Kindle Singles including “The Long Run,” “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”

and most recently “Of Mice and Me.” Not because he’s an ultra-marathon

runner and punk rock singer, touring with bands such as The Strokes, The

Yeah Yeah Yeahs and comedian Doug Stanhope. Not even because I’ve

interviewed him before. But before he makes me cry…

We talk about the realities of touring, karma vs. science the origin of

his name, and the deepest voice you will ever hear saying, “I’m a

little mouse or a little bear,” which leads to a cool story about his

ethnic origin (you’ll never guess.) He drops an exclusive bit of news,

you have to listen to find out, and then we discuss the drawbacks of having

a threesome with Mishka, myself and Amy Dresner. Then at minute 26.16, Mishka starts

talking about my writing, how he feels reading it and then something

gets in my eye… We talk about our families and how hard it is to let

them love us. Eventually we circle back to my first interview question,

“When was the last time you thought about suicide?” and discuss what

keeps us from “tapping out.” Far from feeling heavy after it all, I get

home from interviewing Mishka at 3 a.m. feeling curiously light, “seen,”

and though you were not actually there, I’m sure you will feel it too.