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Justin Blackstock

dream big and look alive.

About Me


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JOIN THE CAUSE!!
SOME FRIENDS OF MINE THAT DESERVE YOUR SUPPORT
+House of Heroes+
+Their Eyes Look North+
I’ve been reminded too many times of why I shouldn’t let people in.
But SHE has reminded me of why I should:
♥ I love my Valerie ♥
About Myself:
“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.” -Jack Kerouac
For booking info:
E-mail: [email protected]
Being only a muse trying to make sense of the contradictions and insanity of what we call ’life’, the mere thought that I am fascinating enough to write a description of myself for numerous people to see is...comical...for lack of a better term...but I’ll play along:
Writer:: Singer ::Poet::Musician::Artist::Photographer::Dreamer::
I tend to be WAY too:
1) Nice
2) Jaded
3) Careless
I’m extremely gifted at taking hints...
...but I prefer honesty.
I love music (without it I’d pretty much be sleeping in the garbage can outside of the nearest Mickie Dee’s)
I play bass and lend a voice in a band called Innerview
Click here to check out our Myspace
I was born in the wrong decade (I’m convinced I should have been at this age in the late 60’s early 70’s...you know...before that whole...disco plague really grabbed hold...although I enjoy some disco...The Bee Gees will always own.)
I find soft spoken people to be the best kind of interesting...
...for it is in them that you will find the deepest and most beautiful surprises.
My favourite colour is green.
LOVE:
+Playing bass, guitar, djembe, marimba, & violin
+Playing with my band
+Jamming with my friends...or random people
+Amazing conversations
+Listening to [good] music
+Surrounding myself with good people [my friends and bandmates are badasses]
+Sitting in the dark
+Candles
+Wine
+Intelligence
+Nice people...
+Life
+Spirituality
+Originality
+Individuality
+Sandwiches...
+Jello
+Spirit
+Taking pictures of the sky...or anything really
+The smell and taste of vanilla
+Reading
+Thai Food
+Drawing
+Writing
+Cooking
HATE:
+Hypocrisy
+Snobbiness
+ LIARS (I REALLY hate lies...)
+Drama
+Head games
+Money [but you can’t live without those little pieces of green paper...]
+ +Social hierarchy
+People who can’t be nice
+Assumption
+Superficial...ism[?]
+Judgement
+Jumping to conclusions
+FAKE PEOPLE+
+Wasting time

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/4/2007
Band Website: youtube.com/justinblackstock
Band Members: "The poet becomes a seer through a long, immense, and reasoned derangement of all the senses. All shapes of love, suffering, madness. He searches himself, he exhausts all poisons in himself, to keep only the quintessences."
-Alan Ginsberg

Influences:

"Only when the power of love overcomes the love of power will the world know peace."
-Jimi Hendrix



Planet Earth

Mother Nature

Moonlight

Gin

Beer

Sounds Like: Whatever...
+The Lush - Live @ 106 West - 10.27.2007+

+Things We Use - Live @ 106 West - 02.02.2008+ (Video by Janie )

+Hot Knives (Bright Eyes Cover)+

Record Label: RATE Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

News: Recording [Part Deux: The Lush - 'Strep Throat' and Song Meaning]

Hello, all!So......more progress being made on recording the EP:This track was quite a trial for I’ve had a fever of about 102 the entire time of recording it......
Posted by Justin Blackstock on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:09:00 PST

News: Recording [Part Uno: Ballad of the Storm - History and Meaning]

Now that I have access to recording media, that’s not a video camera or a laptop mic (as wonderfully raw as that sounded ^_^), I’ve started working on a five track EP.After an arduous firs...
Posted by Justin Blackstock on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:59:00 PST

Poem: A Daydream of the Night Scene

Welcome back to my daydreamsThe bloodshot imagination killing my afternoonAs your picture brushes aside the obsceneAnd fills my head with beautiful tunesMy ears have longed to hear you singNotes that ...
Posted by Justin Blackstock on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:30:00 PST

Poem: Spilled (RED) Wine

Here I am in my room againPouring another glass of wine:"Why not, after so many,Drink it from the bottle?"Because, of course,That would be improper!"But who here would judge you,Save the photos on the...
Posted by Justin Blackstock on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:31:00 PST