JUNO

JUNO 🎶🎨 WRITER | Tbd ✍️ Fleetwood Mac and Bowie, wild take. That said, thank you ✨

Hi @vajohna 👀 Yup, we’re working on the reissues. Thank you for keeping Juno’s music alive in our long absence. Now, for the long answer: Years ago, when we were writing ‘A Future Lived In Past Tense,’ I had a strong sense it would be our last album. Hence, the title. During the recording process, I worked hard to have the music and lyrics say certain things that I believed needed to be shared in our absence. Lotta long nights. Lotta words. Or, to put it another way, I wanted to ensure that the songs could take on a life of their own, communicate certain ideas, find their way in the world, and become part of people’s lives—without us, without record labels, without radio, without media, without digital platforms, without handlers of any kind. I wasn’t interested in success or notoriety. I was interested in art-making, word of mouth connections, and doing what I could to help folks make it through a day. The same way that Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fugazi, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Hüsker Dü, and Talk Talk have helped many wayward souls, myself included, make it through a day. One listener to another, each passing it along, saying, “Listen to this album, it might speak to you, perhaps for an hour, or perhaps for the rest of your life.” I’m not against record labels, radio stations, or streamers. Not at all. Rather, I simply want to make art that has a chance of surviving by word of mouth alone, even if, and especially when those platforms are not part of the puzzle. Juno is not about spins earned or units sold. It’s about souls touched. Maybe that’s corny. Maybe it’s not. Either way, it’s the truth. For those following this half-assed account, it should be clear I don’t care about trends, easy answers, Ai, IG, Spotify, big data, Big Brother, or constant convenience. I care about people. Juno is art-music, intended to be shared between artists, weirdos, punks, squares, troubled animals, dank lurkers, and introverts. Juno was never intended to be popular music. It is from-the-heart-music, made for anyone who feels a connection with it. One moment and one listener at a time. Thank you for your patience 🎶💜✨

JUNO 🎨 SONG EXCERPT | “Rodeo Programmers” 📻 LP1 | This Is The Way It Goes and Goes and Goes, 1999 🎶 LIVE FOOTAGE | filmer Brian Bean, circa 2000–2001 ✨ 🍑 G. FERGUSON | drums 🔮 A. CARSTENS | guitars, vox 🛋️ G. CARTER | guitars, keys 🥥 R. WASHBURN | bass 🍒 J. GUYER | guitars Thank you ✨

JUNO 🎨 FILE UNDER | Things you find in storage 📦 CHOKEBORE | Oahu, HI🌴 JUNO | Seattle, WA ☔️ THE NATIONAL | Cincinnati, OH 🏡 VENUE | The Fireside Bowl 🎶 LOCATION | Chicago, IL 💜 DATE | Friday, Sept. 10🧑‍🎤 CIRCA | Mid-90s 🕰️ DOORS | 10PM 🕙 Wonderful venue, people and town. Incredible era for art and music. Spooky bathrooms. The Fireside had it all.

JUNO 🎨 FILE UNDER | Two sets, one day 🍕🍩 ALL-AGES MATINEE | Doors 4PM 🕓 JUNO 🌪️ BLOOD BROTHERS 🐝 WAXWING 🦋 21+ NIGHT LURK | Doors 9PM 🕘 JUNO 🏴‍☠️ AUTOMATON ADVENTURE SERIES 🤖 BILLY SHOOK 🫨 VENUE | The Breakroom 🛌 LOCATION | Seattle, Washington ☔️ CIRCA | March 25th, late 90s—early 00s 🤷🏻‍♀️ SCRILL | $7 🐚

JUNO 🎨 FILE UNDER | Things you find in storage 📦 JR. HIGH - Portland, OR 🧔🏽‍♀️🌲 JUNO - Seattle, WA 🌳🦌 THE MSM - Washington, DC 🏛️🧑‍🎤 PHYSICS - San Diego, CA 🏖️🏴‍☠️ VENUE | The Velvet Elvis 🎭💜 LOCATION | Seattle, Washington ☔️🧟‍♀️ CIRCA | 1998 🕰️🤌 POSTER ARTIST | TBD 🖼️🧑🏽‍🎨 ALL-AGES | 2PM 🕑 DOOR | $5 🐚 Thank you ✨

JUNO 🎨 FILE UNDER | Things you find in storage 📦 VENUE | The Breakroom 😴 LOCATION | 14th & Madison Ave 🚏 BURG | Seattle, Washington ☔️ DOOR | $6 🐚 SHOW POSTER | A. Carstens x Kinko’s 🔪 CIRCA | August, mid-90s, early-00s 🤷🏻‍♀️ ILLUSTRATION | Bernie Wrightson ✍️ PROTAGONIST | “The Monster”🧟‍♂️ NOVEL | Frankenstein 💜 WRITER | Mary Wollstonecraft-Shelley 💜 MUSICAL MONSTER MASH | 🎶 JUNO👩🏾‍🎤 SEVERNA PARK 🏡 RAFT OF DEAD MONKEYS 🪦 #berniewrightson #marywollstonecraft #marywollstonecraftshelley #maryshelleysfrankenstein #maryshelley

