09-18-98

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Tucson,AZ --------- cstaley Phoenix/Tempe, AZ ----------------- jholt1 ReDRUM602 cstaley MSCLOne Milwaukee, WI ------------- schrader tombaas ************************************************************************ 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/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/violent_femmes/ MP3's http://members.tripod.com/~GasolineFumes/music.html Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com 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: Milwaukee RE: Lots of Stuff RE: A Couple of Things RE: Pets and Others Texas Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I want to clarify something. On the last issue, I said that Brian is the most accessible and least moody of the the three. Please remember that Gordon, as the singer/singwriter, has always been the member most under the spotlight. I can only imagine that this might have made him the focus of the most screwed up fans, and reminded him often that fan is a derivative of fanatic. I could well understand if these past (almost) 20 years have resulted in a person who is more cautious of people in general, and fans in particular. So if he does at times seem distant, please understand and respect that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Milwaukee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can put me on the list for going to the Milwaukee show. I just wanna know if I should wear a costume...not to be codependent, but is anyone else whose going to that show planning on dressing up for the Halloween occassion? Also is there anyone out there who has extra Wausau, Madison or Oshkosh tickets they could sell to me at face value? thanks, tom tombaas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Lots of Stuff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guten Tag, Well, I guess I'm up for some banter. Let's see where to start, where to start, hhmmm.....I know Halloween. You can dress them up Space Balls anyone Brian - Barf (played by John Candy in the movie) Gordon - Dark Helmet (played by Rick Moranis) Guy - Princess Vespa (played by Daphne Zuniga) I am going to this show. I bought me ticket and I'm saving money for a plane ticket. I got Row A, seat 6, Orch. Does anyone know if that is good? Most outrages statement If it were not for Brian's witty remarks I don't think I would enjoy Femmes shows as much as I do. (For all of those who take offense to that statement for some reason that is either too far below or too far above my intellectual level for me to understand, I would like to say, right here and right now PISS OFF. I don't want to hear any crap about "if you don't enjoy the music don't go" that's not what I'm saying. One more e-mail like that and someone is going to have a fried hard drive.) Whoa.... anyway, since Brian is my hero, every word out of his mouth is like a golden nugget sent down from on high (which is kind of true because the stage is usually really high), for me to cherish as a reminder of how witty the human intellect can be. . . Well actually that's not true (well it kind of is in the realm of bon bon's, nicotine and stay free. Wink wink nudge nudge if you girls no what I mean,) the coolest thing I have ever heard come out of Brian's mouth would be from a Westwood 1 interview it goes as follows: Brian: Violent Femmes have a unique situation in a, a, that Victor Delorenzo, the drummer, and myself, Brian Ritchie, bassist, have played in numerous, numerous bands, before the Violent Femmes. And Gordon Gano it was his first band. Right? Gordon: Me over here. Yup, this was, this was my first band. Brian: So we deffintialy a, had a difference in, in a, experience there. Gordon had too learn alot about the ups and downs of being in a band from us. A, where as we a, already knew what it was like. Gordon: Victor taught me the ups and Brian taught me the downs. Brain: Gordon you taught me the ins and outs. Victor and Gordon: Augh, eww, ahhh..... (Brian starts laughing) Gordon: Ahhh, yeah, Brian, Brian Ritchie, bass player for the Violent Femmes, a, let's continue with what it's like to be a rock star. Victor: Brian is the rock star of the group by the way. Rock on Brian!!!!!! Let the punishment fit the crime Ok, I say what punishment would be more fitting then mail from 800 people complaining about how the page is always late being updated (what's going on for September probably won't get posted till mid October), the quiz is unanswerable, If there are even any right answers, and there still aren't any nude pictures up... ummm ignore that I'm not sure where that came from. I'm not really sure that I would be able to see any of them nude without having to under go years of therapy afterwards. It would be kind of like seeing my parents naked... ewwwwwwwwwwwww. Anyway, and there hasn't been a letter from the band posted in who knows how long. So I say, what better way to state you grievances, then to flood someones e-mail box with them. He he he... (If you were here you would see a pair of little horns growing out of my head right now.) Religion...Meeting the Femmes I'm not so sure about Gordon being a fundamental christian. He is a devout christian, but I don't know about fundamental. Fundamental christians believe in word for word literal interpretation of the bible (ex. the world was created in six days and it's only 10,000 years old, Noah's Ark really happened, Adam was 930 years old when he died, etc. etc.) Which a large part of christainity has left behind and started including the concept of reason into the way the view their god, religious stories and myths. They have come to view the some of the books in the bible as a metaphors or mystries or allegory, Genesis in paticular. I don't see how Gordon could be a student of philosophical writings and still cling on to those ancient ideas. And believe me the contact that I've had with fundamental christainity (I was raised a Jehovah's Witness, ~shudder~), they are not the most open minded of people when it comes to science and philosophy. In fact I've been called a communist, whore, slut, heathen, hell spawn, anti-christ, and many other names that are unsuitable for this mailing list that may reach the eyes of small children, when it came to discussing the discrepancies in the bible, with fundamental christians. I've never had the same problem with Catholics, Episcopalians, and Methodists. As far as meeting the Femmes, do what Pat says, that's how I met them, of course I didn't really stick around that long because at the time I was more interested in Josh, who opened for them, who was begining to look like he was ready to take off. What can I say he was hot, we went out to breakfast after we left the show and and got his number : ) Go Me!! Well that's it for my babbling, Kathryn Kittricken I almost forgot. I have another torture method for whoever started that quiz. We will all gather outside their house and sing completely different christmas carols, out of key, mumbling the verses, screaming the choruses, and then force are way into their house claiming that we are looking for egg nog. I know christmas isn't for another however many months (I forget), but hey why not spread the joy a little early this year. As for another topic I suggest we talk about videos. If you could write the script for a femmes video, what song would it be and what would the video be like? That's lame isn't it? Or if you could change any video what would it be? I would change breaking up that was a stupid video. In fact I don't think I would made a video for that song period. Key of 2 was a much better song. Any song about prison sex is ok in my book. : o ) kathryn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: A Couple of Things ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << They could get Claire Danes & Leonardo to do the video!!! >> AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do not mention such blasphemous hacks as Leonardo DiCaprio in the same breath, sentence, or EON as the Violent Femmes! You shall be whipped with a wet noodle for your offense! Okay, anyway. Halloween costumes? I've always wanted to see the boys in drag, so how about some kinky little dominatrix outfits a la "Exit to Eden"? Just an idea, pilfered from my halloween costume plan. Mistress Claire Lottelita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Pets and Others ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HI, my turtle is named gordon horatio. My car licence plate reads FEMMES. My ebay username is gordgano. My yahoo email address is violenttffemes@ . My wallstreet sports username is gano. And i signed up for columbia house movie club under the name gordon boa. -tylerboa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am soon to relocate to Dallas, TX. I'm wondering how many people on this list are out there or in Austin. My whole band - The Sean Michael Dargan Band - will be playing both cities frequently. I have never been to TX so I am curious to know anything anyone can tell me. Do the Femmes play there at all???? -Oellablue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~