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Lord Paisley

About Me



"I'm making a record that is rebuilding my life and making me sane - a record of the joy of finding what you always knew you should be looking for. It will be the greatest of it's kind ever made."

-Lord Paisley

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/10/2007
Band Members: Lord Paisley

(and Friends)
Influences:
Richie Havens, Tim Buckley, Syd Barrett, Leornard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Alice Coltrane, Caetano Veloso, Terry Callier, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel, Francoise Hardy, Bert Jansch, Noah Georgeson, Devendra Banhart

*******

The Cult of Dionysus, Oscar Wilde, Performance, Wild in the Streets, Luis Buñuel, Amontillado, Alan Watts:

Sounds Like: Beauty in an age of sighing terror. Colourful hedonism and enlightened temperance. The raw power of love, refined. A God of the ancient world journeying on a space ship, amused with acoustic instruments.

"Is it possible to pride oneself on one's immaculate influences and one's remarkable originality?"

-Lord Paisley

Record Label: Mighty Falcon Hovering

My Blog

Another Project in the Round File

I haven't touched a guitar in four months and I have no intention of continuing this project. I plan to put together a band in NYC - preferably a rock n' roll band - and perhaps some of my favorite L...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:48:00 GMT

Album Progress

Kandice and I are almost half finished with the debut Lord Paisley record!
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:45:00 GMT

Mercury is Retrograde, But All I Can Think About is Love

Kandice is the sunshine of my life. She is my soulmate and I finally understand what that really means.I had always been something of an anarchist when it comes to the "institution" of marriage. To...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 14:58:00 GMT

Happy I Am

If 2007 was the Devil, then Jan/Feb 2008 was certainly the Tower. March was the Lovers and April is... Temperance? Hmm... I'll have to give it some more thought.I'm madly in love with a wonderful w...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:36:00 GMT

What a Difference a Month Makes

I no longer feel a crushing madness looming on my ship’s horizon. I’m listening to a lot of Tim Buckley, avoiding sobriety and following my bliss. Life is good.
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:27:00 GMT

Madness

Over the past thirty days or so, I have made a startling discovery.My ideal creative state lies on the fine red line of madness. The only trouble is that when one walks the line, it is impossible to t...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:56:00 GMT

Obligatory Comment and Adding Post

I have disabled html comments so that I could allow bands to add me. I love reading what people like you (the ones with good enough taste to be here right now) write, however, so get cracking! Feel...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:01:00 GMT