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About Me

Hello. My name is Chris Robinson and I am 19 years old. I live in Portland, Oregon and release music as Soft Morning, City!

Never hesitate to try and contact me. I'd love to hear from you.

Thank you for looking at my page and listening to the songs.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/27/2004
Band Members: I play the twelve and six string acoustic guitars, sing, and write the lyrics and music.
Influences: Music: Nick Drake, Lou Barlow (Sebadoh), Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel), Roy Orbison, Sufjan Stevens, Badly Drawn Boy, Caleb Boddicker, Elliott Smith, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Daniel Johnston, Stephen Merritt (The Magnetic Fields), Jandek, The Mountain Goats, Iron & Wine, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Simon & Garfunkel, etc.

Literature: Charles Bukowski, Richard Brautigan, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, E.E. Cummings, Thomas Pynchon, James Joyce, Hubert Selby Jr., Hunter S. Thompson, Irvine Welsh, William Carlos Williams, Walt Whitman, etc.
Sounds Like: The musical output of a slightly depressive hopeless romantic.
Record Label: N/A
Type of Label: None

My Blog

An Unimportant Entry

This is an unimportant entry. I just wanted to write an entry about how I bought a very rare copy of Jandek’s The Living End on vinyl today at Jackpot Records. I wanted to write this...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:46:00 PST

February 29th, 2008

The show went well. I got lost on the way out there, and so did my friend Noah, but we got there in time and set up and I played. It seemed to go well. The place was pretty packed to...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:56:00 PST

New Song Lyrics

So I just put up a new song, the title track of the new album I will soon be releasing. Here are the lyrics. Alphabet District I walk around streets with my head hung low With the rain in my hair and...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:32:00 PST

New Album Announcement

Right now it is 5:05 on the morning of Friday, December 28th, 2007 and I am aimlessly wandering the internet in some sort of stupor, unable to sleep just yet, and so I've decided to announce to the wo...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:22:00 PST

Lyrics

Underneath The Streetlight This is my heart and I won't hide it anymore,My soul burning bright in moonlight's glow,This is my strongest hour my love,So won't you dance with me beneath the str...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:26:00 PST

Name Change, New Album, Etc.

Hello, all. It's been a while. So some things need to be explained: If the name change caused some confusion, I apologize. There are simply too many people with my name in the music worl...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:26:00 PST

Longest. Survey. Ever.

Name: Chris Charles Robinson. Birthday: July 1st, 1988. Birthplace: Riverside, CA. Current location: Laguna Niguel, CA Eye color: Hazel. Hair color: Brown. Height: 6'4. Nicknames: Old Man, Rev., Rev. ...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Sat, 27 May 2006 11:23:00 PST

One Of Those Lame Sauce Survey Things (In Case You're As Bored As Me)

Y = Yes N = No M = Maybe Would You? [_] Come To My House To Do Nothing But Chill? [_] Slap Me? [_] Kiss Me? [_] Let Me Kiss You? [_] Watch A Movie With Me? [_] Take Me Out To Dinner? [_] Take A Sho...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:35:00 PST

Belated Valentine's Day Wishes

I just wanted to wish you all a (hopefully) happy Valentine's Day. I thought this one would be terrible, but it turned out to be quite nice. As you can see, I added a new song. Me ...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:27:00 PST

Valentine's Day Survey

VALENTINES SURVEY 1. do you like anyone?: Yes, very much so. 2. do they know it?: I don't think so. They'll probably know soon enough. IN THE LAST MONTH HAVE YOU. . . 4. Had someone buy you s...
Posted by Soft Morning, City! on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:29:00 PST