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About Me

FOR BOOKING PLEASE CONTACT::ERIC NOBLE, NOBLE EMPIRE 314.482.4775 [email protected] Jeff Holt [email protected] ______________________________________________________FOR PRESS AND OTHER INQUIRIES Ms. White, RubyTeeth [email protected] ______________________________________________________
View Juan Prophet Organization's EPK ______________________________________________________ "Juan Prophet Organization is often described as a Vaudevillian art-rock band, due to the diversity of musical influences they incorporate into their own music---influences ranging from Phillip Glass and the Rachels to Mother Goose and Danny Elfman. JPO's penchant for perfoming in costume also might have something to do with it." Natalie Kilgore, The Rage. ______________________________________________________ "The band's members act as tour guides in a wild ride through countless musical genres with grace and style...without losing the audience's interest." Christopher Magan, Sidelines.__________________________________________________ ____ "Murfreesboro's bizarro-pop stalwarts Juan Prophet Organization play-act morbid lullabies with stunning Tom Waits abstraction, combing the hyperbolic minefields of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with an avant-garde relish. It's a kaleidoscopic grab bag of Dixieland jazz, chamber pop, vaudeville and an anything goes dictum pureed to perfection." Joey Hood, Nashville Scene. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Juan Prophet Organization's new album, "The Carrot and the Stick" IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION!!! VISIT CDBABY.COM TO VIEW THE ALBUM. ______________________________________________________ WWW.JUANPROPHET.ORG

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/25/2005
Band Website: juanprophet.org
Band Members: Grayson White Jeff Holt Kris White Justin Whitlow David Jellema Chris Watts
Influences: The Residents, Combustible Edisons, Mr. Bungle, SleepytimeGorillaMuseum, TwoFootYard, The Rachel's, Snakefinger, Raymond Scott, Tom Waits, Secret Chiefs III, Mark Feldman, Jenifer Charles, Faun Fables, The Frogs, Masada,Swans, Raz Mesinai, PETER THOMAS sound orchestra (Raumpatrouille), Zorn projects, Eyvind Kang, Minutemen, Art Bears, Carl Stalling, Jewlia Eisenberg (Charming Hostess), Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, old hymns from church pews, Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstong, Frank Zappa, Roland Grisham, Allen Goldspeil, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Hank Williams, Sr., Kronos Quartet, The Lennon Sisters, Art Theatre, John Cage, The Great Kabuki, Pile of Face, Idiot Flesh, The Klezmatics, Don Byron, Status Numeric,
Sounds Like: "Like a Bertolt Brecht house band at the end of the world, these Murfreesboro minstrels are far more cabaret than rock â€˜nâ€™ roll - right down to the Vaudevillian costumes and avant-garde stage act. There are rock precedents here, mostly in the Waits-like Carney music, early Camper Van Beethoven gypsy polkas, Devotchka fandangos, and Dresden Dolls burlesque. But with all those violin, viola, Wurlitzer, accordion, banjo, trumpet, cornet, clarinet and glockenspiel accents, you could just as easily be transported to Weimar Germany in the 20s, liebchen" - Creative Loafing an eighteen-wheeler screeching to a four-way stop, cabinets being emptied in a restaurant kitchen, doors ripped and windows broken at a party in a house where someone used to live, an arcade room--------------------- "Equal parts circus side show and Captain Beefheart, Juan Prophet Organization mine a vein of frenzied art-rock that challenges listeners without sounding pretentious. Expect nerdy, whimsical lyrics and loads of mid-song tempo changes." The Nashville Scene
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Juan Prophet Oregon-ization (Murfreesboro Pulse article)

The following is an article that was printed in the April 17th, 2008 edition of the Murfreesboro Pulse. I think it explains some of the reason for our relocation to Portland, Oregon. The a...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:52:00 PST

New Video

A new music video has been added to Juan Prophet Organization's myspace page. This video was created by Jeff Holt. Many thanks to Armondo Moralez for the video footage and Kristen Hubbard for lettin...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:19:00 PST

Formula for booking JPO in your city

So you want Juan Prophet Organization to play in your city. We are more than willing to accomodate you. Here are some simple facts that you should know. When we travel, we ride in a ...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:00:00 PST

Galapagos press

"Having toured with underground icons Sleepytime Gorilla Musem, Skeleton Key and others, these "bizarro-pop stalwarts" and/or "vaudevillian circus-rockers" (depending on what review you read) have dev...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:27:00 PST

Pictures from the Skeleton Key, Stolen Babies, Juan Prophet show

so , here's a link to some fun pictures from the show, enjoy. http://raywen.org/concert/sbsk120506/
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:43:00 PST

ZAP!BANG! Magazine Review, ALSO CHECK OUT THE ARTWORK AT THIS SITE

Think Circus Vargas meets Sleepy time Gorilla Museum and the Tosca Tango Orchestra. This album is truly a rift in the daily atmosphere of copycat, non-daring redundancies. Full of odd time signatures,...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:45:00 PST

Southeast Performer Mag Review

Southeast Performer....November 2005 written by: Shawn M. Haney The Carrot and The Stick is a breathtaking and compelling rock orchestra that levels the playing field of so-called independent ...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:02:00 PST

the Unveiling of the Carrot and the Stick Graditude

For those in attendance, we deeply appreciate your participation. The show meant a great deal to us and we were very glad to share that with all of you. As much as we are chomping at the b...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:52:00 PST

FOR NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS!!!!!

I HAVE THE KEYS TO THE MASTERS!!! Wow, well, everyone who is a nonofficial memeber, and there are about 254 now,,,,knows how much time we have spent on this new album. Kris, Jeff and I have been thro...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

these are the things I want, if you give them to me....well,

ok so here we go, we'll do this in a list format so you can copy it down with no confusion. 1. Marxophone in good condition 2. a real calliope 3. a marimba with character (forgot to ever give mat...
Posted by Juan Prophet Organization on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST