08-14-98

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: It's summer and I'm just a little dumber. -from 4 Seasons Send your VF quotes to amusic ************************************************************************ ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC ************************************************************************ 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/ 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: Buffalo Info Needed Fresno Info Needed RE: Interesting Experiences RE: Hated Song RE: Hated Song Come to Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buffalo Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hi. i was wondering if you had any idea where i could get tickets for the august 29th show in buffalo, ny? i have no clue where to get them. thanx :) -DRANA33 -Pat. Says: Joel, are you out there? Did you get this info yet? If so please send it to me. I surfed for it, but a t-storm is moving in and I don't have time to locate it now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fresno Info Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just was reading through the mail and noticed Femmes are playin' in Fresno at the fairgrounds... so I check out Pollstar for more info... that day there are hella more bands listed as playin... includin' the Urge... so it's like I have to go... so is this stop not part of the Folk Fest or what? More info if anyone knows would be appreicated. Skamanfoo -Pat. Says: It is not part of the Folk Fest. The Folk Fest is at the Greek Theatre in LA on that date. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Interesting Experiences ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> oh well, like gordon once said "please, don't go" but she did!!!! love, mike dixon User601050 -Pat. Says: MIKE! Check out four11 or any other people search! Don't let her get away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Hated Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few years ago i used to walk my neighbours' dog. We used to walk for miles in the Essex countryside. I used to sing Femmes songs at the top of my voice. I sang them to me, to the fields, to rabbits, hares, deer, but most of all to Tess the dog. I used to sing to her that one day i would take over the world and then the next weekend i would learn french. Tess would wag her tail at that. Or maybe she just wagged her tail anyway. Point is, I love 'machine'. To bits. And i always use a paragraph when a sentence would do. My most hated song is the one that goes 'see my ships coming into the harbour...'. If only cos i associate it with splitting up with a couple of girlfriends at different times. Twice when i have finished with birds I've had it on and just thought 'whoops (what might have been)'. Now i fear something bad will happen if i hear the song. Maybe i should see a doctor or something. Finally. Are there any English or Dutch (i am moving from england to holland next month) readers who know where i can get hold of 'hallowed ground'? My spring was a bummer, but i seem to be standing the summer. smith. j.m.r.smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Hated Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I'll add my .02 here. I have to say that I can not listen to Jesus of Rio. I can even handle World Without Mercy, because the instrumentals are nice, even if the vocals are...well...weak. And yes, I like Machine. On another note, I can't listen to Country Death Song. It is a great song, I know, and live it is very moving. In fact it may be the best song they've done. The problem I have with it is that it is so very visual. It is too upsetting for me because I can visualize the whole scenario in my head. It is too traumatic. -amusic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Come to Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Im currently living in Melbourne Australia and wish to find out if the Femmes are heading this way anytime soon? -ambivert -Pat. Says: Long ago, the Official Homepage said that when the new album is released, they will be gearing up for a world tour. Since they seem to like Australia very much, I am sure they will include some dates there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~