Violent Femmes, Summerfest

Ritchie was really into it. He loves it all. He's the one that's always in the interviews, and who keeps the website updated. He was dressed rather ordinarily, except for the pointy, pink Far Side glasses. Gordon looked like he'd finally grown up. He was dressed in casual wear with glasses - clean cut. He seemed to have the air of detached amusement. Like he was standing back watching the whole Violent Femmes experience. He seemed to have a good time too. Hoffman didn't seem to notice anything that was going on around him, except as it affected him directly.

Their set list was (in no particular order):
Freak Magnet
All I Want
Rejoice and Be Happy
Don't Talk About My Music
Dahmer is Dead
Dance Motherfucker Dance
American Music
Old Mother Reagan
Children of the Revolution
Country Death Song
Jesus Walking on the Water
Hallowed Ground
Black Girls
Blister in the Sun
Kiss Off
Add it Up
Gimme the Car
Gone Daddy Gone
Prove My Love
Confessions
Bridge Over Troubled Water

They finally have enough songs that they don't feel obligated to play their entire first album, but that also means they don't play as many songs from their second record (Hallowed Ground is my personal favorite).


I wish they'd do a real tour and play a theater, because the Summerfest situation is horrendous.

The band who opened for them was called Mount Olive. They're a cover band. They were never very exciting, but they did do a fun version of "I Wanna Be Sedated." They did the verse in English, then Spanish, then French, then Japanese, and then German. (I kept expecting to hear Czechoslovakian.) That was pretty cool.