Justin Finch-Fletchley

Happy Bday USA! check out this classic American Classic american video made in America for America:...

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:53:16 -0400

Happy Bday USA! check out this classic American Classic american video made in America for America: http://bit.ly/M66MLt then go get this stuff: http://bit.ly/L0p0lv (use code BORN IN THE USA to get 25% off)

Tianna is real small @riddikulus2012 tour (Taken with Instagram)

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:08:13 -0400

Tianna is real small @riddikulus2012 tour (Taken with Instagram)

Tianna is real big! @riddikulus2012 tour (Taken with Instagram)

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:06:03 -0400

Tianna is real big! @riddikulus2012 tour (Taken with Instagram)

For only $5 I’ll eat this whole glob. Who’s in?...

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:57:53 -0500

For only $5 I’ll eat this whole glob. Who’s in? #wasabi

Let's Stay Strong...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:32:35 -0500

Without knowing the true facts and also being someone who doesn’t like to bring attention to heinous accusations/acts by publicly speaking about them I have been teetering back and forth on commenting about this weekend’s non fictitious news regarding a piano playing Berkeley music guy who happens to be considered internet famous.

Speaking about this situation gives this situation more attention, as little as this attention may be, it is still more attention. It’s more attention to something I cannot condone and I do not like giving it any public acknowledgement. On the other hand not addressing it is almost as bad as condoning it so here I am, speaking up.

I don’t know who the alleged victims are. I may know who they are but at this moment I do not know any names of those involved. I however have played a slew of shows with, traded a slew of jokes with, and been very cordial with the alleged attacker. So when I found out about this investigation I most likely shared similar thoughts and reactions with all of you. I wanted to deny this. I couldn’t believe I associated myself with someone who could do this. I searched the internet to not find confirmation, but to find out this wasn’t true. I did not search to find out that the victims were lying, but more so to find out that this was some despicable early April Fools Day prank. I couldn’t believe that I’ve trusted this person and that I assumed this person was not someone who could cause any harm to any of the loving and awesome fans we share in this crazy wizard rock/nerdfighteria life we have been enthralled in for all of these years. I’m sure most of you felt the way I felt.

What’s more important than how I felt is how the victims feel. They probably didn’t ask for this. This probably happened to them and it has probably spun their world as they knew it upside down. I want the victims to know that they are safe with us. I want them to never feel like they are in the wrong for speaking out about this. I want them to not feel alone or outcasted. I want them to know that they are still part of a large community filled with people who love and respect them for who they are…regardless of who or what that may be.

Whether you’ve heard me or not I’ve always thanked you and loved you and told you that without you there wouldn’t be a JFF or any of my peers for that matter. I’ve always believed that regardless of the situation the show must go on for you, for all of you and I want you to know that me and my peers work very hard to let you be safe and secure with us at all of our shows and online events. Please stand by each other and please support each other and don’t fall off the awesome path that we’ve all been traveling on together. As a group, drawn together by multiple similar likes, dislikes and emotions I encourage everyone to allow this tragic event to help make us stronger as a community. Please don’t be ashamed or afraid to say “no” to or report any situations where someone you consider a celebrity, a friend, or both are encouraging you to do or feel something you are not comfortable with.

Again I do not enjoy publicly speaking about this incident but I enjoy it even less to publicly ignore it. I want to give reassurance that we are still a community filled with love, respect and support for one another. Be safe and be kind. There are many wolves in sheep’s clothing in this world. Unfortunately even our world has seemingly been penetrated by one. Let’s learn from this. Let’s stay strong. Let’s stay positive. Let’s support the innocent victims as they go through this very tough time in their young lives.

Love,

Justin Michaelman, a.k.a. Justin Finch-Fletchley a.k.a JFF.

JFF'sMidniteTweet:

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:49 -0500

Christmas is so much fun and so are silly Wizard Rock Christmas songs. Join me, JFF, on a Christmas adventure often interrupted by Hagrid the Half-Giant and his gigantic booze filled holiday spirit on “Justin Finch-Fletchley and the HuffleWizard Christmas Songs digital EP.”

