Nick Jaina gives an intimate look at his words and music, reading from his personal accounts of his life as an under-the-radar artist. His tales are heartfelt and rich with subtlety. Each story is orchestrated with an original score by Nick, creating an entrancing mixture of audiobook and sonic adveā¦
Nick goes to New Orleans because his friend David has a dream where Nick jumps out of a coffin. Nick then calls David to get some clarification on that dream.
Nick performs reads two chapters at a live show in Arcata, California, and talks about marijuana and sex. He also talks with his friend Melanie about why he's so weird.
Nick plays a show at Folsom Prison, and wonders whether he or the prisoners are getting more out of it. He talks to his friend Dorota about her memories of the experience.
Nick tries to pin down the various forms of sadness, and talks to his friend Leslie about "Broken Heart Syndrome"
Nick finds an abalone cross in a well which, instead of turning him into a Christian, leads him to a life of riding Greyhound buses and playing music
Nick reads three more chapters from his book, Get It While You Can. He calls his dad to talk about Death Valley and how you measure sea level.
Nick reads the first three chapters of his book, Get It While You Can, backed by musical accompaniment performed by him. In the middle he calls his mom for an interesting conversation about what the kids in his third grade class thought about Donald Trump.