May 15 at 12:51 pm

wha? said ...

Any chance of the greatest hits coming out in a limited release heavy vinyl? Such a gorgeous cover deserves a 12x12 treatment. Maybe with a digital download included like I'm seeing on some of the records at the groovy comic/record shop across the street from my office. Still no 25th tics yet, thanks to the person that posted about ducats mailing schedule, I thought maybe Jonathon was hand painting them.

May 15 at 12:32 pm

mungo said ...

I went to buy a British flag.

May 15 at 11:15 am

Rob in Japan said ...

Where the hell is bill is going to be stuck in my head for days now.

May 15 at 10:51 am

some nut said ...

Maybe they went to go mod ska dancing! (thank you Rob in Japan)

May 15 at 6:21 am

Rob in Japan said ...

Maybe they went to buy some gnarly thrash boots. Maybe they went to see the Circle Jerks.

May 15 at 5:14 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Where did everyone go????

May 14 at 6:52 am

The DJ again said ...

oops I meant Jonathan Segel's Complete Harmonium works. Sorry.

May 14 at 6:37 am

The DJ Hickery Expreience said ...

Oh dear, I missed the deadline with my message. Never mind. I'll go for the second disc with demos when that's released. Must save my money for the big trip!!!! Plus I need to get the following releases:- 1/2 - Victor's two recordings with and without Mrs Miller 3 - Jonathan Segel's Complete Harmonia works 4 - Greg Lisher's Tribute to Judas Priest (got to hear that riff for Living After Midnight - our Greg goes like a demon throughout that track) 5 - David Lowery's Chocolate and Tomato Ketchup (the much anticipated release from man who brought you Cigarettes and Carrot Juice and other vices) And perhaps a Silver Jew CD thrown in for good measure. You can see I'm not very good in saving money but as my old mum used to say: 'Money is Made For Spending'! Mr zzzzzzzzzz - one day I may go to Edinburgh, heard so much about the place.

May 13 at 1:58 pm

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz said ...

Hi Di, Embra's a blast - loads going on and good sunny weather makes it even better. Not so keen on the Silver Jews myself, saw them at Green Man and they were OK. A bit gutted that Life is Grand isn't re-recorded for the new redux album, but VERY happy that 7 Languages gets the nod. Everyone should hear that song.

May 13 at 6:15 am

Rob in Japan said ...

I saw some pics of the band in the recording studio with Bruce Kaphan at Fantasy, I think they recorded it in mid-spring. I'm assuming that the only re-recorded songs are the five songs listed, as Camper doesn't have the right to re-release the virgin era songs. I think Jonathan or somebody said that there is going to be a second disc of their earliest demos, however.

May 13 at 5:33 am

The DJ Hickery Expreience said ...

Thanks for the link, Mungo interesting cover. Also thanks for the Silver Jews link, Alick - I quite like their sound. I think I'll investigate their new album when it comes out. How's Edinburgh? This album release by CVB is it new remixes. I'd love to hear different takes and versions of the old favourites. I'm not really into 'gratest hits' compilations which I hope this isn't. It would be great to hear a really heavy rock riff on Shut Us Down (hint hint) . If this album hasn't been recorded yet - please coerce Victor to sing at least one song - thanks.

May 13 at 5:15 am

mungo  [[ link ]] said ...

in fact, the [[link]] gives you the first minute for free, which will do me for now! Interesting addition to the loads of CVB covers I've got buried somewhere (albeit mostly TTSB covers - I think there was about 10!).

May 13 at 2:11 am

googlebot named morst  [[ link ]] said ...

You can find the whole album for sale by searching Ola Tha Ta Diagrapso, or use the [[link]] to buy the Opening Theme for just 0.16€. Does that help? I don't have a € to my name. . .

May 12 at 4:45 pm

mungo's mystery CVB cover song findings police  [[ link ]] said ...

"Opening Theme" by Giorgos Margaritis and 667 on the album "Ola tha ta diagrapso (I Reject Everything)" [[see the link]] Somebody find this! We need to hear it. It's like Hava Nagila in reverse. Sort of. Ish.

May 12 at 4:38 pm

mungo's odd literary mention police said ...

A distant friend of mine wrote this on my facebook: "I was reading a chick lit novel in the garden this afternoon when something in it reminded me of you! It was about a music teacher telling his class about a band who covered Status Quos "pictures of Matchstick men". he saiid it was a wonderfully named American indie band called Camper Van Beethoven & i immediately thought of you!" What book?, I replied "its called Pillow Talk by Freya North and the mention of said band is on page 203 of the paperback edition (how sad is that?!) for anyone who wants to know."

May 12 at 4:30 pm

mungo said ...

Full tracklisting The Day Lassie Went To The Moon Border Ska Take The Skinheads Bowling Pictures of Matchstick Men (re-recording) Skinhead Stomp Opie Rides Again/Club Med Sucks Eye of Fatima Part 1 & 2 (re-recording) ZZ Top Goes To Egypt Sad Lovers Waltz When I Win The Lottery (re-recording) The History of Utah Seven Languages All Her Favourite Fruit (re-recording) Good Guys and Bad Guys One of These Days (re-recording) Ambiguity Song Shut Us Down

May 12 at 2:34 pm

morst said ...

Looks like some solid choices. How did you figure that out, Rob?

May 12 at 8:21 am

Rob in Japan said ...

"When I Win The Lottery," "One Of These Days," "All Her Favorite Fruit," "Pictures of Matchstick Men," "Eye Of Fatima Parts 1 & 2." ^^^ Those are apparently the five songs re-recorded for the June release Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty.

May 12 at 4:00 am

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz said ...

Hi All, Small but funny article about TtSB in our Sunday paper. http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment/Changing-tracks-David-Berman.4069806.jp

May 11 at 7:10 pm

glenn said ...

check out victorkrummenacher.com for Red Hill Books performances.

May 11 at 12:48 pm

Barb said ...

New band added to the lineup on the Myspace page -- Quasi! Yes! I haven't seen them for eons...

May 11 at 12:06 pm

The DJ Hickery Expreience said ...

I've voted already - best of luck with the campaign. It'll be great to see these bands play.

May 11 at 12:46 am

jmb  [[ link ]] said ...

Dear DJ: As you know, Jan is waging a campaign for all the various crumb bands (Day Drug, Labrador Dali, Alguno Chalado, the Radials, etc.) to play the Campout. That campaign currently is at 60%, and discussions are going on on that site regarding day, time, format, etc. I too hope that these bands will get to play. So everyone else who is reading this, vote! And get your friends to vote! You do not have to be a musician planning to play the Campout to vote, just willing to support the cause!

May 10 at 1:37 pm

morst said ...

GREAT FIND, ADE! It's like REDUX REDUX!!!! “We endeavored to present an enticing set of popular songs from the much-acclaimed "secondary and tertiary recording periods" of the band, 1985-1990. We were, however, thwarted in this effort by a certain recording company which had released the later (tertiary) output of these original recordings. We made offers to buy back our own catalog, but they were rebuffed. Hence, still owning the publishing rights, we decided to re-record a few of these later songs. We have attempted to remake them to so closely resemble the original recordings as to be essentially exact forgeries, but keen ears may be able to sense an underlying maturity that the originals might have lacked. We apologize for that, but it couldn't be helped.”

May 10 at 9:58 am

Ade  [[ adeheathen at aol dot com ]] said ...

Ook? http://www.cookingvinyl.com/release_info.php?id=489 Popular Band from Cooking Vinyl. Cryptic allusions to great hits package? Happy Camperversary?

May 10 at 8:53 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

That's an interesting point - dynamics has been lost in music since the invention of the CD and it's 16 bit format. I can't see the point of cranking up volumes to the point of distortion. There is one Foo Fighters CD (I can't remember its name but it was released around 2002) that falls into this category and although I love the Foo Fighters, I can't hardly listen to it before I get a headache. Same with Chilli Peppers Californication, but that isn't too bad. It's producers like Rick Ruben and Timbaland who believe the teenage generation needs loud and loud is what they get. I just been listening to My Chemical Romance and really can't tell the difference between the rhythm and lead guitars. That's why I like VK's music - it has dynamics, all instruments can be heard, the skill and dexterity of musicians are noticed. Thanks for the list for the confirmed bands. I don't see any Death of Me - are the Dangers going to play instead of them? Also, is Labrador Dali and Daydrug playing too? I was under the impression that they are appearing.

May 10 at 3:28 am

morstificational morsternator  [[ link ]] said ...

