Summer and Starlight

Indie / Rock / Alt Country

Grand Rapids, MI

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About

last year i decided i hadn't caught enough crayfish so i loaded up a handkerchief full of necessities and trudged off toward the wilderness, hitchhiking my way to the northern forests of michigan. the second citizen lucky enough to enter into the driver/passenger relationship with me was on his way to the mountains of north dakota to flee certain financial obligations.

we decided that the current spectrum of available redaction mechanisms wasn't related, inversely or not, to the growing superiority of info-bation overload techniques. realizing our impending defeat, i abandoned our destination and bought a harmonica.

this is the result.

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jvh - steal your breath video 4-18-2007.avi

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May 26, 2009

R.I.P. Jay Bennett (1963-2009)‎

some of my favorite jay bennett moments on film:

jay isn’t on camera much in this one, i just love all the crazy keys and harmonies on this track:

people don’t come around every day who treat lead guitar with this much eloquence:

“pieholden suite” was, i …

daylight / case study

here’s one of the first recordings i ever made when i first started getting into recording:

here’s how i play the song now:

Daylight from Justin on Vimeo.
also, i just finished mixes for the “Goodbye Blue” E.P. and sent them off for mastering. In the …

timeline of a social networking website or service

1 ) start as a good idea
2 ) get adopted by some curious tech-savvy individuals
3 ) get adopted by some hipsters with tech-savvy friends
4 ) get adopted by college students
5 ) get adopted by the masses
6 ) get adopted by people who don’t even know why they’re …