10-23-00

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Won't you stay with me just a little longer You know it always seems like you're leaving When I need you here just a little longer -From Good Feeling ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://www.townserver.com/planetblue -or- http://townserver.com/planetblue http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Message Board: http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb870757&TL= Discussion Group: http://www.egroups.com/invite/vf2000 and click the "JOIN" button Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://therapy.lost.net.au/femmes http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: American Music Hall of Fame RE: Hammerstein Craig Kilborn RE: Femmes in Mississippi Update on Femmes in Mississippi A New Album Out In November??? Re: Rerelease Compilation Did They Break Up, or What??? VERY Interesting Link! RE: Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Music Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are today's Hall of Famers. I've added several people to the list today, so here's a recap...Every issue, I list the usernames of people who have been subscribers since I took over this list in 1997, the hope being that at least a few of them will take it upon themselves to send us their thoughts/experiences/etc. about the Femmes...and to thank them for hanging out and listening to all our rambling on for so long. So, without further ado, thank you to the following: irene.ford j.m.r.smith Jai8 JAPrin JBASSE61 jepoole jh083475 jheid jheidema jkatz jme3 jpokela ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Hammerstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ about the hammerstein thing, i think saw it on a violent femmes concert tours page and it's cancelled. here's the page: http://www.ticketmaster.com/cgi/events/yahoo.idc?tmid=2F8FADCA2D23&ref=http://guide.yahoo.com/search/localevents&template=2&subProp=localevents&id=308b57619f29ab3120315e3edf5e2dc7&bcutoff=972500400">Ticketmaster Events Guide ~shannon Fraggle3 -Pat. Says: I couldn't get that to work. Try this: https://ticketing.ticketmaster.com/cgi/purchasePage.asp?event_id=2F8FADCA2D23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Craig Kilborn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was sitting at my desk the other night (Sept. Thursday 28th) doing boring school work as always, when a friend called me up and said, "Man the Femmes are gonna be on Craig Kilborn tonight!" I immediately put down my work and went to the TV. I was thinking it would be a rerun of the last time they were on (which I missed). However, I heard that it was a new episode of the Late Late Show. Does anyone know if it was the rerun? I haven't been much of a Craig Kilborn fan in the past. I am now finding it hard to believe the Femmes broke up at all. I will give an update when I find out whether or not the rumor about the concert at Millsaps is true. I tried e-mailing the Femmes about the break-up, but I haven't gotten any response. Michael Hill mike_bulldog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Femmes in Mississippi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ about the femmes in ms. i went to see them on march 26, 1999 at rodeo's (now the north end) it was a millsaps private party, and i got in b/c a friend of mine who goes there got me tickets. it will be hard to find out for sure if they'rea actually playing there since its private and they keep it hush hush. if they do play there though i will do anything i can to get in there and see the greatest rock show...again! please someone confirm the show and date! wzrdean90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update on Femmes in Mississippi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just e-mailed a student at Millsaps, and she replied that she has heard nothing about the concert there. She knew that they had played there a couple of years ago, though, at a private function. I am sorry if I got everyone's hopes up. If I hear anything else, I'll let you know. Michael Hill mike_bulldog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A New Album Out In November??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok peoples here is the deal.. I am on a mailing list from england, cookingvinyl and they have the femmes freakmagnet album in the catalog. OK anyways under the news-emails-addresses&websites it states and i quote VIOLENT FEMMES Another live album "the rock" will be released on 02-10-00. Please also check out theur website http://www.vfemmes.com So does anyone know anything about this?? Is it true. or is it possibly a misprint and they are just rereleaseing rock and they made a mistake thinking it was a new live album. thanks tyler.. oh yeah the femmes made it onto the foxsports pregame show for NFL on the first week of the season. They were talking about the new Qb's in the league and played New Generation i was very immpressed. tylerboa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Rerelease ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is there