Aaron Johnson

Aaron Johnson's spoken word is now available in AUDIO on FAMECAST!

Aaron Johnson likes pinball machines, shortbread cookies, graphic novels, and skateboard competitions. However, Aaron is most likely to found at a poetry slam or rock show, smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee.

As a young teen, he worked at Arby's. It was here that he saw a lefthander chop off his thumb in a roast beef slicer. Being a lefty too, Aaron was permanently scarred for life and began writing and performing poetry.

He is the 2001 International Poetry Interpretation Champion.

He is the 2006 Arcosanti Haiku Champion.

He started the largest Open Mic in Arizona, which boasts an audience of up to 400 people, every Monday, at Applesauce Teahouse in Flagstaff, AZ.

The local entertainment rag "FlagLIVE!" named Aaron 2008's "Best Painfully Honest Poet" and Applesauce Teahouse "Best Weird Scene". Apparently, being honest is weird these days.

Aaron has performed in theatres, bars, poetry slams, high schools, universities, art galleries, comic book stores, street corners, book stores, living rooms, and in 40 states, in just the past three years.

Aaron Johnson is a member of SPOKEN CIRCUS, a three-piece fusion of spoken-word, junkyard folk music, and vaudeville. They will be on tour in the fall of 2008 with VERBOBALA SPOKEN VIDEO.

OTHER ARTIST WEBSITE:  www.myspace.com/rights4lefty

HOME TOWN: 
Phoenix, AZ

GROUP/BAND MEMBERS: 
Aaron Johnson

INFLUENCES: 
Aaron Johnson was influenced by Arizona's sky. His favorite performers/writers are CR Avery, Elvis Costello, What Laura Says Thinks and Feels, Tom Waits, Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smth, IHYWYP, Synergy, The Shoes, The Brothers Gow, Bark Bark Bark, Henry Rollins, The Dead Milkmen, and Mike Ness.

ON MY PLAYLIST: 
What Laura Says Thinks and Feels
Buddy Wakefield - Run On Anything
Feist - The Reminder
CR Avery - Magic Hour Sailor Songs
Tom Waits - Blue Valentine