08-18-00

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: He said yes to life for all his life but then one day he said: no I gotta go -From Out the Window ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://www.townserver.com/planetblue -or- http://townserver.com/planetblue http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Message Board: http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb870757&TL= Discussion Group: http://www.egroups.com/invite/vf2000 and click the "JOIN" button Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://therapy.lost.net.au/femmes http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: RE: Rumor Mill's a Turnin' DeLorenzo on whY2k The American Music Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Rumor Mill's a Turnin' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I as well have heard of the AWFUL rumors that the Femmes have called it quits. Can we get an official statement from the band??? Rob M. Wilson RMWilson17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dolorenzo on whY2k ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From an article on http://www.milwaukeeonline.com OnMilwaukee.com - Milwaukee's Best Internet City Guide http://www.onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/delorenzo.html Former Violent Femmes drummer Victor DeLorenzo is hardly basking in the glory of past fame. Instead, he's recording, producing, acting and living the good life in Milwaukee. He's also behind the new theme song for Milwaukee Downtown. - - - - - - - - - - - - (this is found on page 3 of the article) Looking to the future Perhaps DeLorenzo's most intriguing (at least to long-time Femmes fans) recent endeavor, came on a project that doesn't even bear his name. "This is something that probably most people don't realize," explains Victor, "but on the Femmes web site there is a song called 'Y2K.' Well, it's not even really a song. It more of a jam with us screaming some lyrics over the top. But that was done last December at DV (Dave Vartanian's) Studio. "Brian (Ritchie, the Femmes' bassist) came to my show when I was playing at the Hi-Hat with A Bucket of Balls. We sat around and talked, and the next day we got together and he said, "Hey what are you doing later on? Why don't you come over to DV and let's record something." So it was us, Sigmund Snopek and Brian's son Silas, and we made this Violent Femmes song. That's the way it's listed: 'Welcome to the New Millennium.' With no Gordon, and no Guy (Hoffman, the Femmes current drummer)." How did it feel to play with his old colleague? "I was really kind of tickled, because when we first started, the Violent Femmes were just Brian and me. We worked as a rhythm section and called ourselves the Violent Femmes, a name that Brian came up with. We worked with whoever wanted to work with. So here we are in December 1999, working on the song, and it was him and me again. It did feel good. There are no credits listed, and it was our own way of coming full circle." -ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The American Music Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, we are deep in the summer doldrums. We talked out Freak Magnet before it was even officially released, and there are no tourdates currently listed. Lately, I have been reminiscing about my past three years as moderator of American Music: the people who've come and stayed, and those who've come and gone. The great stories we've shared, the arguments we've had; the good, the bad, and the ugly. So it occurred to me to compare our current subscriber list with the one I originally received from James Schrader, to see who has stuck it out with us for so long. There are quite a few of you. Some have been and still are regular contributers, some from whom I may never have heard, except possibly for a notification of address change. So I want to take some time in each upcoming issue to thank all of you long-time subscribers for your years of allegiance. Every issue, I will list about a dozen subscribers who have been here since I took over. I won't list your full email addy in order to maintain your privacy if you wish it, but do you know what?.... Now would be the perfect time for you to send in that post you've been meaning to send all this time. I know you've been meaning to send it! Tell us about what first attracted you to the Violent Femmes, your first album, favorite song, close encounters, weird dreams...anything you want to say that involves the Violent Femmes, good or bad. Now, let me warn you all...what with subscribes, unsubscribes, addy changes (some several times!), I've dealt with thousands of names over the years, and my record keeping has not been as extensive as I had thought. So a few of you may have fallen through the cracks. I am going in alphabetical order, for your current addresses, so if I miss you, be sure to let me know, and I will include you in the next issue. Now get ready, all you AM Veterans! Stand up and be counted! Here's the first installment of the American Music Hall of Fame: ------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSOLUTJAM adobly aemog Ammaman andrew_wheeler aspoerri axo3 bbgface bec (miss you, Bec!) BeefStew beth Bjtemke ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you! -P.S.: Check out the link to an article about Dr. Varuni Kulasekera in the What's Happening section of the Official Webpage! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~