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Jesse Krakow

sometimes when i go to the park for some cheese...

About Me

Hey there, I'm Jesse. I currently play with a bunch of different projects - Fast 'n Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project featuring Gary Lucas, The Midnight Show, The Tall Pines, as well as play in singer-songwriter Amy Miles' band. I am also a part of Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think)'s new band. In the past I have been happy to be part of Time of Orchids, PAK, Ruins, Doctor Nerve, Dynamite Club, Giggle The Ozone, Snuggle/Stencil, and Scarecrow Collection, among many others. In addition to being part of other people's bands I also have a solo career, with two releases on the Public Eyesore/Eh? label out of Nebraska. At the moment I am working a new project with Julee Cruise ("Twin Peaks"), guitarist Clifton Hyde, percussionist Mike Pride, and keyboardist Jamie Saft, as well as realizing my rock opera "ROCK!" and working on my musical memoirs under the tentative title "Rockboy."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/2/2004
Band Website: publiceyesore.com
Influences: Captain Beefheart, The Beatles, Shudder To Think, Cheer Accident, Squeeze, The Pretenders, XTC, The Beach Boys, Madonna, The B-52's, Half Japanese, Peter Gabriel, The Shaggs, King's X, Def Leppard
Sounds Like: hopefully, something you'd like to hear
Record Label: Public Eyesore, Eh?, MT6, Crucial Blast
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Are You Ready To "ROCK!"?

Once upon a time - actually, never, but who cares? - there was a kid named Johnny. Now Johnny wasn't like the other kids. He came from the wrong side of the tracks, was a loner, a rebel, and didn't ha...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Tue, 06 May 2008 05:49:00 PST

An Interview I Recently Did About A Band I Once Was Or Still Am In

Q - Hello there Jesse. A - Hey Sam. Q - My name’s not Sam, but that’s cool. My friends and I had some questions about your imaginary collaborative bedroom band We Are The Musk Brigade. A...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:31:00 PST

The lyrics to "SISTA COMMUNITY"

I have been getting a lot of questions lately about why I write such short songs about topics most people have no active interest in. Until now I have not been able to provide the aforementioned quest...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:45:00 PST

Goodbye Time of Orchids

It is hard to reflect back on 8 and a half years of being in a relationship without thinking of the last 8 and a half years of your life. And it is hard thinking back to the last 8 and a half years of...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:52:00 PST

Sorry, certain popular band from Brooklyn

In life we all mistakes. Sometimes we do not know why we make them, sometimes we are all too aware of why we make them, and sometimes we make them in spite of the suffocating amount of silent voices t...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:49:00 PST

MY NEW ALBUM "WORLD WITHOUT NACHOS" IS OUT NOW ON EH?

Hey there rockers and rollers also, Eh? Records (in connection with Public Eyesore) has just released my new album "World Without Nachos." Yay! Yay for friends!I hope that those of you who are into so...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:58:00 PST

BEEVER + HAY-SAY! - The 3-Year Anniversary

This month marks the 3 year anniversary of the recording of "make good feeling", an album I recorded with my good friend Eric Klein under the name "Beever + Hay-say!" He was/is Beever, and I am/is Hay...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:56:00 PST

a brief encounter with the recently deceased Ike Turner

In the spring or summer of one of the years in the early 90's - musta been '93 or '94, I dunno, I was smoking what could be classified as an extreme amount of dope back then - I was, along with Cory ...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:36:00 PST

I Discovered A Rap (and I am not lying)

So I was writing in one of my notebooks today, and when I turned the page a loose piece of paper with someone else's writing fell out and dropped to the floor, just like in the movies. Very strange. B...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:18:00 PST

Thank U Ganghouse Boyz + Galz!!!!!!

Hey there friends...I am SO sorry this has taken me so long to get to, but the past two weeks have been some of the most intense of my life. I am up too much fun in the studio, in rehearsal rooms, in ...
Posted by Jesse Krakow on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:15:00 PST