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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: What you going to do? Gonna turn, gonna turn rat fink? What you wanna do? Do want to see, do you wanna see what it's like to sink? Sink down, sink down, sink down, down, down to the bottom of the river. Sink down, sink, sink down down. Down, down, to the bottom of the river, sink, down sink. Sink down, down. Down, down to bottom of the river. Sink down, sink, sink down down. Down, down to the bottom of the river. -From Never Tell -Submitted by ktgrady ("In my opinion the absolute best verse in any Violent Femmes song, a true representation of what Femmes music is all about. . .passion.") PLEASE send your VF quotes to amusic ************************************************************************ THIS WEEK'S TOUR DATES: Oct. 16- Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ (O,P) ************************************************************************ 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 Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub 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: Toronto? Universal? Geek Rock? Bass Tabs? RE: TALK Dammit! RE: TALK Dammit! RE: TALK Dammit! (First Timer) RE: TALK Dammit! (Talk,Talk,Talk) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toronto? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hi!!!! just wondering if anyone is going to the toronto show. asliney -Pat. Says: That show is not listed anymore, and the entire Inertia Tour seems to be exactly that. I'll keep my eye on it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Universal? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Femmes might be playing the Universal Ampitheatre!!?? It must be a part of some other tour, right?? And what is the name of that soundtrack that Gordon wrote all the music for? thanx. Ryan rcbarbato -Pat. Says: That show is tentative. The Universal Homepage doesn't have it listed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Geek Rock? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ would anyone classify the femmes as "geek" rock. I think TMBG would be classified as such, and for some reason TMBG are classified with the femmes. (i really like both bands, but i don't see a strong resemblance besides the whining vocals) Weezer is definitely a "geek" rock band and i love weezer, but they are very different from the femmes. any input? john jepoole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bass Tabs? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey do you have any cool bass tab pages thanks NoFX531 -Pat. Says: Those of you who have tabs pages, do you include bass? let me know, and I can make note of it. And let NoFX531 know if you do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: TALK Dammit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Absinthe, ahhhhh...yum yum it seems like this list is dead...nothing appears......i don't write anymore...i'm badd...i'm not writing for a few reasons.... whenever i do write about something nobody responds the femmes are doing nothing that excites me!!! i get the primus newsletter as well as the indigo girls....both bands are doing all these things...constantly keeping themselves busy with new projects and maybe the femmes are doing stuff as well but their webpage does a poor job in keeping us informed....the primus website is updated daily...telling us what les ate for breakfast...the femmes page eats a dick....i used to like it when everything on the page was new...now it's all old and i'm needy...and if you turn your back on the needy then they grow bitter......but why should a band be concerned with these things that are not music...well they have to be because they are around for fans and money..aghh maybe not my head is dizzy ..and i'm trying to jump start the deaf and dumb......i used an electric toothbrush today...it was scary...intensity of vibration...ackk... hmmmmm jumble.... i'm fucking bored...maybe we can all talk when the new album comes out....i for one am scared...freak magnet did not impress me....the guitar sound was produced with such a 90's fake flavor....it was the first time in all my years listening to the femmes that i was disappointed....i wonder if they have any interest in putting out a live album or an acoustic album..... i'm leaving....good luck pat byebye Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: TALK Dammit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay fine, I'm talking. I just want to say one thing, but allow me to come up with some plausible way to tie it into the Violent Femmes... okay, got it. Boy, I love those Femmes. They're really cool. You know who else is cool? THE PADRES!!! Sorry. I know that was a cheap excuse to plug my team. What can I say; I'm so ashamed. Oh wait, I have a real question. Do the boys play sports or anything? There. I tied it in after all. Claire Lottelita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: TALK Dammit! (First Timer) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, i've never posted before. I was just interested in reading what you guys had to say; it never really occurred to me to post. Anyways, it was Kathryn's pitiful pleading