Jon Schneck

Demon Hunter and Living Sacrifice FTW!!

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:43:06 +0000

Last Wednesday night I went to hang out with my good buddy and bandmate Ethan. His other band Demon Hunter came to town as well as the rest of the bands on their “Stronger Than Hell” tour. As an added bonus my friend Alec from Nashville also happened to be there. He’s teching for DH, and [...]

Oh Mandy

Posted on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:38:16 +0000

I was really sad to hear that my good friend Mandy’s mom was recently diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of cancer. As her mom is meeting this thing head on with chemo, Mandy, along with my other friend Mandy, is fighting back by running a triathlon to raise money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society [...]

Ethan Ethan Bo Bethan

Posted on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:28:44 +0000

Banana nana fo fethan. So this is old news by now, but as I mentioned in an earlier post, Ethan Luck will now be the drummer for Relient K. It is with extreme pleasure that I type that. I’ve been an Ethan fan for a number of years now, ever since Ace played a show with [...]

Ice Skating

Posted on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:31:54 +0000

So for my friend Whitney’s birthday party a bunch of us went ice skating. This was my third time; I first went when I was maybe 6 or so, then a few years ago Sarah and I went skating on our honeymoon. Needless to say I am not very good, but I at least didn’t [...]

“O Holy Nightmare” on a Magna Doodle

Posted on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:29:47 +0000

So this is a bit late, but I wanted to post a link to a tribute someone made to our RK flash Christmas episode. This girl did a remake of the entire thing on a freaking Magna Doodle and threw in some stuff of her own. It must have taken forever. Kudos!

House/palace

Posted on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:17:27 +0000

Kind of a random post today, but for some reason I’ve had a C.S. Lewis quote on my mind since seeing it on one of my dad’s newsletters. It’s from Mere Christianity: Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He [...]

England

Posted on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:46:15 +0000

Last week Sarah and I got back from a trip to England. To say that it was too short would be a gross understatement: we felt like we could live there. Having read a metric tonne of British literature in my life I was quite excited to see the places I had read about. Yeah [...]

Bye, Dave

Posted on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:52:35 +0000

A few weeks ago I just played the last show with a good friend of mine. I’m really going to miss seeing him back there grimacing and making all manner of weird faces. I’m going to miss throwing Skittles and Combos bags at him during a song to make him angry. I’m going to miss [...]

Merry Christmas!

Posted on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:23:44 +0000

Merry Christmas from Relient K!

I Love Christmas Parties

Posted on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:29:46 +0000

How great to be alive in the Christmas season, surrounded by holiday cheer and the people who care about you. Some of the things I love: - Hot apple cider with cinnamon and cloves - Cheery fires in the fireplace - Big, fat, falling snowflakes - Snowboarding (finally!) - Slippers - Christmas lights (especially the blue and white ones) - Family and [...]

Appetite Satiated

Posted on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:05:08 +0000

Wiser men than me once summed it all up by saying, “All things must pass.” I always get this sinking, end-of-summer-camp feeling on the last day of tour. It’s when I start to realize that hey, maybe I should have hung out with this guy more, or man, I should have gotten to know that guy [...]

I Visited the Mothership

Posted on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:33:47 +0000

Yesterday Dave, Derek, and I, along with some Switchfeet, went to the Apple Headquarters Company store. You see we played a show in San Jose yesterday about 8 miles from Cupertino, so in the afternoon we got a runner to take us to the Apple campus. We totally geeked out and took our pictures at [...]

Crosby the Reindeer

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:27:28 +0000

Ok so it’s been about an eternity since I’ve worked on Woodland Forest, and for that I apologize, but finally today a new “episode” is being released. Really it’s a Christmas Special, and it stars Crosby the Reindeer singing a Christmas carol. Our friend Josh from Emery showed us a demo that someone sent [...]

Speak Softly and Carry a Big, Pink Stick.

Posted on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:20:14 +0000

The last week has been kind of crazy. On Friday night we played in Dallas at the Nokia Theater. This was a show we were looking forward to because we had played there twice before and the shows were amazing. This time, not so much. The crowd was great, but it was what happened onstage [...]

First Week of Tour

Posted on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:58:39 +0000

So the first week of tour has come and gone. It’s been great! I’ve been looking forward to touring with the Switchfoot guys for a while now. Let me tell you, those guys are the real deal. And yesterday I got to play poker with Brett from Ruth and boy were we… uh… ok, I [...]

