11-09-98

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: I never had this problem with nobody in the government I guess I always figured they never mean what they meant and God help us all not to be so stone surprised when we wake up in the stars, with the skies in our eyes... -From Lies -Submitted by Jeffrey_Wilson PLEASE send your VF quotes to amusic ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES: Nov. 10- 7:30 p.m., Irving Plaza, New York, NY, $26.50 (P,O,T) Nov. 11- 8:00 p.m., University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (O,P,T) Nov. 13- Haverford College, Haverford, PA (O) Nov. 14- 7:00 p.m., Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA, $20.00 (P,T) Nov. 15- 7:30 p.m. Hunka Bunka Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ, $18.50 (T) NOTE: THIS SHOW WAS LISTED ON THE 9TH. IT WILL NOW BE ON THE 15TH. 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Unsung Heroes Backstage Re: Drewery Drewery VF they bring all their equipment on the bus.. Freak Magnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DMFD Intros ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daniel's still looking for them. If you have any of Brian's outrageous quotes, write: dkubiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fountains of Vane... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weeeeellll.... Apparently Milwaukee Wisconsin wasn't the only place one could be in America on Halloween night to enjoy a sampling of the finest music this side of Heaven. If I'd known about the VF tribute being played in Athens GA on the same night it would have been a very tough choice for me to make - cuz I do LOVE Athens so! Wondering what in the H-E double toothpicks I'm talking about? Check out this webpage for a band called The Fountains: http://fountains.angband.org/ This band, in their infinite wisdom of course , performed an all Femmes tribute evening (in drag) on Halloween night in Athens GA last week! Any band who's a fan of the Femmes is a friend-o'-mine! Deana ddearry P.S. Dear Collectors - I've already inquired about a tape and/or pics- none exist as of yet :o( but I'm still looking :o) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unsung Heroes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The other day I put together a list of all the Violent Femmes songs, what albums they are on and what concerts the Femmes played them. I admit, I don't own all the bootlegs of all the shows ( boy, wouldn't that be a dream ) but I have a fair amount. It was interesting to see which songs are played more often ( although its easy to guess ) but there were a few surprises. Anyway, I got to wondering about songs they haven't played in concert. Some, like Machine, I can understand why. But the list of songs they haven't played is quite small. I didn't put in any of Freak Magnet's tunes on cause its too recent and we got to give the Femmes time, but all the others are on. So I'm wondering which, if any, songs the Femmes haven't played in concert and was wondering if anybody out there could help me out. OK, its not the most interesting topic, but I'm curious. The folowing is a list which I don't have live. Has anybody heard these live or has a bootleg with it? Email me if you wish and if I get enough responses I'll post a list of unplayed tunes. America Is, Balkan Falcon, Candlelight Song, Children Of The Revolution, Chinese Rocks ( OK, this one's not even their's and the only version I have was recorded at a party, so technically I have it live, but I'm curious if they've played it since ), Cold Canyon, Degradation ( I imagine if they played this one live it would have been at 03/29/85 ), Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Good Friend, Heartache, I Saw You In The Crowd, I Wanna See You Again, I'm Free, Jesus Of Rio, Lack Of Knowledge, Life Is A Scream, Life Is An Adventure, Living A Lie, Look Like That, Love And Me Make Three, Machine, New Times, Nothing Worth Living For, Outside The Palace, See My Ships, She Went To Germany, Telephone Book, Thanksgiving, This Island Life, Two People, Used To Be, When Everybody's Happy, World Without Mercy. Contact me at thehappycyclops Erik"36" Foisy thehappycyclops "How do you make God laugh?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Backstage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All right boys and girls. Time to fill me in on your secrets. How the hell do you get backstage???? I'm so insanely jealous and I think I would absolutely die if I got to go chill with the boys at my next Femmes concert. I got Brian's signature at my first one. And I plan on taking that shirt to my next show as well as buying another one that I can actually wear that hasn't been signed. But, the trick is getting back stage to get these wonderous geniuses of music to write on me and to talk to me with a real half way intellectual conversation (most likely about their music). So, fill me in...how do you go about getting backstage? Beyz -Pat. Says: Good looks, astounding intelligence and a dash of arrogance? ....Maybe it's just dumb luck. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: Drewery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Damn it people, they're talking about me! Me!! ME!!!! -Drewery -thenewerykid80 -Pat. Says: I said a DASH of arrogance! Poor Drew. His school booked Blues Traveler. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drewery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In "Sweet Misery Blues" Im pretty sure the word is Jewelry despite what the lyrics page says. Dont you guys agree? Also in "I Hear the Rain" on the 3rd verse I think the words sound like "She used to sit and watch the rain, now i think i go insane." This was brought up on the message board but i wanted a broader opinion. thanks Bobby Helmsley2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF they bring all their equipment on the bus.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OBSESSED WITH THE FEMMES Hey! I am a brand new member. My name is Amber Johnson, I live in milwaukee, home to the VF :) I am only 16, but i am so into the femmes. they are the best! anyway, the connection i have with them is kinda cool, and i thought maybe some would be interested in knowing about it. Well, first of all, my dad knows Brian Ritchie, so does my mom. They are just friends, who see each other around sometimes. I guess one day Brian was playing the bagpipes (god is he talented) in a park next to my house.. my parents went over and they just were pals from there. Then, my mom knew Victor D. wife, and my dad knows Victor... finally, after my parents got divroced, my mom dated guy hoffman a few times.. they are still good friends which i am ever so happy about. well, i know a lot has been said about the Halloween Milwaukee show, but that was like the best freaking nite of my whole life!!! it was the best concert i have ever been to! no lie :) Guy left backstage passes for us, so after the show we got to hang out backstage with the band and other people. it was cool, i got autographs on a shirt... they are all so awesome! well, gordan had a cigar :) he was just talking and being really nice. brian was having fun too. he is so cool! guy is just the nicest guy :) he left really early tho, like after 10 min. of being backstage, and that kinda sucked. i didnt get to thank him for the passes, but o well.. I hope it doesnt sound like i am bragging, but that was my main bday gift... 4 2nd row seats to the concert and the backstage passes. i gotta thank guy :) so...i hope most of u got to see that show, cuz they really put on an awesome one :) after seeing them for the third time, i really realized that they are my fav. band. I absolutely love them! i am now obsessed with them ...please, i would like to know how old most of u are..? could u let me know? thanx so much i am happy to be a member of this and I hope that we talk a lot of femmes :) ~amber Smashkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freak Magnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So when do we give up on Freak Magnet ever being released and consider it in the public domain for bootlegging? It's very well for the smug people to have it to protect it and climb on a moral high ground about how trading it between subscribers of this list and other _dedicated_ would result in reduced record sales. For one thing, the Violent Femmes make most of their income from touring (obviously), back-catalogue sales of their first album and Add It Up. Freak Magnet is not going to be a commercial sucess. Rock was one of their finest albums, was promoted well and toured upon, yet it never made the top 50 any week here, where every tour show they did was a sell-out. The Femmes are a live band. Their appeal is in the majesty of their live performance. Many of you Americans in this state of E-merica have had the fortune of seeing them multiple times. The only thing we foreigners in this state of E-merica have to cherish of the Femmes is memories of the (probably) one time they toured wherever we are, and the albums we have bought. What I am trying to say in this is that everyone, after over a year has passed, should be given the opportunity by those with the monopoly of Freak Magnet promo discs, copies, etc. to HEAR the new music made by their favourite band. Ben [email protected] suicide note: http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~