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Jed

Keep your head up, and your stick on the ice.

About Me

strappingyounglad.com, legionofflames.com, tenetforce.com...metal, metal, and yeah, even more metal...

If you are looking for a serious instrument, and only the best will do, I highly recommend you visit Bernie Rico Jr. Guitars.
Custom guitars, handmade in the USA by one of the finest craftsmen in the world. Click the image and check them out.

Everyone has their roots...here are mine!!

My Interests

My Wife! That little poop-machine we call Eddie! Let me see, I also like pointed guitars, loud obnoxious music, quiet obnoxious music, blender drinks, pulling great pranks, pasta, tacos, cats, dogs, and all fuzzy creatures, my parents, intelligent conversation, tackling Sooz after too many shots! Laughing at people who think I'm laughing with them...alot.

I'd like to meet:

I've met, and married, my Sooz...otherwise I like funny people, honest people, and there aren't very many of those, are there? So be nice, or get outa my face. Really.
I'd like to meet my guitar hero's...Ace Frehley, Malcolm Young.

SPEAKING OF GODS...


Music:

Sometimes mellow, sometimes not...Tom Petty to AC/DC to Morbid Angel.

NEED A LAUGH? WATCH BERT AND ERNIE TEAR IT UP!!

Movies:

Jaws, Bubba Ho-Tep, Alien, This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Let There Be Rock, Bladerunner, The Shining, MP and the Holy Grail, Evil Dead, Marathon Man, Below, Re-Animator, most Troma films, Falling Down, Hellraiser, Fahrenheit 911, Lord of the Rings series, Fubar, Matrix films, Raising Arizona, Blazing Saddles, Hostage Crisis, In the Mouth of Madness, Unnameable.

Television:

Hockey Night in Canada ,Trailer Park Boys , most Discovery/History/Nova/National Geographic channel stuff, PBS, SCTV, MP/Flying Circus, MXC, Simpsons, Family Guy, DAILY SHOW!, Colbert Report.

Books:

Too many books...here are some authors instead...Dan Simmons, Clive Barker, Preston/Child, Jeff Long, Kurt Vonnegut, Steven King, HP Lovecraft, Brian Lumley, Richard Matheson, Robert McCammon, the Dictionary, food delivery flyers...

Heroes:

Mom/Dad...Grandma/Grandpa-he's named after you Gramps!...Susanna...anyone who has been a positive influence and/or, who has helped me in any way...ever. Love to you.

My Blog

Remembering Elizabeth Simon

It  is with great sadness, and a heavy heart, that I announce the passing of my step-mother, Elizabeth (Liz) Simon, after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Liz has been a Mother to me f...
Posted by Jed on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:57:00 PST

Evel Knievel RIP.

No wonder I've had a rather crappy day today...Evel Knievel has died!One of my childhood heros, and a larger than life icon. I had my Evel Knievel stunt cycle at full throttle every time...off of the ...
Posted by Jed on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:45:00 PST

Paul Raven

We lost a dear friend yesterday. Paul Raven was a friend, a mentor, and a peer. He was a man of razor sharp intellect, and equally razor sharp wit. And one of the best pranksters I ever met! He could ...
Posted by Jed on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:55:00 PST

Welcome Eddie Simon!

Hey everyone,Just wanted to let you know that Susanna and I are proud parents!!Edward Malcolm Simon was born May 29, 12:36 pm at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. And I say that Pennsylv...
Posted by Jed on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:29:00 PST

Tenet interview

Hey Everyone,Just wrapped an interview with the good folks at Metal-Realm, the interview is below, or you can follow the link below and see it with pictures, yippee!Metal Realm Jed Simon Tenet Intervi...
Posted by Jed on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:33:00 PST

Taco Flavored Party

So, Jodi and Susanna put a birthday bash together for me last Saturday night.The theme? TACOS! There was a table full of taco-fixins when I arrived, what more can a guy ask for on his birthday eh?So I...
Posted by Jed on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:21:00 PST

NAMM and Bernie Rico Jr.

Hey all,Well, it's been a week since NAMM.It's taken awhile to digest that whole experience. There is so much to see, and if you're unprepared, it can wear you out in a hurry. For a first timer like m...
Posted by Jed on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:55:00 PST

First day at NAMM

First day at NAMM was a trip. Got to Bernie Rico Jr. guitars and was speechless at the sight of my new guitar. Amazing piece of work, and I just stood there for a while and stared at it before I even ...
Posted by Jed on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:35:00 PST

Tenet on myspace

Hey,Just letting you know that the TENET myspace page is up...it's nothing special yet, but I'll get some interesting stuff up when I can.Here's the addy http://www.myspace.com/tenetforce There are...
Posted by Jed on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:52:00 PST

Jed and TENET

Hey,Just wanted to let you know that the TENET recording has begun...finally.I finished tracking the guitars yesterday, and it sounds killer. I am really happy to be getting to work on this, as it's b...
Posted by Jed on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:23:00 PST