Category Archives: Words

Words about people, places and things. Written by me.

MD 20/10 Tour Report Pt.1 (Shows #1-3)

By Jon | Published: March 23, 2010

Now that I’ve had a moment to catch my breath, the tale of my mini acoustic tour with Laura K. Balke and Matthew Beer & Friends can be told. This little yarn begins in Brooklyn… Show #1 [Kill Devil Hill - Brooklyn, NY] The afternoon of our first show, my lovely tour-mates arrived here from Indiana at my [...]

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I am donating 100% of sales this week to Doctors Without Borders for disaster relief in Haiti.

By Jon | Published: January 13, 2010

In light of the recent tragedy in Haiti, I’ve decided to donate 100% of all sales of my music for the rest of the week (through the weekend) to Doctors Without Borders to aid their efforts in Haiti. Doctors Without Borders are a completely neutral organization of volunteer doctors and nurses, with only one goal: fulfilling [...]

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My 2010 MySpace Friend Request Policy™

By Jon | Published: January 4, 2010

Every time I visit my MySpace account, I keep getting this creepy feeling like I’m in some sort of sci-fi, future-apocalyptic ghost town. A town where the occupants have all inexplicably vanished, but all of the machinery that was created to market goods and services to them is still intact. I get inundated with (obviously automated) [...]

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I've got your DOORBUSTER right here.

By Jon | Published: November 26, 2009

In order to celebrate my “Black Friday” gig, our country’s terrible economy and lack of single-payer, universal health care, I have decided to finally pry the final mixes of my new album “[Secret Hotels]” out of my hyper-critical, kung-fu grip, master it and release it to the general public with variable, ‘name-your-own-price’ pricing this week. [...]

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What Dream Is Worth This?

By Jon | Published: September 29, 2009

I’ve been missing in action for awhile and now you’ll see why… It’s with great pleasure that I unveil to you: What Dream Is Worth This? (An ambient sleep soundtrack.) 60 dreams, 60 pieces of ambient music, 60 minutes long… Each is individually numbered and conveniently bundled with a small pillow (featuring handmade, embroidered pillowcases by the very talented Joan [...]

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I'm going through changes.

By Jon | Published: February 7, 2009

I've decided to start releasing music regularly via podcast (for lack of a better way to describe it). Some of these podcasts might only be a few minutes long, some might be a few hours. Some of the music in these podcasts will only be available in the podcasts; some will eventually appear (perhaps in a different form) in physical releases; and, in podcasts where I feel it's applicable, I'll probably make individual songs/pieces (or CD-quality versions) available for separate purchase and download as MP3 and/or AAC and/or FLAC.

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