Did someone say [[DYNAMIC]]!??!??!?!

May 09 at 1:16 pm

mungo said ...

Victor, Fare Thee Well... is excellent stuff. And such a different dynamic to my (erstwhile) favourite duet by you and AFL ("Sweet Life"). M&MM promises great variety!

May 09 at 11:29 am

morst said ...

"Bands confirmed for the 4th Annual Campout include: Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven, David + Johnny, Jonathan Segel, Greg Lisher, Built To Spill Citay McCabe and Mrs Miller and some band called The Dangers" WOOHOO! The Dangers! I notice McCabe/Miller is on the bill but no "solo vk" so I guess Alison is solid in his new project, wonder if she'll be at Bottom Of The Hill in June?

May 09 at 9:36 am

51-7 said ...

Sie sint rightig, Herr Loobie! It's got what a realtor would call "rustic charm", but by Allah's short'curlies there's the ol' church key affixed to the bathroom sink! I'm trying to book room(s) right now. Hope you had a great time in Atlanta (Gators always do in that venue!), see you at Pietown if not before.

May 09 at 5:30 am

morst said ...

Pitown motel reservations are as previously arranged. Yucca Inn is available through PaT.com now. Di- I don't have an account with PitchATent, I just type in my info each time. There is a weird "certificate error" that I get when I try to do the shopping card thing, but I just ignore it. Never had any trouble with it.

May 09 at 5:27 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

I'm trying to log onto the Pitch A Tent site, but having trouble going through a secure server - it doesn't seem to let me buy any tickets. Do I have to be a member of the site before I can get anywhere - slightly confused over it. I'm eager to go if the site will let me! I appreciate any help - thanks.

May 09 at 4:26 am

mungo said ...

KLP? Argh. The devil doth tempt me once more... Jack Ruby, June, Humid Press, Come On Darkness!! Closing Theme :) Did I read somewhere that any reservations for the Pioneertown Motel are void? Free camping this year? Last year they charged so that those people could sit under the gazebo all day playing cricket (no, it can't have been cricket... that's my confused mind, it was putting).

May 09 at 1:04 am

Barb said ...

I'll be there though we'll probably keep our Joshua Tree Inn reservations.

May 09 at 12:37 am

morst said ...

Thanks SHAY! Who else is going!?! :-)

May 08 at 2:04 pm

Shay  [[ link ]] said ...

2008 Campout tix on now sale at www.pitchatent.com! Click Store and then Cracker. They also have a Yucca Inn package for those that have been waiting for that :)

May 08 at 4:13 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

It's a big corner... The man in the know, knows

May 07 at 10:25 pm

morsty  [[ link ]] said ...

I should hope that bts is confirmed. . . they're listed on [[Denmom's Myspace]] page! Di, Victor and Jon were just in Italy a few weeks ago, ain't that just 'round the corner from Great Britain? ;-p

May 07 at 9:48 pm

Eric said ...

I was told by one who should know at the Cracker show last Saturday that Built to Spill is confirmed for Campout.

May 07 at 9:06 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

That's a great idea - Pi-Town the greatest music show on earth. VK - when are you and your troupe playing Europe? The UK needs you!

May 06 at 4:45 pm

jmb said ...

Dear Mr. K.: Loved it! Thank you for posting! Are McCabe and Mrs. Miller performing at the Campout? Pleeeeease? "Propulsive railroad groove" (love the terminology, Morst!) sounded famiiar to me as well. It reminded me of "Diddley Daddy," by Chris Isaak, but slowed down.

May 06 at 3:50 pm

Ade  [[ adeheathen at aol dot com ]] said ...

Hey Victor, Fare thee well is excellent stuff. I'll anticipate some more of this. And bring that show to Eurotown again !

May 06 at 9:48 am

Rob in Japan said ...

God I want to hear that KLP show. If just for the chance to get Jack Ruby live..

May 06 at 8:26 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

VK - I don't know about the Bob Dylan track, or Robert Johnson for that matter - Fare Thee Well was brilliant. I just love anything with male and female voices combined. The groove has that cool fifties vibe and perhaps I should look out for Dylan's Modern Times if the beat's similar. Thanks for posting; something to look forward to during the year. Thanks Morst for the link to 4th Annual Campout and am glad to see Build For Spill playing there. Been playing 'You In Reverse' non stop since Saturday. I guess we're all studying BTS like its a degree. As the man said: Better Times Are Coming Our Way.

May 06 at 3:28 am

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

Key Lime Pie? Really? Wow. I hope there's enough time to hear some surprises as well, now that I won't be surprised by the KLP part!?! Guess I better study up on my BTS listening in the meantime. Yo VK! Thanks for the sample! I like the duet part towards the end the best. Not quite Exene and John, but that's OK. I like the propulsive railroad train groove, it reminds me of Dylan's Someday Baby, off [[Modern Times]]. . . I'm sure he got that groove from someplace else, like Robert Johnson or something. Is that a shuffle beat?

May 06 at 1:21 am

Victor K. said ...

OK y'all, I'm leaking stuff here. A new song from a new project I'm doing with Alison Faith Levy. McCabe and Mrs. Miller. The song is called Fare The Well, Adios & Goodbye. Head to the music page on victorkrummenacher.com and click on the link. And let me know what you think. Mr. K

May 05 at 9:31 pm

Barb said ...

Oh yeah...the funny thing is on the list of tourdates, it calls Pappy and Harriet's "Peggy and Harriet's." It is a Warner Bros. records press release.... But still, the inclusion of BTS playing *anything* is great news.

May 05 at 8:23 pm

Barb said ...

This was part of a message I got from Built to Spill's email list today: Built To Spill has also confirmed one west coast "PFNO" album set scheduled for September 12th, along with friends, Camper Van Beethoven, who will perform their classic '89 album, "Key Lime Pie," from start to finish. Is this true?! (PFNO is Perfect From Now On)

May 05 at 4:35 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Hello Spike, good site to discover some top bands and new tunes. See you at Pitown. Thanks Morst for the Dec 30th CVB show, Listening to it at the moment. Apart from a few mishaps at the beginning, it's a good show Technology eh? Who needs it.

May 04 at 12:20 pm

Spike  [[ spikenmona at gmail dot com ]] said ...

Good Sunday to ya. Long time reader, first time poster. I've finally got approved to be with all my crumbie friends. I'd like to say hi to Bro' Big David and Kimmie, K-Day, Chil-i, Higgs, Horst, Rob, Gene, Steve, Beachbum, Ralph, and Johnny Hickman. Mona and I can't wait to see all of you at the Campout and/or the S.F. Camper show... "Miles and miles to the otherside".

May 04 at 4:17 am

archive nut  [[ link ]] said ...

Thanks to James Bartoli for taping and sharing this! (Cracker set to follow soon!) http://www.archive.org/details/cvb2007-12-30.akg460ck1.flac16 Camper Van Beethoven December 30, 2007 The Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA Disc I 1. tuning 2. O, Death 3. Waka 4. Seven Languages 5. Paid Vacation: Greece -> Tania 6. Abundance -> 7. White Riot -> 8. (I Was So) Wasted -> 9. Shut Us Down -> 10. R 'n' R Uzbekistan 11. Sad Lover's Waltz 12. Eye of Fatima pt. 1 -> 13. Eye of Fatima pt. 2 14. Prelude -> Sons of the New Golden West 15. 51-7 Disc II 1. One of These Days -> 2. Pictures of Matchstick Men 3. Cattle (Reversed) 4. Militia Song 5. Might Makes Right 6. Circles 7. Take the Skinheads Bowling 8. All Her Favorite Fruit 9. Club Med Sucks -> 10. Interstellar Overdrive (24-bit FLAC also available at archive.org!)

May 03 at 11:18 am

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

Built to Spill is listed on the [[myspace page]]. . .

May 03 at 6:15 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Thanks Ike for these incredible stories. I enjoyed reading it. It looked as if Sky Saxon's brain had too much coke back in the 80's. I have a look at all these other bands - gives me some ground to go on. Morst, I tried typing a few words and got spooked by the phantom of the page. Whilst reading, I was thinking what sort of crackers Sky threw to the audience - cheese crackers, or fire crackers. Note I'm typing the word CRACKERS here. Perhaps this page is CRACKERS. I take it BTS is Build To Spill (crossing fingers here) and not Bullet to Shoot (or some unknown band with the initials BTS). If it is Built to Spill then I'll be a happy bunny. I have one of their records and it's brilliant.

May 02 at 11:55 pm

morst said ...

