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High Fidelity meets Killing Yourself to Live in this memoir of one man's search for his lost record collection.

As he finds himself within spitting distance of middle age, journalist Eric Spitznagel feels acutely the loss of ... something. Freedom? Maybe. Coolness? Could be. The records he sold in a financial pinch? Definitely. To find out for sure, he sets out on a quest to find the original vinyl artifacts from his past. Not just copies. The exact same records: the Bon Jovi record with his first girlfriend's phone number scrawled on the front sleeve, the KISS Alive II he once shared with his little brother, the Replacements Let It Be he's pretty sure, twenty years later, would still smell like weed.

As he embarks on his hero's journey, he reminisces about the actual records, the music, and the people he listened to it with-old girlfriends, his high school pals, and, most poignantly, his father and his young son. He explores the magic of music and memory as he interweaves his adventures in record culture with questions about our connection to our past, whether we can ever recapture it, and whether we would want to if we could.

Eric Spitznagel, author, humorist, and journalist, writes the Compare and Contrast column every Sunday for the New York Times Magazine. He is a frequent contributor to the Believer, Esquire, Playboy, Details, and Men's Health, among many other publications. He has written and coauthored several books, including The Junk Food Companion, Cigar Asphyxianado, and A Guy's Guide to Dating.

Jeff Tweedy is the founding member and leader of the groundbreaking American rock band Wilco and cofounder of the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, making him one of contemporary American music's most accomplished songwriters, musicians, and performers. Since starting Wilco in 1994, Tweedy has written original songs for seven Wilco albums, sold millions of records worldwide, won two Grammy Awards, and earned rave reviews from critics and fans alike. He lives with his family in Chicago.

Ramiz Monsef has spent several seasons as a member of Oregon Shakespeare Festival's acting company, and he is the playwright of OSF's 2013 production The Unfortunates. He has also appeared onstage in New York and in numerous regional productions.