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Jonathan Donaldson

About Me

Recent Updates:---------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 2007 - I have been working with James Goodman on the new Western Woods "Flip and Curl" collection. Folk-pop-psych with a Big Pink/Basement Tapes feel. Find them-- www.myspace.com/thewesternwoodsThe Color Forms - "Harrison Rally Days" (2007) [the retro one-take band in the studio vibe. Straight up.] These recordings have been made free because I've been too lazy to pursue getting them released officially, and at this point they're so old that I need to just get them out in order to move on to other stuff.------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---Never trust a man who wears a class ring -JD-------------------- !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/6/2007
Band Website: http://www.internarte.com/travelingtalons/
Band Members: past: Jonathan Donaldson, James Goodman, Rob Ignazio, Shane Stornanti, George Moore, John Kerr, Jon Langmead, Mercy James, Rich Adkins; present: Jonathan Donaldson, James Goodman
Influences: The popular song, the California sound, the Miracles, the Modern Lovers, the mersey beat, girl groups, Unrest, Manchester, the Go-betweens, Joni Mitchell, Greenwich Village, Soft Pop, John Cale, Pentangle + UK trad-folk scene, soothing earworms, Goffin/King + the brill building, Elvis Costello and el records, NRBQ, the Vampire on Titus, Sesame St, Plastic Soul, Cosmic American Music....................................................... .................................
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Record Label: Self-Released

My Blog

Glen Campbell - Wishing Now

I've been playing his stuff alot lately. I think he's got one of the top male voices. I know his stuff is MOR--not really country, not really pop, somewhere in between, and some of it is crappy. Case ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:37:00 GMT

Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back

This song has been stuck in my head for a while. I know it's middle of the road FM rock with a relatively low rock IQ, but there's something going on there.I remember when we got cable TV when I was 8...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:32:00 GMT

Notes on The Queen is Dead

A lot has changed in the past 20 years since the Smiths changed my life.  Mostly with me.  I no longer really take Morrissey all that seriously, and I certainly don't see very much of him in...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:35:00 GMT

Morrissey won’t be my friend.

Morrissey is a prick.  He won't be my friend. Here are some reasons why I think Morrissey won't be my friend: 1. I like baseball, he likes boxing but Tivos the commercials. 2. I weigh too much--M...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:54:00 GMT

History of Jonathan Donaldson/Color Forms V.1

(Jan 6, 2007, Written by Jonathan Donaldson) "The Color Forms was coined in 1999 as my imaginary band name when I relocated to Boston, MA. Sometime in 2000, or there-and-abouts, I began working with e...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:22:00 GMT