* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AMERICAN MUSIC - June 1, 2003 * * * THE VIOLENT FEMMES Email List * * * * * * * * * * List archive online at http://www.oocities.org/violentfemmeslist ************************************************************************* TOUR DATES (*=New Dates) Friday 6/6/03 Chicago IL Halsted YMCA Thursday 7/3/03 Nashville TN Dancin' in the District Saturday 7/5/03 Memphis TN Mud Island Amphitheater * Saturday 8/23/03 Del Mar CA Thorougbred Club *************************************************************************** IN THIS ISSUE: Ticket Info for upcoming shows RE: Australia Show Reviews Chicago? Summerfest? RE: Selling Out RE: Selling Out RE: Selling Out Video Compilation Reopen **************************************************************************** Ticket Info: Friday 6/6 Flaming Lips, Violent Femmes, Ben Kweller & The Starlight Mints New City YMCA 1515 N. Halsted Chicago, IL 60622 Tickets on sale 5/3 $12 / $20 Day of Show Gates: 4:30PM www.tickets.com Thursday 7/3 Dancin' in the District with the Violent Femmes Nashville Coliseum Field (located between the Coliseum & the Cumberland River) Tickets are ONLY $3.00!!! Available at the show or online! http://www.dancininthedistrict.com Saturday 7/5 Mud Island Amphitheater www.mudisland.com (no ticket info yet) Saturday 8/23 Thoroughbred Club 91X Anniversary Show Following the races, 91X will celebrate their 20th anniversary with a FREE concert in the infield approx. 6:30pm. Concert is free w/paid racetrack admission of $5. http://www.dmtc.com/season/events/event.php?id=18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for the Reviews! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My body was in the US, but my heart was in Australia. Thanks so much to all of the "Down Under" fans who wrote those fantastic reviews! I really wish I could have been there and you sort of took me there. Thanks. Marylee Rubaiyat@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chicago? Summerfest? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So are the femmes not planning on being at summer fest? and do u know how long they are playing for on the 6th in Chicago? Jennifer yennifer_82@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Selling Out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In reply to the person who wrote in about selling out... I too am a huge Ramones fan. Their music means a great deal to me, as does the Femmes. However, I see nothing wrong with playing Blitzkreig Bop and Please Do not Go on television commercials. As you yourself pointed out, it wasn't YOUR decision. I have been around people when these commercials came on, and they could have cared less what the song was about, or who the band was. That is because it is just a silly commercial. I have also been around other friends who the moment Gordon's voice came out of that black square, the people on the screen disappeared. One friend of mine fell in love with the Femmes after hearing them on that commercial. If you think that fans will ditch the music that they love and as you put it, have a spiritual connection with, just because they needed to make a few bucks, you are wrong. The true fans are interested in the music, not where or to whom it is played. Understandably, you have the write to consider this a sell out. Perhaps it is, but what harm is it doing? What exactly are they selling out from? From good music? Can't be, that song has been on sale at music stores since the early 80s. From their devoted underground following? Trust me, background commercial music never had a large enough effect as to bring a lesser known band onto the top of the pops. The only harm I can see is that these 30 seconds of good music are selling just what they intend to sell: cell phones, or whatever else. I for one hope that the Femmes might gain some new fans from this. Think of how you were introduced to their music, what if that never happened? Sunny Franklin LinoleumGRRRL@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Selling Out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't think that having a song on an ad is selling out. it's still the same song, it's not like they wrote a song for an ad, or gordon is there saying "buy this product, its good, trust me". in a way it's quite ironic and funny the femmes seem to be confident in their credibility as to not have to worry about crap like that. Kelvin figment@another-world.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Selling Out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Femmes didn't write the songs for the car or cell phone commercials. Therefore i don't think that they're selling out. They're taking advantage of the fact that huge companies with lots of money think their songs will help sell shit. i don't think they're opposed to cars or cell phones. if they were, then that'd be a little shitty. kind of like how I'd never let a company use my song to advertise an SUV or alcohol or god forbid - a fucking presidential campaign! I think the definition of selling out is writing songs specifically with the purpose of making money. I DON'T think a band like Green Day ever sold out. It's not their fault they got famous. They never changed their style any more than a band that naturally grew up and progressed would have. 2 sell out bands: Sugar Ray Smash Mouth Sugar Ray's old stuff was hard hard shit (they toured with the Deftones, etc). But as soon as Fly became a hit, everything else they ever wrote was a carbon copy of it. This is selling out. Same with Smash Mouth. However, it IS kind of weird hearing "Rock and Roll" all over the Cadillac commercials... but then again - Jimmy Page became a fuckhead a long time ago (even before the Puff Daddy Godzilla thing). And seeing The Matrix advertising Powerade and Heineken is very annoying....so I know where you're coming from. By the way, The Matrix Reloaded is so so so so fucking good, better than the first one. Really really deep shit. see it a couple times. but don't buy Powerade. Nick mypen15@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF Compilation Reopen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey there i saw the compilation video that was done a souple years ago and the first thing i must say is that it Sucked! sorry but the Video quality gave me headaches just trying to watch it. I would like to get another compilation going but this time Digital VCD - I have some really good Video stuff transferd to VCD as it is but I need Allot more! So anyone out there that has decent video quality stuff from the femmes please contact me on helping me out. anyone that contributes some type of Video good enough to use (meaning not headache material) will get a free copy when finished though it may be awhile. In the meantime do NOT ask me for video material I will not be letting anything out till I get the compilation fiished. you can email me at: Exodus@UYmail.com Later Hey there I have uploaded a site for the Video Compilation that you might want to add to your lsit! http://home.attbi.com/~exodus36/ ******************************************************************* To POST, SUBSCRIBE, or UNSUBSCRIBE send any kind of an email to: violentfemmeslist@yahoo.com or violentfemmeslist@ameritech.net ******************************************************************* |