| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AMERICAN MUSIC - March 31,2003 * * * THE VIOLENT FEMMES Email List * * * * * * * * * * List archive online at http://www.oocities.org/violentfemmeslist ************************************************************************* TOUR DATES (*=New Dates) Violent Femmes 2003 Australian Tour 4/09/03 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 Refectory 4/25/03 Penrith Panthers - Evan Theatre 4/26/03 Newcastle Panthers - Club Nova 4/27/03 Wollongong NSW -Yallah Woolshed 4/29/03 Sydney - The Metro **SOLD OUT** 4/30/03 Sydney - The Metro **SOLD OUT** *5/02/03 Christchurch NZ - The Civic *5/03/03 Wellington NZ - The Parthenon *5/04/03 Auckland NZ - St James Theatre *5/07/03 Sydney - The Metro **Just Added** *5/08/03 Sydney - The Metro **Just Added** *5/09/03 Gosford NSW - Central Coast Leagues Club *5/10/03 Hobart TAS - Hobart City Hall *5/11/03 Launceston TAS - The Saloon Bar *5/14/03 Richmond VIC - The Corner Hotel *5/15/03 St Kilda West VIC - The Prince of Wales *5/16/03 Gold Coast QLD - Trocadero *5/17/03 Fortitude Valley AUS - The Arena *5/18/03 Darwin NT - Discovery Gordon Solo April 2003 - Hitting the Ground *4/04/03 Sydney AUS - Metro Theatre (Roma Room) *4/06/03 Melbourne AUS - Evelyn Hotel *4/19/03 Byron Bay - East Coast Blues & Roots Festival *************************************************************************** Well gang the Australian Tour is taking on mythic proportions! Check out all the new tour dates - including dates in New Zealand and Tasmania! Also, Gordon will be doing a few solo dates along the way in support of Hitting the Ground! And finally, to all of our friends in OZ ... a word to the wise ... don't miss next month's issue of ROLLING STONE- Australia! *************************************************************************** IN THIS ISSUE: Ticket Info Brian Ritchie... The Graduate BBC Tracks Fox Hunt NZ Please VF on the Air Waves A question??? **************************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ticket Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIOLENT FEMMES - APRIL / MAY 2003 tickets available from the following sources: 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 or 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 NEW ZEALAND Fri 2nd: Christchurch - The Civic Online: Ticketek premier.ticketek.co.nz Ticketek outlets nationally - phone (09) 307 5000 ticket price: $45.00 + booking fee - $55.00 at the door tickets on sale March 28th Sat 3rd: Wellington - Parthenon Online: Ticketek premier.ticketek.co.nz Ticketek outlets nationally - phone (09) 307 5000 Real Groovy - Wellington ph: (04) 385 2020 ticket price: $45.00 + booking fee - $55.00 at the door tickets on sale March 28th Sun 4th: Auckland - St.James Online: Ticketek premier.ticketek.co.nz Ticketek outlets nationally - phone (09) 307 5000 Real Groovy - Auckland ph: (09) 302 3940 ticket price: $45.00 + booking fee (general admission) $52.00 + booking fee (mezzanine level) $50.00 + booking fee (grand circle level) tickets on sale March 28th FINAL SYDNEY SHOWS Wed 7th / Thu 8th: 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 Fri 9th: Gosford - Central Coast Leagues Club Tickets from the venue only ph: (02) 4325 9888 ticket price: $35.00 + booking fee Sat 10th: Hobart - City Hall Licensed concert with all-ages alcohol free area - ID required! Ellison Hawker Newsagency - ph: 6234 4099 UNI Contact Centre - ph: 6226 2495 ticket price: $35.00 + booking fee Sun 11th: Launceston - The Saloon Licensed venue - ID required The Saloon ph: 6331 7355 / CD Centre ph: 6334 5677 Red Hot CD's (Devonport) ph: 6424 9816 Soundwaves (Burnie) ph: 6431 7855 ticket price: $35.00 + booking fee GORDON GANO Solo - APRIL 2003 Fri 4th: Sydney - Roma Room (Metro Theatre) Online: www.metrotheatre.com.au or Metro Box Office ph: (02) 9287 2000 ticket price: $20.00 + booking fee Sun 6th Melbourne - Evelyn Hotel Tickets from the Evelyn bottle shop or ph: (03) 9419 5500 ticket price: $20.00 + booking fee Sat 19th: Byron Bay East Coast Blues & Roots Festival Online: www.bluesfest.com.au or for phone bookings: (02) 6685 8310 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Ritchie ... Big Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello everyone, In case you are wondering what the Femmes have been doing when not performing as the Femmes, I wanted to tell you about the show I saw last night. I went to the Tenri Cultural Institute in Manhattan for the Brian Ritchie Shakuhachi teaching certification recital. The show started with the showcasing of some of the very talented shakuhachi students from the Dojo of James Nyoraku Schlefer. Five shakuhachi musicians with five very different styles and degrees of expertise played selections to a very attentive audience. Michael Valasco, the last to perform was my favorite. He played some beautiful, melodic pieces that displayed his control and proficiency. It was just beautiful. These were followed by an amazing performance by Brian Ritchie on shakuhachi accompanied by a most accomplished Koto player named Masayo Ishigure. The Koto is an interesting, intricate instrument that looks like a cross between a huge mandolin, played lying on the floor and a harp. The sound made by the combination of the two instruments was really wonderful and resulted in a standing