08-08-2012, 11:23 AM
Now, as y'all know, dm go to a lot of music. But dm is seldom really moved by it anymore. Dm almost never have the epiphanies that he did back in the day. But Lindley restored some faith. He was awesome. Still buzzing from that, dm stumbled past Shovelman again, who was playing on the pedal power stage, which was a stage driven by patrons pedaling stationary bikes. The whole concept of that was just so GAIA. A few more steps and dm saw a stir going on in the kid's zone. Under the small kid's canopy, the schedule said 'music' but it was really Michael Franti, throwing down an intimate acoustic set, just for the kids. It was charmingly sweet. Franti dropped some of his big hits like Sound of Sunshine and Say Hey (I Love You), bringing kids up on stage to lead the crowd in some simple dances. Franti kept it real. Dm went back to see STS again and they were much tighter in an indoor venue. Then he snuck over to Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, who are still incredibly authentic. Finally, there was a crowd sufficiently large that dm would have had to struggle to get to front of stage, but he prefers to have dancing room, and found himself a nice spot surrounded by writhing hippies, Gaian amazons and sparkle ponies to get his wiggle on. SLRAS capped off several hours of dm strolling about, enjoying music and the scene, as if he had a ticket.
Just before Franti took the main stage, Flash was to emerge in honor of the year. Flash is the Grateful Dead dragon, and one of dm's greatest honors was to be part of that crew (see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1025">http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/a ... ticle=1025</a><!-- m -->). The head of security tipped dm off that Flash was about to appear just before it happened. Now, the promoter of GAIA, Bob Barsotti, an old friend, recently underwent a quadruple bypass. He was there, but dm only saw him from a distance. Dm hadn't connected with him or his wife, Suzy, yet. Dm popped in just before the run to be greeted with cheers and hugs from the crew. Suzy was the dragon head and invited dm to join in, but they already had their team in place, so dm just tagged along. It was glorious. Talk about your Flash-back. After, dm hung out back stage with the Dragon crew and gave offerings to the Dragon altar there.
Dm skipped Franti's set. He went back to hang out at RM and act like he was working...
Mas manana.
Just before Franti took the main stage, Flash was to emerge in honor of the year. Flash is the Grateful Dead dragon, and one of dm's greatest honors was to be part of that crew (see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1025">http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/a ... ticle=1025</a><!-- m -->). The head of security tipped dm off that Flash was about to appear just before it happened. Now, the promoter of GAIA, Bob Barsotti, an old friend, recently underwent a quadruple bypass. He was there, but dm only saw him from a distance. Dm hadn't connected with him or his wife, Suzy, yet. Dm popped in just before the run to be greeted with cheers and hugs from the crew. Suzy was the dragon head and invited dm to join in, but they already had their team in place, so dm just tagged along. It was glorious. Talk about your Flash-back. After, dm hung out back stage with the Dragon crew and gave offerings to the Dragon altar there.
Dm skipped Franti's set. He went back to hang out at RM and act like he was working...
Mas manana.
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