that persuaded me to post. (<==unintended alliteration) I started listening to the Femmes in eighth grade (four years ago) when I found my older brother's Add It Up CD. I'd never heard of the Femmes, but I thought, "Hell, I'll give it a try." I was just starting to get sick of that "alternative" crap that prevails on the airwaves. I have to say, when I first listened to that CD all the way through, Blister in the Sun was my second-to-least favorite song. To this day, I don't know why it is so popular. My favorites were Waitng For a Bus and Out the WIndow. Now, I have all the Femmes' albums (not including singles) plus the Machine single. (By the way, if anyone wants a copy of the Machine single or anything else I can record on cassette tape or MiniDisc. I will only charge you for the cost of the tape/disc plus shipping. Also, you will need to send a signed note promising to buy a legal copy if you ever find one.) I was disappointed to read about all the people who hate "Please Do Not Go;" it is one of my favorites, mainly because of Brian's solo. Presently, my favorite song is "I Hear the Rain" off of Hallowed Ground. I think the reason why I like the Femmes so much is because of their ability to not sound the same in every album. This is what really turned me off of "alternative" (the only new bands I like are Beck and Cake) I also listened to classic rock for a while, but then it also started to sound the same. When I feel nostalgic, I like to hear some 80's pop music (the Police, etc.). I also like Jimi Hendrix's music. Back to the Femmes, if it wasn't for Gordon's distinctive vocals, each album would sound like they were a different band. My only regret as a Femmes fan is never having been to a concert. I suppose I should check vfemmes.com more often; CSU is a mere half-hour from my house, but I didn't know about that show until it was too late. Well, I think that's enough of a post for now, don't you? --MySamIsName SDavid4810 -Pat. Says: I love alliteration. As far as Blister is concerned, your opinion of it might be different if you had heard it for the first time way back in 1982, on the UCONN radio station. It was trailblazing. The VF were one of only a handful of bands to lift us from the doldrums of the post-punk era. For that reason I suppose I'll never really get sick of Blister. Which leads to a question. Since there are a lot of new subscribers lately: When did you first hear a VF song? What was it? When I bought the first album, I knew it was at the same time very different and yet very familiar as well, but I could never have forseen that it would have such timelessness. Our subscribers range in age from the early teens to somewhere in the 50's, and my sons (ages 8 and 10) are also big fans. That is phenomenal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: TALK Dammit! (Talk,Talk,Talk) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, somebody wanted people to talk even though we have nothing to say, well here goes. I recently bumped into an old friend whom I haven't seen in a dog's year and we got together to watch a video compilation of some VF stuff sent to me by someone on American Music ( you know who you are, and thanks a ton - it was absolute heaven watching it ). But first we had to go pick up some dope for her. Annoying kinda cause I wanted to watch this compilation that was calling out, no, yelling out my name for the last few days ( I snuck a peek at the first 5 minutes but I wanted to watch it with a another true Femmes fan ). On our way ther we bumped into an old dealer friend of mine, but he was in rehab so couldn't help us. It was nice seeing him though. Later we walked into a deli I go to often to say hello to my regular waiter and since he's nice ( and bored silly at the time ) gave us free muffins, drinks and a smoked meat sandwich. Yum! So we keep going on this arduous dope trek and bumped into a friend of mine from Montreal ( neighbouring city for those who don't know ) driving around with my wife. It sounds suspicious doesn't it? But that had been the plan that evening. Anyway, they're really excited, jump out of the car,open the trunk and show us bags of booze they picked up off the street - someone had just left these on the sidewalk - there was about 75$ worth of stuff! We then bump into a bus driver friend of hers ( my friend not my wife ) and start chatting. And then everybody splits up again. Onwards to the dealer and then back to my friend's place. Nothing fun happened on the way back. So we are finally watching this tape ( amid hash fumes ) when my friends start to holler that I look like Gordon Gano. She was really insistent on this. Her insight came while watching a recording of an early (1984?) gig. I couldn't see the resemblance really and ignored her schrieks. Then again I can't see myself to often, except in the morning in front of the mirror when my eyes are half shut. Anyway I get home in the early morning and take a look at a picture on an old vinyl of Gimme The Car/Ugly where the band is sitting around this table looking bizarre and it hits me. The young Gano looks kinda like me! Too much fumes? Erik"36" Foisy thehappycyclops "How do you make God laugh?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~