The page is haunted. Try typing d-a-v-e some time. Changes it to David. There are a few others too. Pt Arena on Wed June 25th!!?! Hmmm. BTS at Crampout IV. . . Double-Hmmm....

May 02 at 3:12 pm

Ike  [[ flyingike at hotmail dot com ]] said ...

f-l-o-w-e-r-s not crackers. what's going on with this page?

May 02 at 3:09 pm

Ike  [[ flyingike at hotmail dot com ]] said ...

Hmmmm, too long of a post. Sorry. He didn't throw out crackers. he threw out crackers s and it was all very hippie. Di, I was also going to suggest the Standells, Electric Prunes, Moving Sidewalks, Music Machine, Blue Magoos and a few others that got cut off from my post if you're into that 60's garage psych punk stuff.

May 02 at 3:05 pm

Ike  [[ flyingike at hotmail dot com ]] said ...

I have to relate a couple of Seeds stories. Back in 1988 I went to go see Sky Sunlight Saxon with a band called SS-20 downtown LA at the Variety Arts Center. It was quite the mess. Sky seemed like he didn't have any idea what the words to his own songs were. It all seemed very much like an extended jam session. Mars Bonfire from Steppenwolf was the keyboard player and towards the end of the set they did Born to be Wild and Sky was just making up his own words. It was a train wreck but it was well worth the price of admission. After the show I managed to traverse my way to the backstage door and gave it a knock. I took my vynil copy of the Seeds Future to see if I could get him to sign it. So I knock on the door and Sky opens the door. He was kind of dirty with deep lines in his face and his beard was long and scruffy and had stuff in it. I asked him if I could get his autograph and he invited me backstage. He fired up a joint and I smoked out with Sky Saxon and then he said Future was his favorite Seeds album because he had done the painting that graces the front and back cover. He elaborately adorned the album cover with extra magic marker artwork and signed it "To my friend Ike, thanks Sky Sunlight Saxon 1988" I hung out for a few more minuntes but Sky disappeared, so I shuffled my way back out to the main room. I treasure that album cover. Then in 1989 at the Universal Amphitheater they had a "Summer of Love reunion Show" that had the Strawberry Alarm Clock who had turned into a heavy metal band and played Incense and Peppermints and Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow as encores and were laughing the whole way through the songs like it was a big joke to them. Then Big Brother and the Holding Co. came out with a Mama Cass look-a-like filling the Janis Joplin role. They were eh....Then Sean Bonniwell and the Music Machine came out and tore the place to shreds. If you like that 60's punk garage stuff you have to check out the Music Machine. Then Arthur Lee and Love performed. Arthur was quite strange and animated that night and Love was great. Then the headliner was the complete original lineup of the Seeds. Sky came out all dressed in white and had cleaned up and shaved his beard off. I later heard that someone had told him he looked like Manson and he was horrified by that. I had a friend who worked at the LA Reader at the time and she scored pit tickets and we were in the front row and Sky came out throwing bunches of crackers s

May 02 at 9:27 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

You're right wha? the Seeds only did a few good tracks. I have a double CD (costing only £5) from Play.com bargain bin - but it's worth it for the history. Some of the keyboard work is quite good, especially in Pushing Too Hard. Been digging around my house - did find 13th Floor Elevators and Moby Grape. I like those better. I look out for the Batteries, thanks wha? I hope they didn't wimp out too much.

May 02 at 12:16 am

wha? said ...

But that didn't address your request at all. I just started typing when I saw Seeds.

May 02 at 12:09 am

wha? said ...

There was a Santa Cruz band, The Batteries, that we used to try to convince to cover Pushing Too Hard, but they didn't get it and then they got attention and thought they were up and coming then they pussied out and added a keyboard player and put out an over produced record (clear vinyl(I still have it(it's cool for that(produced by Bill Spooner)))) and I never heard much of them again though Tony had a surprisingly nice house for a punkish singer.

May 01 at 5:30 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Pictures of Matchstick men... Jut received the Best of the Seeds. I'm getting into 60's garage/punk sounds that defined a generation. Anyone know any more bands from that era - I also discovered Chocolate Watch Band and Strawberry Alarm. There's a million of these bands around, but apart from these three I know nothing of these bands. Cheers

Apr 29 at 4:06 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Excellent track.

Apr 28 at 6:17 pm

mungo's curious omission correction notice  [[ link ]] said ...

thanks for noticing! how bizarre. which reminds me i must get the other Dogbook song lyrics on there - always worth reading!

Apr 28 at 11:53 am

kday said ...

yeah it's funny, i didnt look at it, i just copied from the van...love the song though, great tune to play..

Apr 28 at 10:25 am

rob said ...

hahaha di! thats my favorite verse too... a band i was in used to cover this one too, it was for a play a friend of ours was writing and wanted us to do the music for it, it was to be about an Evil Ice Cream man, so we thought this would be perfect for it- sadly nothing ever came of it, and i dont think we ever committed it to tape...

Apr 28 at 7:43 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Gosh that's the most important verse. Never omit to mention a guy's account of personal hygiene.

Apr 27 at 10:11 pm

rob said ...

isnt there another verse to that? Never forget the day that I washed my face in the sink And i went to the store I bought some bolts and I bought some napkins and I went back home to wash my face again its just like everyday... curiously missing from the-van.com...

Apr 27 at 4:35 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Thanks for clearing the picture up. I wouldn't have known who's who. I have seen some videos on Youtube, but that doesn't seem to match up to the people in the picture. I have only seen Jonathan with long hair and David Lowery with a beard. Here's me thinking it was CVB with REM! Kday, do you still have a copy of your version of the Ice Cream song. I like to her it if you have.

Apr 27 at 1:22 pm

kday said ...

love that song years ago we used to cover it.. The lights went out in the abandoned house Your house After you left Waved goodbye Sat on a crate Thought when I spoke And thought when you're gone It's just like every day, doo-doo-d'doo It's just like every day, doo-doo-d'doodoo-doo Just like every day, doo-doo-d'doo It's just like every day CHORUS: Ice cream I scream Eye scream Ice cream Ride my bike I turn the corner And go home Walk on the ground Blink my eyes Breath the air And drink water Just like every day great song...

Apr 27 at 2:53 am

morst said ...

Ice Cream. . . Youse cream, we all scream, for I scream.

Apr 27 at 1:47 am

curious said ...

is it "i scream" or the other?

Apr 26 at 1:09 pm

morst said ...

el turtle is correct about the photo. The confusing tattoo issue is cause by the fact that Jon's arm is crossed under victor's, so the tattoo appears to be on the arm connected to VHK's shoulder. Note that Victor is wearing a striped shirt, though, so the arm in the shirt actually belongs to him, not the one with the ink. Mark- Camper has only played the Kinks tune live once that I know of - Pitown 2006. They have, however, recored songs called Ice Cream Every Day, and That's All For Everyone, on Vantiquities and Tusk, respectively.

Apr 26 at 9:35 am

Mark  [[ mstevens at ecentral dot com ]] said ...

Stray question for tapers and completists out there. Anybody know if Cracker has ever performed "I'm Not Like Everybody Else," the Kinks song that Camper recorded? If so, does anybody have a recording or point me in the right direction? Thanks! While I've got the vine: This holy circus camp Aladdin and his lamp A feverish daydreams and suerte loca My face in magazines The lesbian James Dean I got all I ever wanted

Apr 26 at 9:03 am

el turtle barleypop  [[ mudpuppycd at yahoo dot com ]] said ...

Dj I think this is right back row L to R Frank(current drums for both bands)Kenny m (part time member of Cracker, usually records with them, also sings for Lucky 7 and The Upsouth twisters)Greg i mean Gerg (currently of cvb lead guitar and has 2 solo albums I think) front row L to R David I (counting crows,cvb part time, monks of doom,Glider,was grammy nominated when he played with John Hiatt)David Lowery, dont know who the black haired guy is unless its Jonathan and it has to be(cvb and at least a half a dozen side projects as well as solo albums)and Victor (cvb , cracker bassist for a couple or 3 three years, many solo albums) Now I ask a question do Jonathan and Victor have the same tatoo of a lizard on opposite arms and what does it mean? I hope these are right The only ones i am not positive on are Jonathan and Victor that tatoo is throwing me off

Apr 26 at 7:08 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Caught kgnu.com at the wrong time - they were playing dance and hip-hop. Most Friday afternoons I'm working and won't be able to hear the below mentioned Alternative show. Thanks for the link. This may be a dumb question to all of you, but when you open this site there's this photo of seven people in a graffiti filled cubical. Is the bald guy on the extreme left Michael Stipe of REM? He looks so much like him. In fact the only one I do recognise is David Immergluck of the Counting Crows. Cheers for any info.

