| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AMERICAN MUSIC - November 5, 2002 * * * THE VIOLENT FEMMES Email List * * * * * * * * * * List archive online at http://www.oocities.org/violentfemmeslist **************************************************************************** TOUR DATES (*=New Dates) 11/9/02 Vienna, Austria Spark 7 Hall 11/10/02 Munich, Germany Elserhalle 11/11/02 Berlin, Germany Colombiahalle 11/14/02 Trodheim, Norway Stud Samf 11/15/02 Bergen, Norway Per Gynt Salen 11/16/02 Oslo, Norway Rockafeller 11/17/02 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio 11/18/02 Aarhus, Denmark Train 11/19/02 Hamburg, Germany Fabrik 11/21/02 Karlsruhe, Germany Festhalle Durlach 11/22/02 Wiesbaden, Germany Schlachthof 11/24/02 Brugge, Belgium Magdalenzaal 11/25/02 London, UK AstoriaLondon, UK 11/26/02 Dublin, Ireland Vicar Street Gordon Gano Solo Project - Hitting the Ground *11/27/02 Dublin, Ireland Whelans *11/30/02 Schorndorf, Germany Club Manufaktur *12/2/02 Koln, Germany Gebaude 9 *12/04/02 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso Kleine Zaal http://www.paradiso.nl/index.php *12/5/02 Hamburg, Germany Schlachtof http://www.schlachthof-wiesbaden.de/vvk.html *12/6/02 Berlin,Germany Silverwings http://www.silverwings.de *12/11/02 Lisbon, Portugal Paradise Garage *12/13/02 Madrid, Spain Moby Dick *12/14/02 Zaragoza, Spain Casa Del Loco *12/15/02 Barcelona, Spain Bikini http://www.bikinibcn.com/e/index.html **************************************************************************** IN THIS ISSUE: More Gordon Solo with Hitting the Ground - NEW European dates More East Coast - NYC, Boston, Providence, New Haven VF in Kids - Lisbon Reminder I'm 18 and I'm... Hitting the Ground?!? I just don't know what I want... Philly & Oriental Theater Defending My Honor Agora Theater Review Cleveland Review NYC Show Help Please! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Gordon Solo European Dates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is the info for some of Gordon's European dates: 11/27/02 Whelans Wexford Street Dublin 18 Euros http://www.whelanslive.com 11/30/02 Club Manufaktur http://www.club-manufaktur.de/KALENDER.HTML 12/11/02 Paradise Garage http://www.paradisegarage.com/index2.php 12/13/02 Moby Dick http://www.mobydickclub.com/indexhome.html Kathryn kittricken@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More East Coast - NYC, Boston, Providence, New Haven ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My original intentions were to finish up with my October Femmes shows overdose and then write a nice long diary of just how wonderful it all was. After driving home with my son, Tuba Dan from the New Haven show, I slept a few hours, then went to work, came home and unpacked, then packed again, went to work on Tuesday and then hopped a plane for Arizona, where my husband and I were to help my oldest son, Aaron move into his new house. I figured I'd have plenty of time to write about the 6 Femmes shows I went to and watched as my son play with my favorite band on the planet. Between being exhausted from the moving (He's inherited the family pack rat gene)and having to wait for the wonderful Arizona phone company to come and hook up his phoneline, I'm just getting to my review now. So here it is, the review of the most exciting, exhausting, thrilling, invigorating month of my life. First of all, I want to say how generous the Femmes are about having guest musicians on their stage. They just make these people feel so welcome. Dan has been fortunate to play with them quite a few times, so when we saw the list of East Coast shows, we decided to go to as many as possible, and as always, Dan was most enthusiastic about playing with them. The New York, Irving Plaza show I saw on 10/1 was extra exciting for me because I knew Rolling Blackout was going to open and besides thinking that Ron is one of the nicest guys in music, I was so anxious to see his band. I thought they were a perfect compliment to the Femmes set and the rest of the audience agreed. Very dynamic, really tuned in to their audience and just full of great rock attitude. The Femmes always play their best shows in NY and that night my favorite moments included a really beautiful version of one of my favorite Femmes songs, Used To Be. Gordon had a friend of his sing harmonies on it and the result was breathtaking. The song that knocked me out, though was my very own son playing the tuba on I Held Her In My Arms. I swear, I hypervenilated on that one. We had to skip the second Irving Plaza show but the best was yet to come. About 10 years ago, when I first met the Femmes, I invited them to my house for dinner. Well, it took 10 years, but on 10/4, the day of the Philly show, they ALL (road crew, Victor, Brian, Gordon and significant others) came to my house for brunch/lunch/dinner. To have them all under my roof, at my dinner table was a dream come true for me. Of course we took pictures and those pictures are all hanging on my livingroom wall along with all the photos of everyone near and dear to me. As if this wasn't great enough, we all went down to the Philly show and once again, I got to watch Dan play and solo with them. Sunday night, 10/6, we drove down to the DC show and Dan got to play again with them. My favorite moments in that show were the incredible guest Horns of Dilemma musicians. The guitar player (Bill) and this amazing man on a small handheld drum, played the solo performances of a lifetime. As always, my favorite Femmes musical moment is Brian's solo on Good Feelings. Each time I hear it, I feel like I'm hearing it for the first time and am convinced that no musician plays with as much heart and soul as Brian. He is just wonderful. Life was semi normal for the next few weeks and then Dan and I decided to go to all three New England shows. Again, Rolling Blackout was the opener and I loved seeing them grow and evolve each night in New England. I thought the Boston