Jim Knipfel
Jim Knipfel (pronounced Kah-nipfel) (born June 2, 1965), is an American novelist, autobiographer, and journalist.
A native of Wisconsin, Knipfel, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, is the author of a series of critically acclaimed memoirs, Slackjaw, Quitting the Nairobi Trio, and Ruining It for Everybody, as well as two novels, The Buzzing and Noogie's Time to Shine. He wrote news stories, film and music reviews, the crime blotter, and feature articles until June 13, 2006 for the weekly alternative newspaper New York Press, where he was the only staff writer.
He also wrote the long-running and popular "Slackjaw" column for the Press. The first edition of "Slackjaw" appeared on October 25, 1987 in the Welcomat, a Philadelphia weekly (now renamed the Philadelphia Weekly), where he also reviewed restaurants and art exhibits. "Slackjaw", a cynical, misanthropic look at daily life, has given Knipfel a small but loyal following of readers.
Youth and early career
Knipfel was born on June 2, 1965 in Grand Forks, North Dakota on the American air base where his father was then stationed. Before he was a year old, the Knipfel family moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin where his father continued to work for the U.S. Air Force for many years and his mother worked in a variety of jobs. In his teens, he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called retinitis pigmentosa, which would progressively render him blind in later years. His first memoir, Slackjaw, chronicles the deterioration of his eyesight.
Podcasts:
Slackjaw
ALBUMS
- Slackjaw / Schifosi released: 2002
- Death to False Metal released: 1997
Slackjaw
ALBUMS
- Serious Beats, Volume 6 released: 1992
Serious Beats, Volume 6
Released 1992- Don't You Want Me (Hooj mix)
- Magic Orchestra (remix)
- It's a Dream Song
- High (Cloud 9 mix)
- Pot of Gold
- Beat Time
- Hustle Espanol
- Lifetime Warranty (Solid mix)
- Fantasies of the Mind (dance mix)
- Fruit of Love (techno single version)
- X-Paradise (DJ G. Spot mix)
- Pleasures
- Tired of Having to Be Good
- Our Reservation
- Nine Is a Classic
- Stronger Than Steel
- Face the Mastermind (Hard Coded Path mix)
- Dildo (original)
- I Feel Good
- Inversion (Tribal mix)
Slackjaw
ALBUMS
- All Fallen Heroes released:
Slackjaw
by: Element EightyNo, don't mock me
Don't you look at me, pity me, feel for me
It's okay
look down on me
cause now you're born again, dead again so
now to my face you lie to me
Don't sit there and tell me
you just want to be my friend
don't lie to me
don't sit there and judge me..you don't wanna face yourself
don't lie to me
don't sit there and test me I don't have the patience now
don't lie to me
don't lie to me
All the times I've seen your face
never thought I could erase
and now I watch it slip away
you can never take my place
I don't want this..I don't need this
I will never go away
I leave this all to you to live inside you till you die
No don't mock me
don't you point at me, laugh at me, turn on me
It's okay
look down on me
I will always be what you see so
now to my face you lie to me
don't sit there and tell me
you just want to be my friend
don't lie to me
don't sit there and judge me..you don't wanna face yourself
don't lie to me
don't sit there and test me
I don't have the patience now
don't lie to me
don't lie to me
All the times I've seen your face
never thought I could erase
and now I watch it slip away
you can never take my place
I don't want this..I don't need this
I will never go away
I leave this all to you to live inside you till you die
All the times I need you
you are never there
All the times I need you
you are never there
All the times I need you
you are never there
All the times I need you
you are never there
All the times I need you
you are never there
All the times I need you
you are never there
All the times I've seen your face
never thought I could erase
now I watch it slip away
you can never take my place
I don't want this..I don't need this
I will never go away
I leave this all to you
cause you can never take me..me..me
you'll never take me..me..me