JUNO 🎨 FILE UNDER | Things you find in storage 📦 2003 | Juno x Japan tour 🎶🇯🇵✨ POSTERS & HAND BILLS | Facehandshy 🙈 ARTIST | Regina ✍️ BOOKING | Hiroshi 💜 Thank you ✨

JUNO 🎨 FILE UNDER | Things you find in storage 📦 SHOW POSTER | August 26 🖼️ CIRCA | Sometime between 1996–98 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🤖 SIX FINGER SATELLITE 🎨 JUNO 🇫🇷 FRANCE ARTIST | J. Ryan of @sixfingersatellite ✍️ LOCATION | Cincinnati, Ohio 💜 VENUE | Sudsy Malone’s (RIP) 🧼 TWOFER | Rock & Roll Laundry 🧺 + Bar🍻 NEIGHBORHOOD | Corryville 🏡 Sudsy Malone’s looms large in the collective hive mind of Juno. From 1986 to 1998ish, if you were in a touring band, trundling through the punk underground, Sudsy’s was where you wanted to be. Good people, great booking, sarcasm, sassy audiences, frothy washers, fluffy dryers, laundry lint, fragrant detergent and flat beer wafting on humid air. Mellow Christmas tree lights twinkling year-round. Matinee shows. Late night ragers. Neighbors shootin’ the breeze on sidewalks. Musician-nerds blabbin’ about favorite gear. Big Black blastin’ out the van doors. Moto clubs revvin’ sport bikes, poppin’ wheelies. Day and night shenanigans. Community. Hospitality. Smiles. Greetings. Actual feelings. Warm summer nights. Lightning bugs. Footlong subs. No fear of missing out. No walls with pastel painted angel wings. No perfect selfies. No Wegovy. Just real people, living real lives. Loving music, doing laundry, having a beverage, face to face and side by side, losing their minds to “Simian Fever” and “Venus On 9th” 🎶💜✨ #sudsymalones #cincinatti #ohio

JUNO 🎨 FILE UNDER | Things You Find In Storage 🟠 TOUR POSTER | Europe 2001 🎶 DESIGNER | @farrell9600 💾 LP2 | A Future Lived In Past Tense ✨

JUNO 🎶 The 90s 🎨 All-ages clubs, tapestries on walls as sound dampening materials, white t-shirts, crumpled haircuts, woolly sideburns, Ben Davis work pants, secondhand guitars, 70s Fender tube amps, drum kits built to last, too heavy bass rigs, Boss pedals x infinity, long post-punk songs, flip-phones, dial-up internet, tahini on everything, etc. L—R 🟠 G. FERGUSON | drums 🔵 G. CARTER | guitars, keys 🟣 A. CARSTENS | guitars, vox ✨ 🟤 T. SAUNDERS | bass 🔴 J. GUYER | guitars 📷 | courtesy @nw_music_scene_hxc_indie_etc ✨ Thank You ✨

NEW BITS | Absinthe TV 📺 FILE UNDER | Juno-adjacent 🌳 Generally speaking, I keep my professional creative work off the Juno IG. This account is meant to be random, repetitive, half-assed, thought-provoking, confusing, funny, entertaining, artful, adventurous, and spontaneous. A kaleidoscope of the past, present, and future of this band, our music, and the art-damaged subculture of which we are but a small part. If you ever come to this Juno IG and feel confused, elated, or energized, that’s good. There’s no hidden agenda here. From day to day, my aim is to share the history and creativity of our music, while also making effort to shine a light on the works of other artists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians. Juno is no monolith. We are part of a continuum. Despite being out of print for 24-years, our music still resonates with listeners in small pockets around the world, which is wild. No streaming services. No new copies of CDs, LPs, or singles. No radio. Just people listening, talking to each other, and sharing the music. Proof that word of mouth still matters, even in this age of digital dust. My professional work is—by design—the opposite of almost everything stated above. When working on brand campaign creative, I aim to make work that feels immediate, beautiful, aspirational, and inspirational. Nothing off the cuff. No winging it. No bright ideas at the 11th hour. Every frame, scene, sound and syllable has a reason for being there. When doing this, I try to center the storytelling around people, places and things that feel relatable yet unexpected. Most folks know what snowboarding is, but many have never seen anyone schralp the walls of a dam near Mayrhofen, Austria. So, why say all this? Were it not for skateboarding, the adventurous creativity of Juno, and the 80s, 90s, 00s punk scenes from which we came, I would not be making this post, nor kookin’ around on this account. Times are tough. Keep doing, making, saying, and thinking. Even if, and especially when, you feel invisible. How To Watch | Just go to absinthe.tv 📺 ATHLETE | W. Nyvelt FILM | Channel Zero CREATIVE | A. Carstens CAMERA | J. Hostynek SOUND ID | J. Clark + A. Carstens