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Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: I'll corner you in an elevator, Then you won't be able to put me off till later... - From Sweet Misery Blues - Submitted by [email protected] PLEASE send your VF quotes to [email protected] ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES: Nov. 16- 7:30 p.m., Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY $22.00 (P,T) Dec. 7- Opera House, Spokane, WA (KAEP) (O) Dec. 8- Colliseum, Portland, OR (KNRK) (O,P) (With Cake, Flys, Garbage, Soul Coughing) 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 Monterey Peninsula Artists. Serious inquiries only. ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE Going to a VF concert? 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Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------- Prpl35 (Jill) Portland, OR ------------ (Nick) LilBoek (Steve) ************************************************************************ ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.scopemag.com if this doesn't work, try: http://206.103.163.50 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/6918 http://members.aol.com/kittricken/index.html VF Message Board: http://red.cscwc.pima.edu/~cstaley/femmes/board.html Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/VFemmes http://www.smug.adelaide.edu.au/~therapy/violent_femmes/ MP3's http://members.tripod.com/~GasolineFumes/music.html Glenn Gano's Page: http://www.alaska.net/~ggano Charm Records: http://www.charmrec.com Une banane:Send in your top five faves each week to: melancon HERE I AM: Tell me where you live for the Here I Am list. ************************************************************************ In Today's Issue: DMFD Intros My Homepage Portland Info Irving Plaza Haverford Show Joshua and Kathryn's Excellent Adventure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DMFD Intros ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daniel's still looking for them. If you have any of Brian's outrageous quotes, write: dkubiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Homepage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I worked on my homepage all night to add new links and other interesting things. (like a picture of Guy when he a had just a little bit more hair then he does now.) So please pop on over and take a look. Kathryn Kittricken http://members.aol.com/kittricken/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portland Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey pat this is to all the people in the am fan club, i would not advise any one to try and bootleg the concert in portland on the 8th i've come to find out they are checking everyone with metal detecters as they come into the concert. if any one knows how to get around this please, please e-mail me. thanx see you all there!!! nick parr parr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Irving Plaza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry about the long time between issues. I knew I wouldn't be able to put one out Wednesday, but things got in the way which prevented me from posting on Friday as well. Marylee and Shannon, I would like for you to put together a review of Irving Plaza if you have the time. I'll try, but it won't be good because my set list and all my notes on the concert were stolen out of my trunk the next day, along with all my luggage and cameras. There go the kids' Halloween party pictures. Anyway, the show was great, the place was packed, the crowd was enthusiastic. Moxy Fruvous was as good as I remembered them from last year. They have a lot of respect for the VF; mentioned them alot during their set. It would be wonderful to see the two bands tour around a bit. Highlights, as far as I can remember them were: Tony Trischka for one. Haven't seen him in years, and it was great to have the banjo up on stage. Forgive me if I've spelled his name wrong. Some guy named Michael on the Shakuhachi in the horns. He seemed nervous at the start, but did a great job. Some guy from another band (can't remember the name) sang Used to Be with Gordon, not a bad job. Don't think I've ever heard them play that before, and Gordon did mention he wasn't sure if he remembered the words. Lesse...Life is an Adventure is finally seeing some live action. My son Ethan is thrilled to hear that, and hopes that the next time he sees them that they will play it then as well. Positively 4th Street, Don't Talk About My Music, Rejoice and Be Happy were the new songs played. I can't remember anymore. I need my crutch. If anyone was there who has a better memory please write in. amusic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haverford Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haverford Show, well, i must say to start off with i was in shock. I walked into the Hall, forget the name, where the concert was held, and it was tiny. Not only was it small (which by the way was a good thing), but there were seats throughout the small room ( i have classrooms bigger than this place). when i got there, everybody was sitting down, as the opening band performed. they were actually really good, but i don't remember who it was. Eventually, everybody stood up and got out of their seats, by that time i was already up front in great position. The femmes came out around 10:05 i believe, and played until almost 11:50 i think. They were really energetic i thought, and played some new songs i haven't heard before in my tenth concert appearance. ok, i'll try to remember the list (no way is this in the right order) Out The Window American Music I hear the rain I'm Nothin Jesus Walking on the Water Add It Up Waiting for the Bus Life is an Adeventure (on of my favorite songs, finally i got to hear it live) Old Mother Reagan Rejoice Bad Gone Daddy Gone Black Girls Blister in the Sun Dance MF Dance Good Feelings Dahmer's Dead Kiss off (last song) I wanna See you again Color me once Prove my love Ok, i can't remember anymore. remember that's not in order, except for opening with out the window and finishing with kiss off. they mentioned something about haverford university (not college) having a great cricket team, and how they have such a nice place rather than a big gymnasium. but since they don't have any cricket songs, they played dahmer's dead instead. The atmosphere was pretty good, except i hear there were a lot of girls making out with one another