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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * AMERICAN MUSIC - November 16, 2003 * * * THE VIOLENT FEMMES Email List * * * * * * * * * * List archive online at http://www.oocities.org/violentfemmeslist ************************************************************************* TOUR DATES (*=New Dates) *Saturday 12/13/03 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center Star 98.7 Not So Silent Christmas - Michelob After Party *Wednesday 12/31/03 Chicago, IL The Metro *************************************************************************** IN THIS ISSUE: Upcoming Show Info Pittsburgh - The City with NO Cabs Political Common-tary RE: New Years Razor Madness Late from NZ **************************************************************************** 12/13/03 Shrine Auditorium Not So Silent Night 665 West Jefferson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Info Line: 213-749-5123 VFwill be rocking the STAR 98.7 Michelob Ultra Afterparty. Your ticket to NOT SO SILENT NIGHT will get you in to the afterparty FREE. Tickets are sold out but STAR VIPS can win tickets EVERY HOUR! www.star987.com 12/31/03 New Years at the Metro 3730 N Clark Chicago IL Doors 9pm - Show 10pm 18 & OVER W/ID $75.00 General Admission www.metrochicago.com Metro Box Office is CASH only & is next door in HiFi Records (NO service fee) or Ticketmaster 312-559-1212 http://www.ticketmaster.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The City with No Cabs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To all those considering a road trip to Pittsburgh be advised that this city has no taxi cabs! But other than that your trip should be just fantastic... especially if you get to see the femmes rock out in a totally cool club. And that is just what I got to do this past weekend. Hey Pittsburgh the rumor mill says that the Club Laga will be closing soon... is there anything that can be done? I truly hope that it isn't closing because no one goes there. Well anyway the show was packed and the whole scene was awesome. The club had incredible acoustics. Everything sounded so good! Plus they had two huge screens that projected all of the stage performance to the far reaches of the club. Then there was the show itself... kick ass doesn't even begin to describe the set the femmes played. Maybe all this talk about only playing greatest hits has made a difference because they did not play their "greatest hit" BITS. I dont think I've ever been to a show and not heard that song. They played some newer things too like Freak Magnet... so maybe possibly they might... no I cant even say it because then I would get my hopes up that they would record... oh damn I said it anyway... well what's done is done. ;-> So to all you fans out there I have only one thing to say... ROAD TRIP!!! All the miles in your life fade away but the memories are yours forever. Carrie wildflower10@ameritech.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Political Common-tary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And how do you envision your Rock 'N Roll lifestyle? Cocktails with the band after the show? Holding a guitar while your favorite musician autographs? Yeah... like that could happen... I'll tell you what did happen, the Femmes did Pittsburgh. It was a completely UNblistering performance! Yeah baby! My hat's off to my favorite band! It took 3 of us to piece it together and we think we're still missing 1 or 2 but here's a set list worthy of posting (sorry, we can't remember the order :o): Look Like That, Please Don't Go, Jesus WotW, Confessions, Kiss Off, Add it Up, Good Feeling, Freak Magnet, Ugly, Fat, Held Her in My Arms, Gone Daddy, All I Want, Black Girls, American Music, Country Death Song, I Wanna See You Again, Gimme the Car and Mother of a Girl. I can't tell you how cool it was to hear Ugly and Fat again after such a long time. But . the moment of the evening for me was Mother of a Girl. I had NEVER heard that live before and it is one of my favorite Femmes songs. (Now there is only one song left that I haven't heard live!) You know what's weird? I didn't even realize that Blister was absent from the set until about a half hour after the show. There was a big group of people stage right trying to lure the band back after the encore by singing Waiting for the Bus but I didn't notice anyone screaming for Blister. I hope no one went home disappointed but I certainly enjoyed the substitution of the other great songs. Speaking of the encore - Carmaig DeForest opened the show and he came back out and joined the band for a fun little tune called "Bush Lies." Carmaig explained to me later that he had originally penned the tune during the elder Bush admin and that Brian had requested he break it out again. It Iraq-ed. Polluted in Pittsburgh, Deana vivawisconsin@ameritech.