Born in a shotgun shack by the railroad tracks in Milwaukee WI.

Shows no reaction when shined on directly by bright home movie lights.

Grows agitated listening to "Love Me Do" and others Beatles singles in basement of friend's house.

Fascinated by older brother Bob's proficiency on mandolin, banjo, guitar, and pedal steel.

Family moves to Phoenix, Az. Acquires hand-me-down dreadnought Fender 6-string acoustic from Bob and starts monkeying around. Composes first "tunes" -- a series of 3 notes played with grunts.

Forms the "Atomic Bomb Club", a 2-man band with Derrick Bostrom, after Bostrom gets drums for xmas in 77. Hendrix/Rundgren-phile Jack forced to modify style to accommodate Bostrom's punk aspirations. ABC moves from Phoenix to Tucson, rehearses nightly, but plays two parties and one public gig at the University of Arizona Student Union in Feb 79. The duo delivers 10 songs in 1:45 seconds, after which Jack sits down in shock in the audience, leaving Derrick and pals the rest of the hour to jam. Jack's severe stage-fright induced nausea leads Bostrom to reevaluate future of group. (Bostrom returns to Phx at end of school year. Starts The Voyeurs with brother Damon.) More songwriting and 2-track cassette dubbing in college student apartments around Tucson. Writes 30 original punk/rock/pop songs.

Starts new band, "Caucasians," in Tucson Unitarian Church, consisting of methadone maintenance bass player, spanish jazz student drummer, and effervescent red-haired high school kid lead singer. Never plays in public.

Records cassettes in music practice rooms of Elmhurst College outside Chicago during internship at Argonne Lab.

ABC ends by summer. In fall, plays for a month with rock combo "The Terminals," does one live show at punk venue before Jack quits.

Home cassette recording and songwriting. Occasional jamming with work buddies, including Robert "Keith Emerson" Cooper.

Jack cuts a dozen fabulous instrumentals in Garageband in 3 weeks. Updates website from 10-year old code to modern style. Knetzcomics.com starts drawing over 100 unique visitors a month. Over 15,000 songs downloaded in 10 weeks.