Ian Johnson and Jonathan Williams - Separating the Identities

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This is a thread where Ian and Jon (and others) get to tell us how (and in what ways they are) different they are from each other to prevent future confusion/surgically separate their ILX image.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:45 (twenty-one years ago)

jon has two chicks lined up?

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

One like loud rock and the other likes heavy rock.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I bet this thread title's actually an album from the mid-70's.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:51 (twenty-one years ago)

They wear white waistcoats and blue glitter shirts, one looks like Don Johnson and the other looks like Steve Beaton, and they do a really crap cover of Voodoo Chile.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

who played what in wizard is hungry?

http://www.yoitsren.com/ianjon.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon wears shorts and trainers

Ian wears jeans and a hoodie

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

that picture make me dizzee

― JaXoN (JasonD), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Separating the Identities has just been picked up for distribution by Forced Exposure in the US!

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Jon is more partial to ring modulation whereas Ian is into live-editing/manipulation/tape-loops.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

"ring modulation" = euphemism?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

http://media.zzounds.com/media/fit,325by400/quality,85/BIGRM.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:09 (twenty-one years ago)

But seriously, one time I was drunk and I responded to one of Jon's post calling him Ian (actually it might have been the other way around, I don't remember) and I was super embarrassed! I'm sorry, guys! You seem like great people, I'd love to do drugs with you sometime!!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

They may have similar taste in music, but I find them to be two very distinct personalities.

Ian seems very thoughtful and likeable.
I like Jon despite (or because of?) the fact that he called the UK an "isle of faggotry".

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, Jon = HTML guy !

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)

aww, i love you guys.

jon is older than me, has less hair, and has had sex with more women (though i have probably had sex more total times.)

also, i am into more faggy indie than mr. jonathan williams. i have never worn a white belt.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

and according to Charles, i am "bad" and jon is "friend."

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

jon is in rochester, while ian is apparently a few blocks away from me. if getting the two of them confused ever becomes a problem, this is how i'll keep it straight.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian is sleepy/arms crossed
Jon is generally enthused to be in the presence of DAVE @ CCA DOT ORG

http://www.cca.org/dave/images/draper-dave.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Did you know that I'm Dave's adopted son? True story. You can ask him.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, and i used to buy pot from the kid with dreads behind the bald guy (not dave.)

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian likes the Beatles
Jon likes XTC

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Let's call the whole thing off.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait, but I bought pot from him too, Ian!

I am usually clean shaven. Ian goes days without touching a razor.
Ian loves red meat; I only eat chicken.

― BICICLETA EMOCIONAL!!! (Jon Williams) (ex machina), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian : Jon → Can : Neu!

― BICICLETA EMOCIONAL!!! (Jon Williams) (ex machina), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm... i think that works!

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon say "either" and Ian say "either"
Jon say "neither" Ian say "neither" "
Either" "either", "neither" "neither"
Let's call the whole thing off
Jon say "potato," Ian say "patattah"
Jon say "tomato", Ian say "creole tomata"
Oh, let's call the whole thing off
Oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part and oh
If we ever part, that would break my heart
So, Ian say "ursta" Jon say "oyster"
Ian’s not gonna stop eatin' urstas just cause Jon say oyster,
Oh, let's call the whole thing off
Oh, Ian say "pajamas", Jon say "pajamas"
Sugar, what's the problem?
Oh, for we know we need each other so
We'd better call the calling off off
So let's call it off, oh let's call it off
Oh, let's call it off, baby let's call it off
Sugar why don't we call it off,
I'm talking baby why call it off
Call it off!
Let's call the whole thing off

― Antmusic78 (Antmusic78), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian bears a slightly worrying resemblance to the lead singer of Gomez. Who is also called Ian.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I knew Jon when he was 15, I knew Ian when he was 12. But I knew Jon before I knew Ian. I have gone dumpster diving with both of them. Jon has a heart that's half-a-size too small, Ian has one that's half-a-size too big. Ian makes NOISE! and Jon makes N01S3! I love them both muchly but platonically and through a semi-permeable membrane.

― The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian, Jon.

― BICICLETA EMOCIONAL!!! (Jon Williams) (ex machina), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait, GYGAX, Ian is playing the ring modulator in the above photo!

― BICICLETA EMOCIONAL!!! (Jon Williams) (ex machina), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Weird. I almost started this thread earlier today.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:57 (twenty-one years ago)

haha I am downloading Wolf Eyes because of this thread!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 05:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Which one of us is WOLF EYES and which is BLACK DICE????

― LITTLE LAMB [Jon Williams] (ex machina), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 05:02 (twenty-one years ago)

sub pop are putting out a wolf eyes record soon. corny indie etc.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 05:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon is Wolf Eyes, right?

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 05:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon has his claws in canadian girls, Ian has his claws in canadian bacon.

― Lucy M. H. Butler, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 05:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian likes the Beatles
Jon likes XTC

-- gygax! (gygax0...), March 2nd, 2004.

Jon says he likes XTC, but he didn't recognize the Peter Pumpkinhead as XTC. Also he didn't like it.

― Matt Boch (Matt Boch), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon has access to the deblackification process :)

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

wizard is creepy

― Adrian (Adrian Langston), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

http://i.myspace.com/67/58/488576/1736662_l.JPG

― LITTLE LAMB [Jon Williams] (ex machina), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

what you can't see in any of the pictures is that i have no eyebrows.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon is a Linux Fag who wouldn't know a real OS if it swapped his ass to paper tape. If Ian really likes the Beatles he is *so* not my son anymore.

