NO I'M NOT RELATED TO THIS GUY.

NEWS: My site's been screwed up for a while and I haven't had time to fix it. Sorry about that. Hopefully it and the gallery will be fixed soon. As for what's new:

Holy crap! This site is 11 years old! I really need to redesign it. Maybe I'll find time to do that some day.

I'm now a father of a beautiful son. Look at the pics!

I got married. Look at the pics!

My dance music career is somewhat on hold while I figure out how to do the whole "family" thing. I am however playing several performances here and there. To listen to my music and other info, go to infinitegrey.com.

2002 - I graduated college; i now have a bachelors degree of science in digital design. neeto.

Also, if you think you may know me, or have heard the name "John Berman" before, here's some info to help: I was born in 76, and grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia called Bala Cynwyd until the age of 11, when I moved to a suburb of Kansas City called Leawood, and then moved to Cincinnati when I was 18, where I have lived ever since. If you think that sounds familiar, I'd love to hear from you, so email me at john@linenoiz.com!

And now, here's something I wrote in 1996.

Hello there. You've reached another insignificant self indulgent arrogant display of some person you don't know on the internet. Why do so many damn people have personal web sites nowadays? This site dates back to 1996 (longer than most web sites these days)... and i'm realizing how unimportant personal sites are becoming. Who cares about me? I'm just some anonymous dude who makes art and music, who is looking for a record deal or a kickass job opportunity. Normal people shouldn't really care about this site, there's no porno and no religious propaganda and no educational value and no stock quotes. So why do i get so many hits? I'd really like to know.

As you can probably tell, i'm an artist. The whole electronic digital revolution inspires me to do stuff, mostly using a typewriter attached to a glowing box full of electrons. I think things are changing and evolution has spead up to a raging blur. I make images, some of them in motion, and sound. My musical artist name is infinite grey.

To make things easier i label what i do art. I guess it has to be art.. but who knows what defines art anymore? The definition of the word "art" has turned into a personal opinion. It's a little harder to label the style of music i produce; it's actually ranges from drum and bass to tribal techno to progressive house. If you don't know what those are.. let's just say "electronica" and get it over with, though that reminds me of the kind of music you hear at the vh1 fashion awards or on slam dunk videos.

When it comes to producing, i'm some sort of a programmimg addict. I go into deeper states of consciousness and lose track of time. And I don't really do it for expressionism (well, i do a little), but as much to convey a mood of electronic civilization and evolution into a higher understanding of the human condition.

Words suck. I prefer not to speak at all, although that often gets me nowhere. I communicate through visual and auditory symbols. This has often been slammed and crushed by my peers, but rather than get discouraged, i let it enlighten me to do more. I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, which means I'm never 100% finished creating anything. My life is a work in progress. I embrace technology, and wait eagerly for more. It's exploding now.

I grew up playing ASCII computer games, making abstract masterpieces on PC Paintbrush, and working with digitized sound and video on my first computer (an Amiga) when i was 12. I made my first electronic music when I was 15, and my tastes and style has evolved over the past 10 years. I made a cheese-ball techno song (even with a great guitair solo!) back in 94 using my friends 4-track, and for a while I was the programmer in an goth/industrial band. My tastes have really progressed over time, but I have always wanted to be inventive and grow as an artist, even if all that means is to make cool rave flyer graphics or some strange noises.

If you have the attention span to care and are really listening to me... i'm going to take this opportunity to vent a little. I didn't want to be rude or give out any controversial ideas but since i have such a unique audience here there are things i need to say. Just consider what i'm about to say as a little lesson in moral theory. Okay... here goes: it's screwed up that pharmaceutical and especially insurance companies are making such a big profit on the uncontrollable misfortune of others. It's screwed up that with the money we spend in ONE MONTH on the U.S. military, we could be saving 11 million lives worldwide fighting infectious diseases. It's screwed up that you can be arrested and detained without bail for simply being suspected having involvement with the "T" word. It's screwed up that with what the military spends on one Stealth bomber, we could be paying the annual salary/benefits for 38,000 elementary school teachers. It's screwed up that the army puts commercials on TV telling me that it's my "final destiny" to join them. It's screwed up that gun violence in america is so out of hand. It's screwed up that the government is allowed to pass a law saying it's illegal to dance. It's screwed up that congress is attempting to fine and jail concert promoters and venue owners because someone does drugs at one of their events. It's screwed up that you can get a free education just because you can throw a ball. It's screwed up that justice has a price and that the price is so expensive. It's screwed up that it says "Simulation. Do not drive car in ocean." at the bottom of the screen during the Hundai commercial when it has the swimming car. It's screwed up that people have to be so superficial and make their final judgments on people based on their appearance. It's screwed up that people applaud so loudly when jenny jones strips people of their individuality and makes them look like models in a JC Penny catalogue on national TV. It's screwed up that people can be so scared of how others perceive them. It's screwed up that journalistic integrety is less important than ratings in the media. It's screwed up that a lifestyle of violence and uneducated drug abuse has been so 'fashionable' lately. It's screwed up that so many people realize that there is a problem with society but they just whine and complain about it and rely on others to fix it rather than do something themselves. Hey.. I just realized that i'm pretty screwed up too! OK.. I'm done.. that wasn't so bad... was it?

So if you have read this far, I bet you're saying: "So what's the point?" My response would be there is no point. I'm sick of things having a point. Why do people make web pages? This is me, i live in Cincinnati, i work at web development company, i like electronic music, and i go to the University of Cincinnati. Here's a picture of me. Here's a picture of the iguana i used to have. Here's a link to the school i went to. Here's a link to where i work. That's all, no more. So why do personal web pages exist? I'd like to have some time to speak to an enlightened, intelligent audience, to put my resume on-line, allow people all over the world to see my art and hear my music. I'd like to provide links to other pages that inspire me. I'd also like to support my friends by providing links to web pages made by people i know. I think those are a few good reasons. One of my ultimate goals is to explore the web as not only a showcase, but as a form of artistic expressionism in itself. Why else create a web page?

Enough of this silly monologue. I'm not even sure why I wrote all this. Maybe you could tell me. Sorry if i sounded arrogant or snotty or just stupid. That's all I have to say here.