08-21-00

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: You're so free and I am history -From He Likes Me ************************************************************************ 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: The American Music Hall of Fame RE: Chinese Rocks RE: Rumors Re: The American Music Hall of Fame The Femmes Came Into My Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The American Music Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are today's Hall of Famers. Remember, if you were a subscriber when I received the list from James in June, 1997, and I miss your name, please let me know. You may have had a different email address then. If your name is on today's list, thanks for your presence here on this list. Feel free to send in a few words which we may enjoy. boland brownj (long time no hear Jen) Butterycup bwerner cathi cavaliered chatch ChewVitC christoffer.dahlblom conlons cookies CoolWeirdo To remind you all, Friday's dozen were: ABSOLUTJAM adobly aemog Ammaman andrew_wheeler aspoerri axo3 bbgface bec (miss you, Bec!) BeefStew beth Bjtemke Thanks again to today's dozen! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Chinese Rocks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the chinese rocks song. My brother has the Ramones Mania 2 record set and that song is on there. Jon qween_madonna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Rumors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Music - To think of a musical world where there is no chance of the Violent Femmes banging out an old favorite, let alone some new music is really sad. The Femmes are the ultimate party/good time band and if they have called it quits, that means the party is truly over. Personally, I think the band is frustrated. After years of record label fighting, they finally manage to get a new album out and no one buys it. I blame the fans and the radio industry. If the TRUE fans had made enough noise, radio stations would have played some of the new music. Sleepwalkin' and Rejoice and be Happy are two timeless sounding VF songs that could easily fit in 1985 as they could in 2000. They are every bit as sharp and clever as anything that the brat punk bands are doing today. It kills me that a station out here in So Cal like KROQ that had been an ardent Femmes supporter for so many years would choose to disregard the album. The station still plays the hell out of the classic stuff (Blister...Add it up, etc) but from what I was told, nobody was requesting the new music. (Besides me) It is frustrating when radio forgets the bands that made a certain genre of music popular. Maybe if we the fans had made a stronger effort to get the band the much needed airplay to have a successful "comeback" album, the band would not be considering putting the VF name to sleep. Keep up the good work with the newsletter. I have been an ardent fan of the band for years, even getting to meet them on a couple of occasions, so it is cool to see there are others that enjoy their work as much as I do. VF Fan Greg SCPGAMEDIA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: The American Music Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm one of the subscribers to this list who has said almost nothing during the whole year or so that I've been subscribing, and so I thought I might just say a few things about my love for The Violent Femmes. A few years ago, when I was about 15, a friend of mine brought a tape of Add It Up with her so that we could listen to it in the car. This was the first time I had ever heard of The Violent Femmes. I was a bit wary about listening to it b/c this friend had tried many times to get me to listen to a lot of stuff that I ended up not liking all that much. However, this time was different. We started listening to the tape, and I found myself actually really liking the music. It wasn't like anything I had heard before. Yet after that one time in the car, it wasn't until about 6 months later that I listened to the Femmes again. I was on Amazon, and decided to see how many albums this group had, and just to read reviews and find out more about them in general. It was then that I ordered my first CD by them: their self-titled album. The day I got that CD in the mail and listened to it, I realized that this was some of the best music I've ever heard in my life. I kept that CD in my CD player for a very long time, and I listened to it daily. Over time, I acquired all their albums, including the import CD (though I still don't have their new live one). I love all of them, but they're each so different that it's hard for me to pick a favorite. I think, as a whole, my favorite album by them is their self-titled one (maybe also b/c it was the first one I purchased, and thus I have a special connection to it). My top five favorite songs of theirs (other than from their self-titled album) are: I'm Nothing, More Money Tonight, I Hear The Rain, Never Tell, and A Story. But honestly, I love all their songs; the songs I listed are just ones that I associate with certain great moments/people in my life, or that I just felt somehow mesmerized by in a way that a song had never made me felt before. I've been to one concert of theirs (in Pomona last September), which was an amazing experience. My best friend and I went, and we had such a great time. I was so excited when they played I'm Nothing as their opening song! I sang along to all the songs, along with most of the other people in the audience, and it was just such a unique and exhilarating feeling being surrounded by all these people that loved this band as much as I do. I got two T-shirts at the concert that I wear all the time, and I get great reactions from people whenever I wear them; it makes me so happy when I find out that someone else likes my favorite band. I was really upset though when their concert in LA in May was cancelled. (I still don't know why they didn't play.) Oh well-- it was for the best, I guess, since I had my AP Calculus exam the following morning at 8 am. :-) I just wanted to add that a while ago, some of you were talking about the age group that the Violent Femmes attract, and I wanted to comment, but I never did. I just wanted to say that I know quite a few people my age (18) who love the Femmes and have loved them for a number of years. I think it's the kind of music that young people today (who appreciate good music) can like just as much as, if not more than, adults now (who were fans of the group when they were teenagers). It really is timeless music; I don't really think it sounds like it's from any particlar decade. It's just amazing music that all ages can get something out of. Anyway, that's all I wanted to say. Oh, and I've really enjoyed this mailing list and hearing what you all have to say. It's nice to know there are people out there who love something as much as I do. --Michaela Xfilesfanm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Femmes Came Into My Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One day I (age about 13; now 21) was riding with my cuz and his friend through the small town of Broken Bow, Ok. I was in the back seat and my cuz and his friend had a tape playing and they were singing along as if their life depended on it. The song was "Add It Up" from the first album.......and by the time the next song "Confessions" came on I knew I had to buy this album. At that moment we pulled up to the red light by Wall*Mart, so I made them turn it down, I asked them what the hell are we listening to. Then I told them to pull into Wall*Mart So I could buy it. They laughed and said that Wall*Mart would not have it . . . . We go in and I find "New Times" The only Femmes they had, and I bought it........I was hooked for life from just one song and I now own them all. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. Don't you wish that when you go to a party or something they would play the Femmes? But, aren't you glad you don't hear the Femmes 17 times a day on the radio? *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. sorry for hard to understand story, I abit drinkin. Ronnie Thweatt ruok -Pat. Says: That's OK Ronnie. I edited. Free of charge to one of my original subscribers. Except for the last sentence. It is perfect as is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~