That’s right! JFF (along with Hagrid’s love) tries to reacquaint, reconcile, decorate, celebrate and even sing about house elves in this fab new collection of some new and old wizard holiday songs.

It’s only $5 and since it’s Christmas this collection is ready for delivery and download: http://dft.ba/-JFF-xmasEP

P.S.—All of these songs have been recorded exclusively for this lively and lovely Christmas EP.

Christmas presents are wrapped!!! Yeah, my family is gonna...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:37:58 -0500

Christmas presents are wrapped!!! Yeah, my family is gonna totally have the FEVER

....@datm

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:43:00 -0500

For over 50 years Draco and the Malfoys have been torturing us with their brand of evil wizard rock….and now…this weekend at the Brooklyn and Boston Yule Balls we WILL finally have our chance to be ridiculed, patronized and insulted by wizard rock’s greatest antagonists of all time for the very last time at their very last 2 live shows ever!!!!

Now, in the future they may still release more music and they may still be wizard rock’s most evilest band but this weekend, and this weekend only, will be historical as the infamous Draco and the Malfoys take the stage for the very last time.

Good riddance!

These shows are almost sold out so get yer tickets now!

December 17, 2011
Brooklyn, NY

Harry and the Potters
Draco and the Malfoys
Potter Puppet Pals
Big Digits
MC Kreacher
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!

the Bell House
149 7th St.
5pm | $18 | ALL AGES | Tickets

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December 18, 2011
Cambridge, MA

Harry and the Potters
Draco and the Malfoys
Potter Puppet Pals
Jason Anderson
the Whomping Willows (I’ll be playing in this band)
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!

the Middle East Downstairs
480 Massachusetts Ave
5pm | $20 | ALL AGES | Tickets

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All shows benefit the Harry Potter Alliance.

yours in darkness,

JFF

JFF’s Christmas Grab Bag Sale Do you like wizards? Do you...

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:41:00 -0500

JFF’s Christmas Grab Bag Sale

Do you like wizards? Do you like Christmas? Head to my merch store to get this extremely limited edition Christmas Grab Bag full of my hand made Wizard Holiday Ornaments, “Justin Finch-Fletchley and the HuffleWizard Christmas Songs digital ep”, button mix packs, and more!!! Click here now!!!

Nacho craving!!! Ok, check out this sort of Nacho Pizza I just...

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:14:24 -0400

Nacho craving!!!

Ok, check out this sort of Nacho Pizza I just made.

I whipped up a chili then used it, along with the restaurant style lime salsa I made yesterday as the base sauce.

I hand tossed my dough and I worked it real thin to get it to be chip-like. I seasoned the thin dough, baked it for two minutes at 500 on my preheated pizza stone. Then I took it out of the oven using my trusty pizza peel and added the chili sauce then topped with shredded cheddar and mozzarella.

I baked my pie for about 5 more minutes then sprinkled it with diced leeks and put it back in for about 3 more minutes.

I pulled it out, added a little more cheese and then topped with some local cilantro.

Damn, it tastes good.

I was able to satisfy my nacho craving and also maintain my daily pizza requirement in one meal.

It’s like getting two birds stoned at once or however that saying goes!

JFF Out!

It was The Wrockstock Moment @Grace_Kendall

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:10:43 -0400

Hello!!!

I just realized I never really posted this so before it’s way too out dated, here are some of my quick and random thoughts on last weekend’s big event in Missouri. Also I have a Wrockstock moment to tell you all about too. Read away, friends.

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A Game. All the bands, which really has become a Wrockstock tradition, brought their a game to the stage. It was an honor to share the card with such an amazing amount of talented bands and musicians.

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As Master of Ceremonies someone told me I reminded her of Ryan Seacrest (sp.). I don’t know who he is. I heard his name before in my life. I assume he works on MTV or VH1 or Survivor or Reality Bites or something. Fuck it; I’ll google him. Here’s a pic.

Haha. No effing way do I remind people of that guy. No way. No way.

