Some Concluding Remarks from the Summer 2020 Cast:
March to the beat of your own damn drum-Say Femme/ Come alive in the wilderness of your own- Megan Jean and the KFB/but also partake in a collective "metamorphosis" & ask "are we more than this"?-Infinitkiss /
& resist what you could become living inside of Babylon-Glowing Screens/Ultimately, just be-Mitchell Hughes/& Remember it’s okay to "agree to disagree"- Rosie the Riveter2020/ & Don’t Sleepwalk through your days in a cybernetic robotic haze-Daddy Lion/& Recognize the world is changing around us- The Restoration
But, "Why so much trouble? We're living in such a remarkable place."
– SUSTO
March to the beat of your own damn drum-Say Femme/ Come alive in the wilderness of your own- Megan Jean and the KFB/but also partake in a collective "metamorphosis" & ask "are we more than this"?-Infinitkiss /
& resist what you could become living inside of Babylon-Glowing Screens/Ultimately, just be-Mitchell Hughes/& Remember it’s okay to "agree to disagree"- Rosie the Riveter2020/ & Don’t Sleepwalk through your days in a cybernetic robotic haze-Daddy Lion/& Recognize the world is changing around us- The Restoration
But, "Why so much trouble? We're living in such a remarkable place."
– SUSTO
Artist in the Spotlight
Say hello to your festival friends:
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Ready to learn how Sixx, Susto, & The Rest of the Light in the Dark Family will help save America?:
-Clue #1: Sixx & Susto are literally Yin & Yang!
Now get Ready! Cause Everybody must get Sustoed!
Click here for welcome message (*then click play button to start message)
It's just a matter of how and when you get there:
A Choose Your Own Adventure Learning Game
by Becca Joseph
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Disclaimer: This is Rock and Roll. This is Punk Rock= Not always spell checked/formatted perfectly, in fact it is more than a little unruly, it is for people like Justin who are doing whatever the hell they want.
(Hear Justin's toast to that by clicking here ).
Option A: Take The SUSTO Fast Track!
Intended Audience: SUSTO Rookies
REQUIREMENTS: NONE
Total estimated trip time: 33 seconds
*ASSIGNMENT # 1: Read 3 SUSTO Hard Facts
*Susto is on Rounder Records alongside Woody Guthrie and Robert Plant, proof that there is occasional meritocracy in America.
*He has opened up for bands with over 10,000,000 monthly Spotify listeners.
*The inagural Super Susto Sunday (8/9/20) was just the training ground for a new America post-pandemic when a real band with emotional, existential, and sociological depth like SUSTO will play Superbowl Sunday and not vapid pseudo-artists.
*ASSIGNMENT # 2: Study the logos below
(Hear Justin's toast to that by clicking here ).
Option A: Take The SUSTO Fast Track!
Intended Audience: SUSTO Rookies
REQUIREMENTS: NONE
Total estimated trip time: 33 seconds
*ASSIGNMENT # 1: Read 3 SUSTO Hard Facts
*Susto is on Rounder Records alongside Woody Guthrie and Robert Plant, proof that there is occasional meritocracy in America.
*He has opened up for bands with over 10,000,000 monthly Spotify listeners.
*The inagural Super Susto Sunday (8/9/20) was just the training ground for a new America post-pandemic when a real band with emotional, existential, and sociological depth like SUSTO will play Superbowl Sunday and not vapid pseudo-artists.
*ASSIGNMENT # 2: Study the logos below
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*ASSIGNMENT # 3 Copy the CliffsNotes:
*Please note: this is the abbreviated version, if you dive deep enough into each of the bands archives/full discography you will see at a “soul-ular” vibe-ular level, in terms of authenticity, & sheer caliber and potential of talent these are all objective facts, but you really need to dig deep into each of them to get it.
