DJ Jonathan Toubin Talks to Rolling Stone About His Accident and Recovery

So at first glance, the local angle on this story might seem a bit tenuous — DJ Jonathan Toubin lives in New York, and

about seven weeks ago took place in Portland, Ore. But the Nashville connections are there. Toubin has many friends here in Music City. He's hosted his wildly popular

, he's

with the Nashville-born Bruise Cruise festival, and

just after Toubin's accident was an overwhelming display of support.

For those who still aren't familiar with the details regarding Toubin's accident, it's a nearly unbelievable story of shit luck that — I'm happy to say — just might have a better turnout than everyone anticipated. The short version? Toubin was in bed in his Portland hotel room the morning of a show, when a cab crashed through the wall and pinned him down, fracturing his skull base, pelvis, collarbones, ribs and sternum, and rendering him unconscious for a full month. But, it turns out, Toubin's recovery is coming along more swiftly than even his doctors anticipated. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Toubin explains the horror of waking up in a hospital bed, not knowing what year it is, and being shown news reports about how near he came to death:

I woke up a month later. There were some friends and family there, and I didn’t know what happened. I didn’t even know what year if was. Everyone had to explain it to me, and it was kind of unbelievable. I was really horrified at first — the thing is that when they woke me up, they weren’t sure how long I was gonna be there and didn’t know how normal I was gonna be. Turns out things are gonna be a lot better than they thought, so that’s good. But the first thing that happened when I woke up in the hospital was like, I gotta get out of this place. They showed me some of the news articles and, wow. Some were depressing, but there have been a couple about what people have been doing for me, which really, I’m just bowled over that anyone went to any trouble.

Toubin goes on to explain the 45-spinning New York dance scene that he's helmed over the past half-decade, saying that, while he'd love to dive back in immediately, he has a lot of physical therapy ahead of him. Anyhow, it's a touching interview, and things are ultimately looking pretty hopeful for Mr. Toubin. Though we'll miss him on next week's Bruise Cruise.