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I'm addicted.

If you're jonesin' for more Heavy Vegetable, and you aren't already aware that Rob Crow is in a hundred other great bands, you should check them all out:

Thingy (the "sequel" band to HV)
Pinback (natch)
Optiganally Yours
Rob's solo records
Goblin Cock (this album's not out yet, but soon apparently)
Fantasy Mission Force

-justin

i LOVED heavy vegetable! never saw them live but i wore out the records. too bad rob crowe now plays in the ultra shitty (my opinion) pinback. i loved 3 mile pilot (more like obsessed over 3 mile pilot) so you'd think i'd dig pinback. oh my god do i find them awful. live and on record.

i loved 3 mile pilot (more like obsessed over 3 mile pilot) so you'd think i'd dig pinback

I know a lot people who follow this logic and I disagree with it. They are completely different bands formed from completely different influences. Yes zach is a part of Pinback, but so is rob crowe. 3 mile is a rock band. Pinback, not as much. Rick froberg (jehu, hot snakes) appeared on a 3 mile record, and rob crowe on a jehu record, but that is about as much of a link between the two that I can come up with aside from the obvious zach exchange.

Not accusing you of falling victim/perpetuating this fallacy ms. kahn, just throwing my pennies in about what I consider to be a common error in logic.

and yes heavy vegetable was good.

i know enough about music to understand that a bandmember who moves on to start a new group doesn't necessarily make the exact kind of music they made with their previous band. are you trying to say when a band you dig breaks up you don't expect to hear some of what you loved from the previous band in the new one? my point with pinback really had nothing to do with the kind of music they play. i just think they blow. big time. regardless of previous bands or style of music played.

however, i love how good they are at conversation. seriously, they could probably give mr. smog a run for his money.

I wasn't trying to be threatening or abrasive at all. Neither was I questioning your music aptitude. I just grew up in San Diego and have been over exposed to the 'ex 3-mile members' thing which I tried to...clarify...right... here

Not accusing you of falling victim/perpetuating this fallacy ms. kahn, just throwing my pennies in about what I consider to be a common error in logic.

are you trying to say when a band you dig breaks up you don't expect to hear some of what you loved from the previous band in the new one?

Yes. I will be more inclined to listen to the new project, but that is not because I am hoping for a continuity/similarity in sound, but because I trust this musician/artist to create something I will enjoy. And for this reason its okay to compare 3 mile with Pinback because they are both good bands composed of good musicians. Individual opinions may very in regard to the sound, but the fact remains. I've never embraced the if you like... then you will like... But that is just me and I do not expect it to hold true for anyone but me.

Bottom line is I am not calling you out, I was just making a general point in regards to an often misconceived relationship.

Great! I'll check Thingy out then, thanks.

I really don't dig Pinback; the ultimate meh band.

Anybody who likes 'em (Pinback) would do well to invest in the Mandarin record, which is pretty similar but exactly 1048 times better.

aporter wrote:more good stuff:
http://www.mp3it.com/artist.php?artist_id=21

I hate all vegetables except for one:
http://epitonic.com/artists/pee.html

I'm checking out PEE; seems good, thanks man.

Seems like the Lumen drummer plays fro 'em, I really, really wish they'd make a second record.

dan fouts, sorry i came across as harsh and abrasive myself.

btw, as a child i had a dan fouts autographed game ball.
fouts was my favorite player.