The pieces in this book take us from his Southern roots, through his brief stay in St. Louis, then off to California on a search for punk bliss. Sinister finds himself in Oakland, where he gets exactly what he wanted, but it may just kill him.

From recounts of specific shows to metaphorical dreams of Abraham Lincoln to the heartbreaking stories of circus elephants, All Blacked Out and Nowhere to Go mixes tragedy and comedy into a book that's louder and faster than any book of its kind.