echo memories again.

yes. i cannot help but write more about echo station.
we've spent the entire day transfering videos to the computer so that we can burn them to dvd to prolong their prosperity. as i type, i am listening to a marty's show, and my boys are playing Veitnam! imagine if they played that now? us old school echo fans would probably die dead on the floor. there was really something to be said about how the band came together like they did, and how instant the chemistry was. the music is phenomenal, but there's something more, some kind of magic. "it's a kind of magic..." and watching those videos, from as many as 6 fucking years ago, it freaks me out. in those 6 years, so much has happened. those boys, who were absolute strangers to me, became like brothers to me. their girlfriends (now wives), seriously, are my sisters. this echo base is my family as real as my blood relations are. i don't know what i would do without them in my life. i used to view the band as something fun to do on the weekends. now it's as vital to me as breathing. is that melodramatic? i don't care. also, something to note is the true, die hard, echo fans. these few people have been there, right up front with jen, amy and i from the start. every single video i watch, i'm never sure where i am, but sure as shit you can see keely and kristen right up front. every show. AND of course they're also at the studio becoming part of "tear in your beer" with us. there are other noteworthy e/s fans, i.e. el gato (long live the cat!), kevin, s'mores, and diggowatz. these guys STILL haul ass to manhattan or brooklyn on weeknights to show their love. it's amazing. the craziest echo story i have has to do with keely. i worked at a preschool in greenwich, and when i was leaving, a girl named jillian came to take over. we worked together for a week overlapping, and i loved her. we got to talking and i mentioned that my husband played in a band. she said, "what's the name of the band?" (i also love that she asked that. a true music lover always asks. i always ask, even tho i never know the other band.)and she was like, "don't tell me echo station!" nearly fell down. i was like, "What?!" and she was like, "i have their cd in my car!"

??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!

of course, she was keely's roomate. who loves e/s to the point of listening to them on the ride to and from albany. amazing.

anyway. i am so pissed off that cc got kicked off the surreal life. i don't even want to watch anymore.

i spent my night cleaning my house. now i want to have a party.