Apr 25 at 10:44 pm

sleepwalking tapir  [[ link ]] said ...

That seems to work fine, robrador. Gotta post those links with the full http:// etc etc Jef.

Apr 25 at 9:22 pm

rob  [[ link ]] said ...

testing test does this [[link]] work?

Apr 25 at 3:37 pm

Confused Jef said ...

I keep trying to put in a link to kgnu.org, but it doesn't seem to be appearing...?

Apr 25 at 3:34 pm

Yukon Jef said ...

For probably more than a decade, I've arranged my life so that I'll always be able to listen to the Friday Afternoon Sound Alternative on <KGNU> out of Boulder, Colorado. 3 hours of strange music from all sorts of genres & subgenres, most of which I've never heard before; freeform radio at its finest. If curious, you can stream through their website, & you can even listen to past programs... Over the years I've heard a lot of CVB & related stuff on there; it comes to mind that I heard plenty of Electric Chairmen on KGNU long before I learned that JES, Victor, & Greg played on the album... For whatever reason, they hadn't played any CVB for a long long time, but in the past few weeks I've heard "Hippy Chix" & "Life Is Grand" on the program. I don't know, I seem to get really excited when I hear CVB on the radio... Incidentally, the Dead donated their paperwork (contracts & fan mail & all that sort of thing) to UC Santa Cruz, not the tapes/music. Rhino still has rights to the music, for at least a few more years...

Apr 25 at 5:35 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Good on them to remember their roots. Another band from Santa Cruz was Moby Grape. I just read an article about them in Classic Rock. They made three classic albums and are never forgotten.

Apr 24 at 11:02 pm

Sluggo the Banana Slug  [[ link ]] said ...

Just got the news that the Grateful Dead's archives will permanently become part of the "Special Collections" at UC Santa Cruz's McHenry Library! "It seemed to all of us that the stuff really belongs to the community that supported us for all those years," [guitarist Bob] Weir told The New York Times on Wednesday. "And Santa Cruz seemed the coziest possible home for it." I wonder if some other California bands might follow suit and give their archives a permanent home at the City On A Hill?! ;-)

Apr 22 at 9:40 am

el turtle barleypop  [[ mudpuppycd at yahoo dot com ]] said ...

five people no problem as long as it is a quality table but then there would be no room for gear.

Apr 22 at 8:57 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

With all those pool tables, there wouldn't be any time for music. Here's a question: would a pool table carry the weight of five people and their equipment?

Apr 21 at 12:35 pm

rob said ...

i dont think abbey pub has pool tables, at least not in the 'music venue' part... but i wont swear against it...

Apr 21 at 8:17 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Morst, I remember you saying that before and now I understand the meaning. 4 sets at 90 mins each, I'm surprised they were able to do the next date in Madison. Men with stamina!

Apr 21 at 4:48 am

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

I have read that the Abbey Pub shows in 2003 was when the members of CVB knew that they were "back" - that CVB was a vital entity, and not just a rehash or a nostalgia gig. I was at the [[show in Madison]] the following night, and according to the voices coming from the Powerbooks on stage, "The Abbey Pub is trying to kill us!" I think I remember some comment about them playing from atop the pool tables?!!

Apr 21 at 3:37 am

rob said ...

that 18th jan 2003... man, that was a good show. that set you are referring to is the second show of the night. CVB scheduled TWO shows- the first was at something like 7:30 pm and the second was something like 10 pm. the first set was incredible, but maybe only 90 minutes long (ONLY...) a bunch of us had tickets for both sets, and we had to sit around the bar for an hour before the later set, and i remember us all talking about how, after the first set we would not be surprised if they came back and were a little tired or what not... we really werent expecting all that much from the 2nd set. but then they came out and just started playing and playing, it was immediatedly apparent that that first set only warmed them up. one of the best shows ive seen (i think that was their first jaunt to chicago post-reunion), especially when they came out with Surprise Truck... wow! good memories!

Apr 20 at 4:40 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Listening to the 18th Jan 2003 show as I write, and waiting for Surprice truck -thanks Mungo. Thanks for the videos of Little Ble Fish and Lucky, Iamcracker, excellent tracks. Our Mr Hickman does a good version of the LBF song - truly a man of talent.

Apr 20 at 8:17 am

mungo said ...

i like the idea of CVB/Cracker people doing each other's songs in their solo shows. Spread the genius!

Apr 20 at 12:36 am

iamacamper2 said ...

here are a couple of songs from Thursday nights Johnny Hickman and the Piggies show in Littleton, Colorado. Lucky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5YJxtyPG1c Little Blue Fish ( a Jonathan Segel song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct03lfT97Y0

Apr 19 at 8:45 pm

mungo  [[ link ]] said ...

[[here 'tis]]

Apr 19 at 8:40 pm

mungo said ...

they're from the live Surprise Truck that RPaul mentioned below which is on archive.org.

Apr 19 at 6:27 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Interesting lyrics. Where they're from?

Apr 19 at 2:43 pm

mungo said ...

"some people say that this wasn't a real song that it never had any real words some people say that our manager told us to play it" love it :)

Apr 18 at 6:44 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

New site? Tell me more? Thanks for the link Mungo. Interesting story. I like Victor's explanation of Beloved's snare sound- 'that bad Springsteen rock of the 80's'. It was that and/or bad synthesizers. I used to hate that synth sound and every damn band in the world used it.

Apr 18 at 4:19 pm

jes said ...

hey you're not supposed to be looking at the new site! won't be live for another month or two. some scripting and content to sort through...

Apr 18 at 1:53 pm

RPAUL said ...

Man, holy freakin lord!!!! Surprise Truck from 01-18-2003 is cooking my damn brain....Thank you, thank you, thank you. I think my ears are bleeding. Great quality. Woops, heart just missed a beat....Wow!

Apr 18 at 4:06 am

morst said ...

WOW, thanks for the link Mungo! That explains a lot! And Jon- I don't mean to look a gift horse in the mouth with my comments about the very minor glitches in the Victor Miller track! I really appreciate you going to the trouble to share that fine rarity with us!!! KO, I gotta get some sleeepz- Man Man spun my head tonight! Eep! Gourds tomorrow, then some Tire Fire on Monday with Nashville Pussy and Morton Meat, I mean Horton Heat!

Apr 17 at 12:05 pm

mungo  [[ link ]] said ...

check out [[this link]] morst, it gives you another bio, including how CVB & The Border Patrol evolved from Sitting Ducks, The Estonian Gauchos, Box O' Laffs and The Young Republicans, among others... Former band member Eric Laing gave me a hand with the timeline some time ago.

Apr 17 at 10:53 am

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

Small Hole In Time is in fact the untitled track 15 from the OBRS outtakes that Mungo has posted the link to. I think I got my copy from the great (and missing!) Philippe. Pretty sure he sent me the demos CD from "Soviet Spys Swim Upstream Disguised As Trout" I mean "Third Album"! Speaking of alternate names, I never knew that the original name of the band was, according to the [[bio on Victor's page]], Camper Van Beethoven And The Border Patrol! Speaking of VK- how was Italy??!

Apr 17 at 10:28 am

rob in japan said ...

oooooh! jes, the new cvb site looks great. assuming that that is your doing.. when's it going live?

Apr 17 at 9:55 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Cheers for the links Mungo. Interesting to see bootlegs. Downloaded Victor Miller track - and did hear the slight skip at the beginning. The Windows computer required that I had to download it while the Linux could play it streaming audio. It's a good track, got it permanent now - that's one good thing about downloading tracks. Many thanks. I agree with Mungo, Victor's voice is sublime.

Apr 17 at 8:54 am

mungo  [[ link ]] said ...

Thanks so much for victor miller. Victor's an underused vocalist in CVB. Sounds like something that could easily fit into a future solo Victor release though. Yeah, I didn't put Jonathan down as an artist on Closing Theme since it came out on the Pictures of Matchstick Men 3" CD Single UK release (wow, I've had that a long time now!). Think I'll go add now... It's also on CVB Is Dead, Long Live CVB - guess it was sneaked on there since it was a Virgin Records release - I thought they still had the rights to that period...? There's a bit of "crowd noise" dubbed onto it on that version. "small hole in time" came from a bootleg CVB OBRS album demos CD that got out somehow ( http://www.the-van.com/discog/result.php?detail=tracks&id=11&discog_type=bootleg ). there was also a third album demos CD ( http://www.the-van.com/discog/result.php?detail=tracks&id=7&discog_type=bootleg )

Apr 17 at 6:20 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Victor Miller played perfect for me with no skips at all. (At the moment using Linux Fedora and I'll try later with the Windows laptop upstairs.) Thanks for Mungo's link Morst.

