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About Me

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Grew up a big Hockey fan in Detroit Michigan. The Red Wings were huge when I was a kid because they always dominated! I went to college at the University of Michigan for a while (they had a great hockey team also). U of M wasn't really for me. It was ok, but not my best years. Instead of doing home work, I prefered to play the guitar.Guitars have been my main interest and really the only thing interesting about me. I don't have a ton of commentary on religion or politics (though political science was my major!). Voting is still important to me however. Though I don't agrue much about it, I still have an opinion and still study the political institutions in the US and around the world where I choose.
Now I manage the Guitar Shop at West LA Music in West Los Angeles, California. My day to day consists of selling musical instruments. Not a bad day, eh? I get to see people like Stevie Wonder and Rocky George on a fairly regular basis. I am looking for a band! The song on my page here is me playing with my friend Steve. We were Suicide Safari back in Detroit. I would love to play guitar for a group that has some similar influences to myself. 80's type hard rock is my favorite!!!!
Raise a Pint of Guinness.......... Every one... on 3...
My AIM user name is JONRG7620

My Interests

I like Music, All forms really.. Metal, Punk, Old school Funk, Bluegrass, Celtic, Folk.. Rock, Rockabilly, Progressive Rock, the Cure..

I recently started reading more. This is good for my brain.
Hockey and Guinness

I'd like to meet:

Patrick Stewart, Paul Gilbert, Warren Buffett, Rick Rubin, Todd Krause, Yuriy Shishkov

Music:

Frank Zappa, Suicide Safari, Steve Vai, Dream Theater, Dropkick Murphy's, Devin Townsend Band, 80's Thrash, Iron Maiden, Johnny Cash, The Duhks, Nickel Creek, Del McCoury, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Doc Watson, , Tears for Fears, Tower of Power, Mike Stern, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Propaghandi, Metallica, Peter Frampton, Steely Dan, Yngwie Malmsteen, Flatt and Scruggs, Rush, DIO, Anthrax, Slayer, Chili Peppers, Marcus Miller, Michael Jackson (Pre child-molestation accusations), Genesis, Billy Ocean, Don Henley, Susanna Hoffs, Megadeth, Pantera, Psychedelic Furs, Marillion, IQ, Spocks Beard, The Flower Kings..

Movies:

Star Wars, Wayne's World, Shock em' Dead, Tommy Boy, Death to Smoochy, Christopher Walken, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Lord of the Rings, Everything is Illumentated, Team America, South Park, Basketball, Orgazmo, Beverly Hills Cop, The Big Lebowski, Beverly Hills Cop I, II, AND III.

Television:

I like South Park, Family Guy, Arrested Development, Married With Children, Star Trek TOS and TNG. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Daily Show

I like Nature Shows and science shows.

I find the late night HBO documentaries really interesting too.. especially when they do exposes on hookers and drug addicts under cover.. those are outstanding!

Books:

The Real Frank Zappa Book, Bread Givers, Catcher in the Rye, Dragon Lance Trilogy, Dream Cycle of HP Lovecraft (A series of short stories, Sun Tzu's "The Art of War".

Heroes:

Jerry Douglas

Warren Buffett

My Blog

Fun Rock and Roll

I was just listening to some hair metal... That stuff is so much fun. What ever happened to that? Everything Hard Rock now is more depressing and violent. Are people not doing coke as much anymore? I ...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:07:00 PST

You like Prog? They don’t write songs though!!

I commonly have people telling me "Progressive music is aweful, they don't write songs." or "Its too complicated". What ever happened to creative expressionism??? Why can't a band put together a piece...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:33:00 PST

Gear and How its emotional side-effects

Ahhh....You've finally got that tone that you've been searching for. The right guitar, the right amplifier and the right pedals. You've even gone out and made sure that you have nothing but monster ca...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:22:00 PST

Hollywood

Hey ya'll. Out here in sunny Hollywood California. Seems this place is not as bad as everyone says. i have yet to be mugged, though I am holding out hope that some one willl offer me crack... I don't ...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:55:00 PST

Beautiful music

I have been listening to alot of Metal lately and have fallen away from the Bluegrass that was so inspiring in the last few years. I have forgotten what wonderful music it is. Check out the New song o...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:10:00 PST

Comfort Food

Some things never change. Take for instance, comfort food. Usually things that as a child made you feel goood.. mom's cooking.. ice cream... potato chips.. whatever. What if you equated that idea to m...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:31:00 PST

Whew!! Two hours later

Howdy ya'll, especially steve.. I just got through an intense few hours of guitar practice.. I am trying to catch up with steve so that he does'nt kill me everytime we jam.. My hands and wrists feel ...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:30:00 PST

Token Show

Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting me on my first night out with Garden of Souls. The show was fantastic and everyone felt really good about it! I was pretty nervous going into it.. but ...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Mon, 26 Dec 2005 10:13:00 PST

Garden of Souls Audition

Well, on Sunday I had an audition for the Guitar job with Garden of Souls. Whats going to happen? We'll all know shortly! I think all things went well. Thanks Luke, Jeff, and Jay for letting me come b...
Posted by Jon Bingham on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:05:00 PST