The guy never stops making stuff—and this interesting short is one of the bits he managed to squeeze in between the cracks of Wild Things. One of the things I love of about Spike’s work is that they provoke thought. Happy 40th my man!
—Andy Jenkins, 22 October 2009
I was fortunate enough to attend the premiere of the Maurice Sendak doc Tell Them Anything You Want in New York last week. DO NOT miss this extraordinary film on HBO starting October 14th. Directed by Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs.
—Andy Jenkins, 13 October 2009
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A QUARTER OF NICKELS
I can still remember the very first time I heard them. It was the same day I first met Neil Blender. 1986 or so. Neil was blasting their music over speakers in his living room when O and I walked in. My first question was, “Who is this?” Neil and O both responded, “The Minutemen.” I was dumbfounded. A few months later in a record store, my good friend Kevin Wilkins shoved a couple 12″ records in my hand and just said, “Buy these.” It was the Minutemen’s What Makes a Man Start Fires? and Double Nickels.
I purchased them both and my life hasn’t been the same since.
The Minutemen’s now iconic Double Nickels on the Dime has been floating in
—Andy Jenkins, 30 July 2009
Catch up with WE JAM ECONO: The Story of the Minutemen
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The drive thru line is long, so I decide to park and go in. Never been inside this particular fast food joint, but they make a good chicken pita pocket, so I go for it. The parking lot is tight. Ridiculously tight. I wait for a giant Suburban to struggle its way through a twenty-point turn, before slithering into the spot it vacated. As I walk in, I pass a line of homeless folks sitting on the stoop out front. The cement is black with their time spent. Inside I instantly get a turnaround from a tall, bald, flame-tattooed white man waiting his turn at the register.
“Number 911!” shouts the Hispanic girl from behind the counter. “Your order is up!”
Flame
—Andy Jenkins, 27 July 2009
Postcard by Tucker Nichols
Family
Uncle Jon watches the TV through binoculars. Refuses to get his eyes checked. He used to write pretty funny Christmas letters—despite the sprinkling of a couple racist quips—before he lost his sight and decided he couldn’t write anymore.
Carry’s mother just smiles peacefully during conversations. She can’t hear a damn thing. Sometimes her hearing aids emit a super-high-pitched ring that has everyone around her squinching their faces up wondering what they hell it is.
Tito Anthony has gout. I’m not sure what gout is, but it doesn’t sound good. One time, after a check-up and battery of tests, they found some cancer in his back and started radiation treatments. The guy loves his wine and cigarettes and refuses to give
—Andy Jenkins, 20 July 2009
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