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Jacob Slichter (born Jacob Huber Slichter, April 5, 1961) is an American musician and academic, best known as the drummer for the rock band Semisonic. [1] Early life. Slichter, the son of physicist Charles Slichter, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in African American studies and history.
Author of So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star (Broadway Books, 2004) and the drummer for the band Semisonic. He has written for The New York Times, has been a commentator for NPR’s Morning Edition, and he blogs about connections between music, writing, and other art forms at portablephilosophy.com. SLC, 2013–. Undergraduate Courses 2024-2025.
My name is Jacob Slichter. I'm a musician, writer, and teacher. I continue to find that the insights that inform my drumming inevitably find their way to my writing, that writing informs my teaching, and so on.
Portable Philosophy. A Conversation about Writing and Music with Jennifer Egan. October 5, 2022 Jacob Slichter. Photo by Pieter M. Van Hattem. Jennifer Egan is the author of several novels and a short story collection.
About So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star. After years of working day jobs and making music in his basement, Jacob Slichter wondered if his dreams of rock stardom were a vain illusion. Then he was recruited by two of his successful musician friends to form a band that became Semisonic.
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Jacob Slichter. J S. About the Author. JACOB SLICHTER is a native of Champaign, Illinois, and graduated from Harvard with a degree in Afro-American studies and history. He has read his road diaries (originally published on the Semisonic website) on NPR’s Morning Edition.
Jan 13, 2015 · Jacob Slichter. @portablephiloso. Drummer, writer, teacher, musical child of the mixolydian 60's. He/him/his. @PortablePhilosophy. on Spoutible. Brooklyn, NY portablephilosophy.com Joined January 2015. 2,195 Following. 1,363 Followers. Replies. Media. Likes. Pinned Tweet. Jacob Slichter. @portablephiloso. ·. Jan 2, 2020.