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Stealing the Boat. It’s a thing for me. For the past 5 Wrockstocks I have had one mission and one mission only: To steal the motor boat and ride it around the lake like a crazed wizardly Captain Ahab hunting my very own Moby Dick, the Giant Squid. I’ve come very close and going into this weekend I really felt confident that it would happen. But to my dismay…. the Trout Lodge felt the same confidence and removed the boat from the dock in the lake prior to Wrockstock’s opening day. Foiled again. In the fearful words/raspy growl of Doctor Claw “Next time, Wrockstock, next time!”

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“Dumbledore is Gay and he grabbed my ass”…and held onto it for a long time.

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Hummus. People would ask me daily as they stared in awe at the giant globs on one of my food plates: “Where’d you get the hummus from JFF?” How was I the only one to notice the salad bar offered hummus each day?

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Madame Pince & the Librarians performed dressed in Batgirl suits. Why Batgirl? I’ll tell ya. Barbara Gordon, Batgirl’s non-super alter ego, is a librarian (which actually makes her really super). Now that’s deep. Way to go with creativity Ariel, Kelly, and Stacy.

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Ninjas. They moved fast.

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This is My Bliss. Snidget made me cry. Grace Kendall, as Snidget, is one of the oldest bands in wizard rock. But she’s still new to everyone. She’s been on this plateau, not a bad one either, but a plateau still the same where she’s consistently rocking her dulcimer playing her beautiful tribunal masterpieces about death, dead wizards and magical creatures while at the same time providing incredibly funny in-between-song stage banter.

But she’s on the rise right now and that rise is near meteoric. She closed her set with a fairly new song: This is My Bliss. It’s a song that really hits home with me personally, much more than any of my friends’ songs (wizard or muggle) ever have. It’s a song that goes straight from her heart into yours. As she closed her set with it, the entire audience sang along. She stepped away from the mic and continued to play and sing with them then she walked off the stage and sat down in the front row as she joined the crowd looking up at the stage with them while they all still sang her song. It was the kind of magic that will probably never be recreated. It was the Wrockstock Moment. From the backstage area I stood alone covered in goose bumps eyes welling up with tears of pure joy for our friend Grace Kendall. Check out her bandcamp page http://gracekendall.bandcamp.com/album/little-songs Follow her on twitter @Grace_Kendall

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Okay, and lastly, I was the first band ever to perform at a Wrockstock, way back in 2007. I’ve always been very proud to know that while performing my opening song “Dumbledore is Gay (and that’s OK)” I was starting something very special and dear to our hearts.

This year I was the very final act to perform at Wrockstock. As we played our very long assed set I couldn’t help from thinking about much we as a community have thrived since the final book was released. With the heavy rumors of this being the final Wrockstock, if this is true, if this is it, well I’m even more honored and blessed to forever be Wrockstock’s first and last.

- JFF Out!

Exclusive to this weekend’s Wrockstock is the very...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:39:43 -0400

Exclusive to this weekend’s Wrockstock is the very official and very accurate “JFF is My BFF” pint glass!!!

Imagine the serenity you will feel knowing that my likeness is with you during each and every sip you take from your glass! Creepy? Maybe, but awesome either way.

Yes, I brought back only an extremely limited edition of these glorious drinking goblets of fire. In fact, the supply is so limited that only the first 12 people who purchase one will have one.

In less confusing words: There are only 12!!! So get it while you still can! They’re only $5 and will be in the vendor/merch room at Wrockstock until they run out.

Your Wrockstock festivities won’t be complete without your JFF is My BFF pint glass with free bubble wrap protection, so you won’t have to fear breaking it as you travel home after this soon-to-be-awesome weekend.

See ya soon wizkids!!!

JFF

CheezyMac-n-Chicken Soup: the stranger the food combination...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:25:41 -0400

CheezyMac-n-Chicken Soup: the stranger the food combination sounds the more delicious it will be. Check out today’s JFF’s Parking Lot Lunch: its no secret that macaroni and cheese is one of the greatest things ever! Today I mixed it into this boiling bowl of Melinda’s roasted garlic-rosemary-chicken soup. Try it out when you can!

JalapeNutter: The stranger the food combinations sound the more...

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:00:04 -0400

JalapeNutter: The stranger the food combinations sound the more delicious they taste together. Try this peanut butter and jalapeño sandwich out

My favorite T's are 45% off!!!

