I’ve been a fan of Leighton (formerly rhymes with Satan, now rhymes with Hatin’) for a while, and his blog is part of my daily local reading (which also includes Mark Maynard, Richard Murphy, AAIO, The Anchored Nomad, and some others).

But even if you aren’t acquainted with the truck-driving rock a**-kicker, you have to check out his podcasts. It’s a chance to listen to the CB convos of truckers that the rest of us never get to hear, interspersed with music from the Pixies, Dillinger Escape Plan, Jesus Lizard, and a whole bunch of bands that I’ve never heard of because I am a wuss and I’m too busy listening to Sufjan Stevens and Iron & Wine and crying in the bathtub.

Know thyself.

BE ADVISED! There is swearing, and also the mention of the unmentionables of a goat. By Diane Rehm.

I have to do a story on this guy.