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About Me

THE MUSIC J.Lynn Johnston has a gift for capturing the small moments in life, and expanding on them with wit and insight. He grew up in the heart of Californias Silicon Valley, the son of a music teacher and a computer whiz. Those roots are worn proudly on his sleeve as J.Lynns music moves with an articulate intelligence without ever losing its hook.J.Lynn Johnston draws on influences that run from Motown to Refused. The result is a unique brand of Indie-Blue-Eyed-Soul that demands a repeat listen. J.Lynn lives in Los Angeles with Benatar, his Great Dane.THE PERSON I LIKE - Subtlety. Irony. Friendship. Great Danes. Mastiffs. Boxers. Blue American Staffordshire Terriers (Happy, Kourt?) Rock. Roll. Burritos. Polaroids. Macintosh. Pilot Precise V5 Pens (blue & black). World of Warcraft ( Rogue Main - Rogue Twink - Shadow Priest Alt ). Brick buildings. Belt buckles. Hardcover (not paperback). Spray paint. Unconventional hair products. Post-Meridian. Beef Jerky. Allergy-free fake goosedown comforters. The details. eBay. Pocket electronic Solitaire. Clean socks. Pro Tools. Peanut Butter. New Sharpies (before some idiot ruins the chisel-tip). Water. Expensive earplugs. Natural Ice chap stick. Narrow shoes. Exploring the depths of credit card debt (just kidding... I hate that)...I CAN'T STAND - Spelling and grammatical errors. Strangers who IM and don't say anything but "hey what R U up 2?" and then can't sustain an actual conversation. Drugs (all of them). Body hair. Alarm clocks. The leg-room in coach. Cat dander. Heart defects. Dental work. Having no ass.I READ - Neil Postman. J.R.R. Tolkien. Nick Hornby. Chuck Palaniuk. Dave Eggers. All the other "it" authors. Guilty pleasure=Dean Koontz...I WATCH - Rebel Without A Cause (& other James Dean). The Usual Suspects (& other Chris McQuarrie). Streetcar Named Desire (& other Marlon Brando). Magnolia (& other P.T. Anderson). Seven (& other David Fincher)...I SOMETIMES WATCH - 24, Shark Week, Crank Yankers, Animal Cops...MY HERO - My hard-working-blue-collar, Ozark-Mountain-bluegrass-playing, Missouri-hick-of-a-Grandfather...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/4/2003
Band Website: JLynnJohnston.com
Band Members:
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Influences: A childhood spent alone in my room with my mom's living room piano lessons in the air and Alice in Chains in my headphones...
Sounds Like:
Other J.Lynn Projects (Present):

And from the OLD SCHOOL...

Record Label: ARTISTdirect Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The Labor of the Day

Los Angeles heat is putting the Labor into my Labor Day...-It's currently 100 degrees INSIDE my rat-infested house. It's too hot to move, let alone cook anything, so I am existing on a diet of refrig...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:25:00 PST

TAG! (The things I do for you, Joce.)

i'm it, you're itHere's how you play:Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog w/ 10 weird, random things, facts, habits or goals about yourself. At the end choose 10 people to be tagged, li...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:27:00 PST

Livin' On A Prayer...

So there I was...-Sunday night. I'd just finished my set at the Viper Room, and the sound guy was nowhere to be found... An uneasy silence settled in on the room. No background music elicited from t...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Fri, 11 May 2007 10:18:00 PST

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Ummm...Love and location,=j.lynn
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:09:00 PST

Happy New Year! Here are MY resolutions...

Happy New Year everyone!-And Happy Birthday to my sister!-In light of these annual events, I've made two key resolutions... I thought I would share them with you. Because you deserve to know the tr...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:52:00 PST

Happy Holidays from 3-year-old J.Lynn Johnston!

To help us all celebrate, I dug into some old photo albums... -Here is a Christmas picture of my older sister and me from back when I was three years old. We were at my grandma's house.-I hope your ...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:06:00 PST

Low Lighting Looks GREAT on Me.

Everybody watch this.-Then tell me how flippin' goofy I look when I sing. Pained expressions in a silly pop song? You'd think I was getting my back waxed, or something...Posted By:H's Between Vowels...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:42:00 PST

I totally validated my manhood today.

My car took a dump.-I had to buy a new battery. I replaced it myself. Because I do that stuff. Because I am a MAN. I have a full beard and plenty of chest hair.-I got a jump, drove to the (corpora...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:29:00 PST

San Diego Patio Recordings

Hey!-So while I was down in San Diego after the Mathitis.org benefit show, Brian and I were hanging out with our fantastic friend Andrew on a sunny San Diego patio playing music.-Andrew decided to pul...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:31:00 PST

Sleep Sniper

Hey all...-My friend Dave loves to take pictures of people while they sleep. It's his own private way of capitalizing on people's vulnerable moments. And I think it's hilarious. Usually they sleep ...
Posted by J.Lynn Johnston on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 03:00:00 PST