It's a new year. A time for reflecting over the past twelve months and making resolutions in hopes of bettering ourselves and making the up coming year a better one. Well, last year we were in a band called Vote Quimby, and it's time to kick the habit. As of last night we've decided to make the new year's resolution not to rock out any more and we're going to give Vote Quimby a rest. This will free us up to pursue our own interests like John's stamp collecting, Evan's reanimating dead tissue experiment, and Alex will be able to spend more time playing video games.

Seriously though, we just decided it doesn't make sense to keep doing this right now. Don't worry, though. If it's anything like any of our other new year's resolutions, we'll be back to bad habits of kicking ass and taking names in no time. For now though, we really are just tired and are going to enjoy hanging out as friends again, instead of band mates. Hopefully, in light of this, you will be able to accept our personal invitation to you all to see us out with a band by attending one or both of the Last Days of Quimby. We'll be playing our last show at the Ottobar on Thursday, January 25, and our LAST last show will be on Friday February 23 at the Redhouse Tavern. We're expecting both of these shows to be epic, and if you've never taken the opportunity to see us play, these will be your last chances.

That's it. We'll probably keep myspace going, so people can continue to access our wonderful, wonderful songs. Also, we'll probably eventually get around to finishing that album we started, just since it's so close to the end, but don't rush us.... just because we're not in a band anymore doesn't mean we're not still lazy and poor.

~B

Well, we played to a packed house at the Velvet Lounge in DC thanks to Full Minute of Mercury (assholes). We were not arrested, yet again. Outside of that, the night went quite well. We made some new awesome friends in the forces that are The Dance Party (who live up to their name) and The Unlovables (who do not). I have a feeling we'll be seeing both those guys again real soon.... because we stole their socks.

Seriously though, everyone rocked. Even we weren't that bad! Full Minute was particularly great as per usual. Tom and Krafty wouldn't stop hitting on me all night. Sorry boys, I'm taken. Kelly autographed me a band photo referring to me as the love of her life (*star struck*). I'm having it appraised tomorrow. Though it wasn't explicitly stated in the note, I'm pretty sure the plan is for Kelly and me to run off together and start a band called Full Minute of Butt Sex..... then again...... I might be reading too much into it.

Spring is slowly building into summer. We'll be having some exciting goings on this year. More on that as it develops. For now, mark down Saturday May 13th on your schedule. We'll be playing at the restored 8x10 opening up for Maryland legend: Colouring Lesson. This show will be epic. If you miss this one your right foot will rot and fall off, Allah will declare a jihad on you, and the ghost of Fruma Sarah will visit you in a nightmarish yet musical dream and declare that if your daughter Tzeitel marries Lazar Wolf she will be in mortal danger.

I'm Out. See you all at The 8x10 on May 13th.

~b

Now that our cover album Footloose: The Revised Motion Picture Soundtrack has been unleashed upon Baltimore, we can sit back and never have to worry about playing those stupid, stupid songs ever again. If you missed our CD Release Party at Fletcher's, it was really your loss. February Falling, Minus One, and Can't Hang all played fantastic sets which were heavy on the rock, and light on the suck. Seriously, much thanks to all those guys. Our only hope is that one day they'll let us be their roadies.

After that, we took the stage and played the shit out of the Footloose soundtrack, with help from each of the other bands - who also appear on the CD in case you didn't know - and a special guest appearance by Dowdee McCracken of Opposable Thumbs. In the middle of the set, there was a special surprise: a marriage proposal. And now, two of my best friends are engaged. Congratulations Mike & Shelly! Also, much thanks to Dave Dowling and Nick Wissman for providing us with kick-ass sound and lights, and thanks to Dion Gooding for shooting video footage of the event. And finally, thanks to everyone who came out on a cold night to see us play. We did our best to make this a memorable show, I hope we succeeded.

Currently, the only way to get the Footloose CD is from one of our shows. Or, if you really loathe the thought of being within a ten mile radius of any of us, you can email us at votequimbyband@yahoo.com and we'll make arrangements to get you one. Sometime in the near future we'll have internet sales options and in store sales options, so keep your eyes pealed for that.

~ B

Last night, at approximately 11:00PM ET, the surviving members of the rock band Vote Quimby finished principal recording on their next full length album slated for release late Spring of 2006. We stumbled out of High View Studios after making Drew Mazurek suffer through twelve straight hours of our out-of-tune vocals. We left behind mountains of shitty, shitty tracks that are now Drew's problem. Good luck, Drew.... you'll need it.

Fortunately for us, we don't have to think about these songs again until some time next year when we finally hear back from Drew that he's made a deal with the Devil or something in order to make our CD sound ten times better than Adequately Prepared to Rock. Don't ask how. You don't actually want to know, but rest assured, that it is going to fly circles around our last album. More on that when we have proof in our hands, for now we focus on our interim album, Footloose: The Revised Motion Picture Soundtrack. This one's going to be ready by Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and Voodoo Day. Make this year's holiday shopping easy and just buy everyone a VQCD. Pat's mom would like it!

And finally, now that we never have to record anything ever again so long as we live, I vow that I will most likely be on myspace more often and will definitely probably be releasing more of those zany comic strips more regularly, so there will be plenty of reason to swing by and check out our site.... did we mention there's porn in our video section?

