12-30-98

Best viewed with Courier size 10 maximized screen ************************************************************************ The Quote Of The Day: Don't believe in my car, don't believe in General Motors, don't believe in the president or the league of women voters, but I believe in the Father, I believe in the Son, I belive there's a Spirit for everyone. -From FAITH -Submitted by WAQZ84A ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (NEW TOUR DATES MARKED WITH **): Dec. 31- 7:30 pm, Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA 52.50 Plus 6.75 service charge for phone orders. Call 800-551-7328 to order (O,P) Jan 21- 7:45 pm, Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA (P,O) $47.75, $38.75, $31.75 Jan 22- 8:00 pm,The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (T,P) Note: The Official Homepage says they're playing at Z Place, in Park City, UT. Somebody please check on these to confirm. Jan 23- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (O) Jan 24- Doubletree Ballroom, Boise, ID (P) Jan 25- 8:00 pm, Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA (T,P,O) Jan 26- 8:00 pm, Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA (T,P,O) Jan 28- The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (O,P) Jan 30- Winterfest, San Diego, CA (O) 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? Want to know if anyone else on the list also going? Check here first! Las Vegas, NV ------------- welborn (James) Seattle, CA, 1-25 ----------------- LilBoek (Steve) Seattle, CA, 1-26 ----------------- LilBoek (Steve) ************************************************************************ ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://vf.lasvegasweekly.com/ 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 ************************************************************************ In Today's Issue: Winterfest? Electric Factory Femmes at the Boathouse Where Am I Going and Why Am I in This Hand Basket? RE: Snowball 98 Guy the Artist Sabrina? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember, there will be no issue Friday. Goodbye, Christine. Good Luck. I'll miss you. Come back when you can. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winterfest? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'd love some more info on Winterfest in San Diego... no local entertainment websites have it listed. Thanks! Claire Lottelita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Electric Factory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi All, I just got back from the Electric Factory show and they were wonderful. I always forget what gifted musicians they all are. Brian did a solo on Good Feelings that blew us all away. They opened with Flamingo Baby which Gordon said someone asked him why they never play. They did the "stand on one leg" part on one leg (my God, they are balanced too!!) and the crowd loved it. They did an amazing version of I Hear the Rain and my new favorite, Color me once. They never disappoint!!! Brian Dewan opened for the opening band (whose name I forget, but they looked English but weren't). Poor Brian Dewan was not well received. Some clown kept pointing a laser pointer at his face and they booed him after each song. He used to open for TMBG and I always loved his crazy lyrics which were just an echo in that huge echoing factory. It was a shame. He's so funny but wasn't appreciated. I must get to bed. I have to be in work in 5 hours!! By the way, Deana, I Saw Her in the Crowd was actually written about me. Sorry. Goodnight, Marylee Rubaiyat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes at the Boathouse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well today is Tuesday, which means tomorrow is Wednesday and the Violent Femmes will be playing just twenty minutes down the highway from my house. I can not express the emotion of joy that I am experiencing right now. I hope that at least one other person on the list will be there at the Boathouse tomorrow night, because this is one of the greatest places to see the Femmes. Last August when they played there no one from the list went, and I was very sad, but tomorrow night shall certainly make up for that disappointment. I will be sure to have a review for monday's issue. Oh and if anyone from the list goes and would like to meet before or after the show just e-mail me and we can set it up, but if not, I am the short Italian guy with long sideburns, and I'll be wearing shorts. Travis WAQZ84A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where Am I Going and Why Am I in This Hand Basket? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm awake, I'm bored, and I haven't posted in a while. So here it goes.. As far as Gordon being rude (or what some might perceive as rude), I can identify with that. I work in a bar (Not that it's the same thing) and for some reason, I'm not sure what reason, everyone thinks that I should be all happy go lucky all the damn time. Like I never have a bad day, like I wouldn't rather be somewhere else. Really it sucks like you wouldn't believe. People act like they own you. It's a social situation for them, but it's work for me. I have to be there, they are there because they want to have a good time. I'm not allowed to hug my friends, kiss my boyfriend, dance, nothing if I do I can get fined $5,000 for incitement. A couple months ago there was this guy sitting and drinking with a bunch of his friends. I never met this guy before in my life. I come over to empty his ashtray and he decides to wrap his arms around me and start pulling me towards him. "Keep your fucking hands off me!!" I have the luxury of being allowed to say that. The guy left totally embarrassed with his friends laughing at him. I've had people try and cop a feel, act like I'm supposed be interested in them just for the simple fact that they are there. There has been times when I'm walking with a tray full of drinks and they just expect me to stop everything and pay them complete and total attention. No, I don't think so. I'm trying to earn a living here. I've had guys be sexually explicit to the point where most people would gag. It's not people you know either it's complete strangers. Of course I can say "Not on your best day and my worst." I don't really care if people think I'm a bitch although it does hurt my tips but at least I can keep my dignity. There are just days when you've spent so much time around people you don't know you want to run and hide and never come out again. People sitting there telling you things you've heard one million times before, their life stories and all you can think is... "When is it going to be 2 am? I want to go home." I'm not saying this is exactly the same as what the Femmes would experience, but I can sympathize. People aren't driving 5 hrs and paying a $15 cover charge to see me, but still there are times when I feel like people expect things that they have no right to. Imagine from their perspective though. You are hundreds of miles away from home, away from your families, surrounded my strangers, you are having a bad day, all