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Lionel O

Don't let's fight

About Me


My name is Lionel O. I'm a Minneapolis ex-pat currently living in rural Ohio. I've got three records: Brontosaurus Breakfast (2006), Lionel O's Fool's Gold (2007), and Nemo Nocturne EP (2008). The latter two will be available on CD soon, the first one already is. I write songs because I want to write songs. I hope you hear them. I hope you like them. If you just want specific songs, click the little plus sign on the left of the albums listed on my snocap. Drop me a line here, or at my e-mail, which is listed nearby.

Or get it on

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/15/2005
Band Website: This is my website. EMAIL: [email protected]
Influences: M. Ward, The Postal Service, The Beatles, Weezer (old), The Velvet Underground, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, Charles Bukowski, The Mountain Goats, Tom Waits, Tom Jones, Sonic Youth, Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Animal Collective, David Bowie, Pip Proud, Ben Kweller, Russell Edson, Smashing Pumpkins, The Zombies, Shel Silverstein, Atlas Sound, Guided by Voices, My Bloody Valentine, The Supremes, The Magnetic Fields, Scott Walker, Jens Lekman, Jonathan Richman, Panda Bear, Os Mutantes, Bill Fox, Wes Anderson Films, Michel Gondry films, Films in general, The NBA, Nico, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Wilco, Dr. Seuss, Belle & Sebastian, R. Stevie Moore, Prince, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Charles Mingus, The Beach Boys, Sufjan Stevens, Bishop Allen, Caribou, Brian Eno, Wreckless Eric, Aphex Twin, Ricky Nelson, Saturday Looks Good To Me, R. Stevie Moore, Nouvelle Vague, Azure Ray, Miles Davis, Paul Simon, Jack Kerouac, Towers Thick Walls, The Flaming Lips, Caribou, Destroyer, Billy Bragg, Joni Mitchell, Hunter S. Thompson, The Weakerthans, Richard Brautigan, Daniel Johnston, TV, Shit that happens, People I know, People I don't know, Bands I hear at shows and then promptly lose track of
Sounds Like: "A husky, balls out, synesthetic's view of the underside of that driverless truck, filled alternately with multicolored bouncing balls and late eighties neon trading cards"
-Max Rivlin-Nadler

"Magical Feelism"
-Farah Egal
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Songs Ive Been Listening To

Mathilde-Scott WalkerIf You See Her, Say Hello (Bootleg Version)-Bob DylanThe Saturday Boy-Billy BraggDesiree-CaribouSara Page-Bill FoxPale Blue Eyes-The Velvet UndergroundChelsea Hotels 2-Leonard Coh...
Posted by Lionel O on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:45:00 PST

I got reviewed

I got reviewed on allmusic. Not quite glowing, but it's a start.***1/2 (out of five stars) by Richie UnterbergerLionel O -- a guy, not a group -- plays witty, folky, and tuneful songs on his sparsely ...
Posted by Lionel O on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:18:00 PST

Hibernation

I suppose this is geared more towards the Oberlin crowd more than anyone seeing as I spend most of my time here, but I figured I'd write this anyway to let you all know. I've been playing a lot. Like,...
Posted by Lionel O on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:36:00 PST

Brontosaurus Breakfast.

.. CDBABY LINK for LIONEL O: Brontosaurus Breakfast -->And it's about God Damn time....
Posted by Lionel O on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:37:00 PST

News

Hello, everyone.It's been a while since I've posted one of these, so I figured I'd take a coupla minutes to let you know where I was at. Oberlin, Ohio. That's where I'm at. I'm coming home next week i...
Posted by Lionel O on Mon, 21 May 2007 02:05:00 PST

Last night

Hello everyone:Last night's show at the Cat in the Cream was one of the best I've ever had. I played about half of my record and half new stuff. Also: congrats to the Survivalists on a great first sho...
Posted by Lionel O on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:38:00 PST

Red

Why are all the links now red? It's wiggin' me out. In other news, the album art's being worked on as we speak, and the record should be out soon. Fairly low budget, seeing as I'm both unsigned and po...
Posted by Lionel O on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:22:00 PST

So.

It's funny how things happen. It's funny how suddenly things happen. I know I've always kind of revelled in it, but it's a double edged sword. Time can be awfully cruel sometimes. I lost a friend of m...
Posted by Lionel O on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:36:00 PST

Egotrip

Today I was on an egotrip, so I decided to google myself. Odds are I wouldn't find any matches because no one really knows who I am as far as I know, but what the hell. I googled myself. And I found o...
Posted by Lionel O on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:40:00 PST

Progerse

I wrapped up guitars on the record the other day. I still have to do vocals and tie up other loose ends, but the hard part's basically over.I will be posting rough mixes (if not finished products) fai...
Posted by Lionel O on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:16:00 PST