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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: You're a flamingo you stand on one leg you're a flamingo baby you hatched from an egg -From Flamingo Baby Submitted by Extatika *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): !!!!!!!URGENT CHICAGO SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE READ THE NEXT LINE!!!!!!! **Oct 29- Excalibur, Chicago, IL (subscriber tip, see below)** Nov 25- Rodon Club, Athens, GR (P) Nov 26- Rodon Club, Athens, GR (P) Nov 27- Mylos, Thessaloniki, GR (P) Nov 29- 8 p.m., Vicar Street, Dublin, IRL, 16.00 (I don't have a pound symbol on my computer), 18+ only show (P,T-IRL) Nov 30- 7 p.m., Forum, London, ENG, 14.50 (ditto about the symbol), 18+ only show, (P, T-UK) Dec 2- Aula Magna, Lisbon, POR (P) Dec 3- Coliseum, Oporto, POR (P) Dec 4- Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, GER (P) Dec 31- Falls Festival, Lorne, AUS (P) 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 To book a show, contact Hornblow USA at: hbgusa Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? 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London, ENG ----------- NFLHWB (Harry) ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.lasvegasweekly.com/ http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/bluenote/936/ http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://www.geocities.com/kittricken/ http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/femmes/ http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Chicago Date About the Quote do the vf do private gigs? Italy!!!!!!! RE: VF on VH1 Blowing off Steam john & mary and their band LIVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due to the info which you will read below, this issue was thrown together in record time. I was busy all day baking Halloween cookies, and throwing together a costume to wear which would be guaranteed to embarass the hell out of my kids. In fact, I was the hit of the school, and raised my sons' social standing at least a few notches. Go figure. So excuse any discontinuity, misspellings, and editing errors, but enjoy nonetheless. I think I finally know what day it is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If anyone is interested - the times are all wrong - I called Excalibur - the Femmes WILL be there Friday NIGHT....going on shortly after midnight. The club is open 'til 4AM.... gopack -Pat. Says: No, it was right. The Violent Femmes were on the Mancow show this morning. They played Add it Up. That's it. I know, because I listened to it online myself, suffering through the entire shock jock schtick just to hear that one song. Actually, he DID say some very nice things about the band, thereby redeeming himself in my eyes. I think they were on the show as a teaser for the concert tonight, about which we never would have known if it weren't for you. Thanks for sending this in, and I hope today's issue is read in time for subscribers to get their butts over to the Excalibur. If you don't know where it is, email me. I'm going to check the web page for directions. I know it's near or on Dearborn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And now for an in depth analysis of this quote: I really like this quote. I feel that it definitely conveys the intended message, being that the experimental variable is being desrcibed as compared to the control group. wait, no, that doesn't make sense. how about this: I like this quote, it's funny, because it talks about being a flamingo and standing on one leg. that's much better than the first analysis. -Beky Extatik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ do the vf do private gigs? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i really mean to see the VF live and this year seems better than any other. Except i already bought a ticket for the UEA (my college) hockey(field) ball on november 30. That set me back thirty pounds sterling (the price ticket and travel to VF would have cost). Can i ] get the VF to come and play at my college? Its my birthday on nov.28, so maybe they might come up for that? Norwich is a really nice place after all. i think i'm joking but i'm kind of whimsical too. jez smith J.M.R.Smith -Pat. Says: The Violent Femmes will play anywhere, as long as they're paid. Have your school call their management, and book a show. I'll bet there are available dates to book yet. Better yet, have the school do that AND sell your tickets; see them twice. Norwich, England must be a better place than Norwich, CT, my birthplace (once home of the Norwich State Hospital. Motto: we'll find room for your loonies; even if we have to discharge a few others in downtown Norwich!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Italy!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nooooo.... It seems that they'll be on tour in Europe, and no Italy again! AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Andrea hanzzzz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: VF on VH1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i think a vh1 behind the music on the femmes would be awsome. they have a lot of iteresting things to base a show like that on. i think that would be sweet. bye, jp jepoole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blowing off Steam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This happened to me a while ago, but reading the quote in the last issue reminded me of it, and I just had to blow off some steam. I used to work at a BP gas station near Cleveland. It would have been a good job, but I had to work the 6p - 2a shift. It sucked. Especially during the summer. I would be bored all day (all my friends had jobs with normal hours), and then I had to go to work when all my friends were out partying or doing other fun stuff. There were some late-night parties, but even those were dead by the time I got there. My only salvation was the fact that my boss would let us play our CDs while we worked, as long as they weren't too profane or offensive. This meant that the person(s) with whom I worked were also allowed to play their music. I don't mind that much; I'm pretty tolerant of different music styles (notice I said "tolerant" and not "fond of"). Where is this story going? Ah, yes, I remember. From 6 - 10pm, I would be working with various fellow high-school students, who were cool about the music I listened to (namely the Femmes). At 10p, however, came in this dreadful lady. We'll call her Marianne (not her real name). She usually lets me listen to the rest of whatever CD I have in at the time, then she takes over and listens to some crippity-crip-crap radio station that plays 80's music and, well, various other forms of crap. Really testing the limits of my tolerance. On this particular night, however, I happened to be listening to "Why Do Birds Sing?" On comes "He Likes Me," and after a couple verses, she turns it to her radio station, right in the middle of the song. I remember it was right before my favorite verse ("...Person to person, it's not on purpose, ..."). There was a customer in the store, so I waited until he/she left, then I blew my top. "Where the fuck do you get the idea that you have the right to turn my music off in the middle of the fucking song?" "It was a fag song. I don't listen to fag songs." If I wasn't so tired, I would have picked up the nearest cigarette rack and impaled her fat torso with it. "What the hell do you mean, fag song? Did you listen to the fucking lyrics?" Just then, my faith in God was temporarily restored, because the next song on her radio station was sung by none other than Boy George. I don't really remember what happened next (I was still blind with rage at her ignorance), but the end result was a lot of yelling by me, one very worried customer, a total loss of respect for my coworker, and Femmes music for the rest of the shift. Ah, victory against the sheep. sammyd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ john & mary and their band LIVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, I just joined this list recently.... Pretty informative! I dont know if any one is really aware of an album that I have not seen in any discography featuring Victor DeLorenzo. The album is john & mary (of 10,000 Maniacs) & their band LIVE. it was made after John left the Maniacs, and before he and Mary joined the band. I believe Victor had just left the Violent Femmes at this point. The album was distributed through the John and Mary fan club, but only 200 were made. I would love to find other John and Mary tapes with this line up (I asked John at a Maniacs show once how many shows they played, and he said about 17). Anyway, I can make CDr copies if any one wants to trade... There is no Femmes material on it though. jimerado -Pat. Says: You are hereby dubbed the Violent Femmes expert. I've never even heard of this band. I bow my head to you in humility. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~