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Lena

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Member Since: 1/26/2005
Band Website: lena.fm
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Lena Potapova (vocals, keys, laptop)
John Griffin (guitars)
Alan Lake (drums, percussion)
Scott Parrish (bass)
Special guest musician (when we are lucky):
Ian McDonald (founding member of King Crimson, Foreigner)
Influences:Marianne Faithfull, Jim Morrison, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, BG, Yuri Naumov, Tsoi, Nina Simone, Kurt Weill
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Record Label: Fa Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Perverted happiness (poem)

Usually, if I don't write a song to a poem right away, I throw it out (or pile it along with numerous other scribbles - an equivalent of throwing it away - but this one I "collected", I don't know why...
Posted by Lena on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:10:00 PST

Giving away $5,000 in my YouTube contest

Thanks to a couple of wonderful friends and fans, I am giving away $5,000 in a music video contest tied to my upcoming release My Little, Temporary Loves.All details are here:http://www.farecords.com/...
Posted by Lena on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:20:00 PST

Wallpaper matters

If I were to sell wallpaper for cell phones, what would you like to see? Any specific images? Thanks...
Posted by Lena on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:06:00 PST

My friend Jen (Miss Delreal) passed away this morning

My friend Jen passed away today. She had cancer and was fighting pain for many months. God bless her soul, she was a very strong person. The picture was taken before it all started. Jen. I don't feel ...
Posted by Lena on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:57:00 PST

Good artist manifesto

Here is what I think. If you are a good artist who is "true" but tired and faded, if you blame other people or tragic unfairness of the world for having ruined your dreams, stop whining or I will kick...
Posted by Lena on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:28:00 PST

Linguistic discovery of the day

A friend of mine sent me an email saying he was bored (and goddammit, I know he is on myspace now!), and automatically my mind went "What do you mean you are bored? Why don't you find something to do?...
Posted by Lena on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:26:00 PST

2 min and 3 sec of honesty

Here is a tune that I wrote and really wanted to play live but a couple of times I tried the sound was so shitty that I hated it. But since I need to share my sentiment, I recorded it at home (and th...
Posted by Lena on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:28:00 PST

When nobody sees

Today, after delivering several inspiration speeches (including to a stanger woman in the elevator - it's that time of the year, people feel lonely), I stepped into my apartment and all of a sudden lo...
Posted by Lena on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:50:00 PST

Fling Songs

It's a win-win situation, looks like. You meet a guy, say, you like him. If it works out, you have a good love life. If it doesn't, your creativity is stirred and you end up with a (hopefully, decent)...
Posted by Lena on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:14:00 PST

Almost zen

I have a complex. I don't have an operatic voice. My mind keeps spinning, it comes up with a list of many wonderful things I could have done with my life if I only had it. When I was a kid I did not h...
Posted by Lena on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:35:00 PST