ASSIGNMENT # 4 Fall under the SUSTO/ Justin Osborne spell fast:
ASSIGNMENT # 4 Fall under the SUSTO/ Justin Osborne spell fast:
America's Favorite Older Brother
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+ Rock 'N Roll DemiGod
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+ Hollywood Hills Glamour |
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+ Social Justice Leader & Unifier
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+ ... Bonus spell: Justin’s magic Holy Waters (Blame it on the Rain)/ Nope, it’s About Rain, too! Rinse; repeat. + Double Bonus: Morrison/Osborne/Cobain Guessing Game:
Double Bonus all the way what does it mean?!
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=Susto helps Save America!!!!!!!
**Fast Track Final Exam***Think you are ready for the 3 question Susto Quiz? Find your initial starting place into the 12 tribes of the United SUSTO family. By clicking HERE, THEN be awarded handsomely with custom made playlist.
EXTRA CREDIT/CALL TO ACTION: know how when Uma Thurman’s character in Pulp Fiction says if you build something up too much it won't be good?.. well with Justin Osborne that’s impossible because with SUSTO the proof is in the Puddin’ Swamp, click HERE & follow checklist:
[ ] like the photo of the thigh tattoo on Instagram= 1 extra-credit point!
[ ] follow him= An additional karma extra credit point! C'mon Be a part of the family! <--- click here for pep talk if you still need convincing! I PROMISE you guys will love each other and he really honestly cares about you.
*Internet Addiction Disorder Warning: This may cause at least some level of addiction, as Justin posts on average every few days which leads to a constant SUSTO FOMO and the need to keep checking his page to see if you missed anything, and even then you still miss something (e.g. he just uploaded new unreleased tracks for a limited 48 hours and even I missed downloading part of it).
[ ] Join the Susto Fan Club so that you can be a vital member of the cult of Justin Osborne, (which will soon be as big as The Cult of Chuck Palahniuk)
Final Susto Subtext: Justin has been working round the clock this summer 1.) as an online student, 2.) a full- time dad 3.) A husband who cooks rather than exploiting food works in the food industry during a pandemic + making you playlists to motivate you to cook. 4.) Has released multiple albums since the COVID hit, including a single called “All God’s Children” which is literally the soundtrack to the Woodstock 2.0 and can heal America during this time
5.) participated in many benefit concerts (he's everyone's favorite celebrity)
all while mourning the loss of his father.
AKA he is trying to save your Soul and Society from eternal damnation; the least you can do is thank him by each making a $2-8 dollar donation right now by clicking HERE (suggested donation price will increase on the day of the festival, so be a leader and not a follower and start the altruism for America by donating now. FYI if you really care about the economy and people's psychological well being you will know why it is crucial we support the arts (*See "About" tab: if you need more convincing. With your help change is possible).
Feeling Brave and Adventurous??
Option B: Take the LONG WAY
(features hidden Interview with Justin O.)!!!
Intended Audience:
Current or Aspiring SUSTO SUPERFANS
REQUIREMENTS:
*Must keep an open mind, head, soul, & heart (As SUSTO is really something different and successfully genre-bends in a way that will expand your mind like Jerry Garcia playing an incredible 12 string with only 9 fingers as you dance under the stars and feel all the powers of the universe.)
*Must prefer reading over memes (hard sell to get people to read when things can be fed to them), but I know if you are willing to take a break from surfing the internet about 10 little beauty secrets and America's hall of horrors you could awaken, dream, and inspire (not always for the mainstream).
* total estimated trip time:
From a few miles- eternity (just click to download below document 4 full itinerary...)
[ ] like the photo of the thigh tattoo on Instagram= 1 extra-credit point!
[ ] follow him= An additional karma extra credit point! C'mon Be a part of the family! <--- click here for pep talk if you still need convincing! I PROMISE you guys will love each other and he really honestly cares about you.
*Internet Addiction Disorder Warning: This may cause at least some level of addiction, as Justin posts on average every few days which leads to a constant SUSTO FOMO and the need to keep checking his page to see if you missed anything, and even then you still miss something (e.g. he just uploaded new unreleased tracks for a limited 48 hours and even I missed downloading part of it).
