Post by derekyoung on May 31, 2005 11:14:40 GMT -5
i found this write-up on punknews.org - i was 'google'-ing mr. schwarzenbach to find out if anything new has developed from the man. last i heard he was teaching at SUNY - i should've paid a visit during one of my many visits to new paltz (the gunks) to have a word or more about things and meet the man. i wonder if writing is in order...would be nice to "shoot the sh.it" with someone we know so much about through his music.
any chance he'll join the board?
Update on Blake Schwarzenbach:
Blake Schwarzenbach
by Samantha Gillison
Blake Schwarzenbach, leader of the now defunct bands Jets to Brazil and Jawbreaker, embraced 2004 with the same grace, ingenuity, and intensity that he brought to any year of his punk-rock youth. Schwarzenbach, a friend of my husband's since childhood and a musician associated with the Bay Area as strongly as any indie artist, made a restless trek east after Jawbreaker broke up and transplanted himself to Brooklyn before 9/11. Known to insiders as one of the godfathers of emo, Schwarzenbach achieved new complexity and beauty in his songwriting while in Jets to Brazil. This past year, as he pursued graduate work in prison studies at New York City's working-class Hunter College, his writing has expanded beyond lyrics and liner notes. Employing Michel Foucault's theory of spontaneous and local anarchy, his artistic self-expression now includes deeply felt political essays, children's stories, and graphic representation in the form of agitprop stickers that have wound up on New York City cop cars, subway ads, Starbucks windows, and Fox News vans. And with what he calls "deep human hunger," he has delved into the world of filmmaking, starting with a Cindy Sherman-esque short entitled "Biko/Chico" that stars his cat and muse Chico Schwarzenbach.
Blake Schwarzenbach is the kind of artist I admire most: as verbally playful as Jack Kerouac, but with the tireless political consciousness of Virginia Woolf. And listening to the recently rereleased Jawbreaker album Dear You, I'm struck by how Schwarzenbach's lyrical gift combines with his rough-edged pop melodies, and I yearn for his next album. Before the presidential election, Schwarzenbach wrote on Punkvoter.com, "There has never been a better time to be artistically angry and full of love, if one can walk that uneasy line." If not you, Blake, then who?
-Chinatown
any chance he'll join the board?
Update on Blake Schwarzenbach:
Blake Schwarzenbach
by Samantha Gillison
Blake Schwarzenbach, leader of the now defunct bands Jets to Brazil and Jawbreaker, embraced 2004 with the same grace, ingenuity, and intensity that he brought to any year of his punk-rock youth. Schwarzenbach, a friend of my husband's since childhood and a musician associated with the Bay Area as strongly as any indie artist, made a restless trek east after Jawbreaker broke up and transplanted himself to Brooklyn before 9/11. Known to insiders as one of the godfathers of emo, Schwarzenbach achieved new complexity and beauty in his songwriting while in Jets to Brazil. This past year, as he pursued graduate work in prison studies at New York City's working-class Hunter College, his writing has expanded beyond lyrics and liner notes. Employing Michel Foucault's theory of spontaneous and local anarchy, his artistic self-expression now includes deeply felt political essays, children's stories, and graphic representation in the form of agitprop stickers that have wound up on New York City cop cars, subway ads, Starbucks windows, and Fox News vans. And with what he calls "deep human hunger," he has delved into the world of filmmaking, starting with a Cindy Sherman-esque short entitled "Biko/Chico" that stars his cat and muse Chico Schwarzenbach.
Blake Schwarzenbach is the kind of artist I admire most: as verbally playful as Jack Kerouac, but with the tireless political consciousness of Virginia Woolf. And listening to the recently rereleased Jawbreaker album Dear You, I'm struck by how Schwarzenbach's lyrical gift combines with his rough-edged pop melodies, and I yearn for his next album. Before the presidential election, Schwarzenbach wrote on Punkvoter.com, "There has never been a better time to be artistically angry and full of love, if one can walk that uneasy line." If not you, Blake, then who?
-Chinatown
