10-17-97

AMERICAN MUSIC: THE VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST currently run by Pat. Wary ************************************************************************** TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **) October 29-The Forum, London, ENGLAND (O) October 31-Sports Hall at Coimbra University, Coimbra, PORTUGAL (O) November 8-House of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL (T,O) November 9-Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL (T) SEE FIRST TOPIC November 10-Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (O,P,T) (With Goldfinger, according to T) November 11-Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (O) 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 Also: Brian Ritchie will be playing shakuhachi: solo, with others, and led by James Nyorako Schlefer, on October 18 and 19 from 1-3 p.m. at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx. Tickets are $3.00. Be aware that this is NOT the Femmes. ************************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: "nothin' i can say when i'm in your thighs" -From Add It Up -Submitted by Hey, just because a quote is extremely familiar doesn't mean it's not worthy of being here, so you have nothing to apologize for, Soma16. send your VF quotes to ************************************************************************** WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! OOH the poor poor section. Nobody wants to admit to going to any upcoming shows. WHO/WHERE is SOOOO lonely. ************************************************************************** ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ************************************************************************** WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~mmerry2/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.bucknell.edu/~wtorres/violent_femmes/ TAB DIGEST: The tab digest is give and take; remember to share what you have. ************************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Errata RE: Bad, Rejoice..New Topics ROCK! Offer..RE: Call for Topics Pro Set List Review, Was RE: Hard to Find ROCK! RE: Tribute Album RE: Tribute Album RE: Top 5 Faves RE: Top 5 Faves RE: Top 5 Faves RE: Top 5 Faves RE: Top 5 Faves RE: Musical Tastes RE: Musical Tastes RE: Musical Tastes RE: Musical Tastes RE: High as a Kite RE: High as a Kite RE: High as a Kite RE: Unknown CD RE: That Down the Aisle Thing Boot Wanted..RE: Opening Acts Wanted: Film Noir Various and Sundry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Errata ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, a few corrections are in order here. 1.The Violent Femmes are indeed playing at Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg on Nov. 9. It pains me to have to admit that the Official Homepage is wrong, and Ticketmaster is (choke) right. Yeah, well, they still gouge ya for tix. What IS it with the Official Homepage and Florida dates? If anyone finds out about an actual date for the Chili Pepper in Ft. Lauderdale, you'll be a dear and let me know about it, right? But as of now, they're not playing there. 2.That Tribute album? Sorry folks, that isn't what that album is about. It is in truth a soundtrack for a movie called 'Hitting the Ground'. Check letter from Bec,Clarksville,MD in the Official Homepage. But, hey, I like that thread about that dream tribute album. Y'all can keep on writing about it if you want. 3.DO NOT write to the Official Homepage for bookings. If any of you are able to influence who plays at your college or other favorite venue, you'll need to contact Monterrey Peninsula Artists. I suppose I could surf for email and snailmail addys and phone number, but I won't. If you are really serious about booking, look it up yourself. I don't mean to be snotty, but I just had a vision of 900 people emailing that place, and it wasn't too pretty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE:Bad,Rejoice..New Topics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First I wanted to post this - I tried to send this response privately but the address was undeliverable. I wanted to thank whover this was... wrote: <> That was me. Thank you for the insight. I had gotten the reference from Rejoice but did not know it was an original Gano. And I had been .... well haunted (for lack of a better word) by Bad's lyrics since the first time I heard them. Rejoice is a wonderful celebration, much like Jesus Walking on the Water; but Bad is a standout in my opinion! Secondly - the detail this person supplied and the questions this e-mail answered for me are EXACTLY the reasons I'm interested and excited to be a part of this newsletter. Not every post peaks my interest but I've learned more about the music and the band in the last 2 years from this list than I had in the previous 10 years of listening to VF! How dare anyone suggest we censor for content what is posted here?!!? