Well here I was looking for the lyrics to some obscure folksong, and I saw the notice of Jonathan's passing. I hadn't seen him in probably twenty years or more, but my memories of him are vivid, and concur with many of the other wonderful reminiscences which have already been posted. I met him when I was just a fledgling deejay at WGTB-FM at Georgetown University... as I recall, he was co-hosting a program with Scott Sommers (whom I'd love to reconnect with as well... anyone know whatever became of him?), and the two of them (a) were playing some absolutely remarkable music and (b) took me under their wing and showed me the ropes, for which I will be forever grateful. Yes Jonathan could be prickly, but hey when you're a genius I suppose a bit of prickliness is allowed! But you ALWAYS knew where you stood with him, and his word was ALWAYS as good as gold... rare enough commodities in this day and age! In any event, I loved every minute I ever spent with the man, because I always learned something new from him, and he was more interesting, and (in his way) funny than ten other folks put together. Well Jonathan the world is a poorer, not to say less interesting, place now that you're gone, but I'm sure you are dazzling the angels right now with your amazing breadth of knowledge. And it was good to see so many other names from the (not so distant) past in this thread too...
Condolences to all who knew him and godspeed to him,
Myron