― Dave Fischer, Thursday, 4 March 2004 06:38 (twenty-one years ago)

hey dave, i'm going to be in providence this weekend; will you be working at Atlas Bower?

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 4 March 2004 07:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian is the 'sponge'; Jonb is the 'stone'.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 4 March 2004 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave, I'm taking an OS class now in fact using your BELOVED MIPS ARCHITECTURE!!!

― LITTLE LAMB [Jon Williams] (ex machina), Thursday, 4 March 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Hi, this site is all about wizards, REAL WIZARDS. This site is awesome. My name is Vashanti and I can't stop thinking about wizards. These guys are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet

The best website opening of all time!

― Mitchell (Mitchell), Thursday, 4 March 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian = Ric Ocasek
Jon = Ben Orr

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 4 March 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian = Bev Bevans
Jon = Jeff Lynne

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 March 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

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gygax told me that they're actually both quite hairy scientologists.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Sunday, 28 March 2004 04:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I AM AN OT THREE. I HAVE PASSED *THE WALL OF FIRE* ; ELRON IS PLAWSED

― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 28 March 2004 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

You're no Xenu to me, mister.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 28 March 2004 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i wasn't even drunk and totally fucked that up, man.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 28 March 2004 05:57 (twenty-one years ago)

gygax told me that they're actually both quite hairy scientologists.

you got that messed up, that was JaX0n.

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 28 March 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, you're quite right. We were talking about "Osama", not Jon and Ian. My bad.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Sunday, 28 March 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Ian is "Bad"
Jon is "Friend"

http://cif.rochester.edu/~xm/lol/ianjon.jpg

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Sunday, 16 May 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

should i brutally remove the sideburns from my face like so many malignant melanomas?

I'M MARY KATE?

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Monday, 17 May 2004 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

[Jon's] KRAUTROCK KNOWLEDGE IS LIMITED TO AMON DUUL, KRAFTWERK, NEU! AND ASH RA TEMPEL. IAN IS ONLY INTO PONCEY PSYCH SHIT AND HATES THE MOTORIK.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian stays in bed until Jon is already out of work.

(Jon kept falling asleep on my couch last night because of BEER and ANTIHISTAMINES. we ate pizza. yeaaaaaah.)

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

are you two married?

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Jonathan Williams-Johnson

Ian Johnson-Williams

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

IAN

http://www.dma.be/p/ultra/1999/gif/doncab11.jpg

JON

http://www.dma.be/p/ultra/1999/gif/doncab09.jpg

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't have the slightest idea what you're implying, Dean.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i do.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

VISION - CREATION = IAN + JON + SUN

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

IAN = VISION - CREATION - SUN - JON

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

http://hades.dorm.utexas.edu/~rickya/pics/bios/kelsie/cookiepenis.JPG

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

heaven, jess needs HUGGLEZ

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

also: possibly SNUGGLEZ

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Does she work in your record store?

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

jess wants: A) the girl in that picture or B) cookies or C) head or D) frosted dongs

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

ACID PO-LI-SAY

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

i named my zine after that song, dean!

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i wouldn't mind some cookies right now, actually

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

you have to call them cockies

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

am i ever sorry for that.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

My ipod just kicked in with Chocolate Synthesizer.

Is your zine online IAN!?

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

no, it's print. i'll send you a copy when the next issue is done (sometime next week probably.)

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Looking forward to it.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

WIZARD IS HUNGry: i have been too tired to jerk it for the past 3 nights!

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian has way too many DC comics; I used to be gay for X-Men!

Ian, what colors were in your Magic deck?

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG WHITE & GREEN.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)

they're cuter than a puppy stuck under a blanket, aren't they?

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

♥ ♥

Dear ILX,

I will be posting a lot more now that I'm stuck in the suburbs without a car and without a job.

Love,
Ian

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Dear Ian,

No, that's okay.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO,
Curtis

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh Ian, you know you're really my main bruvah.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Curtis, Are you British?

PS - LAUREN, PLZ GIVE ME THE KISSES I DESERVE KTHX!!!!

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)

No, but I HAVE heard people impersonate British accents.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon Williams ♥ Lauren

IF YOU GUYS HAVE A KID, CAN I BE GODFATHER?!??!?!

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://kidshow.dcmemories.com/NClaster_240.jpg

― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian Johnson ♣ Jon Williams

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I cut off yr nuts with a rusty shiv.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

So are Neu! "noise dudes" or "European fags"? This is so complex.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 20 May 2004 01:51 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

Neu! is from Germany which is a totally AWESOME nation!! Volkswagon! Good music, etc!

Acid Mothers Temple on Tour

― HAMBURGER NEURON GROUP (ex machina), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

IAN WHERES YR NOISE ZINE AT NOISE DUDE?

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

eight months pass...

Volkswagon!

if you really thought germany was cool, you'd spell "Volkswagen" correctly!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 19 February 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

DOOD, NOIZE DOODZ DON'T SPEEL THINGS CORECTLY!

― LaToya JaXoN (JasonD), Saturday, 19 February 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)

i have distilled and separated their "noise essence".

http://www.schremppstudio.com/beer.jpeg

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 19 February 2005 05:26 (twenty years ago)

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