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MiniVan

About Me

Two roomate's late night recording sessions turned into a band bent on energetic performance. Lo-fi warm harmonies and bare bones melodies. Mini Van broke up after tour, fall 2007.

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Member Since: 11/03/2005
Band Website: beeprepaired.com
Band Members: Barry O'Hara + Nathan Ellis-Brown
Influences: Lou Barlow, Daniel Johnston, Beck, Lou Reed, Magnetic Fields, Iron and Wine, Gillian Welch, Neil Young, Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Beatles, The Pixies, Built to Spill
Sounds Like: Two guys with guitars. Some drums, banjo and tambourine. Like indie-pop in a thrift store blender
Record Label: Beep Repaired
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Minivan breaks up for 48 hours...

I haven't blogged about the end of the tour because the band broke up if only for a moment.  Eleven thousand miles is a drag at times.  We played awesome shows and made hundreds of new frien...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:44:00 GMT

New Photos!

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/minivanband/
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:43:00 GMT

Los Angeles Burns... i catch up.

Hello from smokey Los Angeles.We woke up a little earlier in order to see the Grand Canyon.  When we finally got there, we only had about 40 minutes.  We booked to Phoenix. We love the trunk...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:11:00 GMT

Louisianna

Hello from Phoenix.  I haven't had time to load any new pictures in a while or blog.We played another packed house show in Baton Rouge on a week night.  It was sticky hot.  We were wet ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:20:00 GMT

New Photos!

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/minivanband/
Posted by on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:19:00 GMT

Tornados touch down, Nate goes swimming

We woke up to heavy rain and thunderstorm.  I am watching the news and there is a tornado warning for the Florida panhandle.  Twenty minutes earlier Nate decides to go swimming.  I decl...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:34:00 GMT

NYC, Carolina, Florida

Hello from Gulf Breeze Florida.  The weary travelers are staying with my brother in law's aunt, because the Atlanta show was cancelled.  You can pretty much count on one or two shows a tour ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:11:00 GMT

Car towed

Hello from Goodbye Blue Monday....Parking is always a pain in New York.  We thought we were safe.  We spent the better part of the day tracking down the car.  It was at the impound lot ...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:35:00 GMT

Cleveland, Rochester,Philly...

We made some new friends in Cleveland!  We met Dan who is the editor of the neighboorhood paper(lakewood observer)and Shannan who works at the coffee shop we played at.  We walked around the...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:51:00 GMT

Fargo, Minneapolis, Des Moines

Hello from Cleveland Ohio.  We drove 10 hours to Cleveland. The worst drive because of traffic, construction and tolls.  Last night we stayed at the Anarchist crust punk house in Des Moines ...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:21:00 GMT