- Jonathan's high school homeroom - and creative writing - teacher was Frank McCourt, who encouraged him to continue writing his trademark haiku poetry. Occasionally, McCourt would bring in drafts of an autobiographical work he was working on at the time, asking Jonathan's class if they wouldn't mind hearing some passages read to them. Those drafts became the basis for the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Angela's Ashes.'.
- Jonathan was one of a group of 'Club Kids' in 1980s New York, working primarily as a deejay at the legendary nightclubs Danceteria, Limelight, Tunnel and the World. He worked door at the Palladium and at The Bank in Philadelphia, PA - where he also performed as a go-go dancer at the now-defunct Revival club.
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