Apr 17 at 1:58 am

jes said ...

1) sorry bout the less than perfecr version of victor miller, i may have to drag out some stuff to find a real mix. 2) i played on guitar hero, i think they couldn't credit me as i wasn't part of the band when it came out.. though they did get rid of the recorder parts and the string quartet... 3) where did you get the small hole in time anyway? i don't even know if we have any access to the tracks for that. i had completely forgotten about it..

Apr 16 at 8:39 pm

van-fan  [[ link ]] said ...

[[Mungo's site]] has the following info for closing theme, but doesn't mention señor jes on it. . . Format: Split-release Single First released: 1990 (USA) Media: 7in. vinyl Label(s): Evatone Performing artists: David Lowery, Victor Krummenacher, Greg Lisher, Chris Pedersen Notes: free flexi-disk from The Bob Magazine #57 1. Camper Van Beethoven: Guitar Hero [a.k.a. Closing Theme] 2. Barbara Manning: [Someone Wants You Dead] 3. Russ Tolman: [See No Evil (Russ Tolman)] So Victor Miller is very cool! Seems to have some odd high-frequency swishing pitch things- I assume they are intentional?! By the way, any relation to McCabe and Mrs. Miller? (the track does sound like it has a couple small skips in it . . . see 0:12 1:16, and 1:45. . .)

Apr 16 at 5:08 pm

jes  [[ link ]] said ...

well here's victor miller i *think* that small hole in time was something we were working on for a magazine flexi release or something that was supposed to be a multi-part song that was called "Guitar Hero" that later became the "Closing Theme". i have it on a 3" cd single of matchstick men (with jack ruby and humid press of days.)

Apr 16 at 10:16 am

Keith said ...

Hey, I just wanted to drop a line for those that ordered tickets through Ducat King...they usually don't send out their tickets until a month before the show, so if you're wondering where they are, wait until next month before you start to panic, heh.

Apr 16 at 8:43 am

morst said ...

mungo's link is like this Di- http://www.the-van.com/songs/index.php?item_id=586 it worked fine for me. Mungo- You are a URL hacker! I am glad someone finally found my handywork! Please feel free to post that on The-Van if you like!!!

Apr 16 at 7:59 am

The DJ Hickery Experience  [[ link ]] said ...

As promised found some Supersister. It's nothing like Small Hole In Time I must admit, but it's a nice track. Listen on from 2mins 30secs. Hope you enjoy the track.

Apr 16 at 7:43 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Craig Breedloe was on TV not long ago talking about his career and there was footage of him in the desert. I'm surprised to see Steve Fosset has died in a plane crash in 2007. I remember him going across the Atlantic in a hot air balloon with Virgin Records Richard Branson. Thanks for the interesting link about Breedlove, Jes. As for Small Hole In Time I wished they had finished it. It sounds slightly like the Dutch band Supersister who had hits in the 70's and their music was very much in that style of rapid speech and grand choruses about drug taking and hallucination. I'll try and find some Supersister links and post them to this page if they are available. I can't seem to get the link to Untitled, Unfinished Demo, Mungo. Hopefully you can try and link it again. Tusk is a brilliant - I like the approach. Beautiful Child is sang with such passion and beauty.

Apr 16 at 5:25 am

mungo  [[ link ]] said ...

[[...genius!]]

Apr 16 at 5:15 am

mungo  [[ link ]] said ...

Thanks for the info on Craig Breedlove. The lyrics for "Small Hole In Time" have been listed on the-van.com for a few years, as "Untitled, Unfinished Demo" [[here]]. Maybe someone can come up with what the title actually was/is! Ike, you should check out the Tusk album - full of twisted gems.

Apr 15 at 11:20 pm

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

Well, hey, I have a server - check the [[link]] for SMALL HOLE IN TIME and tell me what ya think!?

Apr 15 at 10:00 pm

jes  [[ link ]] said ...

well... ok here's a little clarification. Craig Breedlove (see link) was once the fastest man on earth. the song called craig breedlove was recorded at sound of music in pre-production for NRT, along with a few others like "Victor Miller" (i have that somewhere...) and "Here Come the Warm Milk" obviously 'warm milk' was finished quickly and ended up on Edgy Not Antsy, but the others never got anywhere. During the NRT sessions proper, we redid Craig into something that David had going on called "rhythm in my head" which was going to also be the cover of "Come Out" (the Steve Reich tape loop phase piece) but david never did the "come out to show dem" vocal loop for it. nonetheless, it now has the "rhythm in the head" choruses and a further Steve Reich reference (bridge has "it's gonna rain!!") but somehow never made it to the album sequence. It is now called "It's Gonna Rain" i think. or rhythm in my head. i don't know "Small Hole in Time" though i like the title...

Apr 15 at 9:45 pm

rob said ...

craig breeds love became something else didnt it? i want to say it was an instrumental version of 'ballad of chas m' or something like that- or maybe disco cvb before it was called disco cvb... something like that... sisters of the moon is off tusk, and while it is not technically an 'instrumental' it is not sung by any human voice...

Apr 15 at 8:30 pm

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

Small Hole In Time is on OBRS outtakes. . . Mungo's [[The-Van.com]] has a lot of wild info on there. It's extremely comprehensive! Great to chat with you today Amyth! Too bad that yahoo voice chat is not a little more reliable. . . or shall we blame Bill "Vista" Gates!??!!

Apr 15 at 2:32 pm

earlybird  [[ amyth74 at yahoo dot com ]] said ...

I would die for chippy hick... Morst I am eating hummus and dreamin of you...

Apr 15 at 11:49 am

Ike  [[ flyingike at hotmail dot com ]] said ...

Sisters of the Moon? Small Hole in Time? Craig Breed Love? I thought I was a huge fan, but I've never heard of these titles before. Someone enlighten me please. Are these CVB originals? Or covers that they played live once or twice?

Apr 15 at 11:38 am

morst said ...

I think a speech engine is not a singer. It does not require a vocal microphone any more than a sampler does, so I'll call SotM an instrumental. Uh, Sisters Of The Moon, not Stander On The Mountain (Bruce Hornsby) or Standing On The Moon (Grateful Dead).

Apr 15 at 10:28 am

mungo said ...

OK, so 073003000 isn't quite an instrumental. David's quietly singing or humming something unintelligible towards the end. So, Sisters of the Moon has lyrics but not really a singer - it's a Mac speech engine... so is that an instrumental? :)

Apr 15 at 6:30 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

...or does the b'ar bleeps you???

Apr 15 at 12:43 am

morst said ...

. . .sometimes you eat the b'ar, sometimes the b'ar eats you!

Apr 14 at 8:06 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

073003000 sounds like a bar code.

Apr 14 at 7:31 am

mungo said ...

ooh, i've never heard an instrumental version of Col Enrique - only the "sung" version off TTSB 12" and the euro "II & III & Plus" CD. None of the obscure songs I mentioned were this (although 073003000 isn't on my ipod so I can't remember it (it's at home). It was a rough compressed WAV file sneaked into a folder on the gwbinp website back in the days of evidence...) morst, you're right, I was being over-picky with Processional :) I wouldn't call Border Ska the instrumental version of Heart, despite it's similarities for the first 2 bars. They differ somewhat after that (not just the lyrics but the chords). If you listened to late-60s Fleetwood Mac blues you'd think half their songs were the same instrumental, different lyrics :-) Looking on my ipod, Craig Breed Love is indeed an instrumental. So is Silent Monster, which I completely forgot about. It kind of sounds like a 80s TV theme, but I don't think it's SWAT :) You could also add Hava Nagila, which has appeared in many an SP37957 medley.

Apr 11 at 5:43 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

I know running a festival is a big headache when plans fall through and the developers want the land for something else while you want it for your event. It's a dream of mine to go to Campout, to see all these bands and to see America. I can go to America any time to see deserts, but to the Campout it's a once in a lifetime trip for me. It's the reason why I want to go to America. I thank God that nothing has changed. Thanks to Linnaea and company for keeping it the same dates or else I and umpteen others will find it impossible to go.

Apr 10 at 7:47 pm

Linnaea said ...

