With nothing to do in Covington, Kentucky last night I took the shuttle to Cincinnati for a dollar and walked over to Great American Ballpark to see if I could score a…

I’m in love with the Ohio River Valley. My back hurts. I woke up on the hardwood floor in Brooke’s new apartment a few blocks from Bardstown Road in Louisville. It’s funny–the…

Whoops. Overslept. Perhaps this was because I was awake until after 4am awaiting a phone call. Nevertheless, I quickly loaded all my gear back into the car, said goodbye to my bed…

It’s now well beyond the midnight hour. My last contact with Electrical Audio came at about 2am, when I was informed by “weekend John” that Mr. Albini’s plane had been delayed from…

“I know all there is to know…about the waiting game…” Evan sits–in mid-air mind you (look, no chair beneath me)–outside a building in Rogers Park, a few feet from Lake Michigan, waiting…

Woke up, felt slightly chirpy, until I realized that I’m [redacted]–scourge of the literary underground and total fuck-up. Now officially twenty-three years of age, I opened my eyes and spied something like…

Woke up on the couch after a surprisingly good night of sleep. First order of business was to take a shower. When I turned on my computer there was an e-mail from…

Hey. I’m in Chicago. Today’s drive was nice and simple, which was a good thing, because I only got two hours of sleep last night. Somewhere between drinking too much Russian Imperial…

This is the first in a series of posts that follow me as I drive to Chicago and Louisville for a series of interviews that will be used in my book. Also,…