Re: Femmes

You are venturing into territory that will undoubtedly set this list aflame. Certainly you realize the JBC have been around nearly as long as the Femmes. Personally I think Gano and co. have made a nice transition from adolescent folk-rockers to middle-age folk rockers. Your comparison to the Pistols is way off the mark. The Femmes have been a group on and off (mostly on) for the last 20 years (again, very much like the JBC). The Pistols were a feat of contrived media engineering from the very beginning (not that there's anything wrong with that). I'd buy tickets to a JBC/VF show in a second. Thrown in CVB and it might just be a perfect evening.

> You actually went to see the Violent Femmes? Pul-leaze. Okay, I'm first to
> admit their debut album was one of the best of the 1980s, but that was what,
> 20 years ago? I dunno...kind of like going to see the Sex Pistols reunion
> tour.
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> Not that I wouldn't be the first in line for a Husker Du reunion, say, but
> you've gotta really be obsessed to get past the contrivance factor of these
> kinds of shows.
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Received on Wed, 30 Oct 2002 10:32:28 -0800