12-29-99

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: The unity of God is shown in the diversity of man... -from Oh Reggie -Submitted by ckozub1 *********************************************************************** TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): Dec 31- Falls Festival, Lorne, AUS (P,O) SOLD OUT **Mar 14- Elysee Montmartre, Paris, FRA (P)** **Mar 15- Ancienne Bengique, Brussels, BEL (See post)** 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? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! 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 Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Violent Femmes in Brussels, Belgium Yahoo! Clubs New Times Violent Femmes Club Blame Canada!!!! Sleepwalkin' Louise Attaque Viva WS RE: Grease Songs ZAMBONI MAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Violent Femmes in Brussels, Belgium ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the Femmes will play at The Ancienne Belgique, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 15; this was announced on the Ancienne Belgique website http://www.abconcerts.be/ Frank frank.dhooghe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yahoo! Clubs New Times Violent Femmes Club ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Victor DeLorenzo's Offical homepage is now up and running. Be sure to mosey on over and take a look. You can find him at http://victordelorenzo.com Kittricken kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blame Canada!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've got terrible news... Horrible news... Here's a e-mail i've just received from someone from BMG Canada following a short e-mail i've sent there inquiring about the release date for VW in canada: -ffrenet <> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sleepwalkin' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey guys! Here's your chance to pick up your own FREE copy of the new Sleepwalkin' single! "CD Sampler Joyful Noise with, among others, 2 Blondie unreleased tracks:" Forced to Live" unreleased live track and "Night Wind Sent" unreleased live track...both recorded at Riviera Theater in Chicago August 14th, 1999. Other tracks on the sampler include tracks by James Michael ("Inhale"), Violent Femmes ("Sleepwalkin" & "Blister In The Sun"), Yes ("Homeworld" unreleased track), Meatloaf ("Lawyers, Guns & Money"). This sampler is a giveaway at Sam Goody, Media Play and On-Cue. Go ask for it at one of their locations-it's FREE! Unfortunately, most of the help will not have a clue as to what you are talking about, but keep on trying." Good luck & Merry Christmas! Deana ddearry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Louise Attaque ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think Louise Attaque came out with a new CD, but my French isn't good enough to be sure. http://www.fnac-direct.fr/fnacdirect-bin/fiche_disque?l-titre=LOUISE+ATTAQUE&type=3&id=6454936489887&ld-titre=LOUISE+ATTAQUE&fdref=0419147 sammyd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Viva WS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How many times does Brian sound like the Tazmanian Devil on Viva Wisc? I almost laugh when I hear him making all those grunts and babbles on 'Old Mother Reagan' and 'Ugly'. What an original! I really like the album and hope its on everyone's wish list this year. I only wish they had recorded more banter with the audience, being a live album and all. Greg.Ward ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Grease ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 ... WHOA!! Dude, I've always thought that I Held Her In My Arms with all the horns and stuff sounded like "You're the One That I Want" from Grease 1. The part where it's like after the chorus of both songs sounds similar. Cool. The Femmes are ripping off Grease. Neat. That's better than Jay-Z ripping off Annie!!! Nick mypen15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Songs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This might be just a shot in the dark but I have written a couple songs that I think would be good for the femmes. They have a song called American Music which by the way I think is one of the best. So I have written a song for them called IN CANADA, I have also written a song called THE WINDY CITY both of these are for the Femmes and I think they compliment their styles. Is there anyway I can forward some sort or proposal to the Femmes; that they would actually see the songs I have written? Dave Vasas vasadj -Pat. Says: You'd probably have to talk to them after a show. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ZAMBONI MAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just a quick note to the recipients of this distribution......I have finally fulfilled one of my life long dreams, I have taken a part time job where I am supervising an Ice Arena in the Western New York region, aside from the obvious perk of actually driving the Zamboni, (trust me it's awesome) I also get to run the sound system during the open public skate sessions. I try to bring in a pretty eclectic mix of music, but you can rest assured that the Femmes are always on the play list. Anyway, it is a pretty amazing phenomenon to watch 200+ skaters not bat an eye at some of my varied music selections, BUT, as soon as I put in the Femmes.....inevitably more than 3/4 of the crowd is singing and dancing around the ice surface. As soon as the first chord from "Blister in the Sun" starts pumping through the speakers, it is amazing to see SO many people of such diverse backgrounds and ages, share a love for the same type of music, it's pretty neat to see them united in song. All thanks to the Femmes.....and a pretty hip Ice Arena Supervisor with some great CDs. Happy Holidays! Kevin KTGrady ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~