08-27-01

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (** means new tourdate): T=Ticketmaster O=Official homepage P=Pollstar None found at this time. ************************************************************************ COMPILATION LIST If you want a copy of the compilation video, email me and a distributer, and I'll put your name here. When you get your video, email me again, and I'll take your name off. That way we can track how smoothly this is all going. And please - when you get your copy, remember to thank the distributer and Deana (ddearry) for putting it all together. I cannot overstress how much time, money, and effort she put into this. audremart (Audrey) rhc75a (Rob) Will soon not be able to make copies Lydon69 (Chris) tylerboa (Tyler) May be able to make copies in Canada Wait until I hear from him again before inundating him with requests. Wzrdean90 alweinmann (Amanda) BurrResear (Bob) chatch (Chris) Frodo009 (Wes) KTGrady (Kevin) haziee (Beth) grosefx (Jason; 2 copies wanted) jish (Josh) jjwil90 (Julie) kimberly_annin (Kimberly) Lazar921 (Jeff) SkaManFoom (Zac) May soon be able to make copies. Wait till he gives the go ahead. aimee817(Aimee) copern100 (Al H) DOORS88JIM2 welborn (James) John (John) Liz8829 MMStevens18 (Michelle) mpdrum95 (Mark P) mtsimo (Travis) Rudykitten moonboy (Scott) Helmsley2 (Bobby) ************************************************************************ DISTRIBUTER LIST Please follow the instructions carefully, and if your name is on the compilation wanted list, please ask me to remove it as soon as you get your copy. If you do get a gen 2, please consider making a few copies yourself. pwnordic - (Glenn) Canadian distribution only. Send a new video that will hold 6 hours and $5 postage. Give him time, because he's only working with one VCR right now. gineryc - (Eric) Send a blank video, along with a postage paid padded mailer. But definitely don't send any $, not even for postage, just make sure your padded envelope has enough postage to cover it being mailed back to you. nflhwb - (Harry) UK and Europe distribution only. This has been converted. MonMcM - (Monica) Pay for the tapes through paypal or send a check or money order for $6.00. Monica McMaken 526 E Tuckey Lane Phoenix, AZ 85012 j.clutterbuck - (Anna) New Zealand distribution. Give her time to recover from surgery, and we'll get more details at that time. This has been converted. mlarson - (Melanie) Depending on the cost of tapes [when I can get them on SALE :)] it should only run about $6 per video. I estimate a tape to cost about $3 and shipping UPS ground is only $3. For Wisconsin residents I can ship via Spee-Dee service and it'll be free to me since the place I work at uses that a lot too. I would prefer payment through paypal or money orders. Checks are ok, but will have to wait a week to clear. If you are willing to risk sending cash, that is up to you and I won't be responsible for lost mail. ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://members.fortunecity.com/planetblue http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ -aka- http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ http://www.geocities.com/ddearry Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Discussion Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vf2000/ 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 Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com AM Archives: http://www.angelfire.com/my/warychronicles/amusic/main.html VF Desktop: http://www.richiesworld.com/RichiesThemes/vf.html *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Request Line RE: Requests Melanie Distributing Another NZ Volunteer VF Fan in Netherlands Deana's Page Upstart Pipsqueaks VS. VF Compilation Needed in Australia Word From Scotland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Request Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember to request Sleepwalking on KROQ! KROQ's request line is 1-800-520-1067 -or- Make your requests at http://www.kroq.com -or- email: requests Call or email them often, please. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Requests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well I love the idea of requesting songs through kroq to help get the femmes some more exposure out there. But maybe we can take this all a step further. M2, the better half of MTV, they have a couple request hours, through e-mail where the people pick their programming, and it's not your typical TRL fare. This would be a great chance for us to try to get the femmes back on the tube. I've requested a couple times without any luck, and now that I don't have a satatlite dish anymore, I don't remember the exact times for the requests. Could we possibly try to get this as a go. Maybe if there is enough requests, they can honor us and play the femmes! Zac SkaManFoo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melanie Distributing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Depending on the cost of tapes [when I can get them on SALE :)] its should only run about $6 per video. I estimate a tape to cost about $3 and shipping UPS ground is only $3. For Wisconsin residents I can ship via Spee-Dee service and it'll be free to me since the place I work at uses that a lot too. I