tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37603222010-02-01T22:10:47.941-05:00We are helvet1ca, not the font, helvetica, but an indie band from detroit. here is our life, interests, music influences, and other possible kewl sh*t that we might want to throw your way.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1148341636396926712006-05-22T19:44:00.000-04:002006-05-22T19:47:16.396-04:00

helvetica stop animation Originally uploaded by cellar8. Taken with that little iSight cam built into the new Macbooks. For some reason, it makes everyone, myself included, turn 12 years old again. That photo booth app does it for sure.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1138038620315519582006-01-23T12:32:00.000-05:002006-01-23T12:52:18.966-05:00

I want to thank ryan for giving us a great write-up and coming out to our smalls show on dec 22. check out his blog. it's definitely one to subscribe to. check it out

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1134417291818857862005-12-12T14:54:00.000-05:002005-12-12T14:54:51.860-05:00

DSC05594.jpg Originally uploaded by cellar8. Finished shooting a video this weekend - thanks to the peeps @ thought collide. courtney flower (who played 'the girl with the pink hair') did an awesome job performing - thx everyone who made this happen - all in one day !

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1132592815726624752005-11-21T12:03:00.000-05:002005-11-21T12:06:55.736-05:00

mark your calendars - we're playing @ the New Dodge on Saturday, December 3. hope to see you there.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1129917047805581862005-10-21T13:46:00.000-04:002005-10-21T13:50:47.810-04:00

Come join us @ the Painted Lady on Friday, Nov 4th with Pilot to Co-Pilot and So to Speak. Show starts around 10pm and we'll be playing around midnight. booyakasha

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1122993596770193862005-08-02T10:28:00.000-04:002005-08-02T11:18:40.523-04:00

we've got a lot of stuff we want to get recorded - so we're going to get into the studio and put our stuff on 2 inch tape, courtesy of ceecil productions - sofar it's - sister80, boulevard, avenue a, project, hastings. a couple are on the mix tape on a previous blog entry.:) check em out, let us know if there are some other faves

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1122906961872025152005-07-29T10:35:00.000-04:002005-08-01T10:36:46.826-04:00

jacoby's was awesome - really appreciate everyone coming out to see us - and the free beer that helped us keep a nice even drunkenness throughout the show. thanx cowboy messiah for putting the show together - we enjoyed your music. If anyone has any pics of the show, post them. we didn't get any pix So, you tell us. Who do you think was most drunk? Eric, Chris, Brent or Steve? comments.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1120602503923379162005-07-05T18:23:00.000-04:002005-08-01T11:13:02.620-04:00

WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="16" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> VALUE="rtsp://streaming.helveticamusic.com/streaming.helveticamusic.com/practice_tape.mov"> i know all of you have been waiting for this (yeah right) well anyway, tihis is a stream of various things we have been working on. they are by far from perfect, but thought we'd share anyway. a little slice of life:

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1120602138374746982005-06-29T18:20:00.000-04:002005-07-05T18:23:26.913-04:00

Went to go see zero d @ small''s last nite. great show. true punk superheroes. here are a few pix:chris and erik - 'gretsch ware' - what does it mean?to see all of the pix, click here click here to see what zero d is all about

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1119330580222973632005-06-21T01:07:00.000-04:002005-06-21T01:09:40.226-04:00

hey everyone: : please join us this SATURDAY : : Encore! Presents BravoBravo! : : : June 25, 2005 : : : at the Detroit Opera House : : : Doors open at 7:30 p.m. The sixth annual BravoBravo! takes place Saturday, June 25, at the Detroit Opera House. This annual gala celebrates the tastes, sounds and people of Detroit, and it benefits the ongoing restoration of the Detroit Opera House.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1117832051508996672005-06-03T16:48:00.000-04:002005-06-03T16:59:09.106-04:00

The Opera House show is approaching. Just letting everyone know that the tix are 55 bux ($65 @ the door) - I know it's a steep price - if you can make it, cool. Here is the info straight from the site:Encore! Presents BravoBravo!June 25, 2005 at the Detroit Opera HouseDoors open at 7:30 p.m.The sixth annual BravoBravo! takes place Saturday, June 25, at the Detroit Opera House. This annual gala

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1117043403014116352005-05-25T11:05:00.000-04:002005-05-25T21:48:55.410-04:00

Played at the Lager House last nite - thanks everyone who came to see us. We all felt that it sounded really good; usually can't hear anything on stage. Thanks to Adam the sound guy for a great mix. Here's some pix of the show (taken mostly by Bob Havlena): thanks for the beer everyone!nice blurry helvet1ca logo - here's a couple of pix when we were setting up: Brent had pillow issues with his

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1116622411517971092005-05-20T16:34:00.000-04:002005-05-20T16:53:31.520-04:00

Yeah, it was a bit messed up. Thought it was because it got dropped on the stage, but I guess a Gretsch from this time period had problems with how they attached the neck. Thanks to Mike Koontz (248)545-5460, the best guitar tech in Detroit!here is a pic of the guitar. 1968 Gretsch Rally.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1116000527228267392005-05-12T11:39:00.000-04:002005-05-13T23:30:16.353-04:00

We had a pretty good show last nite - even with the bad guitar cords (not chords, those sounded OK). thanks to everyone for showing. We didn't take any pix - so here is a picture of our local bottle collector, Eric. My name is Eric as well; in case you were confused. This Eric would sell his computer for booze.Every night we practice, somewhere between 8 and 10pm we hear a really loud knock on

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1115135606981207202005-05-04T11:49:00.000-04:002005-05-04T10:13:58.566-04:00

We are playing at the Detroit Opera House Saturday, June 25. Pretty cool. Don't know a lot of details yet; just that Liz Copeland is spinning. Not even sure yet if is open to the general public. Will keep you posted.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1116039816202027972005-03-13T22:52:00.000-05:002005-05-13T23:27:26.266-04:00

Steve and I were in a movie today. It's called 'the passenger' and it is being filmed where we practice. Everyone is real cool working on it. Don't know why they'd want our ugly mugs (the band - not you corianne) in the background of their movie.steve and corianne. i think rachael is in the background.I didn't meet the people in this pic.kim (center). She booked the Detroit Beer Co. show. It was

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1115153848798262632005-02-27T13:47:00.000-05:002005-05-04T10:15:32.080-04:00

OK. Steve drives around the d with his plaster girlfriend. And she has no legs or arms. He named her helena. she is quite hot.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1115145757720555012005-02-24T14:33:00.000-05:002005-05-13T23:25:09.743-04:00

(Small's show, Wed Feb 23) This is some of the crazy things that happen at our shows. I'm proud of you all. 'To all my friends - to all my friends!'

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433324058661701872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760322.post-1115218908572601172004-10-29T10:32:00.000-04:002005-05-04T11:01:48.580-04:00

This keyboard sucked. Sorry M-Audio. Not a good product endorsement. It would just decide to play all by itself. Ended up buying an Evolution keyboard and it's way better. Strange thing is that M-Audio owns them - they're based in the UK.Here are the remains. Good riddance.

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