Hallow-weenie

Posted on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:24:04 +0000

Well dang it all to heck, I neglected to carve the pumpkin that Sarah bought for me into a jack-o-lantern. But to show you what I would have carved, check this out:

Jury Duty Free

Posted on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:52:07 +0000

A few weeks ago I got a summons for Jury Duty. Dismay and loathing are two emotions that come to mind when I think back to how I felt upon opening that missive. Also I worried that it might interfere with my “work” schedule as I was slated to leave town a few days after [...]

Cruisin’ for a Ruse ‘n Some Good Times

Posted on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:38:09 +0000

So last week Sarah and I went on a cruise with some of the guys in my band. We were very fortunate to be able to get away into the warmer climes of the Caribbean, and extremely fortunate not to get overrun by the pirates that lurk said waters. This was the first time that either [...]

Comic sans the Comic Sans

Posted on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:25:27 +0000

Not a whole lot to report other than the fact that I’ve been bored and so have re-themed this blog again. That and the additional fact that I won three games of darts against Thiessen, Dave, and Brad last night. And that’s no bull…seye.

Oh, Snap!

Posted on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:54:05 +0000

[quicktime]http://sarah-and-john.com/john/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ninja-famiy-guy.mov[/quicktime] Take that, Peter Griffin.

An Orchard

Posted on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:38:31 +0000

You might have seen this on a few of my friends’ blogs, but I thought I show it here as well. This is us on a day off in Savannah, GA: I was sitting there whiling away my time by playing a game of internet poker (a game I won, booyah!) and I looked over to [...]

Of Birthdays, Bus Fires, Boats, and Blessings

Posted on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:45:18 +0000

As always, it’s been another long while since I’ve updated this blog, so at the behest of a few faithful readers I’ll try to fill you in on what’s been going on in my life over the past few months. It won’t be short, mind you (and if you’re reading this in an RSS feed [...]

Oh no…

Posted on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:37:08 +0000

Sarah has apparently just met Jerry… she followed him UP the stairs, then at the 1st floor she decided to take the elevator up. Please pray for her.

Stretching My Legs.

Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:39:21 +0000

Well we’re all moved in now. It’s a bummer that I didn’t get to finish up with the odds and ends of unpacking before I left for tour, but that’s the way it goes. So far we’ve met some nice people at our new place, and some not-so-nice. Also some characters. We happened to run into [...]

Re-theme-athon

Posted on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:40:07 +0000

Ok so I’ve decided to update my blog again. This time I moved to a WordPress installation at the recommendation of my friend James. Hope it’s not too horrible on the eyes. I’m at home now with my lovely wife, just chilling and swilling and packing. Today we got the go-ahead on a new place about [...]

AutoZone!

Posted on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:10:49 +0000

Heck mother yes. Some of you may know this about me: I’ve always wanted to have entrance music. You know, like in movies where some bad dude walks in the room, it goes to slow-motion, and out of nowhere comes this awesome rocking song that makes you respect and fear said bad dude. Yeah, I’ve always [...]

Brackets; Part Deux

Posted on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:37:08 +0000

Well it looks like I’m the most knowledgeable when it comes to college basketball… ahem… I mean luckiest. I won the brackets! Now I have to figure out what to do with each of those twenty glorious dollars I’ll be getting. Any suggestions?

Lance Warne-strong

Posted on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:37:57 +0000

Q: How many kids with A.D.D. does it take to change a light-bulb? A: Let’s ride bikes! On Monday Sarah and I got some mountain bikes from Target. Yes, we bought our high-performance machines from the same place you can get baby food and boxer shorts. I actually haven’t had a bike since about the year 1999 [...]

Crafting Some War

Posted on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:18:14 +0000

If I haven’t made it abundantly clear yet that I am a dork let me solidify that opinion in your mind: I play World of Warcraft. You see they reel you in by offering a free 10-day trial of their software and online game-play. It’s insidious. So now I’m that guy on tour. Ethan will walk [...]

Brackets

Posted on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:21:02 +0000

So I know nothing whatsoever about college basketball. I take that back: in 1993 I predicted North Carolina over Michigan, but that was because I saw more sweatshirts in my Junior High classes with Tarheels on them than Wolverines, not because of any sports intuitions. So that being said, a few weeks ago I was [...]

Big Trouble in Little Canada

Posted on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:02:07 +0000

Bass players are a dime a dozen. Apparently that’s the attitude my band adopts when it comes time to cross the border from Canada to the US. We all piled out of our bus yesterday and inundated the office at a customs entry point. I needed to use the restroom (I read a book a few [...]

