VAST
VAST is an American alternative rock band based in Seattle, Washington. The acronym VAST stands for Visual Audio Sensory Theater and is the main creation of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jon Crosby. The band is signed to 2blossoms, an independent record company created by Crosby himself.
VAST's sound is identifiable as ambient electro-rock with considerable industrial and acoustic influences, usually made with Crosby's traditional acoustic guitar, electronic instruments and processing, drum-driven tracks, and heavy bass. Vocally similarities range from classic rock to post-grunge. In recent years, however, VAST's sound has been more identifiable with acoustic rock in releases such as April and Me and You.
History
Early years
Crosby's musical endeavors began at a young age of 13, where he was noted in Guitar Player Magazine as a promising guitarist of the future. He often recorded home demos with nothing more than a guitar and a drum machine, sometimes a bass player with him as well. He nearly signed onto a guitar-based label Shrapnel, but turned it down to work on his budding songwriting skills. Crosby eventually left Rancho Cotate high school in Rohnert Park, California, to do home study and begin his own band, which he dubbed VAST. Much like fellow alternative rock/industrial band Nine Inch Nails, Crosby was the only member but found a touring band who knew the songs well enough to play with him live.
Vast (novel)
Vast is a science fiction novel by Linda Nagata, part of her loosely connected "Nanotech Succession" sequence.
Background
The main characters of Vast are the crew and passengers of the Null Boundary, who are fleeing from the alien Chenzeme. The Chenzeme, using the "cult virus" and other, more conventional, weapons have destroyed much of human-occupied space, leaving the inhabitants of the Null Boundary to attempt to discover why.
While Vast is a standalone novel, there are links to The Bohr Maker, Tech-Heaven and Deception Well, primarily in the form of two shared technological innovations: advanced nanotechnology and "ghosts", a name given to electronically preserved human memories and personalities.
Literary significance and reception
The SF Site gave the novel a positive review, commenting on the balance between the relatively straightforward plotline and the complex character interaction.
John Clute, in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, described the "Deception Well" sub-sequence (comprising Deception Well and Vast) as "an immensely complex tale," drawing comparisons with the work of Olaf Stapledon and Larry Niven.
VAST (disambiguation)
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VAST as an acronym
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ALBUMS
- Remixes released: 2009
- Me and You released: 2009
- April released: 2007
- Live at CBGB's released: 2006
- A Complete Demonstration released: 2005
- Turquoise & Crimson released: 2004
- Turquoise released: 2004
- Nude released: 2004
- Crimson released: 2003
- Visual Audio Sensory Theater released: 2003
- Music for People released: 2000
- Live in NYC released:
Bang Band SiXXX
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- Relay EP released: 2009
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- Beyond Terror / Lust 2 Kill released: 2010
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Land Of Shame
by: VastLooking out my window staring
at the things that i can't see
if i listen closely
i can hear, i can hear
i can hear a dying dream
i'm wrapped up in the warmth
of an unforgiving mind
i'm on vacation in another time
and we can thank the tv
we can thank the men of old for this legacy of hate
somehow, somehow they have sold
i'm wrapped up in the warmth
of an unforgiving game
i'm on vacation in the land of shame
when the pigs are flying
and it's freezing cold in hell
maybe we'll forgive the children, baby
only time will tell
yeah yeah
if i listen closely
i can hear, i can hear
i can hear a dying dream
i'm on vacation in the land of shame
we'll be alone together
in a world we call our own
we'll be alone together
in a place that doesn't feel like home
yeah yeah
i can hear, i can hear
i can hear a dying dream
dying dream
dying dream
dying dream
we'll be alone together
in a world we call our own
we'll be alone together
in a place that doesn't feel like home
we'll be alone together
in a world we call our own
in a place that doesn't feel like home
we'll be alone together
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