[ ] Join the Susto Fan Club so that you can be a vital member of the cult of Justin Osborne, (which will soon be as big as The Cult of Chuck Palahniuk)
Final Susto Subtext: Justin has been working round the clock this summer 1.) as an online student, 2.) a full- time dad 3.) A husband who cooks rather than exploiting food works in the food industry during a pandemic + making you playlists to motivate you to cook. 4.) Has released multiple albums since the COVID hit, including a single called “All God’s Children” which is literally the soundtrack to the Woodstock 2.0 and can heal America during this time
5.) participated in many benefit concerts (he's everyone's favorite celebrity)
all while mourning the loss of his father.
AKA he is trying to save your Soul and Society from eternal damnation; the least you can do is thank him by each making a $2-8 dollar donation right now by clicking HERE (suggested donation price will increase on the day of the festival, so be a leader and not a follower and start the altruism for America by donating now. FYI if you really care about the economy and people's psychological well being you will know why it is crucial we support the arts (*See "About" tab: if you need more convincing. With your help change is possible).
Feeling Brave and Adventurous??
Option B: Take the LONG WAY
(features hidden Interview with Justin O.)!!!
Intended Audience:
Current or Aspiring SUSTO SUPERFANS
REQUIREMENTS:
*Must keep an open mind, head, soul, & heart (As SUSTO is really something different and successfully genre-bends in a way that will expand your mind like Jerry Garcia playing an incredible 12 string with only 9 fingers as you dance under the stars and feel all the powers of the universe.)
*Must prefer reading over memes (hard sell to get people to read when things can be fed to them), but I know if you are willing to take a break from surfing the internet about 10 little beauty secrets and America's hall of horrors you could awaken, dream, and inspire (not always for the mainstream).
* total estimated trip time:
From a few miles- eternity (just click to download below document 4 full itinerary...)
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Afterglow Bonus Features
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SUSTO Friends, Lovers, Ex-Lovers, Whatever
from Jam Room Fest 2018 Courtesy of Hunter Desportes |
Sixx Bonus Talk
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6 Questions with 6ixx
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Demetrius “6ixx” Similien is a force like no other. When 6ixx steps into the room and takes the stage everybody is awakened, thrust out of their own personal drama, making them realize this life- their existence…they are part of something much bigger. Something much greater. He’s an original, with his own ethos and platform, one of the greatest cultural figures and motivational speakers of our time. He’ll jump up on the table. He'll cry. He'll scream. He'll make you think; everybody finding themselves stunned like a deer in the headlights, not really sure what to make of it but realizing he is really onto something, taking them somewhere new. Somewhere they have always wanted to go and have always felt from deep within their soul.
When 6ixx is on he commands your attention, to think, to feel, to love, to take part in fixing in this collective human struggle and to embrace your humanity.
He screams at you with love, he makes you a better person, he makes you feel like tomorrow will be a new and brighter day and together we can brave it if we just open our hearts, minds, heads, and souls.
Demetrius “6ixx” Similien is a first generation Haitian American. His mother fled Haiti pregnant with him at the age of 13 to give birth to him in the United States. He is a graduate of Benedict college in Columbia, SC, and has a B.A. in political science. Sixx is a motivational speaker, a filmmaker, a musician, a poet, a collage artist, activist, and an inspiring human being who has overcome many obstacles including healing himself from a debilitating sports injury that had him bed-bound and up-ended his football career and scholarship.
Learn 6 facts about 6ixx, followed by 6ixx & the Ugly Truth
Becca: What is your Spirit Animal(s)?
Sixx: My spirit animal would be a momma bear! I’m protective over my friends and loved ones like they are my (cubs). I also respect their strength and overall ability to survive and be nurturing towards things they love.
Becca: If you could summarize the meaning of life in one word what would it be?
Sixx: Adventure would be my one-word answer
Becca: I know everyone is special like Mr. Rogers said, but in terms of legends and real leadership do you think people are born to be great or become great?
Sixx: I think people become great! Yes environment does help develop people, but history has shown the ability of people to grow and blossom even out of the worst possible situations, so this means that self-determination is the main ingredient in what makes people become the brightest version of themselves.
