Comments on: the vehicle birth http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/ notes from the digital underground Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: timothy James http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8772 timothy James Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:04:50 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8772 Some of the VB is in your picture. The guy sitting is the drummer jeff, and the guy pointing at him is either me or chris. The girl standing on the beam is Araby from Jejune. Old picture, but I remember that show. note: Wicked Farleys in the foreground.... PS this is my favorite part of this article: "The record can be a bit silly. It’s kinda pretentious. The lyrics aren’t great" my response > the lyrics are great! you just can't hear them, they're buried in the mix. Some of the VB is in your picture. The guy sitting is the drummer jeff, and the guy pointing at him is either me or chris. The girl standing on the beam is Araby from Jejune. Old picture, but I remember that show. note: Wicked Farleys in the foreground….

PS this is my favorite part of this article:

“The record can be a bit silly. It’s kinda pretentious. The lyrics aren’t great”

my response > the lyrics are great! you just can’t hear them, they’re buried in the mix.

]]> By: tim snow http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8771 tim snow Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:46:14 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8771 I want more VB!! How can I get a CD of 7" stuff and live stuff!!! Must have..will pay!! Thanks and you guys rule(d)!! I want more VB!! How can I get a CD of 7″ stuff and live stuff!!! Must have..will pay!! Thanks and you guys rule(d)!!

]]> By: K http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8761 K Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:29:08 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8761 Sigh. I have stickers. Demo copies... all kinds of old stuff. In large part because I was hopelesslly head over heels in like-like with all of them at one time or another, spanning from elementary school through high school. Sigh. I have stickers. Demo copies… all kinds of old stuff. In large part because I was hopelesslly head over heels in like-like with all of them at one time or another, spanning from elementary school through high school.

]]> By: yancey http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8760 yancey Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:19:02 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8760 i have a t-shirt, too! can't remember where it is though. i have a t-shirt, too! can’t remember where it is though.

]]> By: FiveState http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8766 FiveState Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:12:39 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8766 Very much a fan of the vb, so much so as I still have my handscreened shirt in storage so it won't fade away. Tragedy, both vinyl and disc are in rotation at least once a month. Glad to see some others who remember and love them. Very much a fan of the vb, so much so as I still have my handscreened shirt in storage so it won’t fade away. Tragedy, both vinyl and disc are in rotation at least once a month. Glad to see some others who remember and love them.

]]> By: Dorvid http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8765 Dorvid Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:32:00 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8765 A live version of "2 minutes Hate" is available on iTunes, as part of the Pipeline WBMR compilation. A live version of “2 minutes Hate” is available on iTunes, as part of the Pipeline WBMR compilation.

]]> By: binh http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8769 binh Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:05:46 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8769 i think i heard the limousine/23 7" when i was in fourth grade, followed by the level 90/river 7" in fifth... my brother had them. i was blown away. they had this one song, that they only played for like a summer's time, and i only heard one official recording of the song, and it was called "two minutes hate"... only later did i find out it was george orwell reference. i think i heard the limousine/23 7″ when i was in fourth grade, followed by the level 90/river 7″ in fifth… my brother had them. i was blown away. they had this one song, that they only played for like a summer’s time, and i only heard one official recording of the song, and it was called “two minutes hate”… only later did i find out it was george orwell reference.

]]> By: galusha http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8768 galusha Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8768 the vehicle birth did open up for Archers of Loaf on a few dates. the vehicle birth did open up for Archers of Loaf on a few dates.

]]> By: greg runge http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8767 greg runge Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:47:37 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8767 one of my favorite all time bands...nice to hear some good words about them...john (exbass) has a great library of music...about the picture, jeff galusha (amazing drummer) is sitting on the truss while timothy james (lead vox) is standing in front of him i do not recognize the rest of the people...not sure about them all (VB), however, timothy is out in LA with a project called "the movies" check them out www.the-movies.net i miss VB very much...they rocked! one of my favorite all time bands…nice to hear some good words about them…john (exbass) has a great library of music…about the picture, jeff galusha (amazing drummer)
is sitting on the truss while timothy james (lead vox) is standing in front of him i do not recognize the rest of the people…not sure about them all (VB), however, timothy is out in LA with a project called “the movies”
check them out http://www.the-movies.net i miss VB very much…they rocked!

