08-09-99 pt.2

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * August 9, 1999 * * Part 2 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: This, That, and the Other RE: Dream Concert Punk? Dream Concert RE: Dream Concert RE: Kiss Off CD and Don't Talk About My Music Ahhh damn it.... RE: Corny Film Re: Violent Femmes in New Zealand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This, That, and the Other ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thinking about my dream concert and I always come back to the Femmes. They are really the only band that I dream about even after seeing them many times. This may date me but I think that a great concert would be the Femmes and Lou Reed with Lou Reed playing acoustic guitar. This would ideally be at my house. I heard the South Park cd with the femmes doing 'I swear it, I can change' and I enjoyed this song a lot. I don't think they wrote the song as it is also performed by someone else on this same cd. Also, I am going to the Seattle concert on Sept.4. Does anyone know when the femmes are playing? Glenn pwnordic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Dream Concert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I like this question a lot. Too bad I was out of town when it was first posted! Anyway, here's Jen's dream concert: First of all, it's NOT a concert. It's a all day long festival on the Riverfront in Nashville... a beautiful little concert spot, I promise. The Femmes close the show and both the over 30's and the teenyboppers come and they get along great.There's the fun hippie children who sell cool handwoven stuff and silver jewelry, there's friendly bikers in their 50s who look terrifying but act like Santa Claus, there's goth freaky kids who came for Tori (oops! I gave it away!), there's ponytailed Nashville business execs who flip out their cell phones every 2 seconds... everyone's different, but everyone gets along. Good vibes, and lots of 'em. First Act: Tori gets her groove on! (I saw her and I diagree with whoever said she's sort of a bitch, she was actually affectionate with the crowd, very talkative and friendly. But I wasn't at the shows you were at, so I don't know...) She starts AND finishes with "She's Your Cocaine", plays tons of other songs (EVERYTHING from Choirgirl Hotel!) and does the trademark bump and grind with her piano bench. THEN... Second Act: Courtney Love appears with the rest of the gang, kicks Tori's butt offstage (which isn't very nice but IS interesting) and goes to work proving that she's the Queen of the World. No one's really convinced, but it makes for quite a show. They play "Whole Lotta Love" and "Over the Hills and Far Away" too. Third Act: Led Zeppelin gets mad that Courtney's butchering their music and they play for 2 hours! (hey, it's a dream, OK?) Fourth Act: Beck plays with Cibo Matto. Sean Lennon's the bass player for Cibo tonight, and he and Yuka Honda are absolutely adorable, as usual. They play "Birthday Cake" and "Know Your Chicken" (Cibo Matto songs), "Loser" and "Devil's Haircut", and "Queue" and "photosynthesis" (Sean's songs). During "Photosynthesis", Beck does sone very randon lyrics that makes no sense at all but kick ass anyway. Sean dedicates the song to me for some reason that I can't fathom. Fifth Act: FEMMES!!!!! Need I say more? We get some "Never Tell", "Waiting for the Bus", "Johnny", all the classics... it's eargasmic... of course! after it's all over, I spend the night backstage with Tori, Sean, Yuka, the the Femmes, drinking tea and smoking Cloves. I'm happy. Um, it could happen, right??? :-) Thanks for reading! ~Jennifer~ supergigi17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Punk? Dream Concert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Over the course of this last year I have become more interested in punk music (but not too hard). I now like bands such as Blink 182, Digger, 88 finger louie ect. and one day i was checking out this punk guitar tab site (only punk bands) and guess who was on there..the femmes do you guys think they could be classified as punk? i guess maybe a couple songs which brings me to my Dream Concert Violent Femmes Blink 182 88 Finger Louie Digger NOFX and that might be getting a little long does anyone else out there listen too this kind of music or will i now be banished from the list Joel TeamEnos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Dream Concert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << Playing half her set list, bitching out anyone who got up to go to the bathroom during the