Chris Butler's "Album: An Audio Memoir"

I say I'm writing an autobiography in record reviews, but Chris Butler -- obscuro pop genius, Waitresses mastermind, and creator of my probable Album of the Year, Easy Life -- is doing it for real. His Album: An Audio Memoir combines great storytelling with sound samples, like a hipper This American Life, but not as insufferable as that sounds. So far there are half a dozen installments, but it remains a work in progress. Check it out.