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The Venus Illuminato

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Member Since: 10/21/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/venusilluminato
Band Members: Rob Franco/ Brandon Kennedy

design by lauren grassoChris Swanson with Venus Illuminato

Influences:
vagabonds
nick drake
campfires
velvet
marc bolan
paris in the 20's
jeff buckley
bohemian girls
tom robbins
lanterns
joseph campbell
cobblestone streets
led zeppelin
drifters
inscence
django reinhardt
psychedelica
jethro tull
melancholy
crosby stills nash and young
black and white
pre-columbian america
leonard cohen
analog
the crowes
shipwrecks
tom waits
absinthe binges
my morning jacket
miscreants
caravans
libertines
the grateful dead
phonographs
fables
dreams
winding roads
desire
bob dylan
dylan the dog
arlo st. luxury
beirut
banhart
cat stevens
the neo sleaze movement
the amoralists theatre company
rasputin
kinks
smashing pumpkins
abraham lincoln
rilke
beards
victrolas
william blake
impressionism
primitivism
david lynch
quill pens
louis xvi
wax seals
the eighteenth century
pan
woolen uniforms
the stones
leslie cabinets
tribalism
baby snow leopards
dionysis
mutton chops
edith piaf
the civil war
cab calloway
wine
Poseidia
love and sorrow

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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Big Sur!!!

So as some of you may know we're gonna be playing a (((Folkyeahh!!!) show in Big Sur in September...Word is there are but a few more campground tickets left.  While it started out as a general go...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:58:00 GMT

latest goings-on

Hello all! I hope this little message finds you in good spirits. We just wanted to keep you posted on what we have in store for the new year...the album is nearly done, and we hope to have the cd's i...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:20:00 GMT

The Music is up and for sale!

Hey all! Just a little update for everyone, the first available batch of The Venus Illuminato songs are up on the myspace for immediate download and purchase! Its the full EP called "Company With King...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:25:00 GMT