inland

in the three short months that brendan and i were engaged, we went to a show at the mansion with andrew+shannon and ben+meg. leif vollebekk (among others) played that night, and we bought his album. i listened to that album a lot when we were in greece - on my ipod during long bus rides through the greek countryside, or in the bath at the crowne plaza.

since we don't have a bath at the exile, i try to take advantage of bath tubs elsewhere. the night that i took my bath at the crowne plaza, brendan decided to go out to buy some beer at the closest kiosk (they had street kiosks throughout athens and thessaloniki, where you could buy drinks, chocolates, whatever). so i was settled nicely in a bubble bath when he headed out. about 10-15 minutes later he arrived back, having realized he'd left his money in his other pants. after he left the second time, the lights went out in our hotel room. in many european and asian hotels, you have to put your door key into a socket that turns on your electricity. when you leave and take your key, the power goes out. it usually has a few minutes of delay before the electricity is cut after removing the key. so when the power went off, i laid in the tub in complete darkness listening to leif vollebekk play through my pod's speaker. there was nothing i could do. i was wet and couldn't see a thing. i assumed that brendan had accidentally taken the key from the socket (we had two - it turns out it fell out onto the floor, but i didn't know that at the time or else i could have felt around in the dark for it while dripping onto the carpet). thankfully i knew that brendan would be back in about dozen minutes or so, so i just waited in the tub. it was peaceful really. and it made me think about how little so-and-so is immersed in 'water' and darkness all the time.

since it's been 3 years since his last album came out, i started wondering if leif had released another album or if he was going to. before i got the chance to look into that, b discovered that he'd been on Q last week to promote his new album. we bought it and i've been enjoying listening to it today. apparently he was going for an old familiar feeling, and i'm picking up on that. it's quite nostalgic and cozy. the thing i love about his music and lyrics is that they make me feel. feel all sorts of thing. it's good. it's soothing. it's inspiring.

i had a dream i was standing beneath the memphis moon
with william blake painting and crosby crooning.