]]> By: John Stephens http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8770 John Stephens Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:09:40 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/09/12/the-vehicle-birth/#comment-8770 Yes, the VB opened for the Archers of Loaf for four dates on the Loaf's last tour. 2 in NYC, one in Boston, and one in Philly. Those were our best opening gigs besides Gang of Four. I took that photo. It's got a people from a couple of Boston bands in it: Three of the Wicked Farleys, Araby from Jejune, and Jeff, the drummer from the vehicle birth. The photo was taken next to a building in Lafayette, Illinois where we were playing a gig in 98 or 99. Just out of sight was an adoining field full of broken portable toilets. So I was the bass player for the vehicle birth, and must confess to gratitous self-googling, hence my finding this nice piece you wrote. (Thanks!) Anyway, I've got the back catalog available if anyone is interested. The Tragedy album is being sold on myspace, as is a live track on MIT's radio station compilation called "Pipeline!". The label is likely still trying to recoup the pressing costs for that album, so I can't give you the tragedy album, but the unreleased, vinyl only, and compilation tracks are fair gam, so if you want that stuff (for free), get in touch with me. Just email the vehicle birth through the myspace site and I'll send the tracks to you electronically via dropsend.com. We put out two CD's of stuff after the band's demise, but the better tracks off of those can be boiled down to one CD's worth. The songs from the 2 or 3 vinyl seven inches are on there, as well as the songs from various compilations. The recording quality varies a bit. There are demo recordings of practice sessions, some unreleased studio tracks, some live tracks from in-studio performances on MIT and other radio shows, some Berklee college of music studio recordings that were student projects. Anyway, post VB, the Singer Tim (aka Timothy James) sings in the movies out of LA. They play softball with other bands you might have heard of, and their new tracks are sounding good. Tim bought Trans Am's DC studio and drove it to California, where he records bands. Leigh is in a band with th rhtyhm section of the Dismemberment Plan and the singer of Motorcycle Wars. They are called statehood and they just recorded an album with Jason of the Dplan. Jeff is playing with Certainly Sir, but I don't think they have gigged in a while. They are big in Japan. I record as John vs. Anti-John. Yes, the VB opened for the Archers of Loaf for four dates on the Loaf’s last tour. 2 in NYC, one in Boston, and one in Philly. Those were our best opening gigs besides Gang of Four. I took that photo. It’s got a people from a couple of Boston bands in it: Three of the Wicked Farleys, Araby from Jejune, and Jeff, the drummer from the vehicle birth. The photo was taken next to a building in Lafayette, Illinois where we were playing a gig in 98 or 99. Just out of sight was an adoining field full of broken portable toilets.

So I was the bass player for the vehicle birth, and must confess to gratitous self-googling, hence my finding this nice piece you wrote. (Thanks!) Anyway, I’ve got the back catalog available if anyone is interested. The Tragedy album is being sold on myspace, as is a live track on MIT’s radio station compilation called “Pipeline!”. The label is likely still trying to recoup the pressing costs for that album, so I can’t give you the tragedy album, but the unreleased, vinyl only, and compilation tracks are fair gam, so if you want that stuff (for free), get in touch with me.

Just email the vehicle birth through the myspace site and I’ll send the tracks to you electronically via dropsend.com. We put out two CD’s of stuff after the band’s demise, but the better tracks off of those can be boiled down to one CD’s worth. The songs from the 2 or 3 vinyl seven inches are on there, as well as the songs from various compilations. The recording quality varies a bit. There are demo recordings of practice sessions, some unreleased studio tracks, some live tracks from in-studio performances on MIT and other radio shows, some Berklee college of music studio recordings that were student projects.

Anyway, post VB, the Singer Tim (aka Timothy James) sings in the movies out of LA. They play softball with other bands you might have heard of, and their new tracks are sounding good. Tim bought Trans Am’s DC studio and drove it to California, where he records bands. Leigh is in a band with th rhtyhm section of the Dismemberment Plan and the singer of Motorcycle Wars. They are called statehood and they just recorded an album with Jason of the Dplan. Jeff is playing with Certainly Sir, but I don’t think they have gigged in a while. They are big in Japan. I record as John vs. Anti-John.

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