12-31-00

Second try. Damned power surges. Cursed broken power backup Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Well darling this is it -From Kiss Off ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (** means new tourdate): 12/31/00-9:00PM, Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI, $50.00 (T,P) With special guests, 21+ show ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://www.townserver.com/planetblue -or- http://townserver.com/planetblue http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ http://www.violentfemmes.net http://www.homestead.com/lucylittleland/vf.html http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/bates/377/ http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ Yahoo Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/newtimesviolentfemmesclub Message Board: http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb870757&TL= Discussion Group: http://www.egroups.com/invite/vf2000 and click the "JOIN" button Past Tour Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes/femmes.html Guitar: http://therapy.lost.net.au/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: American Music Hall of Fame My Hall of Fame Response PLEASE!! Compilation Tape The Return of Danica TBLTN CD w/ World Without Mercy LackS of Knowledge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Music Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope all of you who are going to the New Year's Eve show tonight have a great time. I expect at least one review. This is the last issue of the year 2000; thought I'd better get it out before opening the champagne. OK, here's today's dirty dozen; the next list of people who have been subscribers to this list since I took over. Response is less than 5%, but I'm nothing if not tenacious. So, if you see your name, we'd appreciate hearing from you. Well, I would, at least. Hope all of you have a great new year, assuming you count January 1 as the start of your year. kimberly_annin kjpatten kmonroe kmvoss KungfuLA KWSimonds kyle_souza (KYLE!!! i had better hear from you or I swear cheezeboy I'll drive up to Maine, dig you out of the snow, and spank you senseless!!!!) kyyv labuser laclac ladymorgana Laxhead3 lemnbutter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Hall of Fame Response ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I haven't written anything to AM in over a year, partially due to the fact that I had my mail being fowarded to a mail box at work that I had no way of checking. I think I am still getting mail through cstaley which is OK, as I have it being fowarded to my new address now. Anyway, in case you don't remember, I used to run Never Tell, the Violent Femmes message board, which we sadly lost in a disk failure about a year and a half ago. Or maybe longer, I'm not sure. Anyway, I think that was my single greatest contribution to the Violent Femmes internet community. I've been on the list since it was run by Neil Fahey back when it was called Rock!!! I guess it's been over five years. At one time I had a folder with every single message in it from when I had first started the list, unfortunately I lost that in the same aforementioned disk crash. I believe Pat has archives of all the messages though, and probably some other people too. My first VF concert was January 27, 1995, and at that time I only had an old cassette of my stepbrothers of The Blind Leading the Naked. I loved that tape, and had listened to it a hundred times. I knew every word on that album, and they didn't sing a single song from it that night. I think I was the only person in the audience who did not know Blister in the Sun or Add it Up. I quickly remedied this situation. Since that time I have seen them four more times, and have had them autograph several things for me. One of the things I like the most about them is that you can jut talk to them after a show. At every one I've been to Brian always comes out to chat and smoke a cigar. Guy is also very friendly. Gordon seems a little shy, as he is always the center of attention, but he will cheerfully sign things as well, and occasionally hold a conversation. Of course what really draws us to them is the music. There is no other group out there that I can point to that sounds like them. They are unique, and that is there greatest quality. I will admit, I do not listen to them all the time anymore. As with ever band that I like, I go through cycles where I will listen non-stop, and then I will move on to something else for a while. I never stop loving it though. I guess that is a fairly decent overview of my history on the list. I understand burnout Pat. I am grateful to you running it for so long. I met a lot of interesting people on this list. I assume Deanna is still out there. I used to chat frequently with her. Anyway, keep up the good work, if you can. I certainly appreciate it still. Chris Staley staley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Someone in the US please respond. I really want a copy of the compilation video. I don't care if your a distributer or just someone who has been lucky enough to get a copy. I will send a tape and shipping money. Please someone help out a fellow femmes fan. Thanks for putting up with my whining and pleading. Joel TeamEnos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Compilation Tape ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey, i know this question is brought up time and time again, so i'm sorry for it, but does anyone out there have the compilation video tape? i have wanted it ever since i first read about it like a year ago. i've seen this question posted many times, but have never really seen an answer. so, let me know what i have to do to get my hands on a copy. thanks a lot. kelly kellyarth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Return of Danica ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey, haven't written in a looong time and I also have a new email address so I thought I'd drop a line. My passion for the Femmes has been renewed since I can't listen to them anymore. Some buttmunch broke into my car and stole my cds. All 257 of them -including my entire Femmes collection which I recently completed when I finally found a copy of ROCK. So I'm way bummed and am waiting to see if homeowners insurance will cover it before I go start a new collection. In the meantime I was wondering if I could get a copy of the compilation from whoever is distributing to Hawaii. Pretty please? Maybe I'll be lucky and the boys will decide to put on a show over here. Aloha!! Danica "nice butt!!" Higdon DanicaJISH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TBLTN CD w/ World Without Mercy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now as we all know, this track is only on the cassettte of The Blind Leading the Naked here in the states. I was lucky enough to find a copy of a west german pressing of TBLTN that has World Without Mercy on it. The best part is that it was only five bucks a a local used CD store. I was curious if anyone else has a copy of it, as this is the first I have seen in the five years I have been buying Femmes stuff. Inteestingly enough, the copy has the lyrics for all of the other songs inside the CD booklet, except for WWM. Anway, would anyone be interested in me making an MP3 of this song, and posting it somewhere where people could download it? I just checked on Napster, and no one currently on has it. Anyway, let me know. Chris staley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LackS of Knowledge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello all, My knowledge of English is limited so could you tell me the meaning of "they will stick you in the end" in Lack of Knowledge? I don't find this verb in my books, is it argotic. Here are the lyrics: Read everything you can read and Learn everything you can learn Cause there is no tomorrow like today And there is no today like tomorrow And they will stick you in the end. I would like to put this quotation of Gordon in my PhD but I would like to be sure about the meaning. Similarly, how to translate "Kiss off" ? Thanks a lot, Alexandre adobly -Pat. Says: Dear Alexandre, "stick you" is similar to several other English phrases- "screw you over", "fuck you over", "give you the shaft", etc. In other words, they will "mess up your life" in the end. "kiss off" usually means "to say goodbye to", but in this case I think it means "fuck off". English is spoken in so many places of the world, that it can often be very difficult to understand all the colloquialisms. To pick an on-topic and oft-explained example, apparently in the late 1970's Milwaukee area, "Femme" meant "wimp", thus the oxymoron "Violent Femmes". At the same time in Waterford, CT, we called them "poindexters". Other examples: some people might call a certain group of people "stoners" or "heads". We called them "grubs", and my sons here in central PA call them "skanks" now. Some people call ugly women "dogs"..we called them "heifers", but pronounced it "hef-FAH". I could go on and on, but you get the point, and probably did a couple of sentences ago. At any rate, it occurs to me that others might have difficulties in translation; if that is the case, write to this newsletter, and someone will be sure to enlighten you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~