About

Name: Johnito

 Age: hoping to see my future grandchildren grow up

Political views: read my blog

Blogger since 2003, activist since 1987, linux-fan since 2008, singer in Propeller since 1999, homerecording solo artist since 2007, very short appearance in Dutch movie “Bellicher: Cel” in 2012.

Bio:  Johnito was the singer of a The Hague based rockband called Propeller from 1999-2010. With Propeller he played almost a hundred gigs, including an unforgettable opening set to a protest rally in front of up to 25000 people in Amsterdam in 2003. Though being the singer and writer of most of the lyrics, Johnito’s role in the band remained relatively small. He felt an increasing urge to start a soloproject of some kind.

So in 2007, while recovering from a deep depression, caused by losing a very close female friend to cancer, he started recording his own tracks at home. The first result, originally written for Propeller, was “Point Of No Return.”

Johnito  recorded one album so far, named Earth 1.9, released early 2011. Two of its tracks made it to the best 100 songs ever recorded in The Hague, with a little help from social media friends of course. The album contains ten tracks, the majority of them being recorded by using open source and linux software. Johnito’s sound is mostly influenced by 80s and 90s electropop and alternative crossovers, and could be described as electronic protest songs. Lyrically he is, and always will be, on the side of the 99%.

Earth 1.9 is available on Createspace and Amazon, or downloadable (pay what you want) from Bandcamp.

Since late 2012 he’s been working on a new EP, expected to be released mid 2013. In the mean time “I Am Here” and “Summer Jammed” will also be released as part of a digital charity album, “Be Free” by Artists4Freedom. The album also contains tracks by Harry Loco and Iwystars. Funds raised by this album will be donated to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery.

Keep an eye on his blog to stay updated!

Email/bookings: contact[at]johnito.nl

Website: http://music.johnito.nl

Facebook: https://facebook.com/johnitopage

Video: Blip.tv and Vimeo

Audio: Bandcamp   (or if you insist: Reverbnation or Soundcloud, though you can donate to me on Bandcamp ;-) )

Old blogs: politics and music at Blogger.

BIO

Ik begon in het najaar van 1999 als zanger bij de Haagse band Propeller.

Die band is, ondanks een recordaantal reünies, nooit officieel opgeheven.
(Voormalige)leden zijn inmiddels uitgewaaierd over een scala aan andere
bands, zoals Drunk Tank, Pocketbunnies en Dream Flight To Antarctica.

Tijdens een lokale reunie-tour in 2007 schreef ik "Point Of No Return"
voor de band. Het kwam er echter niet van om het in de liveset op te
nemen, om het simpele feit dat Propeller sindsdien nog maar twee keer
heeft opgetreden.

Niet gehinderd door ervaring met het opnemen van muziek, kreeg ik de smaak
te pakken. Al snel volgden het therapeutische "Voor Mezelf", het
activistische "Verklaring van Onafhankelijkheid", en het
crisis-voorspellende "Total Collapse."  De nummers waren op de EP "Total
Collapse" verkrijgbaar via de print-on-demand service Lulu.com.

De teksten zijn soms persoonlijk, maar meestal politiek getint en
maatschappijkritisch. Het titelnummer "Earth 1.9", geïnspireerd door de
Arabische Lente en de occupy-beweging, voegde een hoopvolle component toe
aan de kritische teksten.

Vanaf het voorjaar van 2011 stapte ik over op het gebruik van linux en
vrije software om nieuwe nummers te maken. Tot dan maakte ik voor audio-en
videotoepassingen nog gebruik van het aloude Windows. "Nothing To Hide",
"Old World Is Gone", "Mermaid", "I Am Here" en "Summer Jammed" zijn dan
ook 100% open source homerecordings.

"Summer Jammed" en "I Am Here", beiden geïnspireerd door de
Occupy-beweging, schopten het zelfs tot respectievelijk plaats 71 en 33 in
de Haagse Top 100 aller tijden.

Alle nummers zijn gratis (of tegen een vrijwillige donatie) te downloaden
vanaf Bandcamp, of op CD te bestellen via Createspace en Amazon. En in het
najaar van 2012 zal bovendien de nieuwe track "Unforgettable" uitkomen.

Voor meer informatie kan men contact opnemen:

contact@johnito.nl

Websites:

http://music.johnito.nl
http://facebook.com/johnitopage
http://facebook.com/johnito.book
http://johnito.bandcamp.com
http://soundcloud.com/johnito
http://reverbnation.com/johnito
http://blip.tv/johnito
http://vimeo.com/johnito

Ook beschikbaar voor presentatie (gratis of tegen reiskosten/catering voor demonstraties/non-profits – Overige evenementen in overleg) en figuratie

 

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Recente berichten

Lente/Zomer 2013 – #AktieAgenda

Het is nog altijd koud en nat, deze lente. Maar dat is geen reden om niet tot aktie over te gaan.  Hier dus het vervolg op het eerste deel van het lenteprogramma.

 

Dinsdag 21 mei 2013: Grote vreedzame kring rond detentiecentrum Rotterdam 19:00 Detentiecentrum Rotterdam Portalabaan 7, naast het Vliegveld van Rotterdam

 

Woensdag 22 mei 2013: Demonstratie: Vluchteling, geen crimineel!  om 12:00Voor Centraal Station, Den Haag

 

Vrijdag 24 mei 2013: Capitalism – What’s the Real Story?

