Last week, Ben Folds put out the word that he was looking for fans to lead a series of live ten-minute, online video interviews with him in the run-up to the forthcoming release of his collaboration with Nick Hornby, Lonely Avenue. Potential interviewers were asked to submit a sample question via Ben's site, Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace. The first two fan interviewers have been chosen: Josh Sondock and Lauren Gardier. Ben will be talking with Josh online tomorrow, Wednesday, August 18, starting at 6:30 PM ET, and with Lauren at 7 PM ET, both at benfolds.com/chat.

As part of the interview series, Ben will also be speaking with a number of notable artists, the first of which is the inimitable Mr. Bob Saget. That interview will take place on Thursday, August 19, starting at 4 PM ET, also at benfolds.com/chat, and is surely not to be missed.

Lonely Avenue is due out September 28 on Nonesuch and is available for pre-order now on vinyl, CD, and in the deluxe edition in the Nonesuch Store. Pre-orders include a limited-edition Folds/Hornby-penned manuscript score from the album track "Picture Window," a number of which will be signed by Ben and Nick.