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:19:07 -0400

HERE’S WHAT I MADE TODAY. IT’S “JFF’s Huge Omega Merch Sale of Wizardry Proportions”. I have a bunch of shirts in my inventroy that I want to offer to you at only $10 a shirt. Go check them out! This cool sale is going to run four about two weeks. I’ve got all the shirts here with me already pre-printed so I’ll be able to mail them out on the Saturday following the day you order it. Check it out, these are some of my most favorite shirts I’ve designed: http://bit.ly/okV2Ft

harryandthepotters: Hey guys! We are very excited to be...

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:23:07 -0400

harryandthepotters:

Hey guys!

We are very excited to be performing tomorrow at #OccupyBoston.

We will be performing either at 4pm or 5pm.

We may not have any microphones, so we would seriously LOVE if you came down and helped us sing our wizard anthems. We’ll need all the vocal power we can get. Wizards Represent!!!!

Please ignore the Fox News spin. These protests are not about liberal or conservative values. They’re about the very basic idea that government should serve the people (and not the corporations). It’s about the hope that we can continue to be a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” In the wake of the Citizens United ruling, this idea, one of the core values of our democracy, is being eroded faster than ever. This protest movement proves that people are engaged and that they care about our country. It is our way to let the politicians know that they are beholden to the people they were elected by rather than the corporations that filled their coffers. We are thrilled to lend our support in a very small way.

Let’s show Wall Street and all those mainstream media outlets that we still give a damn about democracy even if they don’t. Let’s show them wizards and muggles standing in solidarity!

We hope to see you tomorrow at #OccupyBoston.

P.S. Please spread this around. Social media is the one media to which we still have access.

JFF presents: The A,B,Cs of WeddCon2011

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:28:43 -0400

I went to my friends, Matt and Lauren’s wedding. Actually, I was in the wedding party. Either way, I had a great time being there with them and everyone else. I also had a great time running the @WeddCon2011 twitter account. I figured I’d post a blog about it. Enjoy.

JFF presents: The A, B, Cs of

WeddCon2011

A – AWESOME. As in we all got sorted into the house of and we didn’t forget to be….

B – BRIDE. Lauren made a kick ass bride. Simple yet stylish, graceful, tasteful, sophisticated, classic, chic, smart, fashionable, refined, gracious, dignified, poised, beautiful, lovely, and artistic

C – CAN we give it up for Nina and Steph? Their covers of Michaelson and Springsteen, respectively, were show stopping and once again reminded me of how much I love their musical talents.

D – DJ Pauley D represent! Paul DeGeorge killed it as the DJ/MC of the night. Unlike most hired hacks there were no botching of names during formal intros and all the songs, predominately selected by the bride and groom, fit the scene so well. The Christmas songs really helped sell the mood too. I mean, aren’t most people at their most happiest when they’re ripping open presents on Christmas?

E – EVANA Lynch never claimed her plate!

F – FOOD. Fuck, there was a lot of food. Good fucking food too. Not only did it seem like it was constantly available and ready but it was also some of the best food a wedding could ever give. They did not fuck around with the fucking food.

G – GRADE B. Yes, if I were to give the wedding a grade it would be B for “Best Wedding Ever!!!”

H – HUNGRY. No, I don’t think so. But I kept eating anyway!

I – I think I counted a billion cakes and desserts in that room. It was like the big Stay Puff Marshmallow guy from Ghostbusters exploded again…. this time with a lot more order and design.

J – JOE DeGeorge was quite the dancer. Everyone I noticed had slick moves but Joe took the floor to a whole new level. Squats, power slides, disco freaks, air guitar. Whatever. He has it in his arsenal.

K – KICKIN’ IT. Team Bridal Party Groom Team USA all wore chucks. Black Leather for the boys, brown for the girls. It was a pleasant addition to the formal wear.

L – LOVE and support the couple received from their family, especially regarding their professional choices, was just awesome. And of course the love from all of their friends (who are probably the only ones who are reading this) was and is always some real wonderful shit.

M – MASHED potato martini bar. OMG I could have just moved into that room for the weekend.

