"With faith, a man can move mountains. Without it, he moves to Los Angeles."
~ The Chancellor
"A man's greatest challenge is to accept that he is unloved; a woman's, to accept that she is undesired."
~ The Chancellor
"Love should be like a china store: 'You break it, You own it.' People really need to be more careful with how we handle one another."
~ The Chancellor
"If you don't make the call before it's obvious, you have no vision. If you don't make the music before it's popular, you have no rhythm."
~ The Chancellor
"Being alone is OK. Being unloved is the scary part. No one caring if you get up, speak up, shut up or lie down forever. We need to matter, as humans, every day. Lovers plug us in, turn us on and connect us to life. Truly, there is no life without love. Science is a bunch of secrets waiting to tell us more about life. But love is the secret life tells us about."
~ The Chancellor
"Anybody calls you a coward for praying, son -- you punch them right in the nose. And God will break it for you."
~ The Chancellor
Chancellorpink is a Romantic in THIS sense.
Also, for a better understanding of who Chancellorpink is, click HERE and download the podcast of Mike Lidskin's interview with Chancellorpink, broadcast on Twirl Radio in Sacramento, California on March 22, 2008.
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"Now more than ever, McLaughlin is heading towards the sinister but tuneful territory of Babybird and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. There’s that same sense of reclusive pop genius at work here."
~ Jonathan Leonard, Leonard's Lair
(UK) (Mar 18, 2009)
"Like Bowie, Cave and Waits - Dreamy and laid back, but with an endearing appeal. The overall feeling oozes an air of poignant rejection. Songs from the basement for those with a desire for sorrowful compatriotism."
~ TC, God Is In The TV (UK) (Mar 27, 2009)
"Chancellorpink draws on his love for Bowie and '80s synth-rock, with his rich poetry and haunting croon. The standout is a sturdy guitar-rocker 'Third Time, No Charm' that deserves some spins on the radio."
~ Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Apr 23, 2009)
"Chancellorpink really rises above the fray of standard-issue mopey romantic popsters in his use of atmospherics, using a palette of tinny distorted glazes to evoke a fragile vulnerability.â€
~ Pete Andersen, Music Director, WZRD Radio, Chicago (Apr 9, 2009)
Places to Find Chancellorpink:
iTunes
Amazon
YouTube
Last.FM
CDBaby
Napster
Rhapsody
"An amalgam of David Bowie, Scott Walker and Stephin Merritt. It
becomes clear that McLaughlin (who wrote, produced and played everything) is a man of singular vision."
~ David Cowling, Americana UK (Mar 19, 2008)
"Personal and real. An interesting, disjointed, calm sort of rage, of
the sort that tends to come after heartbreak."
~ Joe Mackey, PopMatters.com (Apr 3, 2008)
"The pop-music landscape would be a lot less exciting if there weren't Chancellorpinks on the outskirts, doing just this sort of thing."
~ Andy Mulkerin, Pittsburgh City Paper (Jan 31, 2008)
"You're supposed to feel this one, not just listen to it. And that's just what happens."
~ Michael Lidskin, Twirl Radio, Sacramento (Apr 11, 2008)
"An adventure in sound recalling the glam of Bowie and gloom of Nick Cave with vocals that are, by turns, pretty and pretty eerie."
~ Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette (Feb 14, 2008)
"The perfect moment is reached for 'Mrs. Kowalski' where McLaughlin's yearning vocals are balanced against rattlingly intense guitars. It's a terrific song by anyone's standards."
~ Jonathan Leonard, Leonard's Lair
(UK) (Mar 13, 2008)
"Diverse, exhilarating and, at times, intense. With substantive and emotion-stirring lyrics."
~ Maree Gallagher, The Monthly Post (May, 2007)
"A Truly Original Voice - McLaughlin definitely has a story to tell and
knows how to do it with original style."
~ Shelley, CDReviewsByYou.com (Mar, 2007)
"Literate, clever and passionate, the songs have staying power."
~ Tony Heywood, The Epoch Times (Aug 19, 2006)
"An entrancing 12-track indie-pop record with the shades of early, arty
Bowie."
~ Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Jun 29, 2006)
"McLaughlin's strength is his sonic imagination, deploying a lush
range of keyboard textures and spacey effects."
~ Aaron Jentzen, Pittsburgh City Paper (Jul, 2006)