concert, male-bashing between songs, generally acting like a spoiled brat. >> Hey, who knew she had so much in common with Courtney Love? Ah, artists. Claire's Concert for when SHE's a billionaire famous writer whose butt everyone wants to kiss so they can be on the soundtrack of her next smash bestseller-made-into-a-surprisingly-great-movie: Violent Femmes k.d. lang Dead Milkmen (are they even still together?) Cibo Matto Jonny Lang (*drool*) Michelle Shocked Snakearm--IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THEIR ALBUM ("songs from my funeral"), GO NOW TO THE STORE AND BUY IT!!! I really can't begin to describe them--"folktronic" comes closest. I'm not including Tori because this seems like a folk-rock-blues kinda joint and as she says, "I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars...." ;-) Claire "Only four more weeks left at my hellish desk job" Vannette Lottelita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Kiss Off CD and Don't Talk About My Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings and salutations from Vancouver again. Rob: Thanks for your info on the Kiss Off CD. Unfortunately when I back to the store of which I saw it once, alas it was not there. Secondly, not having heard any bootlegs before, I was not aware that Don't Talk About My Music had been performed by the Femmes. I have a recording of the song from a compilation CD entitled "Born To Choose" released by Rykodisc in 1993, a benefit CD to donate to organizations who support women's rights to choose to have abortions. It is actually a really good CD and I think it is still available through CDNow, CDUniverse, etc., and I've seen it in stores here. Here's the track listing: 1. Photograph - R.E.M. with Natalie Merchant 2. She Said, She Said - Matthew Sweet (live) 3. Running Out of Time - Sugar (live) 4. Born To Choose - Mekons 5. Rant 'N' Roll - John Trudell 6. Filipino Box Spring Hog - Tom Waits 7. Pancakes - Lucinda Williams 8. Greenlander - Pavement 9. Don't Talk About My Music - NRBQ 10. Lost My Driving Wheel - Cowboy Junkies 11. HIV Baby - Soundgarden 12. Distracted - Helmet (live) Best regards, Ray raoki -Pat. Says: Yes, but is it the same song, and if so, did NRBQ write it? NRBQ. Ugh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ahhh damn it.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just got the South Park and Mystery Man soundtracks the other day. I'm a little disappointed with the Femmes version of I Can Change. I was really looking forward to hearing Gordon sing "Hey Satan, don't be such a twit Mother Theresa won't have shit on me." But they took all the swear words out. Dam...... uhhh I mean darn it. I still like the song it's just I really wanted to hear Gordon sing it they way it was. I think it would have been ironic hearing the words to the song come out of Gordon's mouth. But that is just what I think. Oh and not to mention getting to hear Brian sing "What if you remain a sandy little butthole?" I also think it would be funny to hear Brian and Guy sing "Uncle Fucka." Man, am I to easily entertained when I haven't gotten any sleep. Oh another thing before I forget. In the song Gordon sings a line "My momma picked cotton and my daddy bullweevil" (or something like that) I've heard that somewhere else but I can think of where. Can anybody help me out with this one? Kathryn Kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Corny Film ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reply to "Corny Film", "Hold Me, Kiss Me., blah blah blah," I think the other Femmes song on the soundtrack is "Girl Trouble" and is early on in the movie with a great placement in order to get full effect of the song. Some body involved with this movie definetly has Femmes in their CD jacket. This was a tough movie to watch otherwise. CJM C1J2M3Com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Violent Femmes in New Zealand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone! I was quite surprized to read the message from 'James' about his discovery of the Femmes while in NZ. It's not often that a small place like New Zealand is mentioned. I am from NZ and have been a huge Femmes fan for years. I have all the albums that have been released here and have seen them in concert twice, once in about 1991 and in 1994. They haven't been back here recently but hope to see them again one day. Can I ask why are some people finding the album 'Rock' hard to find? Take care everyone Miriam miri. -Pat. Says: It was not released in the US. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~