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Caravan

About Me


CARAVAN IS **NO MORE** BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD STOP JUMPING ON TABLES, CHASING WOMEN, PUNCHING MEN, DRINKING WINE AND DANCING. IF YOU STOP DOING DOING THOSE THINGS, WE HAVEN!T TAUGHT YOU A DAMN THING.WE MADE OUR MILLIONS, WE HUGGED OUR FRIENDS, WE SANG OUR HEARTS OUT. THANKS FOR ALL THE CARP.SEE YOU AT THAT BIG AFTERPARTY IN THE SKY.XO FOREVER CARAVANLOVE AMANDA, ADI, ADRIAN, WILL, OLI, ELISHA, JAY & BABY TOM.
=======Born in the back of a VW Westphalia on a remote highway in the Eastern Bloc, Caravan came to Canada in the late 1970s and looked back.Aside from playing your regular shows, we busk at liquor stores, parks, on skytrain, on the street, and parties. invitation not needed.

We love The Plastic People of the Universe, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Andy Kaufman, Eugene Hutz, Vaclav Havel, Vaclav Cerny, Osip Mandelstam, punks worldwide, Ramones, X, Shaban, Esma Rezdepova, Boyash Gypsies of Hungary, Bengas, Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Lucier, Lech Walesa, John Cage, Crass, Geoff Berner, Sonic Youth, Eric's Trip, the Germs, Daniel Johnston, chanting, travel, accordians, violins, acoustic basses, nylon-string guitars, under table parties, mallets, trash cans, trumpets, rock power, torn vocal chords, flowers, Shanghai alley, interestng venues, Kastelet wine, horse blood, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lake Baikal, dancing, sweating, singing, spectacles, eating, drinking, Poland, Polish landlords, transvestites, trains, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, late nights, explosions, characters.
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"Caravan celebrated their CD release and reaffirmed that they're the most crazy, energetic and exciting band in Vancouver. Every performance is a joyous celebration. This was a happy rampage of fun, wine, accordions and a dancing mosh pit." Chart Magazine.


CHECK OUT A LIVE SHOW RECORDED BY TOM on his 4-track!
http://noiseandsound.blogspot.com/
WE WERE ALSO PUT ON A PEE-POD CAST? THIS TECHNOLOGY IS CRAZY! THANKS DEREK K MILLER!
http://swimmingupstream.libsyn.com/
NARDWUAR PLAYED CARAVAN ON HIS RECENT RADIO SHOW! RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, BEFORE THE ARCADE FIRE INTERVIEW! THANKS, NARD! DOWNLOAD IT HERE:
http://playlist.citr.ca/podcasting/audio/20070525-153500-to- 20070525-163908.mp3
** HERE'S A REVIEW OF OUR CD RELEASE PARTY SHOW! WHO NEEDS CRITICS WHEN YOU'VE GOT WINE? **
http://www.streethawkmagazine.com/readArticle.php?article=05 21
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INTERNATIONAL CARAVAN LOVERS! DIRTY SHIRTS ON THE LAUNDRY LINE FOR SALE!
Hand designed by Devil May Wear (http://devil-may-wear.com/) and hand embroidered by children with tiny fingers at a sweatshop here in Vancouver. FOUR LEFT! If you live outside the country and would like a shirt, e-mail us! $20 CAD (shipping included!)
Remember: a horse with a wheel for a leg can still make it to the pub on time and in style.ADI & WILL, ACCORDION GURUS/HOMEBREW AFICIONADOS, TAKE TO THE AIRWAVES, CITR (MIDDLE OF PROGRAM)
http://playlist.citr.ca/podcasting/audio/20070615-180036-to- 20070615-192854.mp3

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/09/2006
Band Website: .
Band Members: Adi Romane (accordion black, gravely vocal, stage left party!)
Will Romane (accordion red, tenor vocal, stage right party!)
Amanda Romane (bass, vocals, percussion, chant instigator, cartoonist)
Jay Romane (mandolin, percussion)
Elisha Romane (organ, percussion, recorder)
Ollie Romane (drums, bicycle horns, stickers)
Adrian Romane (guitar, vocals, brains, inventions)
Tim 'the Sars' Romane (occasional winds, daddy)
Willie Romane (flamenko guitar/flutes)
Julia Romane (Erhu)
Joe 'Cordless' Romane (tamborine/scholar/hustler)
Matty Romane- Quebec Outsourcing, around the world showcase
Caitlin Romane- European Set design
Rachel Romane (Dancer/goulash server/lighting)
J-Bro Romane- Photographer
Mikey Romane (booze distribution engineer / mosh instigator),
Tom Romane (trumpet, youth, field recording engineer)
Influences: Taraf De Haidouks, Plastic People of the Universe, Romica Pucineau, Boyash Gypsies of Hungary, Bengas, Mano Negra, Ramones, muliti-linguilism, vino, different senses of humour, the Monks, Mao, Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground, the insaaaane accordion subculture, street theater, soccer hooligans, brain-shattering volume, stimulation, bad behaviour, accents, beer, bangovers, Gogols, Becherovka, roughness, raspyness, Shakira, power tools, sweaty crowds, anything else with heart and guts.
Sounds Like: Your bar mitzvah gone terribly wrong. Lou after drinking with Havel.
Record Label: French Immersion Records

My Blog

TIME FOR DENIM SHORT SHORTS

DEAR APPLE SEEDS,THE CD RELEASE PARTY POPPED LIKE A WINE CORK. PLS NOTE THAT YOU CAN LICK THE CD LABELS IF DESPERATE FOR A HIGH AS EACH ONE WAS INDIVIDUALLY DIPPED IN WINE. SMELL IT, YOU'LL SEE.SUMMER...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 21:07:00 GMT

***** ENTER THE DRAGON! *******

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR YOU CRAZY DRAGONS!WE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SNEAK INTO A STUDIO WHERE THEY HAD MAGICAL MACHINES THAT TOOK OUR CASSETTE TAPES AND TURNED THEM INTO CD'S THAT WE CAN NOW SELL FOR MORE ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:32:00 GMT

NIGHTS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER ALMOST DONE!

Our dear internet using friends! Caravan is on the verge of finishing our first album, a great success for our pack. The songs are done, all there is left to add is Tim S...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:15:00 GMT

RECORDING TO TAPE SO SENSUOUS

As the great Roma proverb states, To Travel, is to learn!!!We had two great shows this month!! one to kick in 2007 at hoko the wonderful laughing sushi-chef's hut (thanks SJ & Jon Dye!) and one at Cai...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:34:00 GMT