N – NOPE. I’m not going to have any more to eat. I think I had a lot of everything. Even my pee is already starting to smell like Asparagus. Let’s just go dance. Oh wait, is that a sushi tray floating around this room? Why yes I shall. #therewassomuchgoodfood

O – OLD SPICE. Here’s a Slack-Fact. Andrew Slack wears Old Spice cologne. Beat that all you Hummer driving Axe body spray wearing douches!

P – PASTOR AND PORN STAR. I guess in the more normal world you probably wouldn’t see them celebrating together. But in our world, well, you have to look real hard to find the irony.

Q – QUOTES. I’m sure we’ve all got a lot of memorable quotes but my favorites came from Brad during his Best Man speech

“I have just received a telegram from the front desk. Scrimgeour’s dead, the ministry is fallen. They are coming.”

““Let’s raise a toast! Sorry Giant Squid, not that kind of toast.”

R – RELAXING. Bride and groom were as cool as a cucumber dipped in a bin of anti-freeze just being unnerved and relaxed. I think everyone else was too.

S – SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS. The dude that was in charge of making sure we were where we were supposed to be, on time and accurate, gave us simple instructions. Remember the 3 S’s. The only problem is that Sammy and I didn’t really know exactly what the three S’s were. So as we walked the aisle we kept repeating S words to each other “Smile”, “Slim”, “Slow”, “Star Wars”, “Shasta”, “Sideways”, “Swagger”, “Simple”, “Shut Up, Justin!”

T – TUXEDO. I got to wear one. Which was nicer than wearing one of those Ministry of Magic Tuxedo t shirts but it wasn’t nicer than wearing this three piece suit like I did at the inaugural Wrockstock

U – UNDERWEAR. I saw a drunken girl dancing and she wasn’t wearing any underwear and it was obvious. Oh wait. That was the last episode of the Jersey Shore. Yes, we were in Jersey but us nerds like to wear our underwear. We also drink, dance and party way classier and harder then those non-book-reading-jack-asses ever could.

V – VERY nice. Did I mention how nice the bridesmaids looked? Some had fake eyelashes, some didn’t, but they all looked very elegant and happy which really helped to shed some shine onto us scruffy looking groomsmen.

W – WEDDING rituals. The absence of so many of those cheesy lame ass wedding rituals was pretty cool. Do we really need to do the freaking chicken dance at every wedding in history? Nope, not at #WeddCon2011

X – XIBELANI. The Xibelani dance is an indigenous dance of the Shangaan or Tsonga women of the Limpopo province in northern South Africa. I didn’t see anyone doing that dance. I just needed a word that begins with X to stick to the theme.

Y – YOU know it was a good open bar when you still have what little money you started out with yet you also feel like you drank the world’s supply of whiskey.

Z – ZOOLANDER. During photos, Matt was asked to turn left and he shyly said something like “I can’t turn left.”, a reference to a running theme throughout Zoolander. It was a shame that I was the only one to giggle as the photographers took him seriously.

So there you have it folks. Congratulations to my friends for getting married!!! Go team!

Love,

Justin

@JFFTSQ

Pottermore, where is my email?

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:44:38 -0400

Officially convinced that #pottermore discriminates and excludes me as much as JK excluded from her books the great stories of me and all the other loyal Hufflepuffs. I still have not received my email. I think I have given up trying to receive my email. I guess I’m just gonna have to register for Eton after all :( I still love pizza though.

Everything’s big in Texas and so is my belly after this...

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:47:54 -0400

Everything’s big in Texas and so is my belly after this “Tico’s Tacos” from the Old West Cafe in Denton.

Here’s what’s inside: scrambled eggs, blue cheese, salsa, refried beans, jalapenos, mushrooms and turkey sausage (cos I wanted to be healthy).

Okay, Texas! From Houston to Dallas you were a lot of fun. Thanks for letting me wizard rock and drink your imported Jack Daniels. Farewell Longhorns!

Headed to OKC now where I hear the OWLs have 500 jello shots waiting for me. Oh my. Boomer Sooner!!!

This is a big winged creature!

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:04:09 -0400

This is a big winged creature!