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Dec 11, 2005 0:15:56 GMT -5
Post by derekyoung on Dec 11, 2005 0:15:56 GMT -5
a year since the last - any coming soon?
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Post by derekyoung on Sept 16, 2005 23:39:04 GMT -5
yes, let's hope. cheers. -derek
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Post by derekyoung on Aug 6, 2005 3:28:42 GMT -5
finally read it - i didn't care too much for the interviewer. he ("BS") should've been asked to just release a statement about whatever he ("BS") would/could release. an interviewer will never ask the right questions. but then again i did learn a lot and i am happy for the man and would congratulate him on his efforts if i met him. it's good to see educated people, educating others (insert teaching plug here - yes, i am a former new jersey-an who has made his northern wei to new hampshire as an aspiring educator to make efforts in changing the general public's views on mathematics - end plug).
i thought the follow-up post regarding his sexuality wasn't appropriate.
forcing music - strike that - forcing art out of an artist produces ______ (fill it in). people need to learn that art cannot be controlled by anyone else but the artist. i think cocteau would agree. it will lead to tangents off the interview, but the man wants to teach english and it is his passion now.
again i'll ask - do you think our good ol' "BS" will join the board? maybe if we start an english thread and mash the keyboard over derrida, thomas, nabokov, or chomsky (ex-mathematician by the by) we can lure him into sharing his english passion with us. but i think an incessant inquisition about his music (and further music ventures) will only detract him from any interest in discussion.
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Post by derekyoung on Jul 25, 2005 0:18:24 GMT -5
cheers - looks good - will definitley read and post thoughts when i have the chance. speaking of chances...is there one that you have his postal address?
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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
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Post by derekyoung on May 24, 2005 23:31:03 GMT -5
here here.
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Post by derekyoung on May 22, 2005 14:22:46 GMT -5
it is good to see people paying attention to the site and the board - i think it will help the band coexist next to extinction. can't wait for that new live show from the above posted.
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Post by derekyoung on Mar 18, 2005 13:23:19 GMT -5
awesome site. thx for making the info available. hope school goes well for you. original from dirtyjerz - now attending UNH for a masters in teaching.
hope to see a lot of posts.
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