Yo Chuck! Part 2: Killing Yourself to Live

For 6,557 miles, Chuck Klosterman thought as much as possible about death and dying. He drove a rental car from New York to Rhode Island to Georgia to Mississippi to Iowa to Minneapolis to Fargo to Seattle, and he chased death and rock n’ roll all the way. Over the span of 21 days, Chuck had three relationships end (one by choice, one by chance, and one by exhaustion). He snorted cocaine in a graveyard. He walked a half mile through the bean field. A waitress in Dickinson, ND, explained to him why he would never be happy. He listened to KISS solo albums and realized its band members represent every woman he ever cared about. At one point, poisonous snakes became involved. The road is hard.

From the Chelsea Hotel to the swamp where Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane went down to the spot where Kurt Cobain blew his head off, Chuck explores every brand of rock star demise. He wants to know why the greatest career move any musician can make is to stop breathing…and what this means for the rest of us. With Fargo Rock City, Chuck examined the way we grow up on popular culture. With Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puff, Chuck took a look at the way we form our adult lives around popular culture. With Killing Yourself to Live, he takes on nothing less than the rest of it – living, loving, and dying – all through the ever-present lens of that which entertains us.