12-06-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: You say you won't pick, and you won't make a choice, but I'm so mad I could spit 'cause I hear it in your voice! -from HE LIKES ME -Submitted by shipyard21 *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): Dec 12- 7 p.m., Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, $15 (P,T) Also: PreShow Party, 6:30, $3 (does not include concert price) Dec 27- Australia Anniversary Park, Perth, Western Aus, AUS (O) Dec 31- Falls Festival, Lorne, AUS (P,O) Mar 20- Babylon, Munich, GER (P) Mar 21- Longhorn, Stuttgart, GER (P) Mar 22- Hugenottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg, GER (P) Mar 23- Hirsch, Nuremburg, GER (P) Mar 24- Kesselhaus, Berlin, GER (P) Mar 26- Live Music Hall, Cologne, GER (P) Mar 27- PC 69, Bielefeld, GER (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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Columbus, OH ------------ steindnw (Nevin) Lorne, AUS ---------- cmc688 (Chris) ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: 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 Message Board: http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb870757&TL= 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: Y-100 Contest Primarily Rarities Sleepwalkin' at Thessaloniki The Sequel? RE: Sweet Worlds Peter Jest / Milwaukee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Y-100 Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Radio station Y-100 in Phila area is giving away a trip to the Caribbean this week to hear the Femmes in concert. No date or location was given but to win you must listen to the morning show each day when they name one of the letters of the "word of the week." On Friday, one lucky listener (Hopefully me) will win the trip if they can name the word of the week. Good luck all you Phila listeners. If I can't win it I hope one of you will. Marylee Rubaiyat -Pat. Says: Is this the same concert which (I think) Nick (mypen15) mentioned a few weeks ago? I think the radio station to which he listens is also having or also had a contest for a Caribbean show. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Primarily Rarities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have never been to a Femmes show I didn't love for one reason or another but after reading the last issue of AM, I think lots of Femmes fans out there would love to see a show that isn't mostly "best known Femmes songs". When I listen to their music, I find lots of gems that they rarely if ever do live. I realize that some songs don't lend themselves as well to live performance and that lots of times the audience is filled with Blister and Add It UP fans but what about songs like Sweet Misery Blues, Outside the Palace, This Island Life to name a few. Would we tried and true fans be the only ones who would enjoy a show of primarily rarities? Marylee Rubaiyat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sleepwalkin' at Thessaloniki ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm was happy to read the Thessaloniki review and to hear the Femmes have played Sleepwalkin' at least once already! This is one crazy tune man! It's the first Femmes song I've ever heard that I would prefer to hear the REAL story behind it than to come up with one on my own! The 2 track promo has an album version and a clean version and is clearly marked "from the forthcoming album Freak Magnet." Also of note is the cover art - the whole thing (pic & titles) appears to be cut from construction paper in a child-like manner and it features a little figure complete with black hat and three legs so I've concluded it's a male figure (wink, wink). The music's classic punk, totally electric with a cool, twangy, Gano guitar riff in the middle. The lyrics are, uh ... provocative - if anyone's interested I'll give it my best shot at translating them. Deana ddearry PS - at the risk of being laughed off this list I have to add that the chorus reminds me of something REALLY stupid! Have you ever seen Grease2 (the Grease movie you have to watch with crackers for all the cheez)? Well the chorus to Sleepwalkin' reminds of that Cool Rider song Michelle Pfeiffer sang ... I wanna cooooool rider ... a cool cool cool cool rider ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sequel? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the cover of Viva Wisconsin, the little drum kit says "VF2." Is this a reference to their new roster of Guy on drums? And a mini-note: Seeing as how i live in a place that makes it impossible for me to see the Femmes live (Houston), I would have really loved to hear Never Tell on the live album. But i guess they would have had to drop a few others to add that one... Josh heyzeus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Sweet Worlds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <> The most acoustic songs on Viva Wisconsin such as Sweet Worlds of Angels and my personal favorite, Good Feeling are excellent. Personally, I love the more acoustic sound. In fact that is what drew me to the Femmes 15 years ago. Glenn pwnordic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Jest / Milwaukee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >- From the notes: "ACG crew: PETER JEST (etc.)". It seems to be the >same Peter Jest of the song included in the "Breakin' up" CD single... This note was from several issues ago - sorry the response is late. The Peter Jest listed on the Viva liner notes is indeed the same Peter Jest on the Breakin Up single. We all owe Peter a HUGE thank you for organizing the Wisconsin Tour and Dave Vartanian for recording it! It seems the Femmes are not only blessed with loyal fans like us but also loyal friends as well. IMHO having those versions of Hallowed Ground, Life is an Adventure, and Sweet Worlds of Angels on permanent media just makes the world a better place :o) Viva VF! Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~