The new issue of the UK magazine The Wire has the first-ever face-to-face interview with reclusive and enigmatic singer-songwriter Jandek. These may or may not be among the landmark interview’s revelations.
10) Since 2003, Corwood Industries has been a fully-owned subsidiary of Interscope with an in-house staff of 27
9) While recording his forthcoming studio album, he "totally started getting into Fleetwood Mac and 90s R&B"
8) Nancy in "Nancy Sings" was actually then-California Democratic Party Chair Nancy Pelosi
7) When asked if he had any "funny tour stories," he mentions the time his roadie was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia
6) After the success of 1982’s Staring at the Cellophane, he turned down an offer to form Crosby, Stills, Nash & Jandek
5) His favorite GIF is the one where Jedi cat’s paws turn into lightsabers
4) His 1996 album White Box Requiem was originally intended to be a song-by-song answer to Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville
3) He first realized guitars needed to be tuned around the time of 1987’s Blue Corpse but decided to just roll with it
2) A Units reunion is completely off the table because, at this point, the members all hate each other
1) He did it all for the nookie