Day 6 of Nesting

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Yards Of Paint

(by Jesse Payne)

Driveways tear unconscious walls

the fence will sharply sway

unstable yards of paint

my clockwise spring

Was narrowed by the muzzle’s fit

the fractions of a breeze

branches holding leaves

with unswept breath

The doctor said don’t reset the screen

it becomes general you know

Campaigns bear on skinned up knees

these military halls

ration out our thoughts

with retro-film

Like mountains under snow

the pines will come and go

Where the ocean meets the old

The doctor said don’t reset the screen

it becomes general you know

I want you to grow as if your still

the doctor says it becomes general

The doctor said, “ I want you to grow”

“it becomes general, you know”

"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them."

--Pablo Picasso

Day 5 of Nesting

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The Scientist and the Horsehead

5.... 4... 3... 2... 1.... nothing. The Scientist leans in to study the reaction. Thoughts stirring in the back of his mind race to whether the gas mask will work this time. The air conditioned room hums with silence. To the naked eye it appears that nothing has happened. To the scientist, it will be his greatest discovery.

At 1:30 am he had planned to call it a night. Now at 3:44 am, as he struts into the pressurized chamber, he is planning on what to do next. He wipes the sweat from his palms before stretching the gloves over his hands. He thinks, “Just keep it steady. At least I’m here alone... if anything goes awry.”

Dark matter will be yesterday’s news once Hawking learns of this extraordinary revelation. The Scientist basks in self-gratification. “Could it be?... proof that pentaquarks exist.” The specimen seems to possess much more than he had earlier anticipated.

He stares through the glass of the pressurized chamber at the gauges in the far corner of the lab. He wonders why they are not picking up traces of radiation. Something is wrong. Terribly wrong. Abort... Abort.

It’s too late. The color confinement seems to have failed. The Scientist is frozen in a temporary state of panic. Within seconds the specimen explodes. The Scientist is thrown across the chamber. He is barely conscious. He feels his body going numb as he crawls towards the exit. His eyes are heavy. He feels himself losing consciousness. Mayhem.

The smoke clears as his mind struggles to return. He wonders how he made it out of the chamber alive. Footsteps. Someone is here. His vision is blurry. A startling image appears as he rips the gas mask from his face. A horsehead? A human body? The creature makes eye contact with the Scientist. Then disappears.

JP

2010

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.

--Albert Einstein

Day 4 of Nesting

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Scripting Carolina

(by Jesse Payne)

Overcoats and transit

Lashes and tactics

The steady shake

The gaps of transaction

Echo reaction

I’m fearful of love

I’ll lean until I rise

Scripting Carolina

Our future is an antique

We will radiate

The steady shake

Garlands tangle your groove so calm

My coral vine

I hold you shy

I’ll lean until I rise

Scripting Carolina

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.

--Carl Sandburg

Day 03: CLICK TO VISIT THE NEST

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Below is a review from

thefrontloader.com

MP3: Jesse Payne – “Manhattan Project”

BY SWAPMEET LOUIE – OCTOBER 20, 2010

POSTED IN: NEWS SHORTS

I’m always amazed when I come across a song that suits my mood to a “T.”

Jesse Payne‘s “Manhattan Project” is one of those songs for me tonight. It’s mellow, pensive, and Payne’s vocals seem to ache with every word.

The song was released sometime last month, but since Payne’s new album, Nesting, is set to drop on November 9th, I thought it would be a good time to revisit it.

Here is how his official website describes the record:

Nesting is nature returning to its natural state. A homecoming. Through particles of equation, Jesse Payne and the talented group of musicians and engineers working with him have sculpted an image of what nesting may sound like. The sound of strategic calmness through its progression towards the unconditional post-war is an audio-painting of the notion, “through chaos, peace is inevitable.” The theory that the limbs of cycle spin continuously towards rehabilitation of dirt and bone provide the album with its contagious tendency for repeated listening.

“Strategic calmness” is definitely a fitting description to “Manhattan Project” for me. The song is so smooth in its tranquility that it accentuates the mood I’m in. All I feel like doing while spinning this song is kick back with my headphones, close my eyes, and just embrace the feeling.

Check out his MySpace site for more Nesting samples. Payne seems to find his center with relative ease… I’m looking forward to hearing more.

Again, Nesting drops on November 9th. Here are his remaining showdates:

10.28.10 – Stillwater- Birmingham, AL – 9pm

11.19.10 – Preservation Pub – Knoxville, TN – 9pm

12.10.10 – BottleTree – Birmingham, AL – 9pm

Your Dig-It Download:

Download: Manhattan Project

“I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I’m good at everything.”