16:00 The Hague University of Applied Sciences in Den Haag

 

Zaterdag 25 mei 2013: March Against Monsanto – Wereldwijd

Locaties in Nederland: Den Haag, Wageningen, Leiden (verzamelpunt),  Amsterdam en Bergschenhoek


Woensdag 29 mei 2013: Aktie bij aandeelhoudersvergadering EADS  om 13:30 Hotel Okura Amsterdam in Amsterdam (protest tegen wapenhandel)

 

Zaterdag 1 juni 2013 Wereldwijde Actiedag #1j

Peoples united Against the Troika: International Protest on the 1st of June

Europe is under a violent attack by the financial capital, represented by the troika (IMF, ECB, EC) and by the successive governments that apply concerted policies with these entities, despising and destroying the people. We know that this offensive is set on breaking the peoples, rendering them slaves of debt and austerity. This offensive crosses Europe and it must be defeated by an international struggle.

Each one of us, in each country, in each city, in each house, with our own specificities, feels directly the measures that annihilate the rights conquered throughout the decades, measures which aggravate unemployment, privatize everything that can make a profit and repel the countries’ sovereignties under the propaganda of “external help”. It is urgent that we join forces to fight-off this attack.

The appeal we launched for a decentralized international protest has circulated through dozens of movements in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany and Slovenia. Several international activists, from different European countries, were present In a meeting on the 26th of April, in Lisbon, where this international proposal was discussed.

In the end, we reached a consensus to launch an international protest for the next 1st of June, under the motto “Peoples United Against the Troika!”.

This is the beginning of a decentralized, inclusive and participatory process. We wish to build it collectively, joining all forces available. Henceforth, the date of the 1st of June will be spread on a European scale, and we urge everyone to join this international protest against the troika and against austerity… for the peoples to take control of their lives.

We urge all citizens, with or without party, with or without a job, with or without hope, to join us. We urge all political organizations, social movements, unions, parties, collectives, informal groups, to join us.

We wish to continue to broaden our contacts, both nationally and internationally, for we are aware that only the sum of our voices can stop the new waves of austerity that are being prepared. The peoples of Europe have demonstrated in several moments that they’re not available for more sacrifices, in the name of a future that will never come. The time has come for a massive demonstration of the capacity of these peoples to coordinate the struggle against these policies.

From the North to the South of Europe, let us take the streets against austerity! (source)

 

Ook in Nederland is er een demonstratie, en deze zal plaatsvinden op het Lange Voorhout in Den Haag.

 

Poster Landelijke Demonstratie 2013Op het Lange Voorhout zullen, naast diverse sprekers, ook verschillende artiesten het podium beklimmen, waaronder Femke Japing, Tino van Leeuwen, Dhjana Samshuizen en Johnito (ja sorry dat ben ik)

 

 

Vrijdag 31 mei 2013 – Zaterdag 1 juni 2013 : Blockupy Frankfurt – Resistance in the Heart of the European Crisis Regime; Facebook event

 

Woensdag 5 juni – Zondag 9 juni 2013

Operation Bilderberg - Watford UK

Zaterdag 8 juni 2013

Sta op voor de Zorg – Amsterdam.  Zie ook Strijd Voor Thuiszorg

 

Maandag 10 juni – Vrijdag 14 juni 2013

Blokkeer de G8 in Londen!

Website: https://network23.org/stopg8/g8-201/

Verspreid de oproep:

“This June the leaders of the G8 (the world’s richest countries) are meeting in Northern Ireland. As economic crisis bites, and the planet burns, the bosses and their politicians are celebrating business as usual. Capitalism: a system that kills, exploits, and degrades the many for the profit of a few.

On June 10-14 we are organising a week of action and events in London. London is at the heart of global capitalism. The corporations, banks, hedge funds, and billionaires looting our world have names and addresses. They are in the glass towers of the City, and behind unmarked doors in Mayfair and Knightsbridge. London is the money-laundering den of dictators, the playground of the super-rich. But London is our city too. A city of hope, resistance, and struggle.

Capitalism is killing us. Unemployment, cuts, and the rise of fascism in the “West”. Poverty, colonialism, brutal exploitation in the “Third World”. War and famine for profit. Private prisons, police checks, CCTV to keep us scared and controlled. Life robbed of meaning and beauty, our dreams and our dignity for sale.

Don’t ignore. Don’t wait. For our friends and loved ones, for our communities, for our planet, for everything they’re trying to take from us. The time is now. Let’s come together, and fight. One common struggle.

Join us on the streets.

June 10-14: Week of actions, talks, meet-ups, films, games, concerts, and more, all over London and beyond.

June 11: Big day of action in Central London.

June 17-18: G8 Summit, Enniskillen, North of Ireland.

#stopg8

network23.org/stopg8

stopg8@riseup.net

 

Vrijdag 2 augustus  – Zaterdag 10 augustus 2013

No Border Camp Rotterdam

 

Online, doorlopend:

Steun slachtoffers van mensenhandel en moderne slavernij, door de EP Artists 4 Freedom – Be Free te downloaden. 

 

Meer actie-updates:

Dutch Revolution

Dutch Revolution Action List

dutchrevolution.eu

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