08-09-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: ooh... isn't that nice that your brand new friend he likes your old true friend and isn't that the way that it ought to be -From He Likes Me -Submitted by Extatika *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): 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 21- 6 p.m., 96.3 Planetfest 1999, Pine Knob Music Theatre, Auburn Hills (Clarkston) MI $15.96(lawn)-$19.96(pavillion) w/ Sister Seed, Flock of Seagulls, Smithereens See http://www.pineknobmusic.com onsale via ticketmaster, do online search for venue, not for the Violent Femmes (T)** 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 http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ 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: Tour Dates Marlboro...Cape Cod A Story and a Question... Summerfest Help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tour Dates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pat, i was listening to the local radio station in Detroit that usally plays the femmes, and i heard an ad for the "Planetfest" (the station is called the planet) and they said that the femmes will be playing the "Planetfest" in Detroit on Sat. Aug. 21st along with Flock of Seagulls and a local band Sister Seed. I just wanted to inform you of this in case you did not know. thanks, mark tmclure76 -Pat. Says: I love getting posts like this! Thanks Mark for the info. We wouldn't have known about it otherwise, because TM does not list this as a VF show. You mean to tell me they mentioned Flock of Seagulls, and not the Smithereens??? Check out the info on this show in the tourdates section of this newsletter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marlboro...Cape Cod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, I had such a great Femmes week last week that I'm not sure where to begin but I guess the beginning might be a good place to start. The guys were nice enough to put my son, Dan and I on the guest list for the Marlboro show in Philadelphia. When we got there, we realized that Dan had to be 21 to get in and since that momentous occasion will not take place until 8/25, he couldn't get in. Darren, Bob and Ray tried their best to get them to make an exception, even telling them that Dan was going to play with the Femmes that night but they weren't buying it. Dan decided to go hang out with my daughter in town and I went in to the show. (I know, I lose the title Mother-of-the Year for going in without him, but he insisted) Finnegan's wake is a restaurant/bar with a smallish stage and that night was full of a very partying group of people. They played all of the favorites with a few more recent songs thrown in. One loud, rather drunk guy was yelling things to them on stage, not exactly heckling them but just being kind of obnoxious. Brian asked him what he was talking about and then made some kind of remark about how he (Brian) was fat and stupid because he has been playing in a rock band for so many years. He asked the drunk guy what was his excuse for being fat and stupid. The audience roared and the guy got mad and left. That Brian is quite the crowd handler. He takes no crap from anyone! After the show, I went out front to wait for any/some members of my family to collect me and take me home. I was out there for about 20 minutes when Guy came out and we talked for a while. He was saying that some of these Marlboro things were so bad because there was so much cigarette smoke in the room they couldn't breath. I made a quick mental note not to blow any cigarette smoke anywhere near him. Then Darren and Sigmund came out and we were all talking with some fans out front. After all of the fans left, my son still hadn't come to pick me up so I told the guys to leave that I'd be ok. They stayed with me until Dan showed up around 12:00. I thought that was so good of them. Gordon and Brian left almost immediately because they were going home and not staying in Phila like the rest of the crew, so I only talked to Brian for a few minutes and Gordon not at all. Saturday, my husband and I were up in Cape Cod for our wedding anniversary. I had called Gordon to tell him we were going to the show but I didn't hear from him. Darren told me he'd leave some guest passes for me at the gate. This concert was a really big thing for me because Morphine was supposed to play along with Medeski, Martin and Wood. Add to that the Femmes and you are talking about my "died and gone to heaven " concert. Since Mark Sandman's death in July, the remaining members of Morphine and some friends from former bands and side projects are touring as a group called Moveable Bubble. They were on right after the Femmes so I was psyched. My husband and I bought some cigars for the guys and gave them to Brian before the show, He seemed really pleased. For the show, I stood right up front (my husband stayed on the lawn. He can't take the speakers and crowd contact). They were really in a great mood and played everything we wanted to hear. Gordon was very chatty and