How To Entertain Yourself On A 10 Hour Flight
First of all I slept for at least five hours of the flight to Athens yesterday (or was it Friday?).
But for the rest of the ride I listened to a bunch of Jens Lekman tracks that a reader named Matthew delivered to me last week via YouSendIt.
Here are two highlights:
I Saw Her In An Anti War Demonstration - Jens Lekman
The Opposite of Hallelujah - Jens Lekman
When I first heard Jens, I immediately thought of The Magnetic Fields, but after 5 hours of listening on the flight to Greece, I think he's more like Jonathan Richman. Which of course is very cool with me!
Jens is a wonderful artist. I really like his song "Someone to Share My Life With". If you like Jens, you might also like Don Lennon. They have a similar vocal sound and also share a quirky sensibility. Try out Don's first album, Maniac. Simple, funny, and very beautiful. It's hard to beat his classic, "Party All The Time". Enjoy Greece.
Posted by: Hinch | July 29, 2007 at 03:32 AM
West to east red eyes are easy.
Noise cancelling headphones.
Sleep.
iPod.
My brother got married in Poland a few weeks back. My flight was Boston-Munich-Wroclaw. I was asleep before the plane started it's take off roll. I woke up an hour outside of Munich. If I go to sleep when it's dark and wake up when it's light my body thinks it's rested.
I find east to west much more difficult, it's just a really loooong day.
Have a great trip.
Posted by: Erik Schwartz | July 29, 2007 at 11:44 AM
Sounds like a fun trip. I've never been to Athens...have been to Rome (it is beautiful!)
Interestingly, I also just started a series of posts last week about my trip to NYC. I'm calling it Musings of a Texas Gal in NYC. :-)
My husband has suggested I change it to Musings of an Austinite because he doesn't think of me as a Texas Gal despite the fact I've lived in Texas for 27 years.
Posted by: Aruni Gunasegaram | July 29, 2007 at 02:48 PM
I'll second the noise cancelling headphones. Saved me many times on 12 hr flights from Phoenix to London.
I also find earplugs (the squishy foam ones) an absolute godsend on a long flight. You don't realize how tiring the background noise is on a longer flight until you try 'em.
Posted by: fewquid | July 30, 2007 at 03:35 AM
Jens playing Webster Hall in October. BVegan has the tour dates. Looking forward to the new album.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/08/jens_lekman_200_1.html
http://www.youaintnopicasso.com/2007/07/25/jens-lekman-friday-night/
Posted by: MDK | August 03, 2007 at 02:48 PM