08-11-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Beautiful angels. Don't ever leave me behind. Your all too perfuming of my life. -From Sweet World of Angels -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 **Sept 14- Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ (P)** 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) 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.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: RE: Planetfest RE: Falls Festival RE: Don't Talk About My Music Re: Don't Talk About My Music RE: Punk? RE: Punk? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Planetfest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I e-mailed you before about the femmes playing at this planetfest in detroit with Sister Seed, Flock of Seagulls and the Smithereens. well i heard on the radio today that U2 will also be at planetfest. this will be one rockin show. i can't wait. mark tmclure76 -Pat. Says: I checked the WPLT homepage, Pine Knob homepage, U2 pages, Pollstar...can't get confirmation of U2 being there. I'm going to listen to the station online tomorrow, see if I can hear the commercial myself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Falls Festival ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I live in Victoria, Australia, and I just thought that I would tell you that it is still to early to get tickets to the Falls Festival. They will probably go on sale around october/november, I will inform you when I get the exact date. Manta tnob1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Don't Talk About My Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Pat. Says: Yes, but is it the same song, and if so, did NRBQ write it? > NRBQ. Ugh. > Hi, Pat. From my recollection of their show here, yes, it is the same song. VF's version is slower than the original. However, Mr. Ritchie's vocals and the accompaniment of the Horns of Dilemma make VF's version the preferable choice for me. According to the liner notes on "Born to Choose," the song is written by Donn and Terry Adams. Terry Adams is NRBQ's keyboard player and one of their vocalists. I've only ever seen NRBQ twice briefly...they opened for R.E.M. on the "Green" tour and I remember seeing them on a TV show called "Night Music." Didn't have much an opinion on their music then...not much now either. Best regards, Ray raoki ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Don't Talk About My Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ok- so now I'm really interested. Because when I heard Brian sing it ("Don't Talk About My Music") at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee last October it really sounded like a song the Femmes had written. It was perfect for them. If someone else did it, did the Femmes change some lyrics or just add a verse or what --- because I can't imagine someone else would have written "They won't release our album/They say it sucks/But if you don't like the Femmes/Why don't you get fucked"... or something to that extent. anybody know more about this song's origins?? rob=) coons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Punk? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << does anyone else out there listen too this kind of music or will i now be banished from the list >> At one time the Femmes were def considered punk - I'm gonna date myself and say if you're getting into NOFX you should consider Black Flag, SNFU, the Stooges and Poison 13! Liz Liz8829 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Punk? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to Joel asking if the Femmes are considered "Punk", I must say that it's completely an age/area thing. You see, in '81 I was eleven years old, growing up in the outskirts of Duluth, MN. Vixen was "Heavy Metal", REM was "Alternative", Anthrax was "Thrash", or "Skater music", and therefore Violent femmes were "Punk" right next to Sex Pistols, the Dead Milkmen and even Soft Cell. When you have children (I assume you don't) that listen to the equivalent of Marilyn Manson and call that "Mainstream Pop" you'll understand why labels mean different things to different people. Hope I helped (and didn't harm). OPKUTech opkutech ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mercy Seat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Pat, An excellent album for any femmes fan to listen to is Mercy Seat with Gordon Gano. This gospel album that Gordon participated in is available on ebay this week and guaranteed to please. Glenn pwnordic -Pat. Says: I also highly recommend this album (it's vinyl), but don't expect Gordon's voice to be front and center. This reminds me: anybody know Greek? Glenn sent me a scan of a poster he bought (thanks for that); I'd love to figure out the date of the show (so Nick can add it to his list), but...it's all Greek to us! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~