I've been meaning to- and will, read PG's On Lisp. I saw the benefit in starting with Clojure being: the setup (basically nothing if you have a JVM installed) and the fact that applications created can be deployed in a JVM container- making it possible you any projects you'd like to host.
Your comment has inspired me to look into some of the schemes at least at the same time. Thanks.
www.dreamsongs.com/Files/HOPL2-Uncut.pdf
Once you know your Lisp, that paper will immerse you into the culture and history you need to become a bona fide Smug Lisp Weenie.
Lisp is not just a language, it's an ongoing and animated debate. Get your feet wet, get emacs and Slime, play around with all the dialects and implementations it supports, hack the good hack, send patches, ask for help, start a company, and welcome to the community! :-)
Now thats the first time I have heard a lisper say that.
I can see evidence that Clojure contributors have read it too, just the other day there was an example of an anaphoric macro posted on the mailing list. Very cool.