* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AMERICAN MUSIC - March 16,2003 * * * THE VIOLENT FEMMES Email List * * * * * * * * * * List archive online at http://www.oocities.org/violentfemmeslist ************************************************************************* TOUR DATES (*=New Dates) Violent Femmes 2003 Australian Tour 4/9/03 Sydney - The Metro **SOLD OUT** 4/10/03 Sydney - The Metro ** SOLD OUT** *4/11/03 Fremantle - Metropolis *4/12/03 Margaret River - Mainbreak Concert 4/15/03 Adelaide - Heaven 4/17/03 Melbourne - The Palace 4/18/03 Geelong - The Lyric 4/20/03 Byron Bay - East Coast Blues & Roots Festival *4/24/03 Canberra - ANU *4/25/03 Penrith Panthers - Evan Theatre *4/26/03 Newcastle Panthers - Club Nova *4/27/03 Yallah Woolshed *4/29/03 Sydney - The Metro **Just Added** *4/30/03 Sydney - The Metro **Just Added** *************************************************************************** Tickets available from the following sources: Wed 9th & Thu 10th: Sydney - Metro Theatre BOTH SHOWS SOLD OUT Fri 11th: Fremantle - Metropolis Tickets from Mills, 78's, Planet & Beat ticket price: $38.00 + booking fee Sat 12th: Margaret River Masters Weekend "Mainbreak Concert" Online from www.heatseeker.com.au plus usual outlets Gloucester Park Hockey Oval - off Walcliffe Rd All Ages with 18+ areas 6pm-1am Tue 15th: Adelaide - Heaven Online from Venuetix: www.venuetix.com.au or Venuetix phone bookings: (08) 8225 8888 ticket price: $38.50 + booking fee Thu 18th: Melbourne - The Palace Online from Ticketek: www.ticketek.com.au Ticketek phone bookings: 132 849 or from Gaslight Records - ph: (03) 9650 9009 ticket price: $40.00 + booking fee Fri 19th: Geelong - The Lyric from the venue direct - phone: (03) 5223 1414 CC Music - Geelong ph: (03) 5221 8466 The Greenroom - Ocean Grove ph: (03) 5256 2996 SSW Boarding Co - Waurn Ponds ph: (03) 5244 2930 Wooz Surf - Corio Village ph: (03) 5275 3988 ticket price: $33.00 + booking fee Sun 20th: Byron Bay East Coast Blues & Roots Festival Online: www.bluesfest.com.au or for phone bookings: (02) 6685 8310 Thu 24th: Canberra - ANU Online from Ticketek: www.ticketek.com or Ticketek phone bookings: (02) 6219 6666 also from: Landspeed, Impact Records and the ANU Bar ticket price: $37.30 inclusive Fri 25th: Penrith Panthers - Evan Theatre Online: www.panthersworld.com.au or direct from the venue ph: (02) 4720 5555 ticket price: $36.50 inclusive Sat 26th: Newcastle Panthers - Club Nova Direct from the venue ph: (02) 4929 7555 The Rock Shop, Beaumont St Beat, all Soundworld Stores ticket price: $36.00 inclusive Sun 27th: Yallah Woolshed Online: www.yallahwoolshed.com.au or direct from the venue ph: (02) 4262 2655 ticket price: $38.50 inclusive Tue 29th / Wed 30th: Sydney - The Metro Theatre Online: www.metrotheatre.com.au or The Metro Box Office ph: (02) 9287 2000 Also Redeye ph: (02) 9299 4233 & Fish Records - Newtown ticket price: $38.50 + booking fee *************************************************************************** IN THIS ISSUE: VF on BBC Color Me Once on NPR BITS vertising Harrison Tribute Album A VF fish story Please...please...please VF in Sydney Life is an adventure VF in SC **************************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Tracks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those BBC tracks are great! The performances are marvelous. Thank you England! Does anyone know how to convert these real audio files into .mp3s so i can take them with me? 6 tracks of the VF in session at the BBC: <<http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/artists/violentfemmes/>> -josh katzjoshua@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Color Me Once on NPR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just a quick note: I've noticed the opening of "Color Me Once" (the Femmes' contribution to "The Crow" soundtrack -- great song, great opening) play several times as interstitial music on various NPR shows. Monday, I think it was in All Things Considered. -- James Welborn welborn@mac.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BITS vertising ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "BLISTER IN THE SUN" is the latest music track for Mitsubushi Australia. Car maker Mitsubishi, via Young & Rubicam Adelaide, have used the Violent Femmes track "Blister In The Sun" as the featured background music in the new ad campaign for the Mitsubishi all wheel drive "Overlander". Media includes TV, Radio, Cinema, in-flight, dealer showrooms, tradeshows, telephone on hold and website. The campaign will run for 12 months nationally commencing February 2003 telalark@rubicam.com.au ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Got My Mind Set on You ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Has anyone heard the Femmes version of "Got my mind set on you" I'd love to hear it. I have not seen the song listed in any of the promo material for tribute album. Also, I can't believe the Femmes were not asked to be part of the Ramones tribute album. I would have loved to hear them cover one of their tunes. SCPGAMEDIA@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sounds fishy to me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I found this quote from Gordon on the internet. I thought it was amusing and figured I would share it with everyone. I found it at discord.com <http://www.ams.ubc.ca/citr/discorder/index.htm> they also have a great interview with eddie izzard if anybody knows who he is. “It was a very unpleasant experience, but not in the way you might think. It was a very different unpleasant experience, because to keep the fish from stinking and rotting they had been frozen, and putting your arms down inside the fish was like packing your arm solid with something that had been frozen. And when your arm’s in a fish there’s no place for it to move. And the fish were heavy. So it was a feeling of having your whole arm cut off. It wasn’t just slimy and stinky, it was, ‘I’m having my arm cut off!’ It was very unpleasant. And also the teeth were very sharp. And a little stub on one of the fish of Victor’s arms pricked him in his arm and it became infected. We have a theory that he got brain fever from it and hasn’t been the same since.” –Violent Femmes’ Gordon Gano on having to wear fish for the back cover of The Blind Leading The Naked. Kathryn kittricken@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please... please...please ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey Pat n' American Music - The Femmes are getting tons of play on MTV right now. Sadly it isn't for a video, though. The song "Please Do Not Go" is being used in a Virgin Mobile ad right now, which features people in their underwear sneaking out of bedrooms and has something to do with spring break. Not a great ad. But every time I hear Gordon's voice (and one of their most playful songs) coming from my tv, I get a big grin. -Josh katzjoshua@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF in Sydney ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay, I just missed out on the first 2 shows in Sydney because I didn't know you were coming to town. Managed to get tix to the added shows, but still totally bummed. Please put me on your email list so this NEVER happens again. Thanks. Paul vag4583@excite.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Life is an Adventure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anybody ever seen a movie called Fox Hunt? Life is an adventure is in it! I saw it yesterday on my college cable channel. I didn't remember ever hearing about it before. ohsusannah1@msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF in SC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, I have been a HUGE Violent Femmes fan since I was 8 years old and heard my older sisters playing your first album--- the biggest shame is I've never seen VF live! I live in the horrible state of South Carolina and I missed them when they were in Myrtle Beach a few years ago. I was wondering if anyone knew if they would be coming anywhere in the southeast in the not so distant future---I would gladly travel 5 hours to see them---so I hope I can soon! A HUGE FAN--- Rene' Krenee7600@aol.com ******************************************************************* To POST, SUBSCRIBE, or UNSUBSCRIBE send any kind of an email to: violentfemmeslist@yahoo.com or violentfemmeslist@ameritech.net ******************************************************************* |