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Justin FIREFLY Clarke

I'm looking for a FLAT & STUDIO in NZ @ the moment

About Me



Random Photos from Japan, Berlin and NZ

some photos by Andy MorleyHall - Age Pryor Tour up North mid 2007

Justin FIREFLY Clarke lives in Aotearoa. He recently spent 7 years in Europe and returned [more than a year ago, now] to his homeLAND. He is feeling happy to be home.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2006
Band Members: Justin Firefly Clarke plays with:
Justin Firefly and the Electric Pungas
Balkan beats - Eastern European styles meet live Drum'n'Bass and with a touch of Led Zep

the Jess Chambers project
Sublime songs. Jess's album "Island" is due to be released in April. Check her myspace for more details http://www.myspace.com/jesschambersproject

Age Pryor
Awesome songwriter and creative kiwi musician. Extremely sizzling band with Darren Mathiason, Peter Hillbilly, as the rhythm section. Check out
http://www.myspace.com/agepryor
http://davidstgeorge.blogspot.com/2008/01/age-pryor-and-susp icions.html

WOOLSHED
Original songs featuring: Age Pryor, Andy Hummel, Jess Chambers, Peter Hill, Al Fraser, Bret Skinner, Lee Prebble

Justin Firefly also plays on occasion with:
Fat Freddys Drop

The Scribes of Ra
Afrobeats

Rio Hemopo's band
(feat. DJ Mu, Jonothan Crayford, Riki Gooch)

the Sheba Williams All stars

http://www.davidstgeorge.blogspot.com/2008/01/sheba.html
Afrolicious, Caribbean, Groovey
Influences: .."0000FF"

I'm grateful to ALL the spirits I've played with (alive and dead)....
the various Tui birds, shivkumarsharma, the Ruru owl, Jimi Hendrix, My grandad, John Coltrane, the various beaches I've visited.... and forests, Miles Davis, Vincent van gogh, John Mclaughlin, Tony Williams, hazrat inayat khan, Elvin Jones, ancestors whose names I know not, John Lennon, Ivo Papasov, Hari Prasad, ALL my past girlfriends, Zakkhir Hussein, Fela Kuti, Baden Powell, Bud Powell, Thelonius Monk, bob dylan, king sunny ade,..... ahhhHHHh! the list goes on and on and on.... this is SILLY! everything is music.

Sounds Like: Come to the ACOUSTIC JUNKET!


The Acoustic Junket is a monthly event giving opportunity for fine acoustic music to be appreciated and experienced.

It is a BYO event and runs on KOHA although prebookings are recommended due to limited seating capacity.

The Acoustic Junket FEATURES a collective of musicians including:
Age Pryor
Jess Chambers
Justin Firefly
JessieJames
Andy Hummel
Al Fraser
and guests

WHERE?
in an intimate Ballroom in The Moorings Mansion - 31 Glenburvie tce, Thorndon, Wellington. The seated capacity is only about 90. Tickets are limited.

WHEN?
16th December --- featuring Andy Hummel
27th January --- featuring Age Pryor
24th February --- featuring Jessie James
9th March --- featuring Jess Chambers
13th April --- featuring Justin Firefly and the Pungas

doors open 7pm. show starts 7.30pm sharp.

BOOKINGS:
bookings by email only to: [email protected]

Type of Label: None

My Blog

adopt a monk!

this is a link to my friends' website: http://www.avocahouse.com/good_fortune.htmit's set up to help support Tibetan monks... I think it's an innovative and beautiful concept with integrityand the fla...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:43:00 PST

Wind Guitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va0-rm6JUZ0 ...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:32:00 PST

an essay by Joshua. Dear Gareth....

Hi..... the following essay is a thesis written by my friend and brother, Joshua. I feel it is worth a look at for anyone interested.... It's a heavy piece of writing but the further you read it the ...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:34:00 PST

Kiaora my dears!

I'm starting to feel my roots settle again. Aotearoa is rising thru my feet - into heart - into mind - into cloud.... a process that I'm feeling very good about.I will start to withdraw now... from ur...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:04:00 PST

hazrat inayat khan

Your voice is clearYour sight is keenYour journey is loveThe divine musician is the only musician existingListen to the voice of beauty that attracts us in any formWhere the divine wine has been poure...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:36:00 PST

Khalil Gibran

LOVE even as he is for your growth, so is he for your pruning.His voice may shatter your dreams, for as he crowns you, so shall he crucify youLike sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself, he thras...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:11:00 PST

old inklings, some poems

into lightlooking into myself and the journey deeplystanding on the edge of takapuna beach at sunsetthe Ocean whispered that the journey is my destiny"go in peace, refilled and renewed"I close my eyes...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:35:00 PST

CV feb 2007

* Musical Curriculum Vitae *feb 2007Justin Firefly is an Aotearoean guitar virtuoso. He is also a composer, bandleader, educator and performer. He is currently working and performing with Age Pryor an...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:15:00 PST

http://www.ecohouse.co.nz/

Hello friends. I wish to share with you a link to the future:http://www.ecohouse.co.nz/I need not say more.Peace and love to all of youJ
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:26:00 PST

UNREACHABLE 5dec- 17dec

I will be on a vipassana meditation course from the 5th-16th of Dec. Afterwards I will travel down south and will again be unreachable until January. If you text me on my cellphone I might get occasio...
Posted by Justin FIREFLY Clarke on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:43:00 PST