"Jon Jackson’s basically the reason I got into mp3 blogging. Not him personally of course but the idea of a Jon Jackson. A guy with limited resources who lives a rough and tumble life. Who battled alcohol and drug addiction and a stint in a psych ward all while still in high school. Who somehow manages to scrap together studio time, money for gear, CD duplication, etc. etc. to release their life’s dream in the form of a CD. In Jon’s case it took almost half of his annual income and a year of work to accomplish this feat. The result of all that trouble and strife is Green Apples. This post is not going to bring in much in the way of google searches, no one’s going to link to it (that’s a challenge to all you bloggers reading this btw and I know you’re out there!) and it’s not going to be picked up by Boing Boing, VH1’s Best Week Ever or Idolator. But writing about Green Apples is the one thing I can do to support independent music. Jon puts it ...