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Jon Rambo

In the Name of Satan, We'll Achieve Our Goals!!!

About Me

Once again a proud resident of Bloomington. I recently escaped Chicago by way of driving around in a van with 7 other badass earth people over the last couple weeks and am now soaking in the whiskey porches of Hoosier country. I suppose I should eventually try and get a job, but those trivial matters can wait. I’m too busy inhaling the scent of dead leaves thrown upon bonfires and drunken bike rides down the pitch black dirt roads to care (Ed. Note--This was written over a year ago. I've got severe writer's block and can't think of any other way to inflate my persona.)

My Interests

Turning on stereos, Kentucky bourbon, staring at walls, recording the most awful noise, sporting artificial facial hair, melting minds, dancing like a fucking moron, thanatology, chooglin', hijacking sound, alienating people on a daily basis

I'd like to meet:

People who will listen to the full-length album version of 'In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida' with me and not snicker or roll their eyes. It's only 17 minutes and 5 seconds of all that's right in the world, so what's your problem? (Ed. Note--Over a year and a half. Still looking)

Music:

US Maple, Paternoster, Guru Guru, Oneida, ZOMBI, Witchfinder General, Old Time Relijun, Flower Travellin' Band, Agitation Free, Wolf Eyes, Amon Duul II, Venom, Mercyful Fate, Angel Witch, Bathory, Darkthrone, 3 Hur-El, Pentagram, Sir Lord Baltimore, Prince, Wilderness, Big Bear, Celtic Frost, Black Sabbath, Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co., Marmoset, Jens Lekman, Neu!, The Browns, Gomorrha, German Oak, Arzachel, Drosselbart, Os Mundi, early Tangerine Dream, Pharaoh Overlord, Early Man, Serge Gainsbourg, Hawkwind, Burning Saviours, Witchcraft, Iron Butterfly, Metallica (83-88), Grim Reaper, Khanate, Racebannon, Rapider Than Horsepower, Hall & Oates, Little Wings, Husband & Wife, Vollmar (DOMTAR), Julie Doiron, Dies Irae, Dio, Jacula, Bedemon, Foreigner, Huey Lewis & The News, Chicago, Doobie Brothers

Movies:

Dawn of the Dead, American Movie, Buffalo 66, A Certain Kind of Death, Road House, Manos: Hands of Fate, Breakin', Track of the Moon Beast, Rich Christiano's 80s oeuvre, anything trashy really

Television:

Degrassi, I'm With Busey, MST3K, Dance 360, Space Ghost, Da Ali G Show, Sealab 2021, Mister Rogers, Daily Show, Twilight Zone, Hitchcock Presents

Books:

The Bourgeois Poet, White Noise, Lords of Chaos, A People's History of the United States, Partly Cloudy Patriot, Assassination Vacation, any book about historical oddballs and/or bizarre manifestations, Death to Dust, Richie Unterberger, Kierkegaard, Kafka, Lost Christianities

My Blog

Jens Lekman Summer 2006 Tour Diary, Part III

Wow, obviously I am a very important man since it's taken me even longer to compose part III of the Jens tour diary than it did part II! We shall see how time and this Greyhound I'm drinking enhance ...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:27:00 PST

Jens Lekman Summer 2006 Tour Diary, Part II

Okay, so how's that for suspense? I'm sorry to say that waiting two weeks for part two of the summer 2006 Jens Lekman tour diary will most likely be anticlimactic. You see, Jon Rambo has a life outs...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:40:00 PST

Jens Lekman Summer 2006 Tour Diary, Part I

CAST OF CHARACTERS (in alphabetical order, just so I can be first!)Jon Hoover: human alarm clock, robot, Daddy WarbucksFrida Hyvonen: debutante opening act, head-turnerTammy Karlsson: drums, tats, my ...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:08:00 PST

Riding with Dolemite

Last night I found myself having a couple adult beverages with my friends when the subject of tomorrow night's New Year's Eve show at Second Story with Rudy Ray Moore (aka Dolemite) came up in convers...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:40:00 PST

Jens Lekman tour diary, Part IV

    Today is a sad day, for it is the day I finish my last installment of the Jens Lekman October 2005 tour diary.  Come along as we visit the faultline that is California and the ...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 05:35:00 PST

Jens Lekman tour diary, Part III

  Ah, part III.  The number three in relation to a succession of installments is always a dodgy affair.  Need I mention the third chapters of Back to the Future, The Godfather, Hallowee...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 05:07:00 PST

Jens Lekman tour diary, Part II

Welcome back and thank you for reading on to part II.  Today I was looking back at what I wrote yesterday and realized perhaps I shouldn't be drinking at 3 in the afternoon.  My re-entry int...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:10:00 PST

Jens Lekman tour diary, Part 1

Cast of Characters (in order of appearance)Jon Hoover: International Swede peddler; motivational speaker; shakedown artisteJens Lekman: The Silent Storm; man foolish/wise enough to bring this group o...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:12:00 PST

Terrorbird and Frothy Dog

     So, my friend told me about this website bumwine.com that reviews the finest of fortified wine beverages.  Most everyone that knows me knows of my fondness for Mad Dog, and s...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:13:00 PST

Do I have a "roni"?

It is my great delight to inform everyone that I have found a reason to stay in Chicago!  Yesterday as I was walking out to my bike after work, my 3 favorite co-workers (Pecola, Alicia, &&nbs...
Posted by Jon Rambo on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:05:00 PST