So when you're writing, are you sitting down to write an album as opposed to writing a song as it comes to you?

I just write. I write a lot. I write a lot in notebooks and on my laptop and on my phone and on napkins and wherever. There'll be like hundreds of pieces of writing that aren't like songs that people will find; maybe they'll just be someone who lives in my apartment and they find it in a shoebox or something like that. But there's a lot of stuff like that. Some of them things become songs and some of them just stay in the notebook.

I just got asked to write a short story for this book that's gonna get published in Germany. From what I've been told, it's musicians or artists that are known for their facility with words. I think Thurston Moore is gonna write a story, Conor [Oberst] and Tim Kasher. I don't even know how to restart that engine in my brain to write a short story right now.

You're calling this the Antifreeze Tour, which I think is a brilliant idea, serving hot chocolate at all the shows. Where did that come from?

I'm gonna really let you down right now. I had nothing to do with that. And I hope that people don't take it literally because I'm not fucking serving it.

Are you serious? You totally should.

I'm a little worried now, 'cause you're the second person who's been like, "That's such a great idea."

It is a great idea. Maybe you should rethink the not serving it thing.

I'll pass it along to the appropriate channels.

Anything else exciting that you wish to share with me?

Um, I can't tell if my apartment is like a self-feeding organism that steals motivation and builds some kind of viral sickness, 'cause I feel...it's super dry. I've had a low-level cold for all of the time I've been home.

I think it's your apartment.

I'm worried that it's my apartment and I don't want to believe that 'cause it's a lovely place. I mean, I clean it. It's very comfortable. It's very spacious. But I feel a little worried that there's some kind of self-feeding organism that's trying to take me over from inside. So that's exciting if you believe in my impending doom.

It's interesting. It's a story. That's what we need.

I'm making oatmeal right now. I'm gonna leave my house in a little while. Go buy some apples and bananas and some toilet paper. Maybe go see my friends after that. And count another day off the ledger toward the tour...

Well, good luck with the apartment sickness thing. Maybe you should drink lots of hot chocolate.

Yeah, you like this hot chocolate thing. I'm gonna have to tell her that...

You should just have your publicist buy the hot chocolate.

That's exactly what I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say, "You made this problem and now you can make it go away." | Laura Hamlett

Kevin Devine's Antifreeze Tour (without hot chocolate)

01.19: New York, NY | The Bowery Ballroom
01.24: Philadelphia, PA | North Star
01.25: Pittsburgh, PA | Garfield Artwork
01.26: Richmond, VA | The Camel
01.28: Washington DC | The Black Cat Backstage
01.29: Chapel Hill, NC | Local 506
01.30: Atlanta, GA | Smith's Olde Bar
02.01: Tampa, FL | The Orpheum
02.02: Orlando, FL | The Social
02.04: Nashville, TN | Rocketown
02.05: Birmingham, AL | Bottletree
02.06: Baton Rogue, LA | Spanish Moon
02.07: Houston, TX | Walter's on Washington
02.08: Austin, TX | Stubb's BBQ
02.09: Dallas, TX | The Prophet Bar @ The Door
02.11: Lawrence, KS | Jackpot Music Hall
02.12: Omaha, NE | Slowdown Front Room
02.13: St. Louis, MO | Off Broadway Nightclub
02.14: Chicago, IL | Beat Kitchen
02.15: Cleveland, OH | The Grog Shop
02.16: Athens, OH | The Union @ Ohio University
02.17: Columbus, OH | The Basement