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John F.

About Me

I've been known to make some tunes on the odd occasion, this is where I host them. I also use this as my personal myspace.

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Member Since: 05/12/2004
Band Members: John F. Witt
Influences: Secret Chiefs 3, Frank Zappa, The Flashbulb, Aphex Twin, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Hermann, Venetian Snares, video game music, Astor Piazzolla, the Beach Boys, Dick Dale, John Prine, Raoul Sinier, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Philip Glass, Kool Keith, King Crimson, chiptunes, Swans, John Coltrane, Big Spat, the Ventures, George Formby, Roger Miller, Omar Souleyman, Antonin Dvorak, Moondog, Antonio Vivaldi, Masonna, Dali's Car, the Russian Red Army Choir, Chet Atkins, Sun City Girls, Olivier Messiaen, Tom Jobim, Novos Baianos, COIL, Dan Deacon, Arnold Schoenberg, Aaron Copland, Hank Williams Sr.
Sounds Like: None of the above, unfortunately
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Clowns

Seriously, what the fuck is the deal with scary clowns? Circuses and rodeos must be the only mediums anymore in which clowns aren't used for 'scaring' purposes. I honestly don't see what's scary about...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:22:00 GMT

Some things I found interesting (Iran)

Some picturesThose are from Iran...And then there's thisSaying that today they're going to announce a cure for AIDS. I don't think that they're going to announce a cure for the HIV virus but more of s...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:58:00 GMT

The Superbowl!!

Definately didn't watch it.
Posted by on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:25:00 GMT

Music news, for those interested

Mushroom is just some 8 bit stuff I made, and Vesti la Aeterna is a mashup of the songs Lux Aeterna from Requiem for a Dream and Vesti la Giubba from Pagliacci, along with some melodies and beats of m...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:11:00 GMT

Shiny Toy Guns

Went and saw them live tonight... it was awesome. The bands that opened for them, were surprisingly, not shitty. The first sounded like Creed (which is better than some of the shit I've heard opening ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:43:00 GMT

Recluse (Rattlesnake Reprise)

The new song started off with a melody close to that of Recluse, but I wanted to take it in a different direction. While pretty different, the songs do have their similarities, especially in the first...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:31:00 GMT

Trick or Treating

Yes, tonight was Halloween and I went around town with Kyle trick or treating. I was dressed as a terrorist and Kyle said he was dressed as Charles Barkley. I got more positive reactions to the costum...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:21:00 GMT

Because I can.

John Franklin WittA list of words that can be spelled using the letters of my name with no repeated letters are as follows:AAftAhnkAlotAintAnAntArtAtFaintFanFarFatFinFirFitFla nkFlintFlowForFortFrailFr...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:18:00 GMT

My music

For any "fans" I may have, I'm not going to be making music with words in it anymore. I don't like writing lyrics... and the process of adding words in is time consuming. It pretty much drains the fun...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:33:00 GMT

The Departed; Japanese Supremacists

I went and saw The Departed tonight, and it's arguably the best movie I've ever seen. You could root for either of the two main characters, and the way the plots intervened was awesome.On the way back...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:02:00 GMT