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jon (I - AL)

Ruining lives since 1947

About Me

I am engaged to this lady. I know that leaves a lot of you dudes sorely dissapointed (and maybe even some girls, who knows?). Sorry. You had your chance.

I make music. I then distribute said music under the identity of Sólarupprás. Sólarupprás is the music that everyone will be saying "I like their older stuff" about in five years. Mark my words.

• I love talk radio with a burning passion.
• I can't imagine a world without music.
• I LOVE BBQ.
• I love documentaries.
• I'm hot cuz I'm fly.
• You ain't cuz you not.
• I want to be on Jeopardy. Badly.
• I am a member of Auburn's Formula SAE Racing Team.



My Interests

Music
Alternative media
The paranormal
Food
Beverage
Football
Theoretical physics

I'd like to meet:

. . .people who buy my album.

Music:

Music is about passion.

Movies:

Anything involving kung fu.Or bear suits.Or gratuitous violence.

Television:

The Sopranos
The Office
C-SPAN
The History Channel
The Discovery Channel
Food Network

My Blog

Fantastic music videos/performances

This is what happens when I get bored. Sure, some of them are pretty long. But they're worth it, believe me. They get progressively more "metal" (in general) as you go further down the page, so be ...
Posted by jon on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:50:00 PST

Who would have known that I could have pulled this off?

Living the dream. . . or at least trying to. I guess we'll know when/if the second Sólarupprás album comes out. Finals have been awful this week, but finally finishing this has made me extremely hap...
Posted by jon on Sat, 05 May 2007 10:01:00 PST

Some of my favorite comments from the past 2 years

These are in no particular order. I don't even remember what some of these are referring to, but they still make me laugh.Aaaaaaaaand go.And of course, this one.And don't forget to go to my video sec...
Posted by jon on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:12:00 PST

Secondhand Serenade and some other stuff (a passerby's venomous and hateful observations)

If you like any of the bands that I may or may not talk about in this blog, please don't take this as an attack on your taste in music. I don't know where this blog is going yet, but there is a good ...
Posted by jon on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:43:00 PST

If you know me, this is going to freak you out.

Don't laugh.I watched (part of) TWO NASCAR races this weekend. And I was interested.Weird, huh?The only explanation I have is that being on the formula team has made me realize just how much stuff is...
Posted by jon on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:23:00 PST

Where it all comes from. . .

When I am in the mood to write a song/record something, there's a certain process that I go through. The main component of this process involves a certain playlist in my iTunes library. The bands/mu...
Posted by jon on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:30:00 PST

A few thoughts about school shootings.

While I was in physics lab today, I was thinking about school shootings. I mean, why wouldn't I considering what happened yesterday? Here's one main thing that I thought about. With the 24/7 media ...
Posted by jon on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:31:00 PST

THIS IS WHY I'M HOT. (No, not because I stay strapped.)

Hot Hot HeatA graphical dissertation on the number one song in Americaby Rob HarvillaMarch 13th, 2007 1:12 PMThis is why "This Is Why I'm Hot" is hot: Because it's hot. There are of course other reaso...
Posted by jon on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:41:00 PST

I'm trying to kill some time. . . so here ya go.

I'm gonna open iTunes and hit shuffle and see what the first 25 songs are. No particular reason. Just for funsies. Ready? OK. . . . go.1) The Chariot - "Back To Back"2) Steve Miller Band - "Rock...
Posted by jon on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:45:00 PST

Another installment in everyone's favorite blog series, THINGS I HAVE LEARNED THIS WEEK.

-I am the best guesser ever, especially when it comes to engineering physics tests.-As much as I hate it, I think I might be a natural leader. You know how they say some people are clearly leaders an...
Posted by jon on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:35:00 PST