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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.
Artist Mission
Aaron Johnson makes spoken-word more accessible.
Music Influences
Tom Waits, Sage Francis, Buddy Wakefield, CR Avery, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Jared Paul, Henry Rollins.
Alternative Links
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MYSPACE
Aaron Johnson's myspace profile link
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