Hello All, The Campout will go on as planned! Please don't bug the Yucca Inn about reservations because we will be selling the hotel rooms this year as a package. As soon as we're all ready we will release this info. This is a chance for us to make sure the Campouts go on by covering our expenses! The Yucca Inn should not have any reservations for the 11th,12th,13th. We're booked the whole motel as planned at the end of the Campout last year. Those of you who think you have existing reservations please contact me through myspace (I'm on the campout page). Don't worry we will get this figured out soon! Looking forward to it! Thanks, Linnaea

Apr 10 at 7:24 pm

kday said ...

i really dont want to miss the campout..the first year i had no choice, i know that it will really suck if i cannot attend, it is the highlight of the year...i wish i could change my plans but it really isnt possible....sucks big

Apr 10 at 5:06 pm

Molly & Scott said ...

Hey all - I just saw that Jonny posted on Cracker that the Campout dates might change!!! I vote to keep 'em the same - Please, please, please...Our airline tickets are non-refundable...Everybody vote!

Apr 10 at 7:54 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

On my mobile phone I have something similar and a few instrumentals too and similar to Wha I had the same experience. A whole load of tunes (although not all CVB) came up while I was driving across town:- Cattle Interstellar Overdrive (CVB version) Back To The River (Polish rock band Riverside's take on Pink Floyd's album Wish You Were Here) Processional (the one featureing Mac Powerbook) Those instrumentals are here to haunt us!!!

Apr 09 at 7:51 pm

wha? said ...

That was weird, with all the obsession on instumentals here of late. Just drove from Golden Gate park to my house with the ipod set for shuffle cvb. This is my little ipod so just the real releases on it for 162 songs. 6 out of 7 instrumental. Mao Reminisces ZZ Top Might Makes Right (the exception) Discotheque CVB Balalaika Gap L'Aguardiente Opening Theme KLP If I was lying I'd tell ya

Apr 09 at 4:30 pm

glenn said ...

to Gurg, VK & JES, how went the Italy tour? any good stories to share with us crumbs? any new bay area spring dates to announce?...hate to sound greedy..June 28&29 would most satisfy...miss you guys

Apr 09 at 3:25 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

I like Ike Reilly. Great 7th installment, Morst.

Apr 09 at 4:49 am

Rob said ...

Hey Joy! There is a new Ike Reilly record out.

Apr 09 at 1:13 am

morstblog  [[ link ]] said ...

[[morst.blogspot.com]] has the 7th installment of my PiTown 2007 story posted, at long last!!?!

Apr 08 at 8:17 pm

wha? said ...

No (wav) files on us.

Apr 08 at 6:42 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Who needs musicians when you can have computers! It wouldn't be interesting to watch someone programming a few computers and leave the stage for the bar. Theme from SWAT - discovered it from one of those Archive.org sites that Morst put up from 1986. Links are further down the page. Reason why I mention it was that SWAT was my dad's favourite TV programme along with the A Team. The tune had brought a tear to my eye. Enduring strength and beauty - love it.

Apr 07 at 10:15 pm

morst said ...

Looks GREAT Dr. Sneakington! Truly an image of enduring strength and beauty!!!

Apr 07 at 7:56 pm

a sneaky fellow  [[ link ]] said ...

pssst...

Apr 07 at 7:49 pm

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

I am reasonably certain that the so-called "vocals" on Processional are not sung live, but rather generated by the Mac Powerbook in the current incarnation of CVB. Take a listen to the [[Pitown soundcheck version]] for details. "Could you play that 'Processional thing' again for me?" So if we can count Los Tigres Traficantes, then we can include Processional as well.

Apr 07 at 7:26 pm

some nut said ...

"No Flies On Us"

Apr 07 at 5:02 pm

some nut said ...

I note that Mungo, the World's Foremost Compleatist, has checked in. I saw Camper dozens of times in the 80's, and I have a question. Has anyone yet mentioned the instrumental version of "Colonel Enrique Adolfo Bermudas"? Perhaps one of the obscure songs that Mungo mentions is the instrumental version, which probably has a different title? I saw Camper play this many times in the 80's, never once with lyrics. In fact, I did not know that the song also had a version with lyrics, until I heard a twenty year old recording a few years ago. Also, perhaps I was always clueless about tv, but I never saw Camper play theme from swat. Cannot even think how that goes. The instrumentals, to me, are very special and they are what truly set Camper apart. Just like a video kind of intrudes on the way you think about a song, so do lyrics. An instrumental allows you to feel however you want about a song, without getting an unnecessary picture from the lyrics. I cannot ever listen to the instrumental version of "Heart" (Vantiquities) (the instrumental appears on their first album, Telephone Free Landslide Victory) again without hearing those lyrics, and it kind of bugs me. "Heart" kinda ruined the instrumental version for me. Anyone care to come up with the title of the instrumental, on the Telephone record? Is it Border Ska?

Apr 07 at 9:01 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Theme from S.W.A.T. one of the best instrumentals they did. I like to hear Staying At Home - the title makes me laugh.

Apr 07 at 8:33 am

mungo's late arrival said ...

OK, strike these: Tina (no English lyrics!?) - it's still singing! Processional - it goes "ah ah ah ah ah ah" so not strictly instrumental. Though it is strictly awesome! Porpoise Mouth - not at all instrumental! Circles (backwards lyrics only) - still counts! they even sing it live! Opi Rides Again - strictly only 1/2 a song! Small Hole In Time (no singing!) - where did you get that title from? I know the (incomplete) song you mean, it has Victor singing on it I think. But I never found a title! I Hate This Part Of Texas - the album version has lyrics And here's some more: 073003000 (obscure enough for ya!?) Craig Breed Love (I can't remember if it has lyrics or not!) Pope Festival (ditto re: lyrics) Deux Foises Los Tigres (if recorded voices don't count) Interlude Staying At Home With The Girls In The Morning (Vienna Club Mix) The Poppies Of Balmorhea Wade In The Water Interstellar Overdrive (and all it's medleys) Haven't heard any more about a songbook sampler. I think Chris LeRoy is concentrating on getting The Dangers done at the moment! I know I'm missing some too!

Apr 05 at 10:23 pm

scared said ...

I love epiconistic pics with an absurdist twist

Apr 05 at 5:17 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Nice to have an ode to a beer.

Apr 04 at 9:27 am

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

It's about [[beer made in Texas]], oddly enough. . .

Apr 04 at 7:47 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Never mind Morst - it happens. It's a busy life. To remedy this - Kday happy birthday from all of us. Hoping the hangover isn't too bad. Fish worms??? A nice trout will do me fine - grilled not fried. Thanks for the Shiner lyrics even if I don't have a clue what they're about. On Mungo's site, there's news of a Leroy songbook compilation released in January. Anyone know anything about it? I'm all ears, I'm interested....

Apr 04 at 1:50 am

morst said ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KDay! I always manage to post birthday wishes a little tardily, don't I?!? Hope you have/had a great one!!!!

Apr 03 at 8:45 pm

BEAR that answers ? said ...

me am ah fish worm!!me caught a trout!mmmtrout,CVB ROCKS!

Apr 03 at 5:09 pm

Sector 7G said ...

Since I am on call at the hospital until midnight with the very likelihood of nothing to do, I made sure to transfer several live CVB shows on to my MP3 player. It also got me thinking about the top CVB performances I have seen. Number one would have to be in Atlanta shortly after they reformed. Two full sets and very cohesive playing. The second is actually the '07 Campout. Due to communion with Father Dan I was in bad shape but the set was incredible. I also loved the Gothic (Denver) double CVB/Cracker performance of a couple of years ago. Victor was great in both sets. My 2 cents. Lee

Apr 03 at 12:52 pm

el turtle barleypop  [[ mudpuppycd at yahoo dot com ]] said ...

Mungo has fishworms? WOOOOOOHHHHOOOOOOO, o you mean the lyrics to The shiner song

Apr 03 at 12:33 pm

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

mungo's fine site [[the-van.com]] has 'em too. . .

Apr 03 at 8:14 am

troutina said ...

fishworms are what you catch fish with..... Bear put some great CVB in my newly crafted CD case.I got pretty hooked on New Roman Times.I just kept it playing over and over on my final leg of the trip home.Amazing the influence hippie boy has over me.

Apr 03 at 7:08 am

some nut said ...

hey dj czech lyrics ca be found printed on an FSK cd sound of music i think which also features David

Apr 03 at 5:16 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

What language is the Shiner Bock song in? Sounds like a hybrid of Polish, Spanish and Loweryism. I thought Disco CVB was done by computers. And what is a fish worm?

