A Mysterious Gift: Derek Webb’s “Stockholm Syndrome” In Our Mailbox
Remember the United States Postal Service? The lovely entity that delivers letters and things by hand, usually placing them in something called a “mailbox?”
Each day, I must walk out to our mailbox and retrieve our mail. Rarely is it a handwritten letter, but usually a mass-produced waste of a tree trying to sell me something…or a bill…sometimes a postcard from New Belgium. Those are nice.
Today, though, held something entirely different. I reached in and out came a CD in a clear case with just this printed on the disc:

Intrigued, I popped the CD into my computer. iTunes recognized it as Stockholm Syndrome by Derek Webb. My heart went pitter patter a bit.
I don’t know if you’ve been following the whole viral marketing/controversy(?) surrounding this album, but an advance copy of it showing up in our mailbox is an exciting thing. You can get caught up on the whole deal by clicking here.
We’ve decided to play the album tonight at 7 pm down here at Everyday Joe’s. Come and listen if you like. I hope to see you. It could be the greatest 51′ 40″ we ever spend together.
FURTHER:
- Derek Webb Official Site
- About Stockholm Syndrome (the actual syndrome)
- Another interesting article about Stockholm Syndrome
- Learn about this whole thing
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