Author: tim

Not Again

I can’t believe I’m typing this, but Camper Van Beethoven’s gear has been stolen. Again. According to an e-mail i just received, CVB’s replacement gear for their previous burglary was stolen in Dallas last night.

That just totally sucks.

Below is a list of equipment that was stolen this time. More importantly, if you have any equipment you can let the guys borrow on any of their upcoming tour dates, please get in touch with them here.

Here is the list:

  1. ibanez jet king. cream colored in soft case
  2. gibson blues hawk red in gibson case
  3. ibanez classical electric in ibanez hard case
  4. ibanez acoustic electric in ibanez hard case
  5. yellow dobro (plastic finish) in hard case
  6. fender squire strat in grey ibanez jet king case
  7. fender squire tele in soft case
  8. fender squire strat in soft case
  9. music man rd 112 amplifier no case
  10. roland keyboard, in plastic shell case
  11. green flight case, contents unknown. possibly keyboard rack units.
  12. Ampeg SVT Bass amp. in flight case
  13. flight case with misc cables, 3 sennhieser 425 microphones, 2 sennheiser 604 mics 3 boss tu12 tuners, boss tremolo foot pedal, bass line spllitter. line selector pedal
  14. flight case with sony digital 8 camera, power supply, digidesign mbox, misc computer cables, m audio audiophile 4 channel firewire audio interface
  15. old casio tone keyboard in soft case.
  16. matchless super chief amplifier head. in flight case
  17. Chandler strat white in black “SKB freedom” hard case
  18. fender p bass in fender hard case

Oh yeah, there’s a $1000 reward for information leading to the return of their gear.

Bad Day

What is it with December 26th? On that date in 2003, Bam, Iran had a major earthquake, killing 43,300 people and leaving 90,000 people homeless. And then one year later the Indian Ocean earthquake and subsequent tsunamis kill more than 160,000 people.

I’m going to spend next December 26th under my bed, wearing a football helmet and hazmat suit.

Give

I’m long overdue for a post, sorry about that. A lot of really cool things have happened in the last month and I want to write about them, but this week I can’t think of anything except for the poor people whose lives were ruined by the Tsunami.

So, for now, I’ll just leave you with this:

Help

Fun with Music

Earlier this year some friends and I got together in a cabin in the woods of North Carolina for our quasi-annual retreat. We proceeded to participate in unhealthy amounts of drinking, poker, golf, music-playing, fishing and other sundry hi-jinks throughout our weeklong visit. A good time was definitely had by all.

One of our friends brought some instruments and recording gear along and we had fun making a racket and commiting it to tape. One drunken evening we decided to record a cover song. What do you think would be a good song to play for some guys who went to college in the early 90’s? Fugazi‘s Waiting Room, of course!

Have a listen (and please keep in mind we were all very drunk and/or high)

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