Jake Longstreth

He makes regular appearances as a co-host and former "West Coast correspondent" on Time Crisis, the Apple Music internet radio show hosted by Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, where he frequently gives in-depth investigative reports on various topics such as the history of the Frito-Lay corporation, PepsiCo, and the NRA. Longstreth is also a guitarist in the Grateful Dead cover band Richard Pictures. In 2016, he made several appearances with Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors as a supporting musician during their performances for Bernie Sanders' campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Richard Pictures continued to perform with Vampire Weekend at various live shows such as the 2018 Ojai performance, and opened for the band at several venues for their 2019 Father of the Bride tour. In June 2019, Longstreth released an EP with rock group Mountain Brews, and in January 2020 the group released their second EP, Let It Grow. October 9th, 2019 during the 2nd night of their 2 night Red Rocks run, Vampire Weekend covered Longstreth's "Mountain Brews", the title track from the EP of the same name.

Longstreth is the older brother of David Longstreth, the lead singer and guitarist of Dirty Projectors. He married filmmaker Hannah Fidell on September 23, 2017 in Inverness, California.

He is a 2008 recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. His paintings can be found in the collections at the Crocker Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art Library, and JP Morgan Chase, among others.

Longstreth received his Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and his Master of Fine Arts in 2005 from California College of the Arts in San Francisco, California.

John Pullman "Jake" Longstreth, Jr. (born February 3, 1977), is an American painter, musician and internet radio personality. He is currently the co-host of the Beats 1 show, Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig and member of a Grateful Dead cover band, “Richard Pictures”.