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robin o'brien

About Me

i suppose i write to forge connection to myself, and to god and/or lover. but i don't imagine i'm seeing the whole picture. i write, and it's not like making something it's more like i'm tracing the bannister with my finger and my feet are climbing the stairs.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/10/2007
Band Website: luxotone.com
Influences: my mother. water.
Sounds Like: folk, sometimes popish, sometimes dark. often sparse.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

please give feedback on cover art!

http://picasaweb.google.com/luxotoneluxotone records is sketching the cover art for their next cd of my  music.  it's darker than eye and storm. can you take a look and tell me what you think? what do...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:08:00 GMT

wow. great review.

 CD Revhttp://lucidculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/cd-review-ro bin-obrien-eye-and-storm/ Robin OBrien - Eye and StormApril 8, 2009 · No CommentsIts nice when people say a song of mine makes them c...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:03:00 GMT

justice is at odds with compassion

If this college professor had one wish, i think he would spend it to become a good and loving teacher. my sweet(and justified!) classmate would like to slap him, but i would feel bad punishing him for...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:38:00 GMT

your soul/my wall

i have recently obtained the original artwork that for a year(?) has graced my myspace profile. Check out my profile picture..Michael J Bowman calls it "free yourself from the chains of irony" and it'...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:31:00 GMT

halloween show at the boogie barn

it's andrews birthday! and me and don will be chanting with him halloween night bout ten pm. come chant with us.  stay on earth to be born with us. angels and wicked ones , all are welcome!
Posted by on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:01:00 GMT

brained

i'm going left brained.  i'm tired of expanding. tired tired tired. called here.  called there.  it turns into humming.  humming the drone. i want to know what the words are.who s...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:34:00 GMT

feathers

Clare adjusts my ankles and says "you were a tippy toe walker when you were a child" and I laugh because it's true, and I tell her it's still true. It's been a feather in my cap, but now I'm losing m...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:57:00 GMT

Acorn -- Robin O'Brien

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3a5XvnsZwQ
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 16:15:00 GMT

reviews for the EP FORE

reviews for 2007release FORE:ROBIN O'BRIEN -- Fore EP This 4 track EP is yet another piece of documental evidence that the people running major labels don't know their Blind Lemon Jefferson's from the...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 12:13:00 GMT

element

fascinating. it’s something i have not done, maybe i’ve done something like it.  often when i improvise musically(vocally)i use those kinds of sounds, and i do feel a pressure of sort...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:55:00 GMT