Perhaps the best summary I’ve seen for “Key West (Philosopher Pirate)” is that it’s Dylan’s own “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” That sums it ...

I first heard of Bob Dylan in a children’s book called Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar. In the book, a girl enters a talent show dre...

(Hi, everybody. I haven't used this website in years; go to adamchicago.com for current stuff. But this week my usual spring travel gi...

The adamselzer.com URL now points people over to adamchicago.com , which is the URL I've been giving out for the last couple of years. ...

Did you  miss out on the sold out Mysterious Chicago: Grave Robbing 101 tours or the cemetery walks in October? Good news! I'll be teami...

Hey, everybody! I don't post much here these days (author websites are sort of old fashioned, aren't they?) But I really should take...

Hi, everybody!  In the midst of rolling out new podcasts, setting up the October tour schedule , conducting interviews, and finishing off th...

More on the Book, Including Pre-Order Info ,  Advance Praise: "Ominious, unsettling, and dripping with snark, Just Kill Me  is...

- Kinda last notice but 82nd Street will be at Burlington Bar on Fullerton tonight (Dec 6). We'll be playing stuff from the new album, p...

Been a busy fall!  I've done a lot of radio shows lately, including 10 minutes on the Big John Howell show on WLS 10/27 and the second ...