The Bard ceas’d. All consider’d and a loud resounding murmur
Continu’d round the Halls; and much they question’d the immortal
Loud voicd Bard. and many condemn’d the high tone’d Song
Saying Pity and Love are too venerable for the imputation
Of Guilt. Others said. It it is true! if the acts have been perform’d
Let the Bard himself witness. Where hadst thou this terrible Song
The Bard replied. I am Inspired! I know it is Truth! for I Sing
According to the inspiration of the Poetic Genius
Who is the eternal all-protecting Divine Humanity
To whom be Glory & Power & Dominion Evermore Amen
- William Blake, “Milton”
LPS is a postpunk band from Portland, Oregon…
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
We would like to thank (in no particular order): Maura Brown (who collaborated musically on the forthcoming Seduce Yourself), Stephen Weis (who is one half of the duo Dietzelweis), Tom Jacobs (who produced and engineered Seduce Yourself as well as 2010’s Zebra), Robby Kraft (for Internet assistance), Tropical Isaac and Imaginary Border (http://www.imaginaryborder.com/) for contributions to Fairway to Hades as well as miscellaneous sonic excellencies, Karl Lind and In the Can Productions (http://www.inthecanllc.com/) for his magnificent cinematic productions, Dan Ackerman (http://ackermanfilms.com/index.html) and Stage 13 for their collective magnanimity, Rob Bartleson at Haywire (http://www.haywirerecording.com/) for his peerless mastering of Billy Callous and Seduce Yourself, Dan and Kristin at Corporate Big (http://corporatebig.com/) for ongoing online support and spiritual encouragement, Kolby Marsh (for enduring it until it’s all over) , Ron Gassaway (http://www.youtube.com/user/midtownriot) for his artwork on the Zebra CD, and Teresa Bergen (http://www.babylovecat.com/), whose mother appears on the cover of Seduce Yourself (q.v. below).
Special thanks to Kelly Duran, Matt Steuer, and especially Gina Melise, without which none of this would be happening.
Additional special thank yous to Anna MaGruder for the use of the image of the Bride (Dee Bergen) seen on this site and also appearing on the cover of the forthcoming release Seduce Yourself. More of her superb creations can be seen at: http://www.annamagruder.com/.
Additional gratitude is due to local filmmakers The Instigators for their work on the Homer film (see below) and to all the amazing bands associated with the music scene in St. John’s, Portland’s fifth quadrant, without which we would had given up long ago. Thank you.
Finally, thank you to Peter and Susan, our neighbors, for being that which we hope to become. Namaste.
(And Thomas would personally like to thank Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat dan Singha, which, though in no way associated with LPS, is the greatest rock band in the world. Peace.)