told us stories about songs they wrote for movie soundtracks and how one time they wrote a song for a movie and Martin Scorcese took over as director of the movie and threw out almost all of the songs. Gordon said when he was told this he said, "But did he hear MY song?" He was assure that, yes, he had heard Gordon's song and didn't want it. Gordon said that they once wrote a song for what was to be a "curvaceous comedy" and then sang 36-24-36. Then, he looked right down at me and said, "Are you mad because I didn't call you back?" I was so thrown that I'm not sure what I did but I think I shook my head, no. Then all of these girls in the audience started yelling, "I'm mad because you didn't call ME back." So he turned to the other side of the stage and asked no one in particular, "Oh, are you mad that I... never mind." We laughed about it after the show. My husband and I stayed for most of Moveable Bubble and then he couldn't take being there anymore (It was 94 degrees and no shade in sight.), so we left. I had such a great time. I was disappointed because my son Dan couldn't get off from work to play with them, but they invited him to come anytime so hopefully he will soon. I never, never, never get tired of that wonderful music they make. Marylee Rubaiyat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Story and a Question... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ well, i went to the Hampton Beach show (hi ron n' eric!) and it was indeed an eventful night! Since the ticket didn't have the forboding "NO CAMERA" on it, i decided to take my chances. I arrive early and snatch a front row center spot for perfect pictures. Needless to say i was elated! Finally i would have live pictures!! I sat impatiently and waited for the start of the show. the opening fellow (his name escapes me) was just starting to strum away at his guitar when a burly security guy shuffled over to me and said," hey, no cameras in here. if you have an argument, go see the guy at the front in the headset." this was the point where you could literally see my heart shatter. I battled through the crowd while some nice girls from vermont held my space in the front. when i reached the man in the headset i haggled with him to let me use my camera. he said that it was not his decision, but the road managers'. when i heard that, i knew i had to come up with a devious plot--and fast! (could you feel that tension?) anyhoo, i have that talent where i can make myself cry very easily, so i put it to good use. i told the fellow in between sobs that i had a paper due for my photo-journalism class and that this was the equivalent to a final exam (in more words than that but you get the picture..) the tears had softened the grim look on the man's face. he saw my "dilemma." I remembered that there was a convinient store around the corner from the venue and i pleaded with him to let me go, get a disposable, and come back. He agreed under the condition that there be no flash. I obliged willingly. i skipped to the store, bought a couple of cameras, and hustled back to the casino. i used up both cameras during the show and was convinced that these pictures would be the best ones ever taken of the femmes... and i'm sure they would've been if ANY OF THEM HAD COME OUT.... (brief pause.) so..all that, and no inside pictures. at least now i know never to try my luck at real pictures again. sigh. BUT- after the show i had my real camera and took some real pics of me and my favorite fellas...well, sorta. gordon disappeared to soon and brian skipped off after him in to the van. maybe next time i suppose!! at least i have a story. sorry if it ended up being too long! em (potatoe482) p.s. i forgot to ask my question! does anyone have a live femmes cd titled "i killed my lovely daughter--1985"? i have it, but i don't know if it's a bootleg or just something i've never heard of. it's really good..the intro to BITS is gordon singing "girl from impanema." Sorry. i was just curious! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summerfest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i was at the summerfest show in milwaukee and there were TV cameras set up to record it...... i was wondering if it was going to be out on video or televised somewhere too...... i hope someone here will be able to find out and share with the rest of us! scotter flyingdutchguy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just read on a link that the Violent Femmes are playing at the Falls Festival in Lorne, Victoria, Australia for new years eve. I live in New Zealand and would love to go. The only problem being, I can't find any information on the festival and how to get tickets. I have never tried to book tickets for an overseas concert so if any one has any information on how I can do this or any information on the concert could they please contact me. Clutters Thanks, Anna. -Pat. Says: I checked TM Australia, and it is not yet listed there. It may simply be too early. We'll keep an eye on it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~