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This dude has some crazy shit roaming about through his head, but the guy can write pretty damn well, which explains him being a senior writer at Spin. He manages to write about a solitary two week cross country journey without it ever seeming like he is alone.
I thought the story was going to focus on the places he visited (he went to see the spots where Rock and Roll tragedies happened), but it was more centered around his actual journey between each place and the thoughts that went through his mind, which were mostly centered around three women in his life. There was a memorable part in the book where he was imagining himself having a conversation about his personal faults with the three women while he was driving. That was a pretty surreal portion of the book, and probably my favorite part.
It seemed odd to me that he would take a two week journey with nothing but a rental car, 600 CDs and some weed, but he seemed to meet a lot of interesting people and learn a lot about himself in the process, as well as being able to listen to a CD that served as a soundtrack to the moment he was having. The death sites took a far back seat to his own problems, which would be my one complaint about the book. The only places he had really interesting things to write about were Kurt Cobain's house where he shot himself and the Station nightclub memorial (he ended up snorting coke with a guy who was there). All of the other places were written about as if already forgotten, though I think he went into greater detail in his Spin article that I haven't read.
This is a really fun read that goes by pretty fast. Klosterman's style of writing is humorous and interesting, and will have you thinking of calling a psych ward on his behalf.
Written by: RF