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Hot Rod Condoms Jon Kinyon is the founder and president of Hot Rod Condoms, a U.S. condom brand which he launched in 1994 (recouping his initial investment and making a 250+% profit within 2 short years). In 2002, Hot Rod Condoms introduced its Speedstrip Applicator condom, the first condom with a built-in applicator to be marketed world-wide. The patented applicator facilitates putting a condom on quickly and easily. This was also one of the first "novelty" condoms to meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards for disease prevention and contraception. Hot Rod Condoms is distributed world-wide by Kinyon Enterprises, LTD. Official Hot Rod Condoms website: www.hotrodcondoms.com
The Jimi Homeless Experience Stop motion animation and webcomic On March 6, 2008 Jon became the first "featured animator" on MyToons.com, a YouTube-styled website specifically geared for 2-D and 3-D animation, with a stop-motion clay animation parody of Jimi Hendrix' key performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. The animated piece features a fictional character named Jimi Homeless who first appeared in a series of webcomics published as "The Jimi Homeless Experience". The webcomics first appeared in February of 2006, they are written by Jon and drawn by an underground cartoonist known as Big Tasty. Parody albums On August 23, 2007 Jon released a full length CD of parody songs he wrote and produced, all inspired by the afforementioned webcomic. The first CD by The Jimi Homeless Experience "Are You Homeless?" was released on the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix' first album release "Are You Experienced" - it features Weird Al Yankovic-styled parodies of some of Hendrix' biggest hit songs. A follow up CD Single "Band of Junkys" was released on August 23, 2009 featuring a cover of the blues classic "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" as well as another parody of a well known Hendrix song. Live stage show The Jimi Homeless Experience currently performs as a comedy rock act mainly in and around Hollywood, CA. Official Jimi Homeless website: www.jimihomeless.com Review of Jimi Homeless by Ken Voss: read here
God Squad! In 2002 Jon Kinyon wrote, produced, and directed God Squad!, a comedy film which parodied Christian Films and 1970s Buddy Cop Films. It featured cult film actress and former Penthouse Pet of the Year (1993) Julie Strain as well as actor Al Israel who is famous for his roles in Scarface, Carlito's Way and Body Double. After it's premiere at the Academy Award accredited Los Angeles International Film Festival the film went on to screen at Tromadance in Park City, UT, the Backseat Film Festival (on the VANS Warped Tour), and more than 20 other independent film festivals around the globe. It also received the most views (over 1 million) on Undergroundfilm.com. This film is included in the european version of "The Best of Tromadance" DVD. Official God Squad! website: www.picturedeal.com
LIGHT VERSES DARK HUMOR Jon published a book of poems which were written between 1989 and 2000. Copies of this book were originally printed and distributed to bookstores and small coffee shops in LA and the SF Bay Area back in 2000. Official website: www.powerlesspress.com
MK-ULTRA RECORDS Jon Kinyon has several music projects which are marketed world-wide on his independent record label. Solo material and collaborations with other artists he's produced can be found on iTunes, Amazon.com, Rapsody, and many other retail outlets. Official MK-ULTRA RECORDS website: www.mkultrarecords.com
WASTELAND TV Jon Kinyon is currently in production on Wasteland Television. Plans include launching several different web series before the end of 2010 and continuing them on throughout 2011. The first series to launch is Shemales on Wheels - launched Sept. 22, 2010. The second series The Director launched Oct. 7, 2010. Official WASTELAND TELEVISION website: www.wastelandtelevision.com
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