~ B

Last Friday we played a last minute show with our boys (pronounced ¡boyēēz! ) from Minus One at Murphy's Pub, down on their turf. The show was a huge success (success of any given show is calculated by the ratio of the number of patrons who don't attack us with sticks to the number of patrons with sticks). Highlights of the evening include beer, more beer, and other such things. Also, we wanted to give a shout out to our newly found friends from the KICK ASS band Full Minute of Mercury. Those guys were so busy kicking ass that they didn't bother to take names. We are looking forward to playing many more shows with them.

In other news: principal production on our new full length album, currently entitled Too Drunk to Fish, begins this week. We'll be recording at Mazurek Studios. Vote Quimby + Drew Mazurek = Candy Coated Goodness. Don't believe me? Check out the proof from our last release, Adequately Prepared to Rock available online at Feoh Records.

That's it for this week's Quimblog. Tune in next week. Same Quimby time. Same Quimby channel. Find out which member of Vote Quimby gets fired! (hint: John)

~ B

Three events since the dawn of time stand as pillars, supporting the foundation of global society. First, man learns to create and control fire. Second, the Russians launch the first manned flight into outer space. For a long time, I was convinced that the third was the development of the half-off coupon at the All-You-Can-Eat Golden Dragon Buffet. Last night I was proven wrong.

At 11:49PM, September 26, 2005, Peelander-Z, from the Z region of the planet Peelander, descended upon the Mojo Lounge in Baltimore. They were a sight to behold. Peelander-Z is irrefutable evidence that not only does intelligent extraterrestrial life exist, but that it knows how to fucking ROCK, too! If you missed this historic event, please believe me when I say that you have missed the opportunity to be more entertained than you've ever been in your entire life, and I say that without hyperbole. Please check with anyone who was there, such as Stupid Hero (who also rocked), Steve and Luke from Can't Hang (who don't completely suck), or Christian and Mike from February Falling (thanks so much for coming out guys!). A time was had by all.

Alex has made an open challenge to everyone on the planet to go to a live performance of Peelander-Z, and not be entertained. Good luck.

Meanwhile, on planet Earth... Vote Quimby gears up for world domination. It's a well known fact that we're full of ourselves (overfull, actually), so it will come as no big surprise to you when we say our forthcoming CD, Footloose: The Revised Motion Picture Soundtrack will be the most fantastic thing you could put in your CD player... other than perhaps a cleaner of some sort... or a foreign language CD... "Mi pádre gusta hombres peludos" ... But, it's definitely high on the list. If you don't believe us, come to our CD release party in early December (date and location TBA) where one night, and one night only WE WILL PERFORM THE SOUNDTRACK IN ITS ENTIRETY. Shame on you for missing Peelander-Z, but may Ala have mercy on your SOUL if you miss the CD release party!

Thanks to our constituents for... well... for being our constituents. Keep reading our mindless blogs, and keep Voting Quimby.

~ B

Look Jerry, it's like this...

Our music video for I'm Not Bitter Song is finally finished, and we couldn't be more pleased. If you haven't seen it yet, you're missing out, and you're sure to be the laughing stock of all your friends.... and us. For those of you with astute powers of observation, you might notice that the rhythm guitarist in the video does not look like Vote Quimby's current rhythm guitarist (a.k.a. me). I would like to tell you that that is because I had facial reconstructive surgery after the incident, but Alex wants me to tell you that the man in the video is our first rhythm guitarist, Pearce Arnold.... You decide which is the truth.

In other news, Footloose is nearing completion. We just have one more guest star to track and then we're done.... then all we'll need to do is learn how to play the songs and we'll be in business.... Footloose business..... I don't know what that means.

One final note, we'll be playing at the Mojo Lounge on Monday, the 26th of September. We know no body wants to come out on a Monday, but suck it up because we'll be playing with the infamous Peelander-Z from the planet Peelander whose varity of stunt punk with daze and confuse all of us. Be there for this historic event.

~ B

Just thought we'd give an update in this seemingly slow month. While you are all out enjoying live shows by all your second favorite local bands, your favorite band has been busy in the studio working on our forthcoming epic release, Footloose: The Revised Motion Picture Soundtrack - slated for a late fall 2005 release. As of last night, Vote Quimby has finished laying down all the tracks that we'll be performing on this record. We still have plenty of friends who said they'd be on the album that we need to get in for guest appearances. As of now, appearances from such local musicians as Jasan of Dog Fashion Disco, Sean, Frank, and Matt from Ramrod, Jim, Christian, Joe, and Mike from February Falling have all laid stellar tracks on our record. Thanks for letting us exploit your talents, guys! Also, we're looking forward to recording more guest appearances including members of Abstraxt, Can't Hang, and Minus One.

We're still looking for a Trombone Playerto lay down some simple stuff on the record, so if you know someone (or are someone) who can play a trombone, get in touch with us: votequimbyband@yahoo.com.

We haven't played in a while, we miss you all. Come to one of our two shows next weekend and remember what it used to be like when we played shows all the time.

~B

Thanks to everyone who came late and missed our show on Wednesday. Somehow we won. Apparently all the fellatio paid off. This means that everyone in the world must come see us lose at The Recher in Towson next Saturday, July 30th. We need the support.... otherwise we might win. So come out for that one! If you don't.... murders will ensue.

We also had a kick ass show last night at the Sidebar with Ramrod! Always a blast playing with those guys. Look for more shows with them in the future!

Everything else we've been talking about forever is still in the works. You'll be as surprised as we are when we finally have a video for I'm Not Bitter Song, The Footloose Soundtrack is finished, we have a song in a Troma pictures production, we're plugged on the radio, and we're playing a date on the Warped Tour. Until then, adieu.

~B.VQ