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JUSTIN

treading water

About Me

I like puppies, wine, and music, in that order . . .
When I see people wearing Crocs, I know immediately that we have nothing in common, and that we could never be friends or have any meaningful kind of relationship. They come in every color imaginable yet look bad with every other article of clothing ever created. The only thing that goes with Crocs is social ostracism.
I also play drums, keys, vocoder, and glockenspiel, and spend a lot of my time in transit or in crappy hotels (with like 6 dudes) in a band called Freshwater Collins . I get fed twice a day (on a good day) while I am on the road. When I am home (which is most of the time right now) I produce content, update, edit and write for the best independent alternative newsweekly in the Midwest. I am currently (also) writing a novel about a garbage man.
I also am a member in the following completely AWESOME bands:
The Scapulars
The Celebrated Workingman
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My Interests

Tracking, Traveling, Touring, and Triple XXX Vitamin Water

I'd like to meet:

Your dog or cat - I need some more buddies.

Music:

doesn't pay the bills and is slowly destroying my life.

Movies:

Always . . . especially Purple Rain.

Television:

Food Network, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rome, History Channel, Travel Channel

Books:

Anything with lots of pictures.

Heroes:

Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne, David Bowie . . .

My Blog

Come see me at Turner Hall in August

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Posted by JUSTIN on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:44:00 PST

Hot jams??

Thanks to the Greenfield Half Price Books for providing me with some long overdue and nearly mint hot vinyl.  After almost spending $150 (collectively) in the past on eBay for the gems below, I c...
Posted by JUSTIN on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:25:00 PST

See mom, they reallly do exist!

I was right all along...This undated photo provided by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The one-year...
Posted by JUSTIN on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:24:00 PST

Great stuff, awesome.

Read about my new album here @ Muzzle of Bees.  Stay posted about my band here @ MySpace.Look at some puppies here @ the Daily Puppy....
Posted by JUSTIN on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:20:00 PST

California Day 2 & 3

I don't want to write another blog so go to the band page. What? You say I can copy and paste the band blog over here? Well, David Grey is still making records, so I suppose anything is possible.I w...
Posted by JUSTIN on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:19:00 PST

California - Day 1

Well, we are back in Los Angeles, which is always fun - but this is building up to be the best trip yet (so far).After many groggy travel hours and plane delays yesterday, we all arrived at LAX by 11 ...
Posted by JUSTIN on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:25:00 PST

Transformers = Repulsive

The band and I are in northern Michigan today on day 2 of a 2 night stand. All of our gear is already ready to go at the venue, so decided to go to a movie . . . . which turned out to be a fatal deci...
Posted by JUSTIN on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:45:00 PST

Oh my goodness - it is time for a new blog!!!

 . . . SYKE!!!!!!! Well . . . maybe a short one.  I played a bunch of shows this week, and I have a bunch more coming up before Sunday.  It is hot, and most of the shows have been/and w...
Posted by JUSTIN on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:38:00 PST

New Records and Shows

So, it has been a while . . .I have been very busy rehearsing, making records, and playing shows and trying to have some fun.  I just got back from a trip to the Coachella festival in California, and ...
Posted by JUSTIN on Tue, 08 May 2007 12:54:00 PST

Stewart Copeland hates jazz

Please read the words of wisdom below from a recent interview with Stewart Copeland (during the press conference for the upcoming Police reunion). Stewart Copeland on Jazz Music - "I love dissing jazz...
Posted by JUSTIN on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 PST