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROCK! Offer..RE: Call for Topics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i was just at the local record store and they have 2 copys of "rock" and i would be more than happy to send them to anyone who is interested. humdrum ps. 1. i think one way to make this letter a little more interesting would be to limit each person's letter length!! these long entrys are just a lot of the same thing said different ways, boring. 2. i am glad that someone was kind enough to remember the last GOOD topic was about victor de lorenzo's superiority as a drummer (brusher) - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pro Set List ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love reading about set lists............cause I can never remember what songs were played at concerts I attend, it's usually a nice blur of good music. So, I vote keep the set lists rolling and............it's interesting to see how different some set lists are then others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Review, Was RE: Hard to Find ROCK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To go along with that fact, I've > never saw any press coverage of ROCK! i.e. Rolling Stone or Alternative > Press. If there ever was a review and I missed it, please let me know. > I dont know if this will help but when it was released in Australia it got reviewed but i didnt see it in any magazines but i saw it in a newspaper where on a thursday there is a weekly music review with news and stuff and there was a short review for ROCK!!!! and well i cut it out and kept it and have reproduced it here for everyone to read. Its only pretty short. Here it is: THE thing about the Violent Femmes is they are not passive listening. From the first opening chords of ROCK!!!!!, you know this is a jump around, thrash the head and yell loudly record. You will have the words to the current single Tonight, down pat in a matter of seconds-just think Blister in the Sun Part 2. Stripped back rock 'n' roll, which sounds like The Ramones, BUT with lyrics, ROCK!!!! is the must have album for 1995. *** Please note that this is someone elses review and not mine and if you dont agree with any of it or even a little bit of it, dont castrate me, im only reproducing what it is written.***** Hope you enjoyed reading the review. Frank - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Tribute Album ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I strongly suggest that the people putting together the Femmes tribute album get The Refreshments to cover Kiss Off.I have seen them do this song in concert(Refreshments) and they did it EXTREMELY well. Plus,they cite the Violent Femmes as one of their major influences.Also,I think Sonic Youth could do a great cover of Add It Up,and I would love to see The Meat Puppets do Country Death Song. -Barry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Tribute Album ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think Pat overlooked the greatest influence on VF music for the Tribute Album. If anyone has ever heard the Modern Lovers or anything with Jonathan Richman, you can't help but notice the direct influence on the Violent Femmes, right down to the occaisional nasal vocals and the fact that Jonathan Richman was a punk because he did nothing anyone else did. Sound familiar? As opening bands go the best I've seen open up for the VF was Drunken Boat. Those guys were nutty. As for the worst band I've seen open up for them was Dishwalla and Matchbox20. Those two stole the title from Almost Noah, a horrible cover band from Louisville. I'm sure you Phish fans will have something to say about this. ROCK!! Jason ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 5 Faves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My top five favorite songs (this changes about every day, I guess) 1. Soul Coughing- Soft Serve 2. The Beatles- For No One 3. Grateful Dead- New Speedway Boogie 4. Kula Shaker- Govinda 5. Chemical Brothers- Lost In The K-Hole (I, BTW, thought this was an interesting point of discussion- Who listens to a variety of music? How do our musical tastes tie in with the Femmes? Who doesn't have a Femmes song on their top 5, and why?) -- Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 5 Faves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 2.Mother of a Girl .....(The Femmes) Last issue rob wrote in and posted his 6 favourite songs ever. I was pleasantly surprised to see mother of a girl is his favourite femmes song, because it also happens to me. I just love the way it starts off really soft and then the song really kicks in. An awesome song indeed. Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 5 Faves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in response to rob's post my top 5 songs are: 1. "new race" radio birdman 2. "country death song" femmes 3. "the hiv song" ween (see note below) 4. "safari" breeders 5. "french fries with pepper" morphine 6. "wail" jon spencer blues explosion i saw ween last week and they were fantastic. you may think of them as a joke band after hearing stuff like push the little daisies but they are actually a really good band and they played for 2 1/2 hours for $15AUD (about $10US). anyway any news on plans for the femmes to tour australia any time soon? keep on chasing the rainbow craig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 5 Faves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey to all, I thought I'd post my top 5 also, 1) Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran 2) Lovesong - The Cure 3) Country Death Song ++++ - VF 4) Anything by the Smiths/Morrisey 5) Tainted Love - Soft Cell Farrah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 5 Faves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ask me this tomorrow, and you'll get 5 different answers, but here goes: 1. Long Tall Sally-Little Richard (Inside joke: no, not Mustang Sally!) 