in the back. not too many people there knew songs from Rock or Freak Magnet, but I was surprised with how many people knew the less popular songs from their old albums, it made it more enjoyable. anyway, overall, top 5 out of the ten concerts i've been too, still say first new year's eve show at capital ballroom is #1. anyway, what's the next show I can drive too? Bobby V. vanallen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joshua and Kathryn's Excellent Adventure or Kathryn the Human Punching Bag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hallo, Josh and Kathryn here. Bringing you a report on the Violent Femmes show in Pittsburgh the past Friday. What a wild show. Although the night did have its bumps and bruises it was fantastic. Once again it was Brian to the rescue. But we will get to that first here's Josh ------ (in no order) Blister Kiss off add it up prove my love promise gone daddy gone good feeling country death song jesus walking on the water hallowed ground black girls old mother reagan dating days american music hey nonny nonny dance mf dance i'm nothin life is an adventure I wanna see you again freak magnet rejoice and be happy when you died don't talk about my music I guess as my part of the review I would like to say that although the crowd was probably the roughest of any show I have been to, it was really an overall good experience. The Femmes were great and played some very cool stuff and I was able to get all three of their autographs. Now Kathryn ------ OK, I don't understand it. Why is it that everytime I go to a Femmes show I end up getting injured or beat on by someone twice my size. Well first let me start at the beginning of the night. My friend Donia and I drove to Pittsburgh not really sure if we would be able to get tickets for the show. Fortunately we did. We also brought along our good friend Stumpy the Garden Gnome. Stumpy got in and Stumpy got to spend all of the Femmes set on stage . (Thanks Ray) I think Gordon did a double take when he came out and saw a garden gnome sitting there. Anyway, the show begins. Josh and I front stage center. My favorite place to be. The Femmes came out in typical fashion and played "I wanna see you again". Everything was going fine. Then the body surfing started and every 3 minutes there was a bouncer jumping in front of me trying to catch all the 15 year olds passing over head. Well after about 15 or 20 minutes of this Brian speaks: "My poor mother is in the front row and keeps getting kicked in the head by all the stage divers. Stage divers are stupid. If anyone one else stage dives throw them out." Rock on Brian. I know I've said this before but let me say it again. The man is a Bad Ass. OK anyway on with the show. Stage diving stops, but we all know it's not a Femmes show unless Kathryn gets the shit kicked out of her. So out of nowhere some drunk guy comes rumbling through the crowd and decides that he wants to wedge himself right between myself and Joshua. I don't think so. We tried telling him politely "Dude, you are not getting up here. Please go fuck yourself." He wouldn't listen he kept it up. Josh and I linked arms to make it even harder for him to get between us. He tried twice as hard. Brian not missing any of this now decides to jump in to the battle verbally and oh my! I would hate to be the end of one of Brian's verbal lashings. He spared no expense in ripping this guy to shreds. He called him a "Lee Harvey Oswald looking" party crasher and told him to leave Josh and me alone. He just went off. Well, meanwhile the guy calms down and decides to rest his hand... on my breast. I made sure to let him and everyone else there know that I did not appreciate this. Gordon and Brian heard me and then they both ripped into the guy. I was pretty embarrassed. I didn't intend to say it that loud. But after feeling this guy's hands on my ass all night and then for him to just blantently grab me was more then I could handle. He denied it and said it was an accident. Gordon said, "He says it was and accident. It didn't look like an accident to me." Then he said something to the effect that the guy may have a woman of his own someday and that until then he better just keep his hands to himself. My heros. So the show goes on with instructions from Brian to the bouncers to throw the guy out if he keeps his shit up. Well, the guy keeps starting on Josh and I trying to tell us that he wasn't, in fact, trying to get between us, he was just trying to rest his hand on the rail. Mmmmhhhmmm and Guy is the Virgin Mary. Whatever. I told the guy to shut up and leave me alone. He says, "I don't care what you or the mother fucker say... blah blah blah." The bouncer comes over and tells him to leave me alone and shut the fuck up. So, I guess the guy figured if he couldn't mess with me he would instead turn his drunken rage on the 15 year old girls standing next to him. What a man.... Brian seeing this bends over in the middle of the song, basically stops playing while the rest of band goes on, and tells the bouncer to through the guy out. Let me repeat what I said early on. Rock on Brian. The rest of the night went smoothly. Stumpy now has the signatures of all three Femmes on his little ceramic hat. I got to talk to Brian after the show and he said that several record companies want to put "Freak Magnet" out and it's just a matter of seeing who is going to give them the most money. He also said that they recorded another album a couple of weeks ago (I'm guessing in Milwaukee) and that they both will be out sometime next year. Cool. Oh yeah, they played "Life is an Adventure" Josh and I must have looked like we were in seventh heaven because Gordon commented after the show that we looked like we really seemed to enjoy it. We both basically just stood there and said that we loved the song and then I proceed to make an ass out of myself. It wasn't my fault I had just gotten pulverized, I wasn't myself. I was someone else. Anyway, the show was great. I love seeing the Femmes live. They just keep getting better and better. And the beatings I'm taking now will make great training if I ever become a prize fighter. Later, Kathryn and Josh Kittricken PS oh yeah before we forget. A little bird told us that there will be a show on New Year's Eve in Washington DC. See you all there. -Pat. Says: I'm sure that at this early date any New Year's Show is extremely tentative. 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