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Phil Johnson - Life Extractor

Life's too short to take everything so seriously..

About Me


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My Interests

Music, comedy, books, finance (sick, I know), cartoons, Coca-Cola, and a really good sandwich.

I'd like to meet:



Lots of people! Music fans, comedy fans, music makers, comedians, film makers, other folks in the entertainment industry, and just anyone who wants to chat. :)

Music:

Roadside Attraction (cuz I'm in it!), Stephen Lynch, Sam Kinison, Robin Williams, Frank Zappa, Prince, Aerosmith, Bob Marley, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Desi Arnaz, Dixie Chicks, Brian Setzer, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Metallica, No Doubt, Maroon 5, Jurrasic 5, Public Enemy, Afro Cuban All Stars, Dolly Parton, Phicus, Iari, Jonah, Arnocorps, Storm and the Balls, Marci K., Dig Jelly, The Anaesthetics, Shaken, Bad Penny Boys, Melissa Worthington

Movies:

Eddie and The Cruisers, Star Wars (yes, all of them), Pirates of the Caribbean, most Disney films before 1974 or so, Aladdin, The Lion King, Airplane, Blazing Saddles, Nightmare Before Christmas, National Lampoons Vacation I and II, most any concert film I can get my hands on, all those old Rankin-Bass claymation Christmas specials.

Television:

Not much if I can avoid it. Mostly cartoons... Southpark, King of the Hill, old Warner Brother toons, most old cartoons, Adult Swim. I also have a fondness for old episodes of Happy Days. Ayyyyyyyyy!

Books:

Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice, books on gambling theory, Star Wars novels, Biographies of artists, Dan Kennedy, Seth Godin, Tim Sweeney, Jay Levinson.

Heroes:

Walt Disney, Robin Williams, Steven Tyler, Prince

My Blog

Reality hell and good shows...

Back in the office here for a couple days.....The audition for "Jingles" went well.  Especially considering Chris and I rewrote all our jingles the night before.  The producer's assistant sa...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:09:00 PST

Chris and Phil on a reality show?

Lord, how I hate reality tv.  And I've been keeping this quiet so far.  Admitting this is about as embarassing as admitting you get off on midget porn.  Unless you're a midget of course...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:31:00 PST

Aaaand.... scene!

Ok, so internet connections are a little harder to come by in the Pacific Northwest sometimes. :) Just got back home from the tour and over all, it was a good one, but we were definitely working hard...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Tue, 27 May 2008 04:24:00 PST

Lewiston Idaho...ho...

Greetings from Starbucks in Lewiston.. Yep, they're even here... The show here in Lewiston last night was certainly an adventure.  Despite having terrible sound for the whole show, we managed to ...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Thu, 22 May 2008 02:11:00 PST

Twin Falls only has one fall...sometimes

And sometimes they have no falls... Apparently they turn the falls off to irrigate crops in the summer.  And even when it's on, they only have one fall now.  It should be called Uni Falls, I...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Tue, 20 May 2008 09:03:00 PST

Sitting in the Reno airport...

Ok, so my promise of consisten blogging didn't come true this past week, but it wasn't my fault.  The Westin LAX likes to charge for wireless access, which is lame.  If the little dive hotel...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Mon, 19 May 2008 11:29:00 PST

Headed out on the road again...

... and I'm going to do my dardest to keep these blogs interesting while I'm out there. :)I'll be in LA for four days at the Music Strategies conference.  Always a good time with some of the most...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Thu, 15 May 2008 08:12:00 PST

New Romantically Dysfunctional Promo Pic - Need Your Thoughts!

Chris and I shot new promo pictures last weekend and we've got this one designed.  We need to hear what you think of it.  As you can see, we're getting away from the "Battle" concept a bit, ...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:11:00 PST

Chino... Oh Chino.....

Well, did an early show in Costa Mesa, where the prettiest girl in the room used to be a dude... No kidding.  She was funny though.Then off to Chino... Lord, I thought Costa Mesa had nothing to d...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:44:00 PST

Man, I’m so bad at this....

Totally forgot to blog about the Thursday night show... Chris Valenti and I picked up a last minute gig at the Universal Bar and Grill... and it went exactly how we thought it would....See, they do th...
Posted by Phil Johnson - Life Extractor on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:39:00 PST