“The scene is Downers Grove, Illinois, 1995. In the musty, cigarette-reeking studio of WDGC, projecting literally dozens of watts into the west suburban Chicago sky, a young boy palm-sweatingly broadcasts a phone interview with his favorite band to three or four listeners. Struck with a speech impediment from talking to *rock stars*, the boy stammers out an Interview 101 question on how their lates”