Becca: Do you believe in souls?
Sixx: Yes, I believe in souls. There’s no other way to explain my existence and how some connections are easy and effortless!
Becca: Do you consider yourself a spiritual person? If yes, how so?
Sixx: Yes, and I believe in the spiritual connection of living things. I also believe in how we as humans give off energy and when we pass that energy we transform into something else.
Becca: What advice do you have for people to stay motivated and positive right now?
Sixx: Wow! I would say to anybody that yes these times are hard but it’s moments and times like this that who we want to be and who we believe we can be are made and developed! Also, I would say always be mindful of the love around you and don’t take friendships and family for granted. Try and take a step back and look honestly outward and see how much loss and loneliness does exist.
IG @6ixx_n_dacity
Iamsixx.com
Impossible Machines
(& Reptile Western) Playlist
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Playlist Directions: :)
Songs 1-3: Sing-alongs Song 4 &5: Get ready to switch gears for something different End of playlist: Sink into a deep meditative trance. Lay on your back or face first (yoga or meditating positions optional), close your eyes and experience the doors of perception/breaking on through to the other side/entering Magic Doors to new dimensions. Think of other people doing this with you who are not physically present (one love). Rinse; Repeat as needed. P.S. Daniel Hammond Is One of South Carolina's BEST KEPT SECRETS |
Husband
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*Extra Credit Assignment: Play both Husband tracks at the same time. Think: Pink Floyd-The Dark Side of the Moon + The Wizard of Oz or The Flaming Lips- Zarieeka
(Use your imagination. They even end right around the same time! What does it mean?) |
Bio:Husband is an experimental electronica duo from Columbia, SC. Multi-instrumentalist, Adam Corbett, and his wife, Rebekah Rice (*who is a magical goddess!!!!!!!!), started the project using a handful of beats and samples Adam created in his spare time. With a combination of live instruments and various iPad apps, the couple builds densely layered eccentric pop tunes that you might be able to dance to.
*=edited by Becca Joseph Dig: husbandtheband.com |
Fizzylazer
(formerly known as Carpoolparty)
(formerly known as Carpoolparty)
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Bio:
Fizzylazer is an internet-centric, aesthetically charged electronic music machine, making wiggly air, HD low-poly graphics, and a digital reality manifestation. Their self-titled “cyberspace pop” is lovingly crafted at the house Fizzylazer on the daily. Their titular front-woman Fizzy (*is so endearing !!!!!!!!) captivates audiences with soulful vocals and bopping keytar solos, while Boba, the project's producer, creates their glossy beats and glimmering visuals. Together they enjoy featuring various guest artists through their lore-rich, animated virtual universe and live stage appearances. Whether it’s through live streams, chilling on their Discord server, or IRL gatherings, Fizzylazer is happily sharing their non-stop passion for their craft with their fans. Fizzylazer hopes you will join their “Fizzy Family" by subscribing and vibing with them as they endeavor to share their story, make others happy, and conquer the world with kindness.
*=edited by Becca Joseph
Thirsty for more? Visit: Fizzylazer.com
Fizzylazer is an internet-centric, aesthetically charged electronic music machine, making wiggly air, HD low-poly graphics, and a digital reality manifestation. Their self-titled “cyberspace pop” is lovingly crafted at the house Fizzylazer on the daily. Their titular front-woman Fizzy (*is so endearing !!!!!!!!) captivates audiences with soulful vocals and bopping keytar solos, while Boba, the project's producer, creates their glossy beats and glimmering visuals. Together they enjoy featuring various guest artists through their lore-rich, animated virtual universe and live stage appearances. Whether it’s through live streams, chilling on their Discord server, or IRL gatherings, Fizzylazer is happily sharing their non-stop passion for their craft with their fans. Fizzylazer hopes you will join their “Fizzy Family" by subscribing and vibing with them as they endeavor to share their story, make others happy, and conquer the world with kindness.
*=edited by Becca Joseph
Thirsty for more? Visit: Fizzylazer.com
