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(Part of The Weekly Check In series)

Blake wrote some of my favorite songs of all time in his band Jawbreaker. (loved Jet’s To Brazil too.) Here’s a quick check in with him, short and sweet. After you read this you should check out the Flashback Friday I did about Jawbreaker. Also note Blake has a new band with Aaron Cometbus, look out for them they’re playing shows around Brooklyn. (I think even one tonight.)

RR: What are you currently working on or just finished that you’re excited about?

Schwarzenbach: I just finished a rather elegant translation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s “Second Discourse” which I’m proud of, and my new band played our first show on Sunday.  The darkness drops again!

RR: Where have you traveled so far this month?

Schwarzenbach: I haven’t left Brooklyn in a month.

RR: What’s your favorite music right now?

Schwarzenbach: Chumbawamba, The Vapors‘ “Magnets” album, Legal Weapon and Divinyls‘ “Desperate.”

RR: Best food you’ve had in your neighborhood lately or while you were traveling?

Schwarzenbach: Pizza for breakfast, Prospect Park Southwest.

RR: Anything Else You Want To Mention?

Schwarzenbach: Recount!  I think Obama had more votes than were allowed.  The mandate should be affirmed in even more overwhelming numbers.  The concession prize: Lee Atwater is dead, Karl Rove is not getting younger or less dauphin-like, and Palin gets to go home to Alaska to be a grandmother.  I think Bush is going to start drinking again and leave the church — perhaps he and John Hagee will re-stage Waco only with more fire and captive moon children.