Is the crack a metaphor for both our hopes and fears regarding our mortality? That’s how I interpreted it. When I read it, I could imagine Mikel singing parts of it – particularly when he uses the phrases “like a child” and the longer sentence, “You sit around with these thoughts and you cry so hard, you wrench and shake and sputter and lie awake trying to think of romantic things for someone to read over your grave-but it’s all so awful and selfish.” The story reads similar to many of Mikel’s lyrics – with the themes of relationships, morbidity and mortality, parts of Los Angeles, etc. The story concerns an unnamed central character and his friends’ preoccupation with both their terminal illnesses and an ever-widening crack in the pavement. This is an obvious first choice: Mikel’s short story, which was published in McSweeney #27. I’m not a critic of written work, so don’t expect anything deep and meaningful – just a fan’s comments. I had a quick Google and found the article, and thought what a great subject matter for This Is Nowhere’s ‘5s’ Mikel’s written work would be.
Recently I was watching a documentary about David Bowie on TV, and that reminded me that Mikel had once interviewed Bowie. Shot with a Canon 7D and Canon 50mm 1.8 lens. Whether it’s lyrics, stories, interviews or articles, Mikel Jollett is a master writer.
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