Not sure if this deserves its own thread, but Rift is my favorite CD from start to finish. I got the CD when it came out in '94 and it’s been one of my ‘go to’ CD’s when I needed a lift.
As many of you know, I went through a divorce and bought a new house in the last few years. Somewhere in all of that, I lost my copy of Rift. When I was in grad school trying to figure everything out, living in Tuscaloosa pondering my career, or when things were rough toward the end of my marriage, I’d always pop in Rift, listen to it with headphones, puff a little bit and somehow it always got me through. There’s an energy and phlow to it that spoke to me on a level as if to say things will work itself out and things will be OK. It was very reassuring.
Well, when I moved into my new house, which is to say when my divorce was finalized, I couldn’t find my copy of Rift. It was my security blanket and I felt bare without it yet I couldn’t bring myself to buy another copy. My copy had little burns on the case from burning incense cones on it and the liner notes were a little wrinkled from spilling beer on it. It was ‘comfortable’, sort of like wearing your favorite pair of jeans, or even your favorite ‘show’ shirt. I really needed to listen to it and puff over the past few years, but couldn’t. It was unsettling.
Anyway, I was cleaning stuff out one of my closets tonight and WHAM! I FOUND IT!!! It made me so happy, you’d think I just won the jackpot! I’m having my 3rd listen of the night and am happy to report, all is right in the universe!
Kind of weird how some things have a way of working themselves back to you.