going to be any advertising campaign to go along with the rerelease of the Femmes first two albums or will they just be put back on the shelf? I hope it all goes well either way. I'm sick of explaining to freshman here at my university who the Femmes are. Some of them do not even know Blister in the Sun!! Could two years make a difference in knowledge of bands? Maybe 20-21 is about the cutoff for listeners of the band? Any thoughts on pan-generation listening...? djek dkubiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Compilation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am still able to send compilation videos to femmes fans in Canada. So far very few people have requested one. This video is a treasure chest of fun for us diehard femmes fans as it includes tons of footage from the early days to the present. Let's just hope that the future brings us more femmes concerts. It's a bit unnerving not hearing anything from the band about their future together. Glenn pwnordic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Did They Break Up, or What??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey Guys- Alright, what's going on now? So many rumors, so much talk going on in Milwaukee. So is it true? did the Femmes finally call it quits or what? I mean, though nothing is official, i've heard plenty of rumors from reliable sources here in Milwaukee and no tour dates can't be good. But i'm still hoping! I'm just wondering if anyone else has a clue about the future of this band? Smashkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VERY Interesting Link! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is an interview on the docrock site with Brian during VF's stop in Germany. The article is in German but there is also a real audio/video piece (in English) on the same page! Find out how Dick Parry came to tour with them, what Brian's "side project" has been the last 5 years, and listen as Brian drops a bombshell about an upcoming emusic.com offering! This is great stuff! http://www.docrock.de/story/u-v/violent_femmes/index.htm?id=399db3a7 Even if you don't speak German, just surf to the page and then look for the area about a third of the way down the page on the right that reads: Klick hier, um das Interview anzusehen Clicking anywhere on those words will launch the clip (as long as you have a media player loaded on your computer). ddearry -Pat. Says: How DO you find all these great sites? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lets see....First time I heard the Femmes was summer of '85 (remember Live Aid?) from a girlfriend. I didn't see them live til Spring of '89 at The Bouthouse, in Norfolk, VA. The show was just amazing! (I think, my memory of the show is a little foggy) Actually, I taped the show, but have since lost the tape, doh! The Femmes came back to The Bouthouse a few months later in the summer of '89, I taped that show as well, & have managed to keep it in a safe place :) The next time I saw the Femmes was at The Boathouse in '91. This show was somewhat unusual because there were several cameras mounted on high stands in the audience, and a camera person onstage occasionally. They played Flamingo twice in a row because they wanted to redo it. Gordon said something about having to record the song again. Also, Gordon mentioned to the audience that we should keep an eye out for a video release soon, "Live at the Bouthouse". All three were in very high spirits throughout the show, and it felt we were getting a behind the scenes look at the making of a concert video. Gordon was chatty, which added to the feel good vibe of the show :) This was also the first time I met the band, quite an exciting night! :) (I had worked at The Bouthouse as A stagehand/Lighting operator) My girlfriend & I met them after the show along with several other people backstage. They were very friendly, and not tired at all. They met & chatted with everyone for at least 15 or 20 min. Then a warner Bros. rep (I think that's what he was) said they had to get going. For months I was excited, & couldn't wait for the release of the home video. Before I knew it a couple years had passed...still no release. :( At least a song from the show made it on the "Add It UP" CD. I e-mailed a question about the video to the Femmes website years ago, & Gordon replied that with Victor leaving since the show, & Guy replacing him, the video didn't really represent where the band was at. I think he also mentioned that the video didn't turn out well either. So I didn't see the Femmes live again til summer of 1999 the Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, NH. My wife wasn't able to go, so I met with Ron at the show. I had a great time, and met some really wonderful people from the AM list. We all met the band after the show! Brian & Guy seemed the friendliest, & Gordon looked exhausted. The most recent Femmes concert was this past summer at Hampton Beach. Another great show, although I think the one in '99 was slightly better. Well that's about it :) Take Care, Eric gineryc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~