The driver said, “He began to tell me who he was, but I didn’t believe him. But when we stopped and he left the car, I Googled him, and everything popped up.”

Waters told the couple that he’s “preparing to write a book about his adventures of hitchhiking across America.”

This morning the bassist for Here We Go Magic, Jen Turner, spoke with us about their magical experience with hitchhiking John Waters.

Indie director John Waters was reportedly hitchhiking in Ohio today when he was picked up by an indie rock bank, Here We Go Magic. Sources say he bought everyone lunch and taught them new words!

DCist reader and Flickr pool contributor Andy Jones sent us this set of photos documenting a mass exodus from a delayed Brunswick line MARC train on Friday. All of the MARC trains on the Brunswick line were stopped due to a HAZ MAT situation. After being stalled for more than 90 minutes, a lot of the passengers voluntarily exited the train. We were stopped right by the Shady Grove Metro stop and began crawling under…