Okkervil River much?

Hey guys,

I have a strange little favor... I am writing an epic and overly long personal essay on the subject of Okkervil River. Right now, I'm writing it for no reason in particular, just because I had a lot to say about them and their influence on my musical world and my emotional state, the high I get after their shows, the way I've watched them grow up... I wanted to get some of the thoughts on all of that and more out of my system, maybe just in an effort to stop talking about it to anyone who will listen.

But it's coming along kind of nicely and I'm thinking about doing "something" with it, like possibly submitting it for publication to some yet undiscovered publication that publishes several thousand word essays about girls and their favorite bands.

I am wondering if any of you have any thoughts or ideas or memories or emotional blathering about the first or eighteenth time you heard or saw Okkervil River. I don't have to have introduced them to you for you to qualify, I'm just interested in other people's experiences and how they relate or differ from mine. I'd probably quote you and this might (might, might, might) be published, but I'll certainly email you a copy before I do that...

If you have anything, comment or email me. Thanks!!! Love!