Michael Louis Johnson

Michael Louis Johnson is a Toronto-based entertainer in the forms of music, film, theatre, activism and hospitality. 

1991-98 - trumpet & right-hand man to SwingPunk legend BIG RUDE JAKE - CDs Butane Fumes & Bad Cologne, Blue Pariah
1998 - played Officer Norton in BRIDE OF CHUCKY
2000 - Michael J's Dimestore Orchestra CD CRUSH, directs video REVERIE 
2003 - co-founder of Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market with activist/artist collective Streets are for People 
2003 - now - Saturday Matinee residency at Communist's Daughter with jazz quintet Red Rhythm
2003 - now -  bartender at Communist's Daughter 
2004 - 2007 - THE NEW KINGS  - Street Fighter EP `04, Take Back the Streets `05, Little White Liar EP `06
2009 - starts RAMBUNCTIOUS - improvised brass band
2009 - subject in doc feature A DIFFERENT PATH.
2010 - now - flugelhorn - LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA
2011 - creates weekly democratic bar nite Dcide on the Bside - Mondays at Communist's Daughter
2019 - subject in doc feature PUSH