Jack Skelley is the author of the novels The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker (Semiotext(e), 2023) and Myth Lab: Theories of Plastic Love (Far West Press, 2024). Jack’s other books include Monsters (Little Caesar Press, 1982), Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson (Fred & Barney Press, 2021), and Interstellar Theme Park: New and Selected Writing (BlazeVOX, 2022). Jack’s psychedelic surf band Lawndale released two albums on SST Records, and has a new album, Twango (2022).
Jack Skelley
Articles
Cyber Celebrity Skin
Jack Skelley reports from a star-struck showcase of cyborg feminists, futuristic fetishists, and booty mutants: Jeffrey Deitch’s “Post Human” revival.
Tricky Business
Jack Skelley locates the line between authenticity and performance in the new immersive theater performance “Session.”
Blorp!
Jack Skelley beams himself into the future to watch the robots of Kraftwerk serve Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Facsimile the Cosmos
Jack Skelley pays the piper at the gates of Zebulon: Robyn Hitchcock covering Syd Barrett songs in Los Angeles.
Glass House Is a Smash
Jack Skelley has no stones to throw at “Glass House,” a new intermedia performance organized by Volta Collective and Central Server Works.
Theme Park or Museum?
Jack Skelley tours Luna Luna, an art theme park recently resurrected by Drake, containing work by Basquiat, Haring, and others.
Revolutionary Blake-splaining
For Jack Skelley, William Blake has it all: from colonization and sex to post-structuralism and the superego.
Kathy Acker Masturbated Here
For Jack Skelley, Kathy Acker was a writer who both masterfully baited and masturbated, occasionally at the same time.
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