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About Me

Jeff London recorded his first record, recorded in a Eugene Oregon garage. Slowness, his second record, was very depressing. On the third record, Col. Summers Park, the London sound filled out; still quintessentially downtrodden, but with a touch of indie rock. The team of Adam Selzer's production, Senator Funk of Nebraska'sl steel and Assemblywoman Rachel Blumberg's drums created an iconic leftist front in American political collaboration. Harms Way, completed in 2003, is a more pastoral album, featuringlush gress and forest, and Tova Holmberg as Secretary of the Interior on Violin. Three years in the making, 2007's, the Bane of Progress, tells the story of the move back to New York City, the pitfalls of hypermodernity and the cynical state of love in the digital age. Bursting with color and flavor, and featuring the new Norfolk & Western band deconstructed as support, this is the mature realization of the intimate lo-fi sound Jeff pioneered in the late 90's Northwest, or stole from his peers while sitting drunk on sticky barroom floors.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 2/10/2005
Band Website: jefflondon.com
Band Members: The Album Band for the Bane of Progress: (PDX) Rachel Blumberg, Adam Selzer, Mike Johnson, Chris Funk, Derek Trost, Shelley Short, Corrina Repp, Rob Jones, Dave Depper, Peter Broderick, Jeff London The New York Band: Jeff London: Guitar, Marla Hansen: Viola, Robin Ziari: Bass, Alec Mengee: Drums
Influences: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, David Bowie, The Cure, The Clash, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Bread, Carole King, Blondie, Dinosaur Jr., Pavement, Low, Ida, Superchunk, Lou Barlow, Elliot Smith, Pedro the Lion, Damien Jurado, Gram Parsons, Emmy Lou Harris, Calexico, Bright Eyes, Rebecca Gates, Pete Krebs and Hazel, Sam Coomes in Quasi and Motorgoat, Matt Keating, Jen Wood, Grandaddy, The Beatles, The Kinks, Palace, Vic Chestnutt, Kind Of like Spitting, Iron and Wine, Sondre Lerche, Low, Destroyer, Hayden, the Long Winters, DCFC, the Decemberists, Norfolk and Western, Reclinerland, Jonathan Richman, the Left Bank, Belle and Sebastian........
Sounds Like: nothing else
Record Label: HUSH, Jealous Butcher
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ive already had a day here...

Lately I've been thinking that the next creative output from me, after 4 full length albums and three comps, will be little things in spurts. Maybe just the whole kitchen sink of what I've ever wanted...
Posted by Jeff London on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:51:00 PST

Livin in Beyogolu

Ece and I are dining outside in Limonlubahce, which is what it means, a garden with lemons! we just saw a strong dark film, emotional arithmetic, in this gorgeous 60's theatre 'Emek' I am in love with...
Posted by Jeff London on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:30:00 PST

Goin to Istanbul again

Gotta work like a dog the next three days (note the time) but then Im off to Istanbul. I will eat Kofte and drink Raki outside in Nevizade among the throngs. Im gonna bring back lots of cool Turkish p...
Posted by Jeff London on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:27:00 PST

A New Chapter

I'm beginning to stir here, so if you're around keep on sliding by. The new album, "the bane of progress" is complete and slated for an early May release, and the new band is in a state of becoming. I...
Posted by Jeff London on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:23:00 PST

When Spring Hesitates To Come

Just returned from Portland to the BK to find spring pushing its way in, only to be forced back out again. Some of us are seasonally affected, in a disorderly way. It seems to me that its quite orderl...
Posted by Jeff London on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:03:00 PST

buckner

last night I saw Richard Buckner at the mercury lounge. it started uneventfully enough; his signature hard strum rang true and he sang both powerfully and shy, both mubling and belting at the same tim...
Posted by Jeff London on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:57:00 PST

Townes van zandt and John Lennon

Last night I saw the Townes film on the anniversary of Lennon's death. It was heaping a large scoop of sadness upon a bowl of despair. Yet Lennon, always hopeful and full of life, and Van Zandt, drunk...
Posted by Jeff London on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:14:00 PST