We wouldn’t be surprised if The Polyphonic Spree has never heard the expression “too much of a good thing.”

The band’s current line-up sports nearly two dozen members and we fit a dozen of the Dallas-based crew inside of the van for a joyful rendition of “It’s the Sun.”

This is some of the most fun we’ve had with a band in the van.

We hope the joyful nature of this episode is contagious much like the Spree’s energetic, life-affirming concerts.

Sit back, turn it up and enjoy the show.

Here’s the Vimeo version of the spot if you’re fancy.

When it comes to art, Dusty and Tanner know their shirt.

If you’ve been to a Thunder game or have any Oklahomacentric friends then you’ve probably seen designs from Tree and Leaf Clothing.

Dusty has been running the apparel store for about six years.

Design is in his blood. His grandfather’s claim to fame is drawing Pistol Pete, a symbol famous throughout the country. Dusty still has his grandfather’s old design notebooks and its influence doesn’t seem to be fading any time soon.

Dusty and Tanner had quite a big challange facing them last month. They had to create enough artwork for a Live on the Plaza gallery showing in two weeks time. The two tirelessly collaborated and ended up with plenty of quality work.

Except plenty more good stuff from the duo in the future.

Not only did it run as a full page in the business section but also it had a generous portion dedicated to the show.

Check out what Fowler said about VDub Sessions in his interview after the jump.

Q: What have been some of your favorite Fowler Volkswagen tie-ins to date?

A: The VW Sessions is one I hugely enjoy. It’s something I’m doing with Mary Ann Osko and Nathan Poppe. Mary Ann Osko and I tried to find some ways to promote the store in ways that weren’t traditional, but in a way that I could promote my passion and connect on an emotional level. There was a thing called the “Black Cab Sessions” where people drove around performing in France. We knew it, all of our friends knew it. We’re with Volkswagen, what if we got a cool van or a bus and do something as cool as anything we could do? Ferris O’Brien (owner of Spy Radio) called, said there’s a bus I’d like to get. Would you like to help out? So we went and looked at it, and got the bus. And I knew Nathan Poppe from the Norman Music Festival, and I saw this kid with a camera all the time. So we got together. We got the top popped up, we drove around Lake Hefner and recorded the acts.

You know that old joke in the rock world about bands turning it all the way to 11?

Meet Red City Radio.

They use 11 as toilet paper.

The Okie band’s aggressive and catchy tunes have propelled them to tour outside of the state and even Europe.

They are headed back on tour soon, but we were lucky to catch them for a double song treatment in the streets of downtown Oklahoma City. The first track “An Introduction of Sorts” is off of the band’s latest release “The Dangers of Standing Still” and the second track is off of the 2009 EP “To The Sons and Daughters of Woody Guthrie.”

Hold on to your ear holes and turn this episode all the way up.

Go ahead, scare your coworkers.

Here’s the Vimeo video if you’re into that sort of thing.

Check out some stills of the band after the jump.

Wowzers, our brave producer totally made it into Automotive News Magazine.

The VDub Sessions were among one of the several Fowleresque things mentioned.

That same Vanagon also is home to the VDub Sessions, a video concert series. The recordings, more than 40 so far featuring local artists and touring national acts, are posted on Fowler VW’s YouTube channel.

We are pleased as punch to be mentioned and congratulate Jonathan on the rad article.

Flaming Lips roadie and OKC artist Zac Cox hopped into the van for the last session of 2011.

We enjoy Zac’s construction paper concoctions and his chocolate milk mustache.

Make sure to come out to Live on the Plaza on Friday to catch more local art, and you’ll probably see the van filming another session.

Here’s the Vimeo version if you’re fancy.

We compiled the Top Five Most Watched sessions from 2011 and are happy to share them with you. Altogher, these five videos gathered about 7,000 views.

Not bad for van with more miles than Santa’s sleigh.
Please enjoy.

5. The Wurly Birds playing “All Right Now”

4. O Fidelis playing “O Jolly Town”

3. Sherree Chamberlain and Little Wings playing “Look at What the Light Did Now”

2. Ben Kilgore playing “These Arms of Mine”

1. Other Lives playing “Dust Bowl III”

Here’s the Vimeo link if you are all fancy.

Last month, The Society artist Tim Krause joined us for an interview about what it’s like being an artist in Oklahoma.

Krause works with a group of artists in a shared art space in The Plaza District.

He’s the second artist from The Society we’ve had in the van.

We are very much looking forward to more.

Here’s his interview on Vimeo if that’s your thing.

The only thing Horse Thief is interested in stealing is your ears.

They might be after your heart too.

The Oklahoma City-based band’s song “Warrior” captures the quartet’s sentiments quite nicely.

The song goes, “Time isn’t real it’s an illusion that you feel in Oklahoma/And beauty can arise in the beauty of your mind in Oklahoma.”

With the surge of excellent music and art in the past couple years, the VDub crew listens to this song and hears a rally cry.

Nothing is impossible.

Every day our state can become a state of mind. We can make beautiful things inside of Oklahoma. There’s no one to stop us.

Also, make sure to check out Horse Thief on Dec. 10 at the ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan in Bricktown. Deerpeople, The Non and Feathered Rabbit are opening and helping celebrate Horse Thief’s first album release.

Don’t forget to check back early next week for part two of Horse Thief’s VDub Session.

Here’s Horse Thief’s session on Vimeo if that’s more of your thing.