you want is to go back to your hotel and go to sleep. And everybody wants you to stop and talk and act cheerful. If it were me I would hitting the roof. I haven't the patience. They aren't even rude, by musicians standards. Believe me I've met rude musicians. They are angelic in comparison. Except for Guy, he's a little on the typical "whoa chicks" side for me. You think he would have grown out of that by now. But I guess those old hormones are still roaring. There have been a few times when I've met them they've seemed more bored which I guess could be misconstrued as rude. How many times can you hear "Wow, you guys are so cool." Before it gets old? I'm tired of hearing "Wow I think you're really beautiful." And I've only worked there a year. Of course the men are probably really tired of hearing "Wow, I think you are really drunk and I think you need your eyes checked." OK I'm done for now. Later, Kathryn Kittricken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Snowball 98 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HEY! ok ok im really tired of everyone getting down on me for the incident after snoball 98. i don't read very many of the american music letters but i skim them and when all the sudden my name appears for some reason i'm thinking jesus what did i do this time?? anyways i would like to know what the hell that was all about deana?? I've been a Femmes fan probably longer than the majority of the people in the fan club. i can remember when thier first album was released back in 83 and blister in the sun was one of the biggest songs to hit the streets here in albany OR, i was quite young at the time but my older sister was growing up in this age and had the cassette not too soon after. I remember taking it and listening to it over and over on my way to elementary school each day and most of the places i went carrying that crummy little walkman around but i was young and my sister lost interest in them so i didnt keep on the music charts. i was too young; all i knew is that i had my self-titled vf tape and i was happy. it wasnt till several years later i discovered why do birds sing? all that time i was listening to that old tape and let me tell you that was quite a bit through those years. never did get tired of it, but when i came across the why do birds sing american music hit me with the greatness that thier first album had many years earlier. and then i soon found new times and add it up it was about in 95 when i discovered that 3, blind leading the naked, and hallowed ground existed through searches of the femmes over the net cause where i live finding one of those 3 albums is luck. you do not hear anything of the femmes around here. you occasinally hear blister in the sun on the radio but thats about it. when i was down in arizona you heard em once at least every hour if you were moving around stations. so all these years i've taken Gordan as a God; the biggest influence i've ever had. ive got photos of him all over my walls and i've really never been a concert type. i've also never really taken the time to look at the list of who's playing and by the time i was in highschool my parents were telling me that they were too old and were probably done with touring, so i figured this to be true, knowing how long they had been around. and i wasn't quite the computer nerd so i never paid attention to the net. but finally i take a look at the vf official site one day and notice the tour schedule and it suprised me quite a bit so i took a look and was very disappointed to see that they had just played in portland a week earlier so i kept checking and finaly they were doing the snowball 98. i got tickets that very day. so i go and got caught with the recorder at the last moment(they pat you down around here). i wasnt to happy! oh well so concert time is over; it wasn't as great of a show as i had expected but it was pretty good no loss what so ever. now everyone knows about after the show so no need to write it all over again but to tell you the reason i was so disappointed is cause Gordon, as i said, has been a god to me; a hero and major influence, and it's the fact that i will probably never see him again and as many letters i have e-mailed to him he will never reply i am convinced, but i just wanted one chance to ask him the questions of his past and present, his childhood, his love life and up today life, his dreams, his hopes, fears and i could keep going but just the littlest thing or story between those lines somewhere would have meant everything to me. but now that i look at it i know i should be happy at just the fact that i got to shake his hand and to look upon those crystal blue eyes of his that could light up even the darkest night, this man is a true poet and that is noticed and acknowledged by very true femme fan yes! when we wake up in the skys with the stars in our eyes is a very good verse. that shows you're a person of hope and happiness with your surroundings, but my favorite verse would have to be "i know a place where nothing will grow, the summer will burn and the winter will snow". im not a very happy person for reasons not quite understood. i was a happy person for a short period of time in my life and it was great but i had looked at the femmes at a negative source of energy; probably for the songs kiss off and add it up, it was too long ago to remember - but once again depressed as usual i found the femmes again and i guess that's the way it ought to be as if they are pinned to me for life. i'd rather be deppressed and have the femmes than to be happy and matured to the point where i couldn't care less about them and being this kind of person i was probably just expecting a little bit more than i should have; after all it isn't everyday that you meet gordon gano walking down the street and get the femmes shirt that you're wearing signed so if everyone would give me a little room i would appreciate it p.s i still have that tape it is so old and wore out that you can hardly hear it over all the scratches it has gathered all these years. Happy Holidays!!!! nick parr parr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guy the Artist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Does Guy do any of the art on the shirts? just wondering because i think he did the machine single cover and i like that a lot....i even made a pretty clay sculpture of it lima Kyle_Souza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sabrina? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Does anyone who gets this newsletter have the episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch that the Femmes were on on tape? My friend told me about it and now i want to see it....maybe someone could send me a copy of it ...I'll pay for the tape and shipping...please??? Help out a fellow fan folks:). Samantha Pntr1 -Pat. Says: Deana and I are working on a compilation video. We've just been swamped this past month with holidays and end of the year inventories and such. At any rate, Sabrina will be included. For what it's worth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~