That Jonathan Gillette was also going to school in Pennsylvania (http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathangillette) when _why wrote that message, supposedly from Salt Lake City, Utah.
http://javuh.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/javuh/javuh/Model/Ps...
He seems to have been working on the same file, in the same day, as Jonathan Gillette. Probably poking around this repository a little more could lead to an almost-definitive answer.
Also, here: http://javuh.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/javuh/javuh/Services... the @author is listed as:
11 * @author Why Carlisle (whytheluckystiff@mailcity.com)
He talks about a 14-year-old sister here: http://www.advogato.org/person/whytheluckystiff/diary/14.htm...
This being written in 2001, that would make her ~21 now.
Searching for Jonathan Gillette, http://www.intelius.com/search-summary-out.php?ReportType=1&...
a few relatives are listed, presumably one of which would be his sister, however, none are in the right age range.
Right, back to work now, I promise.
From "Collected by Why the Lucky Stiff", http://members.tripod.com/soccer_riot/famous.htm
say are you related to francis gillett who wrote that play about the kids who never slept and lived in wyoming.
dolphins.ram has "Jonathan Gillette" as the author. Yet another reason to hate Real Player.
I would feel bad about posting this, but since everyone's apparently going to go around assuming it with almost-proof already, I guess it can't do much harm.
look at the .txt file : both Jonathan Gillette and Kylie Gillette are present ...
Parents divorcing and family members committing suicide._why has written a lot about both topics and the band description matches up with his tastes and quirkiness quite well I think. So Kylie is in fact JGs wife.
Note the familiar figure on the cover.
I've just created a blog and posted an entry regarding the "_why is Jonathan Gillette" path ...: http://whereintheworldiswhy.wordpress.com/
According to me _why is Jonathan Gillette.
Why apparently went to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City: http://web.archive.org/web/20010518151731rn_1/deathstar.eng....
Ken Roford has an account on facebook, but no details revealed to the outside world.