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Last Update: January 29, 2014
Joined: November 10, 2012

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DJ Johnson

DJ Johnson is now friends with Thee Mean Reds.
- January 29, 2014
DJ Johnson → køpper:
Thanks for the reply, Kopper. I LOVED The Wayback Machine. I didn't realize it was you until I saw your profile. That show mirrored my attitude about music, mixing genres, etc. Good to see you again. I wondered where everyone went.
- November 11, 2012
køpper:
Welcome to the Hideout, DJ. I totally remember Cosmik Debris! Were you on the Bomp List at one time? Anyway, now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our more
Welcome to the Hideout, DJ. I totally remember Cosmik Debris! Were you on the Bomp List at one time? Anyway, now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our member map (London represent!) and please read the Network Guidelines as soon as possible (required reading). Thanks, and enjoy the site!
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- November 11, 2012
DJ Johnson → køpper:
Thanks for the reply, Kopper. I LOVED The Wayback Machine. I didn't realize it was you until I saw your profile. That show mirrored my attitude about music, mixing genres, etc. Good to see you again. I wondered where everyone went.
- November 11, 2012
køpper:
Welcome to the Hideout, DJ. I totally remember Cosmik Debris! Were you on the Bomp List at one time? Anyway, now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our more
Welcome to the Hideout, DJ. I totally remember Cosmik Debris! Were you on the Bomp List at one time? Anyway, now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our member map (London represent!) and please read the Network Guidelines as soon as possible (required reading). Thanks, and enjoy the site!
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- November 11, 2012

Personal Information

First Name DJ
Last Name Johnson
Gender Male
Birthdate May 17, 1959
Location: Issaquah, WA, USA

Web/Social Links

Website http://<a href="www.cosmik.com">www.cosmik.com</a>

Personal Details

Bio I'm an ancient musician and music geek. Like 92% of the population I have a few shows on an online radio station. One of them, Channel Z (on Head Case Radio) is an hour (only) weekly show which features garage-punk, garage, punk, psych and instro surf. I found this site because I bought the first three GaragePunk Hideout comps and I've been playing the hell out of them on the air. Had to find out where the music was coming from, so here I am. I ran an online magazine called Cosmik Debris for a dozen years, but I shut it down in 2007. It's still there, in ghost form. It reflects my own musical schizophrenia, covering everything from pop to punk to classical. I'm an unrepentant pop junkie, but in this case that means Badfinger, Plimsouls, Redd Kross, etc. I secretly enjoy 60s-70s bubblegum, too. Shhh. I've been addicted to garage music since I stumbled into a used record store in Seattle in the early 80s and found everyone listening to The Fleshtones. It's still one of the genres I listen to the most.
Favorite Music The Beatles
Black Sabbath
Ten Years After
The Plimsouls
Redd Kross
The Fleshtones
The Cynics
The Mortals
The Nomads
DMZ
Teenage Head
Division of Laura Lee
Favorite Movies The Maltese Falcon
Fail Safe

American Graffiti
The Godfather
The Legend of Hell House
The Changeling
Too many to mention, including a whole lot of Film Noir.
Other Hobbies/Interests I am involved in Citizen Science. There are many projects out there, real ones with importance, that can't possibly be completed by the scientists involved or it would take decades just to gather the data. They open the project up to the public on the Web and train you to do the research. I've mapped future landing sites on the moon, been the first to see galaxies, and taken weather readings from naval ship logs in WWI. Watched the sun for storms, too. It's fun stuff and it's available to anyone. That's really my main other interest. Also love watching movies, reading and playing guitar and bass.