show was really their shining moment until I saw them play in Providence and then by the time we got to New Haven, they had the audience in their palms. (Ron had one especially enthusiastic fan in the front row in New Haven, who would have kidnapped him and taken him home if she could). At the Boston show, there was a couple who "tied the knot" during the show and the guys were nice enough to acknowledge their wedding and take pictures with them at the tour bus after the show. Avalon is such an easy venue to be at. I spent part of my time near the stage and the rest of my time in the balcony by the sound and lighting booth. Both views were great for observing not only the best music in the world but also the reaction of the crowd. I just love when they sing along and know every word to every song. The Providence show was my favorite of the three. I thought the sound was the best there, The audience was very receptive to them and I got to watch it from the side of the stage. I took way too many pictures (Sorry guys, I promise not to take so many next time)and got to see and talk to lots of great people. Any Femmes show which includes Sigmund is always a winner and at Providence, he was just fantastic. The Femmes were nice enough to allow Dan's friend Emily (violin) and her boyfriend Damon (flute) to play with them and they even gave Emily her own solo in Providence and Damon his own solo in New Haven. I loved the New Haven show but was already having seperation anxiety about not seeing the Femmes again for a while. To watch Dan up there playing with them, yet another time, really moved me. I'm anxiously awaiting the next tour! But now I have to think about working for a while, so I still keep my job. Marylee Rubaiyat@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF in Kids - Lisbon Reminder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ During the film KIDS as the actors are walking by the sidewalk theres a poster anouncing a V.femmes concert... a very big one. Henrique from PORTUGAL...and dont forget 11st December Gordon Gano in Paradise Garage Lisbon solo performance. Henrique Alves hjca@lusitania-cs.pt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm 18 and I'm ... Hitting the Ground?!? I just don't know what I want ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In what should go down in history as one of the weirdest line-ups ever - Gordon Gano opened for Alice Cooper at the House of Blues in Chicago on 10/23. I only found out about the show the day before so I am sorry that I didn't have time to send it in to the list. It was a private gig hosted by XRT radio officially for their listeners only. Gordon performed on the cafe stage downstairs and Alice played the main room upstairs but - technically speaking - Gordon can lay claim to opening for Alice. Not that he would want to probably ... but he could ... It was a great show! I have Hitting the Ground but must admit to not having really made a good connection with it yet. The stellar lineup is definitely impressive - even includes some of my favorites - but something didn't click. I did decide to give it more time though after hearing Gordon do the title track on the Carson Daly show. I'm glad I did. Hearing the tunes through the songwriter's own voice really gave them life! Gordon performed the entire album plus two new songs - one was an adaption of God Bless America that he said he had written after 9/11 and the other was in Portuguese. He was backed by a couple of great musicians - Lakis Pavlou (Rolling Blackouts) on bass and Frank Ferrer (Love Spit Love) on drums. The highlight of the set was "Run" (done by Frank Black on the CD) and it was so popular that people were calling for it again as an encore at the end of the show! Gordon also teased us by doing a few bars of Alice's classic "18" tune! It scared me a little that he knew that one! :o) The crowd was enthusiatic and several people up front knew the lyrics to some of the songs. Gordon seemed genuinely pleased with the set and he stayed around for nearly an hour afterwards signing autographs and talking to people. Just a great night! And in case no one believes me about that lineup, I have proof! My sister moved to Chicago in August and I didn't have to twist her arm when I told her Gordon was in town PLUS I took pictures!!! Check them out! http://www.oocities.org/ddearry/hob.html Deana ddearry@easterncomputer.com PS - Has anybody else come running to the TV in the last week or 2 to find Blister in the Sun playing during a trailer for the movie Punch Drunk Love?!? I've seen it twice! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Philly & Oriental Theater Show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HERES A REVEIW FOR YA... I went to the show in Philly at the ELECTRIC FACTORY!!! I drove there in a rented van with 4 other freinds from Kenosha WI. We made the plans before we knew about the concert on the 20th. Well we went regardless....why because I LOVE THEM!!!!!!! Why else? It was a great show...not as great as the show at Goose Island this summer, nor their performance at summerfest...but it was a great rush to travel that far to see them, even though i was extremely car sick and hurled right before the show!!!!! OH AND ABOUT THE SHOW AT THE OREINTAL...........what a fabulous performance...I have been waiting to hear more stuff from HOLLOWED GROUND I was soooooo excited...and for the record i was in the 6th row center and i was standing the entire time!!!!!! Dancing away of course!!!! Brian wore a Kilt, Gordan his Milwaukee shirt with a t-shirt underneath of course, and Victor well he was just as handsome as usual in his jacket! It was a great show with some awesome keyboard solos and not to forget the HORNS OF DILLEMA were outstanding! During ADD IT UP i went up the isle and danced next to the people in the 2nd row because i could not contain myself any longer...needless to say after that song i was asked to RETURN TO MY SEAT!!!!! It was a