Uber Chronicles

Brian Kruse is like no one you’ve ever met. He is a learned, sardonic, articulate professor,

who knows more about music, politics, writing, philosophy, whatever…than you.

He is also blind and takes a lot of Uber rides. These are his stories–raw and uncensored.

Uber Chronicles: Tuesday Morning Microagression

January 8, 2018

Mike was my fellow Uber passenger. He got out to help me into the vehicle. As he got back in, he told Bob, our driver, to hop to it! Bob thanked him for helping me get in.

Uber Chronicles: Conversation With an Oddly Intrusive Uber Drive with a Russian Accent

January 8, 2018

Uber driver: "So, do you live in Rogers Park?" Me: "No." Uber driver: “Where do you live?" "I live in Lakeview, but I might be moving to Rogers Park."

Uber Chronicles: Jesus Rides Beside Me

January 8, 2018

Today I had an Uber driver name Jesus. The first few times I tried to call him, it went straight to voicemail. Jesus didn’t answer his calls.

Uber Chronicles: Conversation With an Oddly Intrusive Uber Drive with a Russian Accent

January 8, 2018

Uber driver: "So, do you live in Rogers Park?" Me: "No." Uber driver: “Where do you live?" "I live in Lakeview, but I might be moving to Rogers Park."

Uber Chronicles: Talking So Well

January 8, 2018

“Are you gonna get stem cells put in you, so you can see? My friend Adam says he wouldn't, because he is happy with what God has given him and feels like getting his sight would be like growing a third hand or something. Do you feel that way?”

Uber Chronicles: Inanimate Object

January 8, 2018

Leaving from my ex-wife’s house, the Uber driver just asked the woman I hire to help me babysit, "Is there anything I need to know before I start driving him?"

Uber Chronicles: The Vapes

January 8, 2018

This morning I had an Uber driver who sounded to be breathing irregularly. Now I find myself with another driver breathing similarly.

Had a Bad Day...

July 6, 2018

Sometimes I feel like my blindness makes me invisible to Uber drivers as they have the tendency to drive right past me even though I’m the only person standing where they are supposed to pick up and I’m holding a phone. Maybe it’s something psychological that the driver experiences. Maybe they just assume that they won’t have a blind passenger and, if they just travel on a little further, they’ll find the able-bodied passenger they were supposed to meet.

Uber Chronicles: Jesus Rides Beside Me

January 8, 2018

Today I had an Uber driver name Jesus. The first few times I tried to call him, it went straight to voicemail. Jesus didn’t answer his calls.

Uber Chronicles: Tuesday Morning Microagression

January 8, 2018

Mike was my fellow Uber passenger. He got out to help me into the vehicle. As he got back in, he told Bob, our driver, to hop to it! Bob thanked him for helping me get in.

Uber Chronicles: Adventure With Deborah

March 10, 2018

I ordered the Uber when I arrived. I tried to contact the driver only to find that the option to call him was not available; I could only send him a text. I informed him that I was visually impaired and standing by the curb. Just to make sure, I also told him that visually impaired meant that I could not see.

Pride Day Morning

August 3, 2018

Awesome Totally Awesome - Freaks & Weirdos Boutique

Awesome Dropping

Awesome Totally Awesome Hoppily Ever After

HOPPILY EVER AFTER: The Evolution of Craft Beer From Hipster Beards To Fruity Beers

September 19, 2018

Who doesn't like a nice, cold beer on a hot day or even a cold day, for that matter? There are only two types of people who don't like beer; weirdos and toddlers.

Awesome Totally Awesome - Blizzard of Ozz

Recording Blizzard of Ozz & Diary of a Madman

October 4, 2018

It's a long way back in time now, but the man who helped Ozzy Osbourne record two of the greatest albums in metal history still has a pretty good memory of how they were made back in the early 1980s.

Awesome Totally Awesome - Black Sabbath Sabotage

Black Sabbath's "Sabotage": Anger Provides Inspiration

October 4, 2018

Not all, but many Black Sabbath fans point to the phenomenal Sabotage as the Birmingham band's best album.

Venom, Suicide Squad, and the Rated R Risk: PG 13 Isn't Cutting It

November 8, 2018

Venom has problems. A startling criticism of a superhero movie rooted in the MCU but nonetheless an accurate one.

Awesome Totally Awesome - The Distillers

ATA's Timeline Review of The Distillers at the Hollywood Palladium

September 25, 2018

I tell my daughter that this album was written after the singer of the Distillers left the singer of Rancid. She doesn’t give a sh*t.

Awesome Totally Awesome - How Much Do Rappers Make?

Calling Out The Flex: How Much Do Rappers Really Make

November 9, 2018

Chance the Rapper called out that if we could see the bank accounts of a lot of rappers these days, the numbers would be way lower than we’d expect.

How Jane's Addiction's Nothing's Shocking Almost Did Not Get Recorded

February 27, 2018

One of the most significant albums of the 1980s, Jane's Addiction's seminal Nothing's Shocking, almost didn't get recorded. While the album turned out to be so influential to alternative music and the beginnings of grunge, the band that went into LA's Eldorado Studio to record it nearly broke up during production.

Awesome Totally Awesome Replaced My Bumper

I Replaced My Bumper: A Tale of Avoiding Trendy Plastic Surgery

September 6, 2018

My formative teen years did not involve the ever-present smartphone of today, but the media still found ways of consistently feeding me the image of “the perfect body.”

J.I.D. – Don’t Underestimate What This Young Rapper Brings to the Table

November 5, 2018

Without pressing play, you may assume that J.I.D. is another one of the mumble rappers we don’t need more of.

Uber Chronicles

Uber Chronicles: Tuesday Morning Microagression

Uber Chronicles: Conversation With an Oddly Intrusive Uber Drive with a Russian Accent

Uber Chronicles: Jesus Rides Beside Me

Uber Chronicles: Conversation With an Oddly Intrusive Uber Drive with a Russian Accent

Uber Chronicles: Talking So Well

Uber Chronicles: Inanimate Object

Uber Chronicles: The Vapes

Had a Bad Day...

Uber Chronicles: Jesus Rides Beside Me

Uber Chronicles: Tuesday Morning Microagression

Uber Chronicles: Adventure With Deborah

Pride Day Morning

Awesome Dropping

HOPPILY EVER AFTER: The Evolution of Craft Beer From Hipster Beards To Fruity Beers

Recording Blizzard of Ozz & Diary of a Madman

Black Sabbath's "Sabotage": Anger Provides Inspiration

Awesome Features

Venom, Suicide Squad, and the Rated R Risk: PG 13 Isn't Cutting It

ATA's Timeline Review of The Distillers at the Hollywood Palladium

Calling Out The Flex: How Much Do Rappers Really Make

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How Jane's Addiction's Nothing's Shocking Almost Did Not Get Recorded

I Replaced My Bumper: A Tale of Avoiding Trendy Plastic Surgery

J.I.D. – Don’t Underestimate What This Young Rapper Brings to the Table

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