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The Gypsy Van

About Me

Beautiful World
The Gypsy Van is more than just a band. It’s more than just music, more than sarcasm and cleverly placed VANtastic puns. The Gypsy Van is on a trip to change the world. It’s insane that 25,000 people die each day because of poverty caused hunger, yet here in the United States we have mega-supermarkets with shelves full of things like diet dog food. That’s just crazy. We think we’re so civilized, but our apathy is barbaric. History will condemn our society as technologically advancing, but societal Neanderthals. So how do we change things? The first step is public awareness. The news networks break into regular programming for the latest spoiled rich girl’s incarceration or rehab, but where are the breaking news stories about those who die every 3.6 seconds just because they are hungry? Where are the TV specials and newspaper articles? Don’t the hungry and poor deserve some airtime? Unfortunately the media only provides what people want to hear, and right now not enough people care about this. So how can you make a difference? There are plenty of great organizations out there for you to give money to, and a percentage of The Gypsy Van profits go to some of them. We’re not going to tell you where to give your money. A quick Google search will provide many options you can check out. We also won’t get on a soapbox and brag about what we do behind the scenes, but just giving money is not the answer. We need to get involved – hands on! Maybe you can’t travel to Africa to help build an orphanage, but are there needy families in your area? Think not? Did you know thousands of children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night? It’s time to do something! Is there a homeless shelter you could volunteer to help with? A food pantry you could help with? Changing what we do will change how we think. Get involved. Make some noise by making a difference, and then spread the news. The world doesn’t need another charity concert or another rock star on a soapbox. The world needs YOU believing that things can and will change. That’s what The Gypsy Van trip is all about – just being the decent human beings we should be. We’re just crazy enough to think that together we CAN change things. We make music because it’s what we love to do, and we hope you love our music too. Rock out! We’re having a great time creating this stuff and aren’t trying to be all Debbie Downer on you! We’re rolling with a purpose, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to have a great time all along the way.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/08/2007
Band Website: www.thegypsyvan.com
Band Members:

**Aub Delane**

| Vocals | Kazoo | Things Electronic

**Ponch Satrio**

| Guitars | Vocals | Things With Strings and Skins

**Tal Raz**

| Guitars | Vocals | Odd Hand Gestures

**Tim Lykins**

| Drums | Smirks For No Apparent Reason

**Clinton Trench**

| Bass | Blues Brother Impersonations

**Ty Robertson**

| Keys | Guitars | Vocals | Things That Make Noise
Influences: Stories about the Zoo (ask Ponch about that!) and most every type of sonic stimuli available to man - (Except for bad bar band solo acts butchering Johnny Cash songs.)
Sounds Like: The sound a kaleidescope might make if it wrote, recorded, and performed music rather than being a somewhat useless but interesting visual device.
Record Label: keeps peeling off of my Zepplin IV album!

My Blog

TGV takes a European trip!!!

Hey VandalsGreat News. The Gypsy Van is the featured artist this week on The Los Angeles Music Pipelinea radio show on big-FM, the No.1 CHR Commercial Broadcast Radio Network in Europe/Germany with ...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:04:00 GMT

The Gypsy Van is BACK!

Hey VANdals, we've been quiet around here for a while but TGV is back and ready to rock. Over the past couple of months there have been several bumps it the road, but if rehearsal last night is any in...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:00 GMT

The Gypsy Van on the air!

94.7 the BuzzThe Gypsy Van is being played on Buzz Born and Bred All you VANdals make 'em your myspace friend and listen Sunday Nights 10 to 11pm on 94.7 the Buzz. Let Lacey know you wanna hear MORE o...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:12:00 GMT

The Van is FULL!! Getting ready to ride!

Hey VANdals -- the show's almost on the road. The Gypsy Van is stoked to announce the complete lineup: Aub Delane (Vocals, Kazoo) Ponch Satrio (Lead Guitar, BGV) Tal Raz (Guitar, BGV) Shy Oren (Bas...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:14:00 GMT

More Passengers in The Gypsy Van!!

Hey VANdals, we have some news. First, the last song of the CD is recorded. You will be able to pre-purchase SOON!Second, The Gypsy Van is getting more crowded. Last week we snuck out to an impromptu ...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:50:00 GMT

Story Behind New Song - Drowning

A teenager drowned not far from my house last week in a freak accident. His funeral was today. Everyone called him "Phat Phat". We've had some flooding and he was running on a path by the lake with hi...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:24:00 GMT

Each Weeks Number One VANDAL!

Every week The Gypsy Van will pick a fan's VANDALISM to feature. van·dal·ism (van'dal iz'uhm) noun Willful or malicious destruction of the English language in order to create a ridiculously punny ...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:38:00 GMT

The Gypsy Van - BE A VANDAL

So. Here we are. The Gypsy Van. It's been quite a trip, and there's lots more road ahead. It's so bizarre how life works, and how pieces of a seemingly random puzzle just fall together. The Gypsy Van ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:29:00 GMT

Does anybody know how to build a robot?

Just kidding. I'm sorry to say that I do know how to build robots. It may have happened by reading all those encyclopedias as a kid. (For those born after 1990, an encyclopedia is like google in a bu...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:33:00 GMT