10-21-98

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: i think that the problem is very deep cuz every time i try to sleep i have nightmares thinkin about gettin together with you -From Nightmares -Submitted by DRANA33 PLEASE send your VF quotes to amusic ************************************************************************ THIS WEEK'S TOUR DATES: Oct. 22- 7 p.m. First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (P,T,O) 21+ show Oct. 23- 7 p.m. First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (P,T,O) all ages show Oct. 25- 7:30 p.m. Barrymore Theater, Madison, WI (O,P) $22 available at Barrymore outlets or call 608-241-8864 Oct. 26- 8 p.m. Opera House, Oshkosh, WI (O,P) $22.25 reserved price call 920-424-2350 ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Madison, WI ----------- vgrun464 (Victoria) Milwaukee, WI ------------- schrader (James) tombaas (Tom) DidacticCP (John) Kittricken(Kathryn) ************************************************************************ 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 http://members.aol.com/kittricken/index.html 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: The First Time RE: First Time RE: Official Webpage RE: Happiness Is RE: Freak Magnet Favorite Part of Show Deprivation Make it up Yourself Unrecorded Song? Bass Tabs? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The First Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first time i heard the femmes was when i was in 8th grade on the bus. i'm in 11th grade now. So, it was a few years ago. My friend Tony had Blister in The Sun on tape from her older sisters' cd collection and i loved the song so i ordered Add it Up from BMG and i loved every song and the Violent Femmes have been my favorite band since. I love them. love Amber M. -amberm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: First Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << My friend Nathaniel also almost got a drumstick they threw out >> When i went to a femmes concert a little bit ago i got a guitar pick it was pretty cool, and since i play guitar i am pretty happy with it Joel TeamEnos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Official Webpage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << What's the point of having an official homepage if it's only updated every four months. >> one time when i was talking to guy he said that brian does pretty much everything on the page (or something like that it was about a year ago). so considering that it looks like they tour every waking second of their lives, maybe they just having gotten around to it. true, maybe it should be updated more. but is it really that important? i dont mean this to sound all sarcastic and whiney, its just a thought. :) ~shannon Fraggle3 -Pat. Says: I think what Guy said, or meant to say was that Brian contrubutes most everything on the page. I don't beleive he actually does the work on it. Apparently, Guy has been answering letters, but they haven't made it to the letters section yet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Happiness Is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i was hoping that "happiness is" was that song i sang in 3rd grade...i was charlie brown and i talked about pencils and telling the time Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Freak Magnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, is it me, or am I the only person who wasn't heard a single song off Freak Magnet?! ...living in dark over here... Anyway, any info on the Hunka Bunka Ballroom show will be greatly appreciated. -Sarah UEdge2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Favorite Part of Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ok. i think i have a good question for everyone: What is your favorite part of a femmes show? for example: Mine is at the very beginning, like the first minute and a half or so. This is the part where noone in the band says anything, they just strap on their instruments and all of a sudden it all starts. The first song, in my experiences anyway, is usually one of the more slow cool songs (ex: digeriblues). guy is minding his own business behind the set, brian has that weird grin as he looks from his bass, to gordon, to the crowd, then starts over again. Gordon is kind of keeping time by doing this little bounce thing and that's when his voice goes really high for a second :) you know what i mean right? the only reason i ask is because ive been all sooped up about getting to see them in november. so yeah, i told mine-tell yours :) ~shannon Fraggle3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deprivation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I haven't written in to whine since April, but I feel that I once again cast my plea for sympathy. I AM DESTINED TO LIVE OUT MY DAYS WITHOUT EVER SEEING A FEMMES SHOW. Let me explain-I have been a loyal fan for nearly six years, and I grew up in Dallas. If you've ever been south, you know that Dallas is the music center of the south, we got all the good concerts, nearly every touring band played there. By my count, I have been to about 200 concerts from my eighth grade year until present (the tender age of 20). In this time, I have NEVER seen the femmes, due to several series of events beyond my control. So I'm begging--send them South. Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, hell, even Arizona around the holidays would be fine. Can we start a letter writing campaign or something? Why must they play in Illinois 5000 times a year, when we suffer down below the Mason Dixon line? Do they just not like the south? Is there less of a fan base here? Is it my bad karma? What's going on? PS- Yes, I realize they played one show here this past summer, of course I couldn't attend. But, that was the first Dallas show in four years, and I am sure it'll be another four years before they come back. Valerie.M.Pullin-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make it up Yourself ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey, many, many, many props to all of you putting together and helping distribute the compilation thing. I'm sure it will be ab fab no matter what. Do any of you make up little choreographed bits to Femmes songs? My friends and I have; to Out the Window. It wasn't on purpose or anything, we just got in the habit of always doing the same thing. I guess that might be why Out the Window is one of my favorite songs. Have any of you made up your own lyrics for Femmes songs? We kinda molded Gimme the Car into our own perverted dominatrix theme song, substituting certain objectionable phrases with others and so on and so on. It makes for wonderful memories (pardon the cheesiness). Pat, I'm sorry to ask this, but do you know of any Femmes shows near Stanford or Santa Cruz? I'm visiting my friends during November and we thought it would be pretty cool if we could see the Femmes in CA since they stopped doing New Years in DC. What poopie heads. Anyways, hope everyone is alive and kicking since we aren't hearing from a majority of the list. You know, no decapitations or anything. Much luvins, Danica Gluegirl -Pat. Says: The only CA show I know about is the Universal Amphitheatre one, which Pollstar lists but not the Universal page itself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unrecorded Song? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ one time i was hanging out with my friend's wife in boston and this guy came over...loud obnoxious drunken horse...i started playing a femmes song on the kazoo and he started talking about gordon....and he sang a song that gordon had written and apparently the drunk man played guitar for...i think it was titled fuck...and it had a lot of swears and funny lines in it.... Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bass Tabs? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If anyone knows of any cool spots to get bass lines from please e-mail them to me Thanks NoFX531 -Pat. Says: I guess the web pages listed in each issue aren't enough, because I got this request again. If anybody knows of any other place to find bass tabs, please let NoFX531 and me know about it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~