04-26-01

Best viewed with COURIER NEW size 10 maximized screen *********************************************************************** The Quote Of The Day: Stop the train I'm getting off -From Heartache ************************************************************************ TOUR DATES (** means new tourdate): T=Ticketmaster O=Official homepage P=Pollstar Thu, 04/26/01 - 7:30 pm, Midwest Wireless Center, Mankato, MN, $20, w/Mason Jennings (T,O,P) Fri, 04/27/01 - Univ. Of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND w/Mason Jennings Sat, 04/28/01 - 8 pm, Duluth Ent. Conv. Ctr. Auditorium, Duluth, MN, $21-$24, w/Harmony Riley (T,O,P) Mon, 04/30/01 - 8 pm, Irving Plaza, New York, NY, $26.50, $30 at door, 16 to enter; 21 to drink (T,O,P) ************************************************************************ WHO/WHERE If any of you are going to any upcoming shows, and would like to meet fellow subscribers who are also going, send your name and what show you will be attending, and I will put it here. Irving Plaza ------------- Fraggle3 (Shannon) ************************************************************************ WEB PAGES: Official: http://www.vfemmes.com Unofficial: http://www.townserver.com/planetblue -or- http://townserver.com/planetblue (these two not working 4-26-01) http://www.bigfoot.com/~planetblue http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/6806/ -aka- http://www.geocities.com/thefemmeking/ 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= 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 (not working 4-26-01) Victor DeLorenzo's Page: http://victordelorenzo.com *********************************************************************** ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMUSIC *********************************************************************** In Today's Issue: Spring Weekend Scandal Taking Exception Femmes Review New Stuff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spring Weekend Scandal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scandal rocks Spring Weekend as Femmes play at Moses Brown accidentally By Stiles Makinsky Brown Daily Herald - Brown University The University campus is struggling to survive from a decade's worth of scandal squeezed into this year's Spring Weekend. "Forget Horowitz!" said one senior who requested to remain anonymous. "The story of the year is Gano!" The story of which she referred to, of course, is the absence of Violent Femmes' singer Gordon Gano, from the Thursday Meehan Auditorium concert. Gano, confused while getting off his tour bus, ended up playing a marathon one-man show at the adjacent Moses Brown High School front lawn. "The five 14-year-olds who showed up really seemed to have a good time, especially after the security guard realized that I wasn't some drunk bastard," Gano said. "I pulled out all my old hits and did an extended ending to 'Gone Daddy Gone' that was choice. I really feel like I'm at a peak in my artistic creativity right now. Please buy my new album so I won't be known as that guy who wrote that song about staining my sheets." Gano showed utter disregard for the students forced to sit through what sounded like a "bad Violent Femmes cover band," as said one Brown Concert Agency worker. An angry mob looked to get even with Gano after the show, finding him on the Moses Brown lawn and carrying him to Wriston. Gano was then made to drink from the Phi Psi hot tub. "Dude," said Phi Psi pledgee John Goldberger, "He's gonna pay for that shit. When I pay $20 to see Weezer, I exp...oh wait, he's not Rivers Cuomo? Oh shit, dude. That's fucked up." The Office of Student Life is forming the Students Against Violent Femmes Task Force to look into the incident and to the political correctness of the bands name. "I am deeply troubled by the name 'Violent Femmes' and the message it says to women who may be insecure about how they are perceived by the community," said Dean of Student Life Jean Joyce-Brady. "This task force will get to the root of the problems and then present a series of initiatives that the Office can implement over the course of the next several years to ensure that the Femmes do not return to Brown. Subsequent task forces will be created to analyze the success of the first task force." "We are very excited about the opportunity that this task force will allow, even though we are very dismayed by the events that caused this task force to be created," said Dean of Student Life Susan Pliner. "We in the Office love to provide opportunity for students to grow. Hopefully this controversy can bring our campus together again." -Pat. Says: Recent concert reviews are always welcome. Please send us your impressions if you have gone to any this past week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taking Exception ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << Now the biggest thing is a combination of rap and metal, which are two of the worst genres available. So it's like, is this good? Is this progress? Or is this, like, a marriage made in hell?" what a terrible old man. granted, i like neither metal nor rap, but what a closed minded, ignotant thing to say. not everyone digs 'rock n' roll' or you know, the other types of music out there, but you have to give a certain respect to all types of music even if they're not your style. maybe good old brian is turning into a crotchedy old man after all. ill still be seeing them in NY on the 30th though. -shannon Fraggle3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Femmes Review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was going through some of my past issues of Modern Drummer magazine. I was looking at the June 2000 issue and there is a section in the magazine which reviews albums and I saw alittle blurb called "From the Editors Vault" to my suprise I saw that this months album was the Femmes self-titiled album, which they gave a 9 out of 10 (10 being the best). Heres what the review said: "Being a college freshman when this 1982 album came out is a case of synchronicity I'll always be thankful for. Most people who discovered The Femmes early on will tell ypu the same thing: Their combination of the Velvet Underground and Pete Seeger was hugely shoking, yet instantly fimiliar. "Add it Up" titillated thousands of teens with with its risque subject matter, but truthfully, the entire album shines. Drummer Victor De Lorenzo plays wonderful direct brushes throughout, and is largely responsible for the band's unique sound. Sensitive or scary, with heaving dynamics or steady time, Victor was perfect for this music. He was also a pioneer of "unplugged" drumming in a time when MTV couldn't see past Duran Duran, Madonna, and Micheal Jackson. A land mark album. -Adam Budofsky" Mark Mpdrum95 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Stuff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In addition to Something's Wrong, the MP3 on emusic.com, an upcoming box set is mentioned by Brian in the letters section of the homepage. Anyone got any knowledge of it all? j3 John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~