Apr 03 at 2:32 am

morst said ...

Hi Troutina! :-)

Apr 03 at 12:57 am

whahuh said ...

sorry wrong board.Hey Morst guess who?

Apr 03 at 12:51 am

whahuh  [[ houseofgroom at earthlink dot net ]] said ...

what is a fish worm?????

Apr 02 at 8:50 am

morst said ...

Oh yeah, and, as we discussed below. . . DISCO CVB! I Hate This Part Of Texas doesn't have any, uh, singing. . . That would be fun to hear! And like Cracker's Shiner Bock Song, Tina doesn't have any ENGLISH lyrics, if they're looking to test the vocal mics a little. . .

Apr 02 at 8:13 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

What about 'We Eat Your Children'? Was that an instrumental? Keith, you gave me an idea to dig that record out and listen to the lyrics. I'll see what I can get.

Apr 02 at 3:30 am

RS  [[ steveemmerich at yahoo dot com ]] said ...

and what about Sons of the New Golden West and Poppies of Balmorhea (sp?) I love Turtlehead...I wish they'd pull that (with a big psychedelic insanity section) out and Sp39whatever...

Apr 01 at 10:37 am

Keith  [[ weaseldesign at gmail dot com ]] said ...

Not an April Fools Joke, but rather a question... What are the exact lyrics to Jonathan's song "Scars" from the Honey album? This has become my favorite song as of late, but a few of the words are getting lost on me, no matter how closely I listen.

Apr 01 at 6:36 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

I'm back on the world's most secret site. Happy April Fool's.

Mar 30 at 12:38 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

I had a laugh over Adam Duritz's story of Immy's first job at the Amoeba (link on the other page). We need more people like Immy working in these stores. I'm all excited for the Indipendent Record Store Day.

Mar 29 at 3:26 pm

Keith said ...

I was in the city this morning and hit up Amoeba to the tune of the first Camper Van Chadbourne CD. Being a King Crimson fan, "I Talk to the Wind" made me laugh my friggin ass off.;) But for anyone coming to the Bay Area for the 25th show, that store is a must visit.

Mar 29 at 12:59 pm

morst said ...

oh, more than one tune was left out! Interstellar faching overdrive! And El Turtle Pinkguy, there are actually several instrumentals on Long Live. . . Closing Theme (from KLP I guess) Loose Lips Sing Ships The Perfect Enigma Machine Klondike and I bet you were trying to think of the correct title for Broadcasting Live From The MCI-Worldcom-AT&T-Diamler-Chrysler-Mitsubishi-Phillips-BASF-LG-Phillip-Morris-BP-Texaco-Pfizer-AOL-Time-Warner-Boeing-Microsoft-Aeroflot-United-Yoyodyne Coliseum, Strom Thurmond City, Mars I'm sure Mungo's www.the-van.com could fill in dozens more blanks! :-)

Mar 29 at 10:16 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Indeed Porpoise Mouth was by Country Joe and The Fish. I've heard of their version and the one by CVB. Morst, what an impressive list of instrumentals. I never knew they did that many. One tune was forgotten - the Theme from S.W.A.T. which was featured in the 1986 shows recently put up on this board.

Mar 29 at 3:44 am

el turtle barleypop  [[ mudpuppycd at yahoo dot com ]] said ...

Well shit lets dont forget epigram plus numbers and a track on long live camper ....................

Mar 29 at 3:30 am

morst said ...

Small Hole In Time is a partial track on OBRS outtakes. . . Hmm, now that I listen carefully, it's got a spoken and a sung section. . . Ps I forgot l'Aguardiente! Duh!?

Mar 29 at 2:41 am

rob said ...

dont mean to be the nit-picker to your otherwise impressive list, but porpoise mouth has words: "i hunger for your porpoise mouth" i seem to recall it being a cover song (country joe and the fish?) and believe the allusion was similar to what today would be referred to as camel toe. there is also opening and closing themes and inderlude from key lime pie

Mar 29 at 2:32 am

dexter holland said ...

Noodlz is going to be busy while we record. What is "Small Hole in Time"?

Mar 29 at 1:43 am

morst said ...

I guess jes's announcement of the Bottom of the Hill gig just SHUT US DOWN!!! Hey, has CVB ever done a set where they didn't sing but just did all instrumental tracks? Skinhead Stomp Vladivostock Waka Eye Of Fatima II Cattle )reversed( Yanqui Go Home Uzbek Balalaika 9 Of Discs Payed Vacation (Greece) Payed Vacation (Slovenia) [Ok I made that one up) Une Fois Stairway To Heavan (sic) Green Onions (bust out something new!) Tina (no English lyrics!?) We Workers Do Not Understand Abundance Mao Reminisces Processional At Kuda Porpoise Mouth Turtlehead Circles (backwards lyrics only) Five Sticks Hoe Yourself Down Sp 37957 Guardian Angels A.C. Cover No Kruggerands Opi Rides Again ZZ Top Goes Dustpan Border Ska Small Hole In Time (no singing!) I think they have a full set's worth of material. . . and that doesn't count the Monks Of Doom catalog!!?! (thanks for the inspriado Noodlz!)

Mar 28 at 11:18 am

kday said ...

hey dj, writing to say hi..still wishing io could make it out the 25th anniversary, but it's not looking god.....

Mar 28 at 9:14 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Welcome to the world's most forgotten site on the net. Abandoned, left out in the cold, and in need of a message or two. Now with most of the contributors dealing with Mad Russians, or running off to Italy for a few weeks, it looks as if I'm the only one left to write, to keep this site's memory alive. The net can be a lonely place, sad as it is, and someone has set up this site for the onslaught of millions of messages - but as you all know, no one writes anymore. Someone, please write - please spend your time by making the modorator of this site happy by writing in and saying Hi... Many thanks for your support. Or phone the charity line - 01 555 555666777.

Mar 27 at 6:01 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Go on Morst - hoping you go with Mad Vlad (if there's space in your trunk I'd love to come too). Need to hear more great tunes on Archive; as if there isn't enough already. That's a wicked poster on jes's link and I wouldn't want to miss them for the world! But geographically speaking... Ah well there's always September.

Mar 26 at 9:43 pm

morst said ...

I was thinking how the trip to CA was pretty hard to justify for a single show, but now this!!?! Now we're freakin' talking!!! Does Bottom Of The Hill sell advance tickets? Me and my buddy Vlad "The Mad Russian" will certainly wanna hit that, assuming I can get my butt (and microphones) out to the coast!!

Mar 26 at 2:16 pm

jes  [[ link ]] said ...

not sure how many people are coming to San Francisco in june to be at the fillmore on june 28, but be sure to stay through sunday: at the bottom of the hill sunday night, a relatively early wind down show with Jonathan Segel band, Victor Krummenacher band, and others...

Mar 25 at 11:05 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Must get me a copy of the Labrador Dali CD. If Archive Nut is stoked about it and I love it, it must be good! Honey Change at Sunrise - good title. Morst is becoming a John Doe and Exene groupie. Now I know what he's up to during the evenings. Still haven't heard of any Carla music - Easter came in the way and all that egg eating.... I'll get around soon - I promise.

Mar 24 at 11:50 am

chill-i said ...

Holy Cannolli!!! i will be a month late for the Italy shows - sheeeyat - that would have been a huge treat - anyway i have come up with a name for the Tour: "Honey Change at Sunrise" - hope you have a great trip!! sweeet rob-rador dali rocks - can't wait to take a listen and Another vote for Carla at PiTown - i think that would fill the night with surrealistic sounds matching the mood of a starry high desert X-cited i will get to see them in Boston - loved the Doe at PiTown - what a great talent and a great friendly guy too-

Mar 24 at 12:14 am

morst said ...

Thanks for the archive post rob!! The archive nut said to tell ya he's stoked about it! ;-) At the X show the other night, I realized I've seen Doe 4 times now (twice with X, solo at Pitown 06, and with Dead Rock West last summer), I've seen Exene thrice, (caught Original Sinners a few years back), Bonebrake twice, and now Billy "Rictus" Zoom once. 4-3-2-1!

Mar 23 at 10:29 pm

rob  [[ link ]] said ...

i remember that old town school of folk music camper show very well, it was the first time i saw camper 'outside' which can be very different from seeing them in a cramped smoky bar... the jayhawks were quite remarkable for a while until mark olson left to persue solo interests, after that imho the output of the band was syrupy pop pandering. check out 'tomorrow the green grass' for the band at its height. there is some rumor that olson and louris are writing together again so there may be some sort of reunion- i think the two of them together do something magical which is more than the sum of their parts. and just in case anyone might care, labrador dali is now on the [[archive]]

Mar 23 at 9:00 pm

Barb said ...