Useless Widgets

Posted on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:32:27 +0000

Okay so I lightened up the colors around here to lighten up the mood. No more tears. No more pain. Also I made some Dashboard widgets for my band. They are totally useless, but I find they spruce up the Dashboard in a nice, pleasant way. The first has a bunch of quotes taken from our [...]

It’s Official

Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:25:04 +0000

Yes sirree, it’s official: Sarah and I are creepy cat people. A few days ago we adopted a new kitten. As you can see he is a grey long-hair with little white feet that are more like white streaks as he zooms from place to place. And because I am such a big nerd we named [...]

Joy to the World!

Posted on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:55:49 +0000

Season’s Greetings from little Johnny Warne circa 1987. [quicktime width="400" height="16"]http://sarah-and-john.com/john/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/joy-to-the-world.mp3[/quicktime]

Let’s Play Catch-Up

Posted on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:06:29 +0000

Good gosh it’s been a while since I’ve updated this thing. Where to start? Well the last thing I wrote had something to do with missing the wife and the bed and all, if I’m not mistaken. Pretty sure I came off real whiny. The band ended up spending about two months in LA for our [...]

10 things I miss when I'm away from home

Posted on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:45:42 +0000

1) My wife 2) My kitten 3) A fresh pot of coffee from our awesome coffee maker 4) My bed 5) My crappy car 6) Being a lazy bum, on 7) My comfy couch 8) Long showers 9) My church 10) “Lost” nights with the Verdecchios and the Dunhams

Smitten by a Kitten

Posted on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:02:18 +0000

Sarah and I adopted a little kitten yesterday. Neither of us are really “cat people”, or animal people for that matter, but this one little kitty just captured our hearts. After tossing around a few names like Hermione, Tempest, Jasmine, and Killer (one of my favorites since she’s such a shy little kitty), we finally [...]

Woodland Forest, Episode 1

Posted on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:35:39 +0000

Hey, check out the flash animation I put together for my band.

Puzzle Time

Posted on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:20:38 +0000

My life is a series of small accomplishments.

Mini-Golf

Posted on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:19:44 +0000

Sarah and I drove in my mini-car and went mini-golfing last night. We’ve got a bit of a rivalry going on when it comes to mini-golf… actually any mini-sport makes us competitive. To make it fair, I kept score and Sarah added it up at the end. She claims that she won, but you know [...]

Brian Regan

Posted on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:00:33 +0000

Brian Regan last night was so awesome. It was mostly new material, and what was crazy was that he didn’t do the “You too” bit even though the tour was the “You Too” tour. I’d highly recommend seeing him if you ever get the chance.

DMNS

Posted on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:41:50 +0000

At the Denver Museum of Nature and Science today all I learned was how to hunt like a velociraptor. Those kids sure tasted good.

Surprise!

Posted on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:32:50 +0000

On our walk tonight Sarah and I decided to stop by our friend Legs’ place to ask him if he’d like to join us. He was busy cooking a meal but invited us in to “visit”, as the old people say. He had just burned his hand in the oven, so we were commiserating with [...]

People's Fair

Posted on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:22:45 +0000

On Sunday Sarah and I went to the People’s Fair in downtown Denver along with some friends. Normally at an outing like this Sarah and I justify the ticket price with people watching, i.e. every outlandish person we see is worth some monetary value that goes against what we paid to get in. Example: “Ooh, [...]

Rocket in a Bible

Posted on Sat, 27 May 2006 19:09:07 +0000

Last sunday Sarah and I joined a bunch of friends at James A. Bible park to shoot off rockets. You see our friends Brad and Mijon are moving away, and before that happened Brad wanted to make sure to set off his model rocket in the city in which it was made. Admirable. I had [...]

You are so jealous

Posted on Thu, 25 May 2006 20:43:54 +0000

It’s true, you are. Look what I just found in my MySpace Friend Requests: Carman, my friends, has sought me out and found me. With all his hits from such epic albums as Carman’s Yo! Kidz: The Hitz and R.I.O.T. (Righteous Invasion of Truth), what choice did I have but to befriend him? It’s okay to be [...]

My first blog… sort of.

Posted on Wed, 24 May 2006 18:03:08 +0000

It’s 2006 and I’ve finally entered the world of blogging. I’ve tried to muster the interest to do it in the past but have found that, typically, I’m not the kind of person with either the requisite drama or the need to publicly display said drama, both of which seemed so crucial in penning an [...]