musical experience that will stay with me for a long time. Oh and the Oreintal Theater--it's beautiful! Jennifer yennifer_82@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Defending My Honor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ << and ... Oh! Do not let people from Altoona talk you into going to the hotel bar before a show! >> OK, now I have to defend my honor. I didn't have to talk anybody into going to any bar we had plenty to drink in the room. LOL the bar was just because SOMEBODY got a none smoking hotel room. The Unfortunate thing about it all is the only thing I can remember from the show is some guy with a tuba (who in my drunken opinion is a rock god), meeting Victor, and shaking somebody's pastey white little hand. But Deana assures me that I had a fabulous time and I totally trust her opinion. I finally got to meet Victor and now I can die happy. Yippeeee! Oh and by the way did anybody hear about Gordon Gano opening for Alice Cooper? LOL that is totally hysterical. The NOW SOBER, Kathryn Kittricken@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Agora Theater Review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This review is late, have been busy. They rocked the Agora on Oct. 22. it's always a party when the Femmes are in town. Great show, it was so cool to Victor playing with them again. He's awesome, excellent drummer, he was so funny. He was dancing around and really getting into it. Loved all the solos, there was a lot of them, totally amazing as always. Brian wore a kilt with lime green docs, he pulls that off quite well. Has that been his typical stage outfit? It took a few songs before the crowd got going, once it did they were crazy. One guy started climbing the ladder for the lights and the band stopped playing and look rather annoyed. Opening with Country Death Song was the best, they spoke a bit but I can't remember much of what was said. I was surprised to see them play I Hear the Rain and I Held Her in my Arms and Color Me Once. Defiantly one of their best shows I've ever seen. Then again I've never seen a bad VF show. I've converted my friend, told her to come along and she doesn't know many songs but she loved it and is now officially a VF fan. She's convinced Gordon noticed her and he probably did. We took some photos but have no clue if they turned out. To the person who didn't want to piss off the people sitting down, don't worry, stand up dance, go crazy. I'm sure that I've pissed off many people sitting behind at various shows. JoyDiv007@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cleveland Review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just wanted to send in a Review from Cleveland, OH on October 22, 2002. This was my tenth Femmes Show and they just seem to get better everytime. They played all the classics plus some stuff I really did not recognize. I was about three feet from the stage and it was almost as if I could just talk to the band. I also managed to grab Brian's guitar pick from the ground after he threw it to the crowd. A most excellent 5 star show! I have a question though, as I said before, this was my tenth Femmes show. Do they always have a mosh pit? I was getting just a little bit angry with 17 year olds constantly nailing me in the back. I can't recall ever being in a mosh pit at a Femmes show. Thanks, John POP popadakj@trumbull.kent.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NYC show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hi people, its been a few years since ive posted, but yeah...so i guess thi is a return for me. the nyc show was so great because it had been 4 very long years since the femmes had come to the ny/nj area. personally i absolutely love guy hoffman and when they said that victor was back i have to admit it was a huge downer for me. my friend and i had made friends of sorts with guy and we were quite upset that we werent going to be able to catch up. but after seeing them play, i can say that having victor back isnt all that bad. he was such a funny man. what i dont get is why that loser from the knockout drops was there...the 'used to be' duet that they did was so great, but i really dislike that man and his stupid band, but thats just me. i saw them and the femmes play together some time ago and i have to say that KD was possibly the worst opener ive ever had to sit through...EXCEPT maybe that guy who had the balls to sing a song in NYC of all places called 'What Side Are You On?'. who was that man? he was terrible. The opener for the femmes was really good though. they had me dancin' :) the femmes were so great because it seemed like that fact that they had a show that night came as a complete surprise to them! 'waiting for the bus' went on for so long that gordon eventually just started laughing and said 'song over'. it was great. they were so funny together and the vibe was just great. big ups to the tuba player! he rocked! you couldnt help but sense that he felt incredibly awkward. they should have put that light on him! i was really hoping that a digeri would have been busted out at some point, but it didnt happen, and thats alright. they better have it next time though! Shannon Fraggle3@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help Please! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am desperately looking for Guitar (Tab) sheet music for Blister in the sun ,Please don't go ,ect... I am a beginner and want to start playing my favorite stuff. I have found out that Hal Leonard music published it at one time ,but now not in print,Please Help me rob stautzenberger @ rstautzenberger@cox.net Or free2rideks@cox.net Thank you ******************************************************************* To POST, SUBSCRIBE, or UNSUBSCRIBE send any kind of an email to: violentfemmeslist@yahoo.com or violentfemmeslist@ameritech.net ******************************************************************* |
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