--Demetri Martin

Day 2 of Nesting

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Nesting Liner Notes:

All songs written by Jesse Payne

Audiopaintings by Jesse Payne, Mason Boyd, Nick Timkovich, Mike Creager, and Noel Johnson

voices: Jesse Payne, Mason Boyd, Nick Timkovich, Mike Creager, Noel Johnson

guitar: Jesse Payne

drums/percussion: Mason Boyd

bass: Nick Timkovich

pianos/rhodes: Jesse Payne, Noel Johnson, Nick Timkovich

metalaphone: Nick Timkovich

Produced by Jackson Trimm and Mike “JJ” Creager

*All songs recorded @ Capture Music Inc.

Engineered/mixed at CMI by Mike Creager and Noel Johnson

Mastered by Steve Thomas @ Steve Thomas Mastering Nashville, TN

*except banjo and piano on “Wes Anderson” recorded in the living room of the Timkovich Estate.

Cover/Album art: Doward Williams

Art Design: Doward Williams

© Jesse Payne | Master Digi Records | ascap | 2010

Manhattan Project

(by Jesse Payne)

Camera lens, medicine

I hope I float

I’m a skipping stone

When the time comes

our stomach’s choke

Momentum stops or slows

Cover and Code

your secrets out don’t you know

Diplomatic control

Unconditional post-war

Dixie cups and magazines

bloodshot eyes on dramamine

We’ll congregate like uniform

marching home

Cover and Code

your secrets out don’t you know

Diplomatic control

Unconditional post-war

Shake it off your shoulder

take it like a soldier

you better take it like a soldier

"I rejoice that there are owls. Let them do the idiotic and maniacal hooting for men. It is a sound admirably suited to swamps and twilight woods which no day illustrates, suggesting a vast and underdeveloped nature which men have not recognized. They represent the stark twilight and unsatisfied thoughts which all [men] have."

--Henry David Thoreau

Day 1 of Nesting

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The Nesting Bio

Nesting is nature returning to its natural state. A homecoming. Through particles of equation, Jesse Payne and the talented group of musicians and engineers working with him have sculpted an image of what nesting may sound like. The sound of strategic calmness through its progression towards the unconditional post-war is an audiopainting of the notion, “through chaos, peace is inevitable.” The theory that the limbs of cycle spin continuously towards rehabilitation of dirt and bone provide the album with its contagious tendency for repeated listening.

Jesse Payne stems from a soil deep in the Southeastern region of the United States. He nests within scenic views of trees and mountains blending into valleys of skyscrapers and barns. Canvas for his yellow shade of timeless polaroids transposing over lake and swing suggests an inheritance of owls and their nocturnal solitude. His sound and sight each born from a landscape of heavy cotton hands and autumn chairs.

Habitation of the past four years has given three previous releases from Jesse Payne. The first being a collection of songs entitled, “Humming the Tunes of Luxury” released on November 2, 2004. Shortly after, Payne released his follow-up EP, “Ghosts in Mirrors” in 2005. During the next two years he found himself touring the eastern coastal region as far north as Boston and as far west as Chicago. Upon returning to his home in early 2007, Jesse Payne delivered the EP, “Songs from Beyond the Leaves,” which earned him a spot in The Big Takeover’s Top 40, alongside Band of Horses, Death Cab For Cutie, and Willie Nelson. His song, ‘Thief Among Us,’ also found its way on national compilations that included artists such as Ryan Adams and Sondre Lerche.

His latest LP (Nesting) being released on November 09, 2010 has brought with it, not only his past story but a familiar feeling embedded into unfamiliar sound. Jesse Payne’s haunting melodies breathe across untraditional instrumentation and military rhythm of a mathematical mind.

Jesse Payne’s team of sonic painters include optical biologist Mason Boyd, mental dendrologist Nick Timkovich, audio botanist and wave manipulator Mike Creager, and geopolitical environmentalist Noel Johnson of the renowned musical group, The White Oaks.

“Nesting” is an album that asks to be enjoyed with headphones and limited illumination.

-Jackson Trimm

Silent Crow Records

"The future is no more uncertain than the present"

--Walt Whitman

15 Days of Nesting

The 15 Days of Nesting - Nesting releases Nov. 9, 2010

During the 15 Days of Nesting (Oct.26-Nov.9) there will be daily giveaways on twitter.com/jessepayne and daily posts here on the blog in honor of the “Nesting” release. Each day, a blog will be posted with news and details for the daily giveaways.

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I hope you all enjoy the 15 Days of Nesting. We’ll see you at the shows!

JP

2010

“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”

--John F. Kennedy