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Ashton Allen

Faith is a wellspring. Fear is a cancer.

About Me

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Yellow flowers

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/1/2005
Band Website: ashtonallen.net
Influences: from childhood to present : John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Grease (The Soundtrack), Prince, Men At Work, George Michael, Violent Femmes, 3rd Bass, Public Enemy, U2, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Spider Monkey, The Connells, David Wilcox, Kristen Hall, The Cure, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, Barenaked Ladies, The Samples, Widespread Panic, Counting Crows, Keb Mo', Bjork, Dr. John, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Frank Zappa, Gomez, No Doubt, The Jayhawks, Victoria Williams, Built To Spill, Jimmy Eat World, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jets To Brazil, Robbie Baier, Pete Yorn, Radiohead, Luna, Elliott Smith, Belle And Sebastian, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, Coldplay, Badly Drawn Boy, Kings Of Convenience, Jars Of Clay, Josh Rouse, Mason Jennings, Jose Gonzalez...
Sounds Like: a good idea.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A glowing review of our little 20 song Christmas album.. :)

Outlandos Music"Last night, I finally managed to drag our dry, drooping, and now mostly needleless Christmas tree out to the lonely sidewalk for city pickup. A sad affair. Even sadder are all those ...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:23:00 PST

Mopeds, Maxipads, and the NFL

I loved this old beat up yellow moped. And when i was old enough, my dad would let me ride it out around our neighborhood. There was only one catch. I had to wear my helmet. And mind you this was not ...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:11:00 PST

Feb 5 (Sunset)

man. there are days. and there are DAYS. this record is sounding good. and i'm so loving the fact that we just got a free Baldwin upright piano last week from my totally cool neighbor Donald. yeah, we...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:54:00 PST

Feb. 5, 2008

finally got the Christmas decorations down. feb 5. mark it.my friend Devin Moore and I are living on this little beach just south of Clearwater right now. through april. just writing and recording mus...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:34:00 PST

NEW CD!! Huzzah!

Out from the depths ... and into the crispy fresh florida winter air (for today , at least) comes.... "It's A Rock Salt Christmas!" , a brand spanking new release from the dynamic duo, Devin Moore (th...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:23:00 PST

Writing music, waiting, and writing music...and then waiting again.

hola...long time, huh? ya, i go into my cave periodically, but the cave, as of late, isn't suiting me to the extent that it did in years past... now it's more like a waiting room than a depression hal...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 07:31:00 PST

INTRODUCING: The Ashton Allen Touring Band

The tour is coming together as we speak and we are proud to announce Ashton Allen's 2006 Fall Tour! The Fall tour will begin August 17th in Jacksonville, FL. The 2006 Ashton Allen Touring line-up: Ash...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:56:00 PST

"Prodigal Son"/What About Brian/ABC/Mon April 24, 10pm EST

So, ya, life is pretty cool sometimes. Today I got confirmation that the last song on my record is going to be used on a new TV show called "What About Brian" on ABC... It will be featured on Monday n...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:42:00 PST

New Joisey... Hotel Yuk.

So, here we are in lovely Hackensack at what normally is a reliable and clean Super 8 chain hotel...unfortunately, tonight, we are not so lucky...1.. strange long black hairs in the shower (which by t...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:48:00 PST

Death Cab, Neil Young, David Gray, Ashton Allen???

http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16701 Number 24!! 3 weeks on the charts and counting! 127 spins this week on Triple A Radio!Sincerest thanks for your radio requests and continued support,Ashton. ...
Posted by Ashton Allen on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:26:00 PST