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More kind words from the Blogosphere... →

This guy’s got us down for “Pop Album of the Year.” We like the sound of that! Can we get some momentum behind this?? Look out Katy Perry…our chests are not as mesmerizing, but at least we didn’t get latered by Capt. Jack Sparrow’s shitty English doppelganger… http://sparksandnerves.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/j-q/

Feb 28th

Two hundred...and forty dollars...worth of... →

(2) points to you for getting “The State” reference. Barry and Levon….awwwww yeah. Check out our friends over at www.allstonpudding.com — a nice little website dedicated to keeping you abreast of the myriad musical happenings in our quaint little New England town. We happen to be in their local rotation — click the link and look right. Sit and spin with...

Feb 23rd

J / Q "Binary Life" Boston Phoenix MP3 of the Week...

http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2012/02/16/mp3-of-the-week-j-q-quot-binary-life-quot-tonight-radio-in-somerville.aspx That’s pretty cool, right? Big ups to the writer, Perry Eaton — who for the record we’ve never met, and who had no ulterior motive that we can think of for saying such nice things about us. Based on his detailed and descriptive review of...

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Finally. Ease back, fire up the hi-fi, pour yourself a beverage (or whatever you do to get in the right frame of mind) and dig into this…..

Jan 27th

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Art has landed.

I’m outside of my head to announce that the artwork for the long awaited (at last by us) J / Q full length is complete. This was the final grueling obstacle. It had to be that way. This album was a labor of love, and true love, as we all know, means an absolute stubborn unwillingness to compromise. No matter how tiny the detail, it had to be just right. For better or worse, we are not...

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consider that I’m a one and you’re a zero…

Sep 30th

J / Q live in somebody's basement this Friday...

We’re finally hitting the concert circuit. Alex At Large is back in action and we’re ready to rule. First stop on the “Complete World Domination Tour 2011” is at some place called Sealbeard’s somewhere in Allston. I’d tell you more but I think we’re supposed to keep the locale on the down low. Keep it on the DL. We spend more time on the DL than J.D....

Sep 29th

Sep 11th

Feel so lonely without Q.

If a band puts out an album in the forest, and nobody is around to hear it, do the trees post about it on the Noise Board? Too local? Ok…What about Lambgoat?? Relapse??? The PRP???? Punknews????? That super scenester board that I can’t remember the name of right now?????* I wouldn’t know. I don’t read any o’ dem shits. Q just left for tour with Doomriders. ...

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Jun 15th

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An Haiku by J / Q

A holding pattern. “I thought the album was done?” Mostly. Still needs art.

Jun 9th

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Dear, Nathan Ota: I want to live in your world. →

A couple of years and a different lifetime ago, I was marooned in one of my least favorite cities, Los Angeles, while on tour with Clouds. One stifling plastic coated day while aimlessly following other people around unknown streets, I happened to stumble into a place called, La Luz De Jesus. http://www.laluzdejesus.com/ I was beckoned by a big sign outside that just said, “Wacko.” ...

May 23rd

WHAT DO YOU DO???? Q put the drum in conundrum.

So…let’s say it’s 2011 and against all reason and good judgement, you spent a bunch of time putting together what you truly believe is a really good full length 11 song album—built to be listened to AS an album, not a bunch of singles. Down the road you plan on putting out a limited run of 100 vinyl records—something really special with lots of original art and...

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Johnny Fingers up in this peice.

Apr 6th

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Oh hey…I didn’t see you there.

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Ghost Dad starring Richard Pryor as Bill Cosby and Keith Ledger as a methodist actor. A J / Q Films production.

Feb 24th

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One night alone at the space, Johnny went on a little bit of adventure… ::listen closely for a sneak preview of the song ‘Binary Life’ by J / Q::

Feb 24th

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Hotel Music: Q describes some of his shady adventures in Costa Rica before the O’brien’s show 1.25.11.

Jan 27th

Long time

…no see. “What have you guys been doing?” Working on stuff. As of this day, the 18th of January in the year of your lord, two-thousand twenty and eleven: Q is in Costa Rica doing shady shit (probably). Johnny is looking for a job and hustling dough to feed mouths. Alex is planning his wedding and acquiring gear. Camp Street is closed. boo to the hoo…sweet fertile...

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J / Q In the Studio Part IV: Looking at things and saying what they are. Take a virtual tour of Camp Street Studios with your host, J / Q. Your friendly narrator will show you various things around the studio and name them for you…he might even tell you a little bit about them. It’s wild, man. Background music is a little ditty called ‘World of Sound’.

Oct 29th

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Meet the almighty Snoracle! He answers questions you never thought to ask! His toes wiggle uncontrollably! He’s the 8th Wonder of the World!! Also see guest star guitar man, Mike Gowell shred over “Ghost Town”. Witness the super RARE eclipse-like occurrence in which Gowell forsakes his beloved Gibsons and goes over to the Fender DARK SIDE. JOIN US…its nice and...

Oct 27th

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Johnny does some lead bass overdubs on “Inside My Mind.” P.S. Sorry the quality of these vids suck ass. They were shot on a 10 year old 4 megapixel Sony digital camera (not a video camera…a camera, camera). Work with what you got. We’ll get the video crew in for the next album when we make it big and get the huge advance and the lamborghini’s. On the bright...

Oct 27th

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J / Q in the studio: Part I “Umm…Ok…..so… Alright.” Setting Up. Confusion reigns but momentarily. Then right back on point.

Oct 26th

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Alex’s latest nick name is Rick Wakefield. We’re looking into getting him a cape…

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Oct 11th

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"I ain't no dream, man."

Upon drifting back to a fitful sleep I started to dream a most mundane dream wandering around my old neighborhood in Mission Hill. In my dream I was fully aware that I was dreaming and remembering the old adage that if you knew you were dreaming then you could control your dream. I decided to test this theory. So I went in to the nearest liquor store and unceremoniously dropped my pants in...

Oct 11th

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