ovation from the audience. This was followed by Brian playing a song about Cranes and Brian's teacher, James remarked that while he was listening to a nature show on TV he thought he recognized the sound of a shakuhachi. Brian's shakuhachi really did mimic the calls of cranes. I was thinking that the control and skill needed to coax such varied tones out of that Japanese Flute was awe-inspiring. His performance was brilliant and the audience once again gave him a standing ovation. The culmination of the evening was the awarding of the Shakuhachi teaching license to Brian by his teacher. Present in the audience was James' shakuhachi teacher and one got the feeling that there was a "passing of the torch" taking place. James talked about how he met Brian and came to know and respect him as a musician and a person. He remarked on the tremendous amount of work and dedication needed to come to this point. Brian later remarked that the shakuhachi is probably one of the few instruments that can't be learned without a teacher. He said he was very fortunate to have had James as his teacher. This from a self-taught musician! James said that it was customary to give the newly licensed teacher a name which reflected his character and personality. He said that since Brian does everything in a big way he was giving him the name Tairakue, which means Big Sound. The entire presentation was very moving. For his final performance, Brian showed the versatility of the shakuhachi by leading the Brian Ritchie Shakuhachi Club NYC Band as they played two selections from the Shakuhachi Club NYC album, which hopefully will be available soon. They played Brian's composition, Motherless Child and a really amazing arrangement of John Coltrane's Living Space. Shakuhachi Club NYC is comprised of Brian Ritchie on shakuhachi, Billy Ficca (Television) on drums, John Kruth on mandolin and Dan Nosheny on tuba. Also featured were Michael Valasco, who earlier played shakuhachi, this time on various percussion instruments and Bil Bowen on percussion box. The shakuhachi still had the haunting ethereal sound to it but with the addition of drums, mandolin and tuba, It really rocked. The audience would have loved a few more songs but the evening was over. It was a night of real quality, moving music. So Brian is now a shakuhachi teacher for all of you shakuhachi aspiring folks out there. Be well, everyone, Marylee Rubaiyat@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Tracks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm putting those Femmes song (as well as a few others I have in RealAudio format) into MP3 right now. I'll tell you how to download them when they're done. Anyone else who wants the MP3s, feel free to mail me. --James James Welborn welborn@mac.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fox Hunt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am a HUGE fan! I started listening so long ago that I can't remember when I first heard them. I still, to this day, look for everything Femmes, but when I was in college, my Freshman year in fact (so many years ago), I think that it was this mailing list that said something about Fox Hunt. So I went out and got the soundtrack...Its got a lot of cool songs on there but LIfe is an Adventure is the best. Another one to check out is Step Right Up the tribute to Tom Waitts. I don't think you can get it anymore but if you find it, it's a must have! Angie angela_smedlund@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NZ Please ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ femmes in aus? dam it why dont they hop over to nz? arrgg! i hate it how bands only come here once, rave about how they loved it and would love to come again, but never do! it seems to have happened so many times. Kelvin R. figment@another-world.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VF on the Air Waves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lots of shows in Australia. Looks like a good time to be down under! Wish I could go! Anyway, I've heard the "Color Me Once" riff a few times again in the last couple weeks. It seems to be done a lot on "On Point" (<http://www.onpointradio.com/>), which is produced here in Boston, but available via NPR elsewhere. I've also heard the Femmes on the Virgin wireless ads. I imagine Virgin licensed the song. Anyone have an opinion about that? A lot of people complained when other artists "sold out" in that way. I think that if it makes the Femmes money and doesn't hurt anyone, more power to 'em. It's not like they've ever been serious anti- capitalists or anything. (Now, seeing Johnny Rotten's face on a slot machine in Vegas makes me sick, but that's another thing entirely.) --James Welborn welborn@mac.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A question??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW WOULD SOMEONE GET TO GO TO EVERY VIOLENT FEMMES SHOW? I LOST MY CAMERA @ PT BOWERY. SERIOUS MinM. 10X10min. HEE HAW HEE HAW WHEEL BARREL. FINE. BONELESS. WEEKS of............. -thecolonelshank scottandtheact@yahoo.com ******************************************************************* To POST, SUBSCRIBE, or UNSUBSCRIBE send any kind of an email to: violentfemmeslist@yahoo.com or violentfemmeslist@ameritech.net ******************************************************************* |