JJ Jones

A Very Good Year

2009-01-04T14:46:19Z

It WAS, IS, and WILL BE a very good year...
Singing, loving, being. And you?

I'm celebrating the continuing success of the 12 Minutes of Christmas from inside the Human Snow Globe.
Middle Tennessee's main newspaper from Nashville, The Tennessean, ran a front page photo of me in the globe and put a wonderful slide show on the web that I want to share with you:

http://www.tennessean.com/section/SPECIAL0351

The local TV news also caught me singing at the Nashville International Airport -- one of the goofier venues I've ever played. (I do have some video of hapless travelers being confronted by me tossing fake snow around while singing like a Vienna choir boy).

Nashville is a wonderful place to live and work. I also sing in choirs (Serbian Orthodox church, Vanderbilt Community Chorus) and have been working on other musical projects to supplement the snow globe -- in the meantime it's great to be known as "The Bubble Guy".

Sabine has opened a gallery and coffee bar at the Scarritt-Bennett Center called Gallery F and has helped to create alliances with the art community here, which is growing, so we will continue to expand our artistic endeavors as time rolls on.

Keeping it short, though life is infinite,
JJJJJ

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JJ Jones gives you 12 Minutes of Christmas

2007-12-03T14:03:58Z

***Forgive me if I sent this to you already, my mailer was on the fritz***Verzeihung für Doppelpost, ich hatte probleme mit meinem Verteiler***

Merry Xmas! (For a great article about the actual origin of “Xmas,” read Dennis Bratcher’s article here: http://www.crivoice.org/symbols/xmasorigin.html)

AGAIN THIS YEAR I OFFER YOU THE TWELVE MINUTES OF XMAS. Let the music warm your heart and tickle your funny bone, perhaps even disturb or insult your sensibilities at WWW.MYSPACE.COM/12MINUTESOFXMAS.

I have also been performing the show inside the Human Snow Globe! (They’ve been calling me a regular Don Snow! -- But my bubble is not very tiny, indeed). I’ll be spreading some offbeat Christmas cheer again this year, mostly in Nashville. Just when you thought all the same songs and decorations have come out again, let me put a bit of a twist on it for you…

Pass on the link if you would like. Also, if you would like to order a CD for FIVE DOLLARS plus postage, please let me know.

Wishing you a very blessed holiday filled with Truth.
(And may all your Xmases be bright).
Love,
J(J)

Dec 5 Wed – Café Coco 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm: 210 Louise Ave. (near Elliston Place) http://www.cafecoco.net/ 615-321-2626
Dec 6 Thu – Anchor Venue 7:30: 629 3rd Ave. South
Dec 8 Sat – Lieper’s Fork Annual Christmas Parade 4:00 pm: Downtown Lieper’s Fork in front of art gallery
Dec 13 Thu – Edgehill Studios 6:00: 1201 Villa Place, Nashville, TN 37212 (corner of Edgehill and Villa Place, one block off of Music Row) 615-301-8539
Dec 13 Thu – Café Coco 7:30
Dec 21 Fri – The Basement (Annual Christmas Party): 1604 8th Ave S # 330, 615- 254-8006

Xmas Music To Celebrate To

2006-11-25T01:38:30Z

Greetings from Nashville -- Music City USA.
It's great to be experiencing America again after 10 years living consistently in Germany. I am enjoying getting to know this fine city full of music and inspiration. The weather is fabulous and I'm meeting a lot of wonderful people.

Again this year I invite you to enjoy my 12 Minuten von Christmas project.
I have set up a mySpace page and hope it works for you.
The difference this year is that I will be performing the songs as a 12-minute show inside an inflatable plastic bubble -- The Human Snow Globe. I'm looking forward to it! (Don't worry -- there's enough oxygen in there for 20 Minuten von Christmas).

www.myspace.com/12minutesofxmas

I am also happy to send you a CD for a small donation, just let me know.

Much love and peace to you,
JJ