would like to send it from work because then I can track it to make sure it doesn't get lost and use better packing materials. I am open to suggestions as to any cheaper ways to ship that are reliable. I would prefer payment through paypal or money orders. Checks are ok, but will have to wait a week to clear [though I doubt my fellow Femmes fans would rip me off]. If you are willing to risk sending cash, that is up to you and I won't be responsible for lost mail. E-mail me if you are interested. I am pressed for time the remainder of the month since I will be going on vacation but I will answer all e-mails when I get back. Please be patient, and I will do my best to fulfill the needs of my fellow Violent Femmes fans. Melanie Larson mlarson (home) mlarson (work) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another NZ Volunteer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i can distribute videos in New Zealand if anna needs me to. Nevlek purpldishwasherx -Pat. Says: Anna, Please contack Nevlek if your recovery is taking longer than expected, or if you need help with distribution. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF Fan in Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I took my husband to see the Femmes in Koln last year - it was killer!!! We missed their show is Brussels a few months ago, but they seem to make it to our little part of the world every once in a while. They are pretty much unknown here in the Netherlands, so I use many opportunities to introduce them to the locals. So my thanks to the folks who keep the mailing list going. Barbara basia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deana's Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm sorry not to have written in so long. I have been travelling like mad with work but I keep meaning to follow up on the Minneapolis and Milwaukee shows. In fact I think I still even owe a review of Montgomery, AL! So here ya go ... "1st Avenue was great! Summerfest was fun! Ron (Add it Up Tattoo)& the Femmes rocked Montgomery!" Short and to the point. Not at all like me eh? :o) For visual basics on the cities shows & other assorted VF eye candy check out my new site http://www.geocities.com/ddearry It's still under construction AND I need some feedback. I've got T1 access at work and DSL at home so I am band width spoiled. Would some of you with dialup connections please let me know if the pages take too long to load. Once I got started posting pictures I just couldn't stop! Also if anyone wants to send me pictures to add please do. You will be given credit - extra credit and a big smiley face actually. Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upstart Pipsqueaks VS. VF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey people. You guys subscibed to the Yahoo club have already been solicited about this so some of you may have seen it already but I think it's damn good (and funny) so I'm sendng it in for the rest. Apparently these dudes calling themselves the Upstart Pipsqueaks have an irreverant webmag called Hybrid Magazine and this month it's them vs. our boys. Check it out: http://www.hybridmagazine.com/upstarts/ From the dense jungles of Suburban Detroit City, home of rock and punk rock and soul and punk soul and rock... By special arrangement with Kacky Thope, this months honorary Pipsqeak... Thanks for the request, schmoopie oopens Remember to write with all comments and suggestions and such! Upstarts Violent Femmes -blister in the sun- Rux: Upstart Pipsqueaks... Pipsqueak Upstarts. I'm Rux. Skid: I'm Skid Rux: And you are listening... or reading... Upstart Pipsqueaks. Skid: On Hybrid Magazine... Dot com! Rux: Hi and welcome back everybody. It's nice to see you. It's a beautiful day in my neighborhood. It's bloody hot. Skid: You can't see any of them. We're doing this little thing we call the Violent Femmes. Rux: Which literally translated means: The Violent Girls. Skid: I think it's pretty much just a play on words. I think its just kind of the opposite of the gentlemen. How do you like that? The Gentle Men... are coming. Rux: The Bubbleheads are coming Skid: We've got a little folk-punk here... as they like to call it. Rux: You know... this was like '85, eh? Skid: Or earlier, like '83. You've got the thing. Rux: I don't know where I put it. Skid: If it was up your ass, you'd know. Rux: I'm not even dignifying that with an answer. Skid: -Bing- So, you've got your 3 piece band. 20 year old kid playing the guitar and writing the words. Jazz drummer and bass player there. Rux: I think these guys were the first ones to really take a very backwoods country ethic and try to do punk rock with it. Skid: Well, there was country punk, but this really had its own thing going on. Rux: Well, folk punk then. How's that? You know, the drum kit consists of a kick, a snare and a hi-hat... Skid: Bucket. And a bucket. Rux: A bucket. Brian Ritchie playing terrible sounding bass guitar. Skid: You don't like his bass playing, huh? Rux: No, I think he's a great bass player. It's just that tone-wise its not all that perfecto... And then of course Gordon playing that crazy acoustic guitar which was unheard of at this time. Everything else going on at this time was all beep beep beep. -kiss off- Skid: Yeah. That was "Blister in the Sun". Which got far too much play. It was all right. Rux: Speaking of getting too much play... Skid: There were people that were trying to do this sort of thing and make it different. But these guys made it sound good. They made it listenable. There was Beat Happening and... Rux: Oh yeah. I'd forgotten about that. There was the Go-Betweens... but that was later than this. Skid: They do it all the time, yeah yeah. Do it all the time. Rux: Okay... let me count the number of Violent Femmes songs off of this record that I have covered in bands. Skid: All right. Go ahead. Start. Rux: One. Two. Three. Skid: Your permanent record. Rux: Four. Five. Six... Six! Half of the album. Skid: Allright, we could have just done yours. This is all recorded pretty lo-fi. There's no overdubs. They recorded everything straight over and over until they got it right. Rux: Probably so. Pretty much seems like it most of the way through. Its pretty artistic... autistic. Skid: Autistic, huh? Definitely. Definitely Violent Femmes. Definitely K-mart. Rux: This is the kind of music that you really want to play for your girlfriend's parents when you meet them for the first time. That way... you get the shock value out of the way and everything is good after that. Skid: Yep. Rux: It's kind of like your punk rock swimming music. Skid: And you know, he's got the geeky whiny voice, but it doesn't bother you. It doesn't bother a guy. Rux: It doesn't bother me so much. It's no Jane's Addiction Perry Farrell making me want to choke him and me. What are those things called? Harmonies? Skid: Harmony. Rux: A little bit of harmony-ish things happening there. That is the most perfect ending of all time. Skid: I like the buzzing. Rux: Lots of buzzing and it's just like... blllckthackmaaaccghhhh. How do you spell that? hwalthhpagggghhh... Skid: I don't know. -please do not go- Rux: YES! Thank you Los Angeles! But I don't know where Brian Ritchie learned how to play bass guitar. They are all like these blues walks, but they are 2 strings too high to be blues. We should really be drinking whiskey to do this review right... and not just a little... whiskey. Skid: Do you have any? Rux: Do I have whiskey? Do I have whiskey the man asks... Skid: Well, do you... punk? ... I hear a little of this as acoustic Jam. Rux: By jam, you mean the band by the name of the Jam? Skid: Yes, THE Jam, as in Paul Weller. Rux: Pre-suck Paul Weller. Skid: Yes. Only more of Paul Weller with a sense of humour. Rux: (makes weird noises singing along with crazy Gordon) Yes. I think these guys probably have a pretty good sense of humor. Skid: I think maybe the bass lines remind me of Foxton. OKAY - they go on and finish the self titled and there is a whole lot more to the article so go check it out on the link above. I'm tired of copying and pasting and there is too much more for one email probably anyway. Cheers - Eric wisconsinsane13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Compilation Needed in Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi. This is my first time Ive written in here, but before I say anything else, I must say how much I love receiving the emails. It lightens up my day (seriously). But the question I have is this - I would absolutely LOVE to buy a copy of the compilation video, but I live in Australia. If there is anyone that could copy it for me, it would be greatly appreciated. All I need is a name and address to send the video and money. Thanx Jaan fellfrasch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Word From Scotland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I live in Scotland and have been a fan of the Femmes since around '84/'85. After many years of waiting I finally got to see them live about a year ago when they played the Garage in Glasgow, as far as I know the first time they'd played in Scotland. It was a brilliant gig, they played for the best part of two hours with songs ranging from the earliest through to Freak Magnet. Hopefully I'll get the chance to see them again. In the meantime the compilation video will have to do. I've contacted Harry for a copy of the compilation video, he said he'll send one to me soon and will be in touch to arrange payment / trade. I've got the Let's Start Over video which I bought when it was first released, but I can't wait to see the rest of the stuff. I also mentioned to him that I may be able to get a couple of copies made to help him distribute it . If I get this done I'll let you know and you can put my name on the distributers list (for the UK). It will however only be a couple of copies as I'll be relying on a favour to get them done. Have you ever organised / thought of organising a CD-R Tree of live Femmes recordings? I'm a branch in a Nick Cave one at the moment and its a great way of fans getting a hold of live/rare material without having to pay bootlegger prices. If you ever start one, I'm definitely in as its difficult to find live Femmes stuff here. Fans in the UK (possibly elsewhere) may be interested to know that http://www.sisterray.co.uk are selling "Rock" for the bargain price of 6.99. They are a reliable mail order company. Well that's all for now, I look forward to the next issue, Michael Michael.Johnston ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~