2. Listen People-Herman's Hermits 3. Wave of Mutilation-Pixies 4. Green Mind-Dink 5. Black Girls-VF 6. O Fortuna-Orff:Carmina Burana 5 is so hard, had to make it 6. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Musical Tastes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> My response: I also enjoy a wide variety of music, including: Tom Petty, Matthew Sweet, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Janis Joplin, Beastie Boys, Teenage Fanclub, Superchunk, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Gigolo Aunts, The Play Trains, Bob Dylan, Wynton Marsalis, Gershwin, Tchiakovsky, Beck, Elvis Costello, Super 8, Grateful Dead, Buddy Holly, Los Lobos, Paul Carr, Van Morrison, as well as some occasional country music, blue-grass, ragtime, reggae, rap, and lots of other stuff too. The main music I don't like is: opera, R&B, and easy-listening elevator crap. Since this is my first time posting to the group, I thought I'd introduce myself, eventhough I know many of you out there aren't interested in knowing anything about anyone else on the list. I'm 19, soon to be 20. Been a Femmes fan since I was 14. First heard the Femmes thanks to a high-school cross-country team-mate who played the tape in the car on the way to a meet one day, and if it hadn't been for her, I probably would never have heard the Femmes. Music is a huge part of my life, if I'm almost always either listening to music or playing music (on the trumpet, guitar, or piano). I've never heard the Femmes play live, but hopefully I'll hear them next time they're in the D.C. metro area. Catherine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Musical Tastes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In reference to Rebecca youve got some cool bands there I like most all of them some of my favorites are Sublime, NOFX, Third eye blind,Live, Sponge....but i like all different music. Jill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Musical Tastes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey, i like all those plus Tori Amos, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, The Toasters, Pietasters, Dirty Poodle, Mustard Plug, Janis Joplin, Soul Coughing, P-Funk, Keoki, Chemical Brothers, Belly, Mozart, U2, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Beethovan, Bauhaus, Iggy Pop, Simon and Garfunkle, and lots more. But above all, it must be the Violent Femmes, i just can't help myself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Musical Tastes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok, I'll agree that it's interesting to find out what other music Femmes fans listen to, so I'll name some of my favorite bands also.....The Cure, Depeche Mode, R.E.M., Jeff Buckley, Blind Melon, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Rusted Root, God Street Wine, Widespread Panic, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, and Syd Barrett. I hope more of you write in on this topic! ~Sonia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: High as a Kite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> I sometimes smoke a little weed before attending a show but I have come to find that the xpierience is much more enjoyable when I know what is going on around me and I'm not laughing like a moron. Nick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: High as a Kite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ whats the beer stand for in your e-mail address? Commenting on what you said about being "high as a kite" for any kind of show on AM...well, i went the Lilith Fair in Charlotte NC over the summer and there was an older couple on my row that got OBNIXOUSLY (however you spell that) drunk in the beginning of the show and spent the entire time yelling and driving everyone around them nuts until the security had to ask them to leave...my opinion is that it is your business unless you're affecting someone else. I mean, if it's going to make the show better for you personally then that's up to you, as long as it doesn't put a damper on the show for somebody else, and as long as you don't drive drunk afterwards cause that endangers the life of everyone that you pass- it's too easy to wreck your car and die sober. (can you tell i've had bad experiences with this?) But alchol and drugs are two different things... I dunno, it's just up to the individual! Anyways, that's just my opinion! Jade ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: High as a Kite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm writing in response to the high as a kite question. I've never had a problem with being high as a kite nor will I in the near future. But I have to say, when I went to the Lisle show (which by the way was thrillingly good) I was thinking to myself now this would be the absolute best if I were high. But then I thought wait a minute, would I be able to truly appreciate the femmes for their asthetic quality if I were high right now? I could enjoy watching dust float around the room if I were in that state. I thought even harder then and I was like no way, I need to be completely clear headed and focused on the femmes right now. I think I appreciated them more not to mention I remember more and I wasn't preoccupied with looking around and being stoney dumb. Besides I was so very excited to see them I didn't need anything in my blood to get me loosened up. I was nuts as it was. Anyway thats what I think. Maybe if I had been to more shows and this experience weren't as important to me I would have felt differently. And if other people feel like that I say go for it and get stoned! Because its ALL good with the femmes. CHristy ohhhhhhhhhhh Johnnnnny... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Unknown CD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Amber and anyone else who may get fished in to the TMBG "Hello Cd" club, beware. I love They Might Be Giants dearly so when I heard that Gordon was going to be a selection i plunked down the cash for the club. Well...the Gordon cd never came. No explanation was given. Instead, they sent some unreleased Mono Puff tracks (this being the side project band of TMBG's John Flansberg). So...beware. Josh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: That Down the Aisle Thing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Pat wrote: "The show started with the band walking down one > of the aisles, all wearing goofy costumes and playing small > instruments. I haven't seen them do that since The Kirby Center in > Wilkes Barre in 1993." they did that at the santa cruz show this past september too, with brian playing a sopranino saxohone, (for those of you who know your instruments) a rare treat in itself.. they came from this random back corner of one of the balconies in the catalyst. very cool, and very unexpected from those of us who had never seen them. :) -kat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boot Wanted..RE: Opening Acts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I really want a copy of the Femmes show from 9/16/97, in Hollywood. I just wanted to know if anybody has it, or any other femmes shows. I'm more than willing to trade. Check out my page at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/bootlegs.html Nick P.S. That was a real good question, about who should open for them. It's really got me thinking. Hmmmmm, anyone but Phil Cody. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wanted: Film Noir ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Searching for a copy of the bootlegged Film Noir. Any Femmes zealots know where one might be found? Matteus -Pat. Says: Good Luck. That's probably the hardest to find yet most sought after VF album/CD there is. As I recall, in one of the letters in the Official Homepage, the VF hadn't even heard of it. In the same letter, an Italian boot is mentioned. Does anyone know anything about that? Is it KTS or something else? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Various and Sundry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, I've just read two issues and am totally impressed! I've been a VF fan for about 12 years and have been reluctant to take a glimpse at any information on them (don't know why). They're recent street concert in Montreal last month prompted me to join. Unfortunately, I've missed any comments from others about that concert. Anybody out there who wishes to can always contact me at .Of course a cry out for any bootlegs (or anything) is now being made... I missed the first 30 minutes of the concert (I didn't find out about it until mid-afternoon) but loved it anyway! Not to rub it in, but I got Rock! pretty much when it came out from Record Runner, an indie in Ottawa who are better (in my opinion) then any of the biggies. Its that personal touch thing! A recent music anthology (I forget which) lists all (!) of th VF's works, including solo works and catagorizes them as "punk folk"! Ha! So the VF are being more and more recognizes in the listings. As far as any VF history goes, I had an old assistant-manager (The Goat) who says that back in the old days he use to "see" a black girl (no name) who was also "seeing" Gano! She eventually dumped my friend for him. The Goat says she must be the inspiration for the song (one of my favorites, especially in concert - ever so different as I've read in an earlier letter)!. I believe him, mostly because who would want to brag about losing to Gano? And finally, I agree about reading books, any books. Go out there and pick one up, especially one by Howar^ P. Lovecraft. IA CHAUGNAR FAUGN! Erik J. Foisy Ottawa, Ontario Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~