10-26-99 pt.2

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Viva Winsconsin on E-bay Viva Wisconsin CD Freak Magnet Violent Femmes Singles Conservative BITS in Strange Places Nostalgia Launch.Com Billboard Radio TMBG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Viva Winsconsin on E-bay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The brand new "Viva Winsconsin" will be released on november, 23. I found it on E-bay (5 days left) yesterday, and the promo cd will be for sale ad Southland Cd Store. The songs are..... 1. Prove My Love 2. I'm Nothing 3. Country Death Song 4. Blister In The Sun 5. Gimme The Car 6. Don't Talk About My Music 7. Confessions 8. Hallowed Ground 9. Life Is And Adventure 10. Old Mother Reagan 11. Ugly 12. Good Feeling 13. Dahmer Is Dead 14. American Music 15. Special 16. Sweet Worlds Of Angels 17. Black Girls 19. Gone Daddy Gone 20. Kiss Off Bye, Andrea hanzzzz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Viva Wisconsin CD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tuesday we got some new release information via the mojo machine about the Violent Femmes Viva Wisconsin CD due to be released soon. Now, the info comes from Lightning Export Ltd ( http://www.lightningexport.co.uk ) in the UK and I work in Canada so I don't know if the States will be following the same path. It is somewhat curious that we Canadians will be importing it from the UK instead of the US but the Femmes have never been an easy band to understand ( or their labels ). Violent Femmes-Viva Wisconsin Label - Cooking Vinyl Price - 8.19 ( in pounds ) Order by - 19 Oct Release Date - 22 Oct The band's first live album in their 18 year career, recorded in their home state last year. Includes fan favourites such as "Blister In The Sun", " Add It Up", "Kiss Off", and "Country Death Song". Now I just checked on my work's web site ( http://www.hmv.com ) and found this conflicting information: Cdn$35.49 (US $23.35) Violent Femmes: "Viva Wisconsin" Release Date:1999-09-29 Catalogue Number:COOKCD >From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, the Violent Femmes comprise Gordon Gano (b. 7 June 1963, New York, USA; vocals, guitar), Brian Ritchie (b. 21 November 1960, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; bass) and Victor De Lorenzo (b. 25 October 1954, Racine, Wisconsin, USA; drums). Gano and Ritchie first teamed up for an acoustic set at the Rufus King High School, Ritchie having formerly played with Plasticland (one single, 'Mushroom Hill'/'Color Appreciation'). Joined by De Lorenzo, they recorded a debut album (through Rough Trade Records in the UK). Its rough, acoustic style failed to hide the Femmes' intriguing variety of songs and lyrics, and although they have since mellowed, this formed the basis of what was to follow. Two acclaimed singles, 'Gone Daddy Gone' and 'It's Gonna Rain' (both 1984), were drawn from Violent Femmes before Hallowed Ground followed a year later, a more full-bodied work that lacked the shambolic nature of their debut. Hallowed Ground contained, what is for many, the classic Violent Femmes composition, the macabre 'Country Death Song'. The Blind Leading The Naked nearly gave the group a hit single in their cover version of T. Rex 's 'Children Of The Revolution' early in 1986. There was then a long pause in the Femmes' activities while Gordon Gano appeared with his side-project, the gospel-influenced Mercy Seat, and Ritchie recorded two solo sets for the SST Records label, and one for Dali-Chameleon. De Lorenzo released Peter Corey Sent Me in 1991 and played on Sigmund Snopek III's album, which also featured Ritchie. The release of the succinctly titled 3 re-introduced a more sophisticated Violent Femmes, although the grisly subject matter continued, while 1991's Why Do Birds Sing? included a savage version of the Culture Club hit 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?' Moving to Elektra they released two further albums which failed to capture the band at their potent best. You can order at the site along with Rock!!!!! for those who don't already own it. As for me, mine is already on order from my work ( with discount )! thehappycyclops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freak Magnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I, too, just got a copy of Freak Magnet and I like it very much. I think, as it is, it stands as one of their strongest colections of songs. And while I am on the subject of VF albums, I have to profess my undying love for Hallowed Ground which I would happily take with me if I were stranded on an island. To me, FM is the first album since the first two which has the same passion. As per usual, there is anger, cynicism and satire, but without the same artifice, almost affectation, hat has touched their last offerings. And more than any one song such as American Music, I think the whole body of work by the Femmes, the durability of their music, and the longevity of their career makes them one of the best rock bads of the century. Or maybe I am just in a Freak Magnet Haze. There are worse things... Lirker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Femmes