Justin James's Blog (6)

So a team of producers and cameramen from LA were out here this last weekend and we filmed from 10AM till Midnight... It was nuts! we filmed in all sorts of different places and I got to learn LA lingo.. Hero shot means stand there and look stupid for a while.. and there are a bun… Continue

Now if you know me, you know me, which most of you who may read this do not. You would know that I do not like doing little events. In fact that is the last thing that I want. I had worked several months on a showroom on the east coast, a truly beautiful venue in doing that I had to block out my dates from June 1 to September 1. Well the deal fell through and let me tell you frustrated was a very nice term to explain how I felt.. Well in the middle of this I get this call from an LA producer. Sh… Continue

Well everyone is wondering what happened on my East Coast trip and although I am not going to spill all the details perhaps some of this will outline the challenges we face as full time entertainers. Every summer I do close to 200 shows however it is work 5 days drive 2 work 5 days drive 2 all summer long... Now I actually like this because it breaks it up. However at 4.00 a gallon for diesel I really wanted to cut my mileage down this yr because it is cutting into my profit considerably. Well… Continue

Go straight to the good in everything. It is the happy lot of those with good taste. The bee goes straight for sweetness, and the viper for the bitterness it needs for its poison. So with tastes: some go for the best, others for the worst. There is nothing that doesn't have something good, especially books, where good is imagined. Some peoples temperaments are so unfortunate that among a thousand perfections they will find a single defect and censure it and blow it out of proportion. They are… Continue

Well tonight I hop on a plane here in Vegas and fly 10 plus hours possibly closer to 13 by the time I get out of airports to the East Coast. I am working out the details on a 3 month 2 show a night 6 night a week run. thats 144 shows in the 12 week run. Now I am not saying where yet who knows the whole thing may fall apart however for those of you who know me any positive energy you can send my way the next 48 hours would be sorely appreciated. I normally play my cards very close to my vest how… Continue

Well it is that time a yr as I and some wonderful people I work with call madly and set show dates. Always scary setting a route however I don't know what I would do if I wasn't making people laugh! Continue