of a tradition my friends and I have (at least we did until this past new years). Then I had a dream about white elephants running in the snow, a huge bigfoot chasing me and an elephant head rolling down a hill almost crushing me. Weird, huh. Danica Gluegirl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call For Topics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I agree with Danica. We need new topics. I'm almost ready to call for a return of the Great Guy vs. Victor Debate of 1997. Humdrum is gone, but Oellablue's still here. If anyone else goes to a Newport Folk Fest show, please send in not only a report of the VF set, but also your impressions of the entire concert experience. Here's another topic, an oldie but a goodie, and I don't recall it ever being discussed in this letter: How the hell do you get locked inside your house anyway? I hardly think his parents would penny him in! And weren't there any windows to jump out of? Off the wall theories welcome. Let's shake this thing up a bit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freak Magnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's cool there weren't any totally hostile responses to Oellablue's honest - but ugly - thoughts on Freak Magnet. This is America and you do have a right to your opinion. I abosolutely disagree with it and question your choice to post it here but respect your right to do so. BUT - if you hate the album so much , man - I think you should give it to a derserving and loyal fan. Some people here are so anxious to here FM they are paying 4 times what it's worth!! Assuming you have a legal copy (I'm not advocating bootlegs) you should give or sell it to someone on the list - or another friend - for what you paid for it. That's the right thing to do! BTW http://www.southlandcd.com has Freak Magnet for $15. They were originally selling Freak Magnet at $6.00 (six dollars)!!! They are only getting in one or two at a time so I waited for about 3 weeks but I did get one! DO NOT PAY $40 - not because the album's not worth it but because it's disgusting!! Does anyone know if Interscope is making money off the sale of these promos? Now that would really make me puke! Eric wisconsinsane -Pat. Says: In Oellablue's defense, he did not say he hated the album. What he said was that while there were some good songs, he did not feel that it was, in total, quite as good as others, and therefore not worth $31. He also said that he would buy the album when it comes out. I may be wrong, but I thought promos were free copies sent out to radio stations, record stores, and the like. So it may be that the only people making money off this are the original owners. I don't think Interscope is making anything off this, because since the VF took FM with them, Interscope must have relenquished its rights to the album. Course, I could be all wrong in this. I'm no expert. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You know the other day I was working hard at Dunkin' Donuts, and my manager told me to go on break, right? So I was sitting in the back with my cup of black ice coffee, no ice, which I suppose could be considered just coffee then, but maybe not... ANYWAY, I was sitting there with my headphones on and I pressed play and "Digeridooblues" came on immediately. And I thought to myself "Self, you're damned lucky that one of the other people in this place didn't pick up this walkman, cause then they'd be like "MY GOODNESS, what the hell is wrong with Drew." What my whole point is, is that, well, just stop reading this now and go listen to the song, and pretend that this just came on the radio, and you've never heard the Violent Femmes before. Go, Now. -----------------------------intermission------------------------------ ok, wasn't that scary? I mean, wouldn't that freak you out real bad? You'd be like "what the hell is he talking about? What's with his voice? What the hell is that evil sounding thing halfway through the song? What evil, satan-worshipping people wrote this, anyway? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? Know what I mean? Scary stuff. And that's the lesser of some of their scary outlandish stuff. Take "Balkan Falcon" for example. What if that just heard that without knowing anything about it. You'd think it was nazi propaganda. Whatever, just a thought. -Drew -thenewkid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes Records ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pat, I am a huge fan of the femmes and your newsletter but I have a problem with some of the letters printed. whenever people write about femmes albums they always say how their debut and Why Do Birds Sing? are the femmes best albums hands down. I can't figure out how a true femmes fan could place this recordings above the rest. People have to understand that quality bands grow and expand their styles of music. The Violent Femmes are one of the best bands at creating diverse music and all their albums are an example of this. Fans should remember this when they put on hallowed ground or 3 and be thankful that they did not get caught up in the success of their first album and try to make a carbon copy of it just to try and sell records. If this gets printed I would like to here from other fans and here what they have to say, good or bad, so please email me. tyler boa tylerboa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~