Singles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Following on the heels of my last email dealing with HMV and Ligthning Exports and the Violent Femmes is news of the Machine Single (USA) and the Breakin Up Single (German) being available through HMV Canada. I was informed of their availability through the mojo machine and got someone to put them in our system. I believe the Machine Single is the one with 2 versions,Balkan Falcon,Chinese Rocks & Color Me Once (Live). Breakin Up should be the one with Didgeriblues (kick ass slow version) and Peter Jest - at least I hope it is cause I ordered it thinking it was. I've been looking for that one forever! I hope this helps anyone out there wanting to increase their Violent Femmes collection. Since both these singles are in HMV Canada computer system they "should" be on HMV.com for all of you non-canucks. For anyone in the Ottawa area on Sunday Oct.24th, between 10-4, at the Chateau Laurier, smack downtown there is a record convention going on. I have ALWAYS found some weird esoteric Violent Femmes stuff there. I'll try to get some info on where they are going afterwards. Erik"36" Foisy thehappycyclops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Conservative ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I read John Locke, study the Founding Fathers, support the Constitution, and am an officer candidate in the Marine Corps. In other words, I am a devout conservative; however, I am also mildly obsessed with the Femmes. They do sing about social liberalism, but that doesn't mean conservatives won't like them. Hey, the Femmes have good music, and conservatives like good things. 1djek3 dkubiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BITS in Strange Places ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a reference to playing BITS in public. While watching my beloved Cleveland Indians lose a tough series to the Boston Red Sox, (I'm still depressed about their collapse) it was game 3 in Boston when Red Sox third baseman John Valentin hit a double down the line to left field scoring 2 (I think) runs. As I was screaming at the TV and being generally unhappy, Blister comes blaring over the speakers inside Fenway Park. While it didn't alleviate my mood at all it was kinda cool to hear it. Bobby Helmsley2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nostalgia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There aren't many excellent songs that I know with lyrics containing less than ten words. In fact, I can think of only one, and its called Dance MF Dance. I was browsing through the sleeve notes for Add It Up and I was surprised to see that Brian didn't write this song. What a shame, I thought it had his mark all over it. While I'm at it, here's another thing. I remember years ago (1985) , when I first heard the song Add It Up, having a conversation with a friend. We were students and took ourselves pretty seriously. We were trying to figure out what the song was about. Tom, my friend, reckoned it was about a frustrated guy who just couldn't find himself a woman, so he had to go out and pay for it. I thought that this was probably right but we were never sure. I always associate that song with Tom. We later fell out and haven't been in contact in years. But whenever I hear Gordon's intro, I'm taken right back to our conversation. Back then, our biggest concern was how to impress our fellow females students. Looking back, we were mostly unsuccessful, which is probably why we liked the Femmes so much. scrawbzy -Pat. Says: The older you get, the harder it is to find new friends. It is in your best interest to keep or rekindle your old friendships. I once had a friend with whom I had a falling out, but he died before I was able to track him down again. So many things left unsaid...so many misunderstandings unresolved. "Just for a day or two, I'd like to be with you, just for a day or two, I'd like to have you alive" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Launch.Com Billboard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I noticed this afternoon Launch.com bought advertising on a prominent billboard in Orange County, CA. The ad campaign reads "Violent Femmes, Orgy, Offspring.... buy music that will keep you up all night". Thought that might be noteworthy. Probably a major campaign throughout the country. CJM C1J2M3Com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Radio TMBG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i know this is a little off topic, but i was wondering if any of you had stumbled across radio they might be giants-it's put together by the johns, and on wiredplanet.com ... it's in association with emusic, who have a lot of not quite mainstream bands and lots of web radio stations -so my thought was-if tmbg can have a radio station, why not the femmes -it's basically all of their old music, and some new stuff-i don't know how we'd even go about getting the site to carry femmes material or vf to give the site the necessary copyrights to have it on, but it would be cool ok-everyone have fun-hope you feel better pat- adam adamgrickis ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~