Jon Whitney
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Jon Whitney in 2005. (Photo by Tracy Powell.)
Jon Whitney (b. 1972) is a web developer from Amherst, MA who founded and created Brainwashed, an online eclectic music publication. He currently lives in Arlington, MA.
[edit] Musical Background
At the age of 4, he bought his first vinyls. By the time he was 13, he had his own radio show on UMass Amherst's radio station, WMUA. He worked at a record store when he was 15, interned for Virgin and Caroline and worked for Capitol and Sony and in NY and Boston while in his late teens/early twenties. He founded Brainwashed in 1996.
He has been DJing at Boston College's radio station, WZBC, since 1995. He also VJs at River Gods in Cambridge, MA monthly.
[edit] Relatives
F.A. Whitney (Carriage Company, Leominster, MA)
[edit] External links
- His Personal Site
- Brainwashed
- August 2005 Article in the Boston Phoenix
- Feb 2004 interview in Afterimage
- Interview in Creme Brulee
- Interview in the Weekly Dig
- Interview in FakeJazz
