NXT Next Generation

Justin Ellis brings you culture, technology and dispatches on "the young people."

Jumpstarting film work in Maine through Facebook

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 12:56

What's it gonna take to stir up a few more jobs for independent videographers, actors, and directors in Maine?

A Facebook page, hopefully.

Playing for Kicks: Girls Rock! at Space

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 16:08

If pop culture has taught us anything it's that "chicks dig musicians." Maybe we should amend that to "chicks dig being musicians."

MuseumU: College night comes to the Portland Museum of Art

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 13:15

For most of us there is no greater price than FREE. Anyone who has spent 5 minutes on CraigsList knows this. (Also, stay far far away from "casual encounters." *shudder*)

Press Play with Videoport Jones - Zombieland, Cold Souls and More Than a Game

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:43

Normally it would be a good week, in fact a high-performing week, if movies featuring zombies, NBA stars and Paul Giamatti were all released on DVD. You would think that.

Press Play with Videoport Jones - Surrogates, Whip It and Soul Power

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 18:13

On this day we do not just celebrate the release of another mediocre science fiction movie about humanity led astray by technology, no, we also celebrate the degredation of the dead (in the form of

Night Moves: 6 Ways to Keep School Dances

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:54

Once again the dance moves of high schoolers have captured the minds of adults. At least in the Bangor area.

Press Play with Videoport Jones - The Invention of Lying, Pandorum and Gamer

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 13:01

In this week's episode Justin and Videoport Jones have to contend with Three Men and a Funny Lady in the latest round-up of new DVD releases! Pot smoking suburbanites? Creepy space aliens?

SOUND OFF: Is the Internet really helping spread King's message?

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 15:56

Thanks to history class and years of Martin Luther King Jr. breakfasts, workshops and events, most of us know where this quote comes from:

Press Play with Videoport Jones - Big Fan, Moon and The Hurt Locker

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 17:24

Perhaps there is hope yet for the future of DVD releases in 2010!

Snow monkey? Bigfoot? Maine Mystery Beast stalks the Internet

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 16:06

A new beast stalks the backwoods of Maine, bringing with it fresh terror on unsuspecting naturalists everywhere!

about Justin and this blog

Justin is a former newspaper intern and has the scar tissue to prove it. Justin has been a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2003, and in 2004 began writing a weekly column in the Monday Magazine.

If he had to pick a label, the column would fall under "youth culture," covering everything from high school dance etiquette, dealing with college debt, the resurgence of Roller Derby and Portland's one-of-a-kind music scene. This of course has not stopped him from answering letters to Santa Claus or writing about his experience riding shotgun in a drift car.

Justin is an export from the Midwest. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and is originally from Minnesota. He enjoys bacon, cheap beer, redheads, Burt Reynolds jokes and wondering what the oundtrack to his life would sound like.

When he grows up he wants to be an international art thief. Or Captain America.

Until then he'll be bringing you dispatches about "the young people" and what they do.

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