11-06-98

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: PLEASE send your VF quotes to amusic ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (THIS WEEK + NEW DATES ONLY): Nov. 7- University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (P) **Dec. 7- Opera House, Spokane, WA (KAEP) (O)** **Dec. 8- Colliseum, Portland, OR (KNRK) (O)** RELATED DATE: **Nov. 9- The Knitting Factory New York, N.Y.** A band called GODZUKI, Read Check This Out! below. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! 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Tampa? Irving Plaza Re: Haverford Show! Pittsburgh NOOOOO!!!! RE: Universal Re: Wisconsin Halloween and Chicago 11/3/98 RE: Drewery Talk About It It's Gonna Rain Freak Magnet? DMFD Intros ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Final Call for Videos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, folks, I've got my boot video in the mail and seen it a few times, so now is the time for a last call for videos. By the end of this month I want everyone who's sending in a video for this compilation to please email Deana at ddearry and send them to her ASAP. I would really like for all of us to have a copy of this by the end of the year if possible. To our newest subscribers: You don't know what I'm talking about, but we're putting together a compilation of videos. email me for details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check This Out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GODZUKI !!!!!! No this is not the sound I make when I sneeze - read on: New York, N.Y. Nov. 9- At The Knitting Factory 74 Leonard Street, New York City. "Old-Office" Performances at 9:00 & 10:30PM.. 212-818-0897 A gonzo, bozango world-music group called GODZUKI, in its debut performance. John Kruth - Mandolin, mando-cello, Gongs (Electric Chairmen, various groups); Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin-Shakuhachi (Hamilton Face Band, New York Sankyoku-Kai, Sparkling Beatniks, variuos groups); Brian Ritchie- Bass, Didgeridoo, Shakuhachi (Violent Femmes, various groups); Janathan Segal- Violin (Camper van Beethoven, Electric Chairmen, various groups); Andy Demos- Tabla, Dumbek, Percussion (various groups) Copied from the Tai Hei Shakuhachi webpage - http://www.shakuhachi.com If anyone goes to this please post a review to the list! Thanks ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tampa? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ do you know anything about the Tampa show on Sat.? Robert Smokey3728 -Pat. Says: I've already sent Robert what I know, but it occurs to me maybe somebody on the list knows a lot more. So if anyone is going who knows all there is to know about this show, especially whether anybody (not just students) can go, please email Robert. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Irving Plaza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi guys! i have not written on this in awhile. i am so excited to see the femmes next wed in nyc i have not seen em in such a long time (more then a year) i don't think i can see em in sayorville though cause me little sis is having her bat mitzvah that weekend, oh well. hey did anyone go to that show at rider college, i couldn't go cause it was students only. well talk to you guys later. oh by the way when is freak magnet coming out, i think i am the only one on this list without a copy. bye bye. -kara ChewVitC -Pat. Says: The Irving Plaza show is on the 10th, which is Tuesday, not Wednesday. Maybe I'll be there too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Haverford Show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i emailed Dan Primack , the student activities director at haverford, a couple weeks back to ask him about the show, he sent this to me, said that generally they're only open to haverford students, but he'd make an exception...don't know how many people that'll apply to-anyway, here's the meat of his email... >Tickets go on sale Wednesday and can be ordered by >sending a check, cash, or money order to: >New Point Concert Series >Haverford College >370 Lancaster Ave. >Haverford, PA 19041 >They're $16+$1 handling fee, max of 5 tickets. i just got my tickets (finally) yesterday-can't wait! adam grickis adamgrickis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pittsburgh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well... since it's been over a year and a half since I last laid my eyes on this wonderful newsletter, the last week for me has been a huge wave of Femmeism :) 1. Finding out they're coming to Pittsburgh in less than 2 weeks really razed my spirits. This was the biggest shock I think I have ever experienced, as I check the Official Web Page almost daily and didn't see anything. However, since they're finally coming back to Metropol (haven't been here since New Times tour in '94), and since I was an idiot and didn't go the last time they were here, I got tickets the first day they were out. And, I believe, to make sure I'm noticed (which shouldn't be too hard, I'm 6'3"), I think I'll make up a few t-shirts with the "Freak Magnet" cover on them so I look l33t :) OH well.. Enuf pointless rambling. November 14th... The day I get the closest to seeing God . muhaha Latah -jason grosefx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOOOOO!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can't go!!! It's just not fair. I live two hours from Pittsburgh and I can't go to the show at the Metropol. That is such an awesome club too. Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! If it were any other day of the week I could go, but not on Saturday. Why? :::CRY::: Kathryn Kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Universal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Nov. 5- Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA (O,P) (with Devo, Ween) > I DO NOT THINK THIS SHOW EXISTS ANYMORE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN > RISK!!!! Yeah, it's not. Not with the Femmes anyway. It was supposed to be one of those radio festival thingies but i think it fell through. FUCK ME!!! >**Dec. 8th- Portland OR (lilboek)** but, if this is true and they will be on the west coast, then maybe...just maybe....they'll play L.A. I hope so. wish me luck, Nick mypen15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Wisconsin Halloween and Chicago 11/3/98 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I'm not gonna go on about the Halloween show, since it's all been covered, very eloquently, I must say, by my fellow AMers. However, I do have a piece of somewhat interesting and exciting info to add: Last night's VF show at the Riviera in Chicago. . . I expected it to suck compared to Halloween, really, I mean, it's hard to take such a fall. Regardless, I was of course pumped to see them. I was extremely pleased for a few reasons: first of all, Sig was there playing the keyboard and various other instruments, and added a dimension to the band that should really be present in their albums. Secondly, Brian sang the Stop Talking About My Music Now song, which has gotta be one of my faves of late. I was hoping it wasn't going to be a one-time song, and I do hope he continues it. The whole audience reacted to it with sha-bang, just like in Mil. Thirdly, Gordon was joking with the crowd - there were a lot of technical difficulties - and Guy was even talkative, which is always really neat to see. One quick note, I noticed in the Mil show and the show in Chicago (the only times I've seen them play with Sig) Brian used his regular bass guitar (instead of the 1 string) for DMFD. I think this is because Sig was playing backup on the piano, and the 1 string would have just overshadowed everything. Is this correct? In both shows they didn't play BAD, so was this just a case of them not having to tune another instrument, or he what? Regardless, I'd give up on the strong 1 string for Sig's backup anyday. Thanks for reading, john #3 DidacticCP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Drewery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have always thought DREWERY...was Jewelry DAN JStamm -Pat. Says: It is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk About It ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Don't talk about my music! emphasis on "MY" he shouldn't get so pissy....of course people are going to talk...if you really want them to not talk don't make cds...... Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's Gonna Rain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i was doing a project for my digital music class and i ran into this; "it's gonna rain" by steve reich 1965 basically this guy recorded some ordinary household sounds ala john cage and over all that he put a preacher talking...i did a little and i mean a little research because the name of the tune and a preacher got me thinking femmes...so i found this it's gonna rain...voice of a young black pentecostal preacher who called himself brother walter... SOUTHERN GOSPEL COLLECTOR ALBUMS GOODMANS I'm Too Near Home I'm Too Near Home; Born To Serve The Lord; I Saw The Light; Life's Railway To Heaven; It's Different Now; Jesus Use Me; I'll Follow Thee; The Answer's On The Way; What A Friend We Have In Jesus; It's Gonna Rain (c N/A) HEMPHILLS Canaan Country-Gospel Style Of Joel/Labreeksa I'm Willing; Gonna Shout, Gonna Shine; Search For The Best; Angels To Carry Me Home; Pity The Man; A Brighter Day Ahead; Satan Has No Claim On Me; The Courage To Try Again;No, Not Jesus; The Ballad Of The Watchman; It's Gonna Rain; Why Pay The Cost (c N/A) brian eno: "That dubious credit goes to another piece of music by a composer called Steve Reich. I think it was his earliest recorded piece. It's a piece called It's Gonna Rain, and I would like to listen to a bit of that now. (It's Gonna Rain played.) For many years I was the only person I knew who thought that was a beautiful piece of music (laughter). It's quite a long piece, it's about 17 minutes long. It's produced by a very, very simple process. It's a loop of a preacher saying "It's gonna rain". Identical copies of the loop are being played on two machines at once. Because of the inconsistency of the speed of the machines they gradually slip out of sync with one another. They start to sound like an echo. Then they.sound like a cannon, and gradually they start to sound like all sorts of things. " Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freak Magnet? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i really want to know about the new cd i heard that it was sopposed to come out over the summer but i have gone to all the local shops and they have heard nothin about it all please respond blake Snicker465 -Pat. Says: It's still in limbo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DMFD Intros ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have not received many intros from people. Could you please repost that messege about it. Thanks! 1djek3 dkubiak -Pat. Says: OK, Daniel is putting together a page of DMFD intros. If you have any but have not sent them in, please do so. As you know, Brian's intro to this song has often been a highlight of every show; never the same but always entertaining. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~