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: New Years ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OH MY GOD!!!! I cant beleive it!!?!??!??! 75 bucks! I mean i adore the femmes...but omg!!!!!! Can't it be cheaper for a retired-drinker!?!??!?!?! who is also a poor college student???? I know i am nuts....anyway to anyone who goes I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!!!! SERIOUSLY!!! THEY ARE THE BEST!!!! AND please dont think that I am being a bad fan I drove to Philly and back in 3 days just to see their concert last year....and then I SAW them a week later 20 minutes away! I AM NUTS I KNOW....anyway...later love- crazy fan Jen :) yennifer_82@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Razor Madness ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After seeing the wonderful shows in Northern California in September I was SO excited to here about the Femmes coming back to LA next month. However, I have been listening to STAR 98.7 down here recently and apparently on 12/13 they are having their Not-so-silent-night at the Shrine featuring Jewel, Matchbox 20, Jason Mraz and Sarah McLachlan. Is it just me or does this not sound like a line-up the Femmes would be associated with? As far as I can tell there are no other bands to be announced for this show. Anyway, I hope they do come down for a show because it's all I can do to stop myself from following them around a little. Does anyone do this? I imagine they do. Oh, and a quick review of the NorCal shows: amazing. This is the first time I got to see Victor and he was just hilarious. He added some brilliant touches with his zany outtakes that seemed so perfectly timed that they almost appeared premeditated. I'll have to agree with one of the other reviewers by saying that the shows (especially Great American Music Hall) belonged to Brian. His talent is inspiring and never ceases to amaze me. I absolutely love to see people living for their passions and he is a prime example. The show at the Cataylst was definitely more rowdy, but very enthusiastic to say the least. I got to see Brian walking around before the show for quite a while but got really star struck and shy. There is just nothing in the world like a VF show, and I sincerely hope that I get the opportunity to see them many more times. Okay, hope to here from you soon! Brigette dirteefeet@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Late from NZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My friends and I aced the femmes months ago in NZ. Sorry to be so slogging slow but here is our review! Speaking of adding it up, it's time to mention the Violent Femmes .. they've been making great music for a couple of decades now, and yet still they manage to surprise and refresh. Age-wise, they are looking a bit worse for wear, but beneath the wrinkles, bad dress sense, and balding gracelessly, they're still young at heart ... and what the hell, i say this as a friend, if you had the chance, and you missed them, you are a fool. plain and simple. Gordon Gano was a lot shorter than i would have expected at a whopping 5'4", though very smiley. He was dwarfed by the bass player Brian Ritchie who despite his gigantic acoustic bass and his bad pants was all rock & roll. The real killer though, was Victor DeLorenzo, the band's original drummer, who has reportedly recently rejoined, replacing guy hoffman. His kit consists of one snare, one floor tom, and one cymbal, and was placed smack bang in the middle of the stage, right at the front. He was a madman, a psychotic dancing pixie, he would run away from the kit and do a little dance on the far end of the stage, then run back and like a mad scientist mixing up a batch of some indescribably evil concoction would swirl his drumsticks around the drums, it was like nothing i'd ever seen or expected before, he was a hell of a performer. They played for about 2 hours, knocking out almost the entirety of their debut "Violent Femmes", "American Music", "I Held Her In My Arms", all the greats. The Horns of Dilemma, their horn section, featured NZ's own Don McGlashan, that's right, Don McGlashan of Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Muttonbirds was playing with the Violent Femmes. That just rocks. grimmybug@hotmail.com ***************************************************************** To POST, SUBSCRIBE, or UNSUBSCRIBE send email to: violentfemmeslist@yahoo.com or violentfemmeslist@ameritech.net ******************************************************************* |