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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): Dec 31- Falls Festival, Lorne, AUS (P) ABSINTHE TOUR DATES: Oct. 2- Univ. of WI, Stevens Point, WI (P) Oct. 3- Regent Street Retreat, Madison, WI Oct. 6- Marters, Chicago, IL Absinthe bandmembers include Guy Hoffman on Drums. NOTA BENE: 'O' stands for the Official homepage 'P' stands for Pollstar 'T' stands for Ticketmaster 'I' stands for Insider Info All other references are subscribers To book a show, contact Hornblow USA at: hbgusa Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.lasvegasweekly.com/ http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/bluenote/936/ http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Theater/6571/index.html http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/femmes/ http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: ABSINTHE Tour VF in Phx AM Popularity RE: That Poll RE: A Story Question RE: Freak Magnet Reply to Andrea About the 'Breakin Up' Promo CD When Im walking I feel.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSINTHE Tour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSINTHE will be performing on: Saturday, October 2nd at UW-Stevens Point, WI Sunday, October 3rd in Madison, Wisconsin at Regent Street Retreat Wednesday, October 6th in Chicago, Illinois at Marters For details contact McCraw Management in Milwaukee, WI. at 414-272-0808. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF in Phx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vf was supposed to play at The Damn Show here in Phoenix on Sept 18th with a bunch of other bands. The show was scheduled form 12:00 noon to 11:00 pm. I didn't want to see any of the other bands so I was not going to go just to see a short set by the Femmes. I also did not want to be out in the sun all day and the radio station that was the sponser could not tell me what time the Femmes would go on. Anyway I found out the the Femmes left the stage during their first song because "the kids" were throwing stuff at them. So I didn't miss much. I am so glad I did't waste my money to hear half a song. I hope that it's not too long before they return and play by themselves. Monica MonMcM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AM Popularity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This dispute on whether AM's popular or not is beyond me. I hear it on the radio once every few months - I guess I'm just lucky here in San Diego. And wasn't BITS in the running? Seems like that woulda made the top 100. Claire lottelita -Pat. Says: You are lucky in San Diego. Blister was not released in the 90's, and so doesn't qualify. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: That Poll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ what is this music poll everyone keeps talking about? i live in columbus ohio so i do not get that station. i have to admit that the 2 radio stations we have do not play much from any of the femmes albums except for the first one. you will hear blister in the sun at least twice a day. i like the song but the femmes have other great songs as well. Rudykitten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: A Story Question ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <<-Pat. Says: They just CAN'T get rid of A Story; it's my youngest son's favorite song on the whole album!>> One of my favorites too. I was wondering if anyone knows what the monster is saying after "You should've thought of that before" ? I can't understand it and if I don't find out what it really is, I'll make up my own words - and they usually make no sense at all. Staying dry in NC, the hurricane capitol of the east. -Greg greg.ward ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Freak Magnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> For once... I actually agree!!! Especially about the remakes of their songs. Those and A story, and that damn punk song are what ruined it for me...hopefully they will wise up and change a few things before releasing it!!! drumgalante ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reply to Andrea About the 'Breakin Up' Promo CD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recently found a copy of the 'Breakin Up' cd on ebay and I really enjoy it. It includes 4 tracks. Peter Jest is very diferent and not one of my favorites but the version of 'Diggeriblues' is excellent. It is very different fom the album version in that it is much slower and that the lyrics really stand out. One of my all time Femmes favorites. As for Freak Magnet, I also like the songs 'Yes oh Yes' and 'Requiem' along with 'Bad' and 'Freak Magnet'. As for 'A Story' , I sometimes enjoy it and other times not so much but like Pat, my kids love it as well. It shows the diversity of Gordons song writing abilities and the appeal across the generations of the femmes music. Glenn pwnordi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Im walking I feel.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi All! I was listening for hurricane news last Friday to WBZ (1030am Boston) and I heard a David Brudnoy promo using the intro to Blister In the Sun. Brudnoy is a nationally syndicated staunch conservative radio talk show host. Its hard to believe that he would be listening to the Femmes! A tad shocking I'd say. Don't know if I should be impressed that the Femmes have crossed lines or depressed the main stream conservatives are on the same wave length. -Hex Hexdata ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~