In one scene, struggling with a hangover and taking Ox圜ontin to try and straighten himself out, Rogers picks up his daughter from kindergarten and her teacher accompanies them home. The book is free from the usual music industry bravado and associated name dropping, but there are episodes of pain: self-harming after a gig in Toronto, fights with his ex, the sorrow of being a long-distance dad, and the chaos that can come from drink and drugs. ‘Along with the seersucker suit and the crate of gin, we’ve had to reel it all back in.’ Photograph: Luke Henery “I guess I live very quietly – solitarily – but the only time I got a real sharp intake of breath was when the books got delivered to me.” “It’s interesting letting people in,” he says. Wiry as a pipe cleaner, with a greying mop of hair, he speaks quietly, almost tentatively, about his debut book, with none of the bragger and swagger usually associated with rock stars. Right now he is in the midst of the latter, in rehearsals for a new production of his play What Rhymes with Cars. Now aged 47, Tim Rogers lives alone in St Kilda and describes his life as largely solitary, punctuated by frantic bursts of activity surrounded by plenty of people. I meet him during his break at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, where he stands out among the lunchtime theatre crowd in a plaid suit (a slight flare in the trousers) and a matching baker boy hat. One of Australia’s most erudite lyricists and frontman of You Am I, Rogers is a beautiful memoirist, and honest to the point of discomfort for the reader – as if one were trespassing through his hinterland. The book is an episodic, discursive sketch of what it’s like to be Tim Rogers, written in the close first person, almost like a diary. Rogers is a complicated guy and his inner monologue is in turns whimsical, hilarious, wry, anxious, doubting, self-deprecating, despairing, wise and curious. Cars should not be parked on the street near the construction zone or in areas that are marked “No Parking.And what a landscape it is. If they must drive through the construction area, people are advised to proceed with caution, paying close attention to construction signs, traffic control devices and marked detours. People driving in the area are encouraged to use alternate routes of travel when possible. Despite the delay, the project is still expected to be complete by mid-September. Fourth will become a one-way road for northbound traffic only for the duration of the project.įourth was originally supposed to close on May 16, but the City of Champaign announced a delay in the project’s starting date. Working two separate contracts from Illinois American Water and the City of Champaign, A and R crews will replace a water main located beneath Fourth and then repair the pavement. Weather permitting, crews from A and R Services will close the southbound lane of Fourth Street between Daniel Street and Armory Avenue on Tuesday, May 24. (WCIA) - After a slight delay, a road construction project on the University of Illinois campus will begin this week.
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