| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AMERICAN MUSIC - September 25, 2002 * * * THE VIOLENT FEMMES Email List * * * * * * * * * * List archive online at http://www.oocities.org/violentfemmeslist ***************************************************************************** TOUR DATES (*=New Dates) 9/28/02 BAYFEST Corpus Christi, TX www.bayfesttexas.com 10/1/02 IRVING PLAZA New York, NY (Rolling Blackout & POTR) 10/2/02 IRVING PLAZA New York, NY (Spiraling & Paddy on the Railway) 10/4/02 ELECTRIC FACTORY Philadelphia, PA (Spiraling) 10/5/02 LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY Lynchburg, VA (Spiraling) 10/6/02 9:30 CLUB Washington, DC (Spiraling) 10/11/02 ROSELAND BALLROOM Portland, OR (John Bisagna) 10/12/02 MOORE THEATRE Seattle, WA (John Bisagna) 10/13/02 COMMODORE BALLROOM Vancouver, BC (John Bisagna) 10/16/02 OGDEN THEATER Denver, CO 10/17/02 FIRST AVENUE Minneapolis, MN 10/19/02 THE PAGENT St Louis, MO 10/20/02 ORIENTAL THEATRE Milwaukee, WI 10/21/02 CANOPY CLUB Urbana, IL 10/22/02 AGORA THEATER Cleveland, OH 10/25/02 THE AVALAON Boston, MA (Rolling Blackout) 10/26/02 LUPOS Providence, RI (Rolling Blackout) 10/27/02 TOAD'S PLACE New Haven, CT (Rolling Blackout) 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 Solo - Hitting the Ground 9/26/02 BOWERY BALLROOM New York, NY 866-468-7619 10/8/02 SLIM'S San Francisco, CA (415) 522-0333 10/9/02 TROUBADOR West Hollywood,CA (310) 276-6168 ***************************************************************************** IN THIS ISSUE: Tour Dates! Tour Dates! Everywhere there are tour dates! Rolling Blackouts with Ron Dumont No Femmes show on TV UW Stout New Ink, New CD & More Bayfest with Michael Bayfest - Corpus Christi Info CDR Tree CDR Tree & Questions ***************************************************************************** Help! There are too many tour dates for me to look up all the info! If the Femmes are coming to your town please email us the details - tix, times etc. Here are the basics on a few of the shows: (TM=Ticketmaster) 9/28/02 Bayfest www.bayfesttexas.com** 10/1/02 8pm $25 Gen Adm www.irvingplaza.com or TM** 10/2/02 8pm $25 Gen Adm www.irvingplaza.com or TM** 10/4/02 8:30pm $17.50 Gen Adm www.electricfactory.com or TM 10/5/02 7pm Lankford Mall $FREE & open to public www.lwc.edu 10/6/02 7:30 pm $25 Gen Adm www.930.com or www.tickets.com 10/11/02 8pm $20 All Ages www.doubletee.com or www.fastixx.xom 10/12/02 8pm $22 Gen Adm www.theparamount.com/moore.html or TM 10/17/02 7pm $13 Gen Adm (21+) www.first-avenue.com or TM 10/19/02 8pm $20 Gen/Res www.thepageant.com or TM 10/21/02 9pm $20 Gen Adm www.jaytv.com/can2/ or TM 10/22/02 8pm $16.50 Gen Adm www.clevelandagora.com or TM** 10/26/02 8pm $17.50 Gen Adm www.lupos.com or TM** 10/27/02 8:30pm $18.50 All Ages www.toadsplace.com or TM** **HOT Openers - Don't be fashionably late!** Rolling Blackouts - see note from Ron below Foursidecircle - see note from Michael below Paddy on the Railway is Kirk Kelley,Brian Ritchie & Malachi Delorenzo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Rolling Blackouts w/ our very own Ron, "The Add it Up Tattoo Guy" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ remember that crazy tattoo guy, ron, that played several vf shows? he's in a band called rolling blackouts. they're opening for the femmes october 1 in nyc, october 25 in boston, october 26 in providence, and october 27 in new haven. further info (as it comes) will be found on http://members.cox.net/thatwhore love n' stuff. ron. thatwhore@cox.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No Femmes show on TV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am truly disappointed in my local NBC affiliate. They did not run the show with the Femmes. Instead, they opted to show a local golfing show, and then a repeat of the Tonight Show. So here's a question and a plea. Did anyone record the show? If so, can we discuss the possibility of a copy? I'm thinking of writing a strongly worded letter to this station, letting them know exactly how I feel. Kayley itskayley@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UW Stout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey you should play at UW Stout thats all i got N8 supernater82@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian's New Ink, New CD and Updated Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey guys! No, it was not a Mikhail Gorbachev-like birthmark that some of you noticed on Brian's right arm during the Conan performance. Mr. Ritchie is indeed sporting some new ink these days. He picked up the tattoo earlier in the summer while in San Francisco. The image is of a Japanese wood-block print of a monk in a green robe playing Shakuhachi. Brian also has something else new recently too. He very quietly released a limited pressing of his new solo effort "Purple Field - Japanese Bamboo Flute: Shakuhachi" at a performance in Milwaukee last month. Brian performed his "Journey into Emptiness" program at a benefit concert sponsored by the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. The "Journey" consisted of ancient Shakuhachi pieces from the "Honkyoku" - or original music - as well as Brian's own adaptation of John Coltrane's "Living Space." The audience was also treated to a wonderful improvisation at the end of the performance including Abdulhameed Alwan on tabla and Mike Kashou on an unusual arabic guitar. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spotlighted the program: Brian Ritchie, bass player of The Violent Femmes, will appear in a very different musical context Friday. Ritchie will play a solo concert on the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese flute long associated with Zen. "I always experimented with lots of instruments," he said, in a phone interview. "I just randomly encountered this one at a flute convention six years ago." He felt an immediate affinity for the instrument, which fit his Buddhist religion, and took up serious study of it at the Kyo-Shin-An Shakuhachi Dojo in New York. "It's traditional training, with a set repertoire of 40 ensemble pieces and 40 solo Zen pieces," he said. "After I've mastered them all, I'll get a master's license. It's very demanding." He will play Zen solos. 7:30 p.m. Friday in a benefit for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. The concert will take place at the Off-Broadway Theatre, 342 N. Water St. Proceeds will support the fellowship's meditation program for state prison inmates. "This is a good way to combine my belief with my life as a musician," Ritchie said. Tom Strini MJS 8/19/02 Brian's Shakuhachi efforts reveal a very different side of the "rock" musician we are generally familar with. The program was a sellout and a complete success in Zen terms. It also generated a lot of interest in Shakuhachi throughout the community - and not just among zen practitioners. Although it appears he will be busy in the coming months with VF I think we will see more of this type of effort in the future. I will be posting some performance photos and additional info about the CD on my site soon. So keep checking. I have also just updated the index and added some NEW/ never before seen photos from the "Vic's Back" show in St Paul in May. http://www.oocities.org/ddearry/ http://www.oocities.org/ddearry/stpaul.html Hope y'all enjoy! Deana ddearry@easterncomputer.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bayfest - Corpus Christi w/ our own drumgalante ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The schedule at Bayfest has changed up a few times. Contrary to the Femmes' website they are scheduled to play at 10pm Saturday, Sept 28th on the Miller Lite stage. My band, Foursidecircle, will be on the Michelob stage at 7:30pm that same night,stop by to see us, say Hey! www.bayfesttexas.com www.foursidecircle.com Michael drumgalante@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bayfest - Corpus Christi Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking forward to the Corpus Christi date! This is part of Bayfest 2002 http://www.bayfesttexas.com Also to be on this show are the likes of LL Cool J, Splender, Vince Neil, and many more of many types of music. Hope to see you all out there! Try to catch my band as well. Michael drumgalante@hotmail.com www.foursidecircle.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CDR Tree Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry for the delay with the tree. It's my fault. Part of it is my wife and I having a baby. I have a show from Summerfest 2000 that I'd like to start with. Unless someone has something else we could use. With all the excitement over Victor returning.(I should say that the Guy version of the band was kinda like Femmes lite. I saw 'em quite a few time before Victor left and it wasn't the same.) That said, it would be great to have a recent show, but I don't have one. Here are the people who have expressed interest, if anyone else would like to be part of the tree let me know. itskayley@hotmail.com; mattbromley49@hotmail.com;UevaaUon@tampabay.UU.com; jkitchens@sbcglobal.net; lydon69@aol.com; mlarson@idcnet.com; lounge_act1079@hotmail.com. I'd almost rather just send whatever I have to whoever wants it, but that's not cost effective. I don't get a feeling that anyone's excited about the Summerfest 2000 show. As great as it is. What do you guys want to see being distributed? Kirt Kirt.Knutsen@med.ge.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CDR Tree & Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’ve been trying to get a hold of the Canadian in charge of the Violent Femmes CD Tree thingy (Michael mikeyj@mailandnews.com and I keep getting a mailbox full response. Is there another address I can send my message to? Help! I’ve noticed a few items on eBay lately and I’m curious if anyone out there can fill me in on some of them : Nautical Nonsense SPONGEBOB DVD *********NEW Item # 1555834073 Apparently the Violent Femmes sing Spongebob as a special feature on the DVD. Any good? Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me(Max Parrish)New OOP Item # 1557316659 The Violent Femmes are on the soundtrack. What song? Is it an alternate version of one of their known songs or a song specifically for this movie? I WAS A TEENAGE ZOMBIE orig soundtrack Lp1987 Item # 901337975 Same questions as above. End Sessions Live CD Tori Amos Everclear OOP Item # 905080690 The Violent Femmes have the song Fat on this CD. Original, alternate or live? If one of two later, is it any good? Levi's Radio 501 Promo CD w/ Rare Trax Item # 899631369 This one is scary. It went for 81.00$ before shipping!!! The Violent Femmes have a song entitled Aces And Jacks on this CD. Any info on this? I’ve never heard of it. Thanks for any info. Eric thehappycyclops@hotmail.com |
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