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John Houx

About Me

i'm often asked how old i am
and "very" i reply
they say "c'mon quit kiddin me"
so i make up some lie
like "i was born in 84"
or "i'm old enough to be your father's son! i swung this country from ear to ear while he was hitting his snooze alarm and putting you kids thru the box factory! i eat plants for breakfast lunch and dinner and sometimes for money! i'm old enough to grow up any day now, the first time i did it was in the days of redwood forests and love in the time of orwell. unmarked babies, no brands or eartags or microchips; we rode rails to the empire city and sang sang and wrote our names in pee at the feet of the payfones!"
to which all they can ever say is
"oh, you look younger."
i hatched in california, now i'm hatching in new york city, you can see more stuff at www.johnhoux.com ! thanks!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/06/2007
Band Website: http://www.johnhoux.com/
Band Members: For ALL BOOKING/INQUIRIES:
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Get the NEW record, John Houx's GREEN PERIOD:
Record Label: Self-Released
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

time ta make anotha record!

my o my, o my o!after forcing myself to come back to america, after ignoring a flight to live a paris dream a little ol longer, after washing my bruce lee hemp slippers repeatedly, after staining them...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:00 GMT

o paris;

corny loud english rock musiqueyesterdayi was back in a familiar situation:being alone in a strange towno paris;where will you let me sleep tonite?i knew better than to doubtthese things always work o...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 02:39:00 GMT

New Album! New Website!

maaaan i am home from tour and aint left the house in two days. i gotta go in a few minutes thou to play with my friend larkin to open for akron/family (at union pool if yer in nyc readin this before ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:27:00 GMT

Fone blog from missoura

Here in columbia having opened for michael gira at big ears festival in knoxvil stayed n played at th unbelievably hip 21c gallery hotel in louisvil escaped tornados. Saw a rainbow n a cooling tower. ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:49:00 GMT

It's Tourin' Time

so here i is, wrappin, wrappin it on up before goin to sleep, wakin up, an not comin back here for two months.the magical an spellbinding Larkin Grimm is takin me (an the godard-film-bombshell Elizabe...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:23:00 GMT

TWO New Radio Shows  Down Home & WFMU

come all you blog-readin' cheese-eaters and hear johnny houx on the radio  twice!on the new episode of Down Home Radio Show (recently included in the Village Voice's BEST OF issue) i meet up with my ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:26:00 GMT

an extended play disc

so surprise, i made an EP - finishing hand-painting and foldin.. the covers right now. they'll be present at tomorrow's PIANOS show, and really there's very few of em so they will be sorely missed. ne...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:36:00 GMT

All Four Puppet Music Videos

if you hadnt seen, i did some collaborations with Edgar the puppet on DowntownTV, a online TV network from NYC's East Village. The Latest Show On Earth has featured them one by one and you can watch t...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:26:00 GMT

WMBR’s "Phoning It In" - Live set + Interview

John Houx plays a live set over the phone to WMBR Cambridge on their hit show Phoning It In. past guests include adam green, scout niblett, devendra banhart, cocorosie, the mountain goats an on an on ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 20:42:00 GMT

John Houx Cover Story in Urban Folk zine

URBAN FOLK, th magazine covering New York's folk/antifolk scene of th east village/lower east side, has a John Houx cover and feature in issue 15, spring 2008.Read it online here ( http://www.msplinks...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:20:00 GMT