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Justin

If your mind can conceive it, and your heart can believe it, then your spirit can achieve

About Me

I'm the lead singer and keyboardist for the St. Louis based bands Groovethang , and Electric Soul . Also a wanna be Pro Golfer. Just a simple man living simple dreams. Ain't life grand?
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My Interests

Music, Golf, Baseball,Computers, Photography, Cooking, thinking beyond the obvious, discovering my purpose for being, Regular chats with God.

I'd like to meet:

Maurice White, EW & Fire, Donald Fagen, Anita Baker,Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Chuckie Booker, Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, David Foster, Ozzie Smith, Bob Gibson, Kurt Warner, Tiger Woods, Seal, Cat Stevens, Patrice Rushen, Vanity, Jesus, God, Billy Preston-"Though I did shake his hand when I was a kid", Harriet Tubman, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Winston Churchill, JFK, Ronald Reagan, Malcolm X, Rush Limbaugh, Rick James "while he was recording the bass line for Teena Marie's song Square Biz", Jack Buck, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, Fredrick Douglas, My mirror self, in some far off parallel universe. Is that asking for to much? There, my mind has conceived it!! So let it be done.

Music:

Click here to listen for yourself My taste in music runs the entire spectrum, so here they are, in all of their luster and glory. Love my music, and you'll love me! Prince and the whole Minneapolis Sound, Cat Stevens, Steely Dan, Minnie Ripperton, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Pink Floyd, Sade, Luther Vandross, The Doobie Drothers, Van Hunt, Imani Coppola, Jeffrey Osborne, Bob James, Men At Work, Billy Preston, The Jones Girls, Earth Wind & Fire, Heatwave, The Beatles, Deniece Williams, Cameo, America, Soul II Soul, Anita Baker, Duran Duran, The Ohio Players, Journey, The Bee Gee's, Chic, Midnight Star, James Brown, Teddy Pendergrass, Miles Davis, Kiss, Simple Minds, Loose Ends, The Doors, The Commodores, Michael Jackson, The Police, Zero 7, Obryan, George Benson, Stevie Wonder"Saturday In The Park" saturday in the park

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Movies:

It's a Wonderful Life, 12 Monkeys, Harold & Maude, The Music Man, Fargo, Saving Private Ryan, Witness For The Prosecution, Imitation of Life, The Matrix, The Color Purple, Caddyshack, Dressed to Kill, To Kill a Mockingbird, Castaway, Saturday Night Fever, Vertigo, The Bodyguard (NOT My Bodyguard), Schindlers List, The Ten Commandments, King Kong, Rushmore, Weird Science, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, Bruce Lee Movies, When Harry Met Sally, E.T., Jaws, Blazing Saddles, Little Big Man, The Breakfast Club, Cool Hand Luke, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Dark City, The Patriot, Clockwork Orange, Papillon, Terms of Endearment, O'Brother Where Art Thou, The Kings of Comedy, Rainman, The Untouchables, Marathon Man, Tess, Midnight Cowboy, Sleeper, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Indiana Jones, Scarface, The Thin Man, T.A.P.S, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Rear Window, Willy Wonka (The Original), Dog Day Afternoon, Silence of The Lambs, Dead Poet's Society, Shaft, City of Angels, Platoon, The Lost Boys, Serpico, Amadeus, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Soldiers Story, Grease, American Gangster, The Pride of The Yankees, Defending Your Life or anything by Albert Brooks, Spinal Tap, Daughters Of The Dust, Billy Jack, American Graffiti, The New Batman, The Seven Voyages of Sinbad, Glory, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Malcolm X.

Television:

Anything in Hi Definition! Hell's Kitchen, Planet Earth, Cops, Mad TV, Hannity & Combs, Old Black & White Movies, Hitchcock, American Chopper, Kitchen Nightmares, Dallas S.W.A.T, Sunrise Earth, Tennis, Golf, Cardinal Baseball, Rams Football.

Books:

Ha! What's that! Do manuals count? Seriously, do you really want to know? Autobiography of Malcolm X, The U.S. Constitution, The Living Universe, Golf: The Mind Game, The Secret, The Federalist, Durango Street, The Death of The Rhythm & Blues, Three Nights in August, The Inner Game of Golf, Is It Worth Dying For-How to Make Stress Work For Not Against You, Clarence Thomas-My Grandfather's Son, Caring For Yourself While Caring For Your Aging Parents.

Heroes:

Mother, Step-Father, Father. All of those nameless people throughout history that have contributed to the freedoms that we currently enjoy, and that have helped to make this wonderful world in which I am blessed to live! Thank you.
Cool SlideshowsThis is a picture I took from my back porch of a thunderstorm rollin' in. Awesome!

My Blog

Mac vs. PC. My thoughts on the subject

I just told a friend of mine that had almost been brainwashed" against buying a new PC because of the horror stories of Windows Vista. He also heard a lot from people telling him that the Mac is what ...
Posted by Justin on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:35:00 PST

Are we living in a Matrix?

For any of you that are listeners to the radio program "Coast to Coast" with George Noory, you may have heard a fascinating show that aired Saturday night. The subject dealt with the concept of wheth...
Posted by Justin on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:19:00 PST

My appearance on Open Labs TV!

For those of you that were not able to tune in, here is my segment from a webcast with Open Labs being interviewed by The Chairman Victor Wong.  We discussed their awesome instrument, and my late...
Posted by Justin on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:08:00 PST

See Justin "LIVE"!! Sat 6:30 pm right here

..> I will be discussing "live" via streaming web cam, from my St. Louis studio the wonders of The Open Labs Neko. This is all a part of NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) taking place th...
Posted by Justin on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:57:00 PST

Video of our Tribute to The Doobie Brothers

The audio is straight fom various camcorders, but I think it captures a bit of the magic from the show.  Especially the second video!  Enjoy.Our tribute to the Doobie Brothers "China Grove" ...
Posted by Justin on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:24:00 PST

Check out this video: SALTWATER INTO FUEL

Check out this video: SALTWATER INTO FUEL Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Justin on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:33:00 PST

I had fun with this survey.

1.What does your MySpace quote mean?It represents the Love-Hate relationship I have with what I do. But just when I think that people don't appreci...
Posted by Justin on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:09:00 PST

9 Things You Simply Must Do for Success

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Posted by Justin on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:06:00 PST

Imus, music, the times in which we live.

The following is a blog that I ran across and was inspired to respond to.  The first part in bold is the blog, my response is below. April 12, 2007 - Thursday - 1:34 AM DON IMUS OKAY OKAY........
Posted by Justin on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:38:00 PST

Groovethang 10 year Anniversary Party. Fun at the Piano

The videos below are from a party Saturday Night to celebrate Groovethang's ten year Anniversary.  Wow, how the time has flown!  The Party was hosted by GThang Guitarist Mark Crowell and his...
Posted by Justin on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:19:00 PST