I liked the Jayhawks when I saw them but never could get into their records. Strange that he goes on last...I don't think I'd want to follow the Mekons. I don't think I've ever missed an X show in Houston! We get the Detroit Cobras as openers who were a bit of a disappointment when I saw them at SXSW last year (the singer was beyond drunk) but I like what I've heard on various samplers so I'll give them another chance. Weird cosmic connection ;^) to all of this: on my 40th birthday almost five years ago I went to Chicago to see the Mekons do an early show at Martyr's, X play the House of Blues, and the next day Camper at the Old Town School's folk and roots festival (where all the Mekons and John Doe were in the audience.) Best birthday ever!

Mar 23 at 8:43 pm

morst  [[ link ]] said ...

Never heard the mekons but have heard good things about them. The [[Barrymore]] is a short walk from my place, but the show is at 8pm and I don't get off work until about 9, so I probably won't try to go. Opening act is Gary Louis from the Jayhawks. Tomaas tried to turn me on to them, but I have not really given 'em a listen at all. I will mention that X is tearing up the country on their 31st anniversary tour! They'll be going west, then back east in May. Check 'em if you can!

Mar 23 at 3:37 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

I have friends in Italy, Ferrera near Ravenna - I hope you don't mind if I post the set list on their site. They're an Iron Maiden tribute band and not sure if they're free next Saturday, but I'll give it a try. Good luck on the tour. Barb, I remember the Mekons - brilliant band.

Mar 23 at 2:11 pm

Barb  [[ b dot hatfield63 at sbcglobal dot net ]] said ...

Morst-I was just noticing that the Mekons are coming through Madison this week--Thursday at the Barrymore Theatre. Have you ever seen them? Highly recommended for a fun evening. I'm not sure what format they'll be using, acoustic or electric, but either way you can't go wrong. The Mekons are pretty much the only band I've done extensive traveling to see outside of Camper/Cracker shows (and R.E.M. in the distant past) and would have loved to see this tour if I could afford it. But Pioneertown airfare looms.... As far as Italy goes, I have an expat friend who lives in Rome and would probably go if she could get to it but job demands and lack of a vehicle are a problem for out of town shows. I may send her the VK/GL/JES sched though in case she has friends that might be interested.

Mar 23 at 5:36 am

Ade  [[ adeheathen at aol dot com ]] said ...

Aw, I might've got myself over to Italy for next weekend if I wasn't going to the Home Game in Fife. Have a splendid trip and come back to Europe soon.

Mar 22 at 9:45 pm

jes said ...

i don't think any are near rome... http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid= 111168236819234686397.000448d362ef6f7397b4f

Mar 22 at 8:08 pm

Barb  [[ b dot hatfield63 at sbcglobal dot net ]] said ...

Jonathan, do you know if any of those shows are near Rome?

Mar 22 at 2:20 pm

jes said ...

anybody have friends in italy? Victor Krummenacher acoustic with Jonathan Segel and Greg Lisher: FRI 28 MAR Rodello (Cuneo) @ La Terrazza / Clover Club SAT 29 MAR Ravenna @ Bronson SUN 30 MAR Zambana (Trento) @ Teatro Comunale - Festival "Roots & Rock in Trentino" TUE 1 APR Osimo (Ancona) @ Loop Club WED 2 APR Lecce @ Masseria Lo Bello (PRIVATE CONCERT!) THU 3 APR Bari @ Bohemien - Festival "Planet of Sound 08" FRI 4 APR Massa @ Tago Mago SAT 5 APR Savona @ Rain Dogs House

Mar 22 at 7:27 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

I most probably heard of her if she's been played on Andy Kershaw's show. I used to listen to that show a lot in the 80's and had taped a few of them, but I wouldn't be able to find the tapes now - been moving around too many times. As I said, I'll definitely hit the archive during the week when the kids are off my laptop computer. Cheers for the info Mr zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Barb thanks for the recommendation.

Mar 22 at 12:24 am

Barb  [[ b dot hatfield63 at sbcglobal dot net ]] said ...

I'd also love to see Carla at the Campout. The Geraldine Fibbers are definitely one of my all time favorites. If they had a (highly unlikely) reunion, I'd definitely be there, whatever it took. Great, great band and their few releases are very much worth the effort to seek out.

Mar 21 at 7:11 pm

TCon2000 said ...

anyone know if Crispy will be out for the 25th or the Camp-Out?

Mar 21 at 7:03 pm

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz said ...

Madame le DJ, Carla was the singer with Andy Kershaw favourites the Geraldine Fibbers, superb gothic country rockers who are indeed on the archive for a few shows at least. Evangelista is her latest solo album and is more harrowing than some, but well worth listening to.

Mar 21 at 6:19 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Who is Carla Bozulich and the Evangelista? Sounds like a gospel choir to me. Most probably she's on the archive, and I'll be looking for her.

Mar 21 at 2:57 pm

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz said ...

Yep, would love to see Carla B play at PTown, haven't seen her or the Fibbers live but Evangelista is one of the best things out in years. As is [shameless plug] the new one by Fach Buttons - a mix of Residents and cLOUDDEADy sort of techno. I'd love to see them live - there's arguments on blogs about whether they are really trying to scare the audience away or not.

Mar 21 at 1:12 pm

chill-i said ...

sheeeyattt!! Carla Bozulich at Safari Sams - dang nabbit - why do i have to be 3000 miles away and a day late? have never seen Carla play a show - yet - but certainly one of the top ten reccomendations ever to come me from CVB sound off/myspace - some day some how some way some yellow nut named morst - anything that includes a hockey organist also peaks my interest - Tina would be a perfect ice anthem - we may have lost the Whalers in Hartford but we still have the Brass Bonanza - one of the great goal scoring songs of all time - dun dun daaa da da daaa da da!!!

Mar 21 at 9:08 am

some nut named morst  [[ link ]] said ...

Thanks to the iTunes party shuffle mode, I had the opportunity to awake today from a dream in which "Dirty" Ernie Hays, the former organist for the St Louis Blues hockey team, was playing [[TINA]] to the crowd at the game! I didn't expect to hear that!

Mar 20 at 11:31 am

music news nut  [[ link ]] said ...

Carla Bozulich is playing at Safari Sam's with Mike Watt on bass tonight. . .

Mar 20 at 9:38 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

I like to know too; and are they popping over to the UK?

Mar 20 at 2:36 am

single issue man said ...

is there any news on the VK/AFL spring tour dates?..bay to breakers needs to know

Mar 19 at 7:10 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

It's the mystery of the missing posts! OR Is everyone suffering a hangover from St. Pat's night?

Mar 18 at 12:58 pm

More DJ said ...

That was brilliant from the perpetual band of 21 year olds. Someone should have been told that November 29th falls under the sign of Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21) and not Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21). So If Greg's a Scorpio would he born on Oct 29th instead of Nov 29th? I know I'm being pedantic, you must forgive me. Welcome to Club 21, CVB!!!

Mar 18 at 6:54 am

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Thanks for the links, Morst. San Diego 1986 - another good one pulled out of the hat.

Mar 17 at 12:58 pm

archive nut  [[ link ]] said ...

(then suddenly. . .) San Diego 86! http://www.archive.org/details/CVB1986-11-29

Mar 17 at 5:14 am

archive nut  [[ link ]] said ...

interview and a couple tunes from Radio Free Arkansas http://www.archive.org/details/CVB1986-03-29.FM one song from Dutch FM: http://www.archive.org/details/CVB1987-03-24 One more 1986 gig will be up tomorrow. :-)

Mar 16 at 10:39 pm

Barb said ...

Cool Morst! I just saw the post for the August '86 Houston show...my first Camper concert! They were co-billed with Zeitgeist and I bought a LP from Jonathan (II & III I think) and left afterward because I couldn't wait to play it.

Mar 16 at 1:30 pm

The DJ Hickery Experience said ...

Lafayette and Oakland Hills looks pretty places, so many beautiful places to photograph if the sun shines. Thanks for the pics Keith. Perhaps the stagecoach got held up somewhere, or Athens had been closed and no one can get through.

Mar 16 at 1:08 am

Keith  [[ link ]] said ...

I still haven't gotten anything from Ducat King either, but I at least have the receipt in my inbox. Had a nice Saturday afternoon, cruising around the backroads of the Oakland Hills, playing