I just found out that my friend Kelly will be touring with Bruce Springsteen this fall as a production assistant. How exciting is that? Maybe I can tag along and do another "on the road" story... Since I, like, do so much writing these days.

How does one get such a plum position, you ask? After working for Farm Aid for years, Kelly was hired by John Mellencamp in '99 and has since run the gamut of jobs for the erstwhile Cougar: assistant tour manager to Girl Friday to nanny for his two kids. It's been crazy, fun, stressful, awful, romantic, and, most importantly, a source of endlessly entertaining stories for me. And it's how we met Son Volt. Ah, the mem'ries!

Bruce comes to San Jose on August 27, which is luckily right after we return from Boston for a wedding.

Yay for Kelly!