06-15-2007, 10:56 PM
6/8-9/007
Blasted up to Sonoma on Friday because I had to come back Saturday since I had to be at this tournament Sunday where a lot of Shaolin monks would be. Got there well before 4:20. It used to be called Health & Harmony and it used to be a street fair, but last year, it was moved to the fairgrounds and overnight camping was added. This year, they dropped the Health. It's an eclectic mix of music, politics, new age, green and hippies. Dm managed to get escape before anything significant happened beyond watching people puke. There was an amusing incident with our electric cart. It failed when we were way out in the perimieter. Then we discovered that it would still work in reverse, so we drove it all the way back that way and no one batted an eye. People could just pass out anywhere. Saturday morning, Dm talked to some tweakers who had crashed out right in front of medical. Once they woke up, they started scouring the grounds for half finished beers.
Musically, STS9 was awesome Friday night. Big dancehall sounds in a quanset hut like building with cement floors - awesome for big base - rocked the heart of my bottom. Skanked 'til my hips were sore. Afrodesia was good - a friend has many friends in that band. They were heavily influenced by Fela Kuti and had two very amusing front women and a great female trombonist who wore an Anchor Brewery uniform. Umphree's Magee was satisfying, still capable of hairpin turns in their jams. There was some sound system I really liked because it was just a guy working a turntable, a standing base and a percussionist, but I didn't get their name. Politically, Amy Goodman got me all fired up, but stole a lot of thunder from Dean Kuchinich (who I admire politically). There were lots of good free organic snacks, which made for a perfect breakfast. Then some new age salesman spoiled it byconvincing dm to take a hit of vaporized pine oil. 'Cures 150 things' he said. Tasted like a urinal cake. Take my advice - Don't inhale pine oil - it's a gateway inhalent and could lead to horrid things.
The show got busy after Dm left, right after, in fact. Dm was very amused by that. The next day at the tournament, a Shaolin monk elder brother of Dm's asked 'why are your eyes always red?' :oops:
Blasted up to Sonoma on Friday because I had to come back Saturday since I had to be at this tournament Sunday where a lot of Shaolin monks would be. Got there well before 4:20. It used to be called Health & Harmony and it used to be a street fair, but last year, it was moved to the fairgrounds and overnight camping was added. This year, they dropped the Health. It's an eclectic mix of music, politics, new age, green and hippies. Dm managed to get escape before anything significant happened beyond watching people puke. There was an amusing incident with our electric cart. It failed when we were way out in the perimieter. Then we discovered that it would still work in reverse, so we drove it all the way back that way and no one batted an eye. People could just pass out anywhere. Saturday morning, Dm talked to some tweakers who had crashed out right in front of medical. Once they woke up, they started scouring the grounds for half finished beers.
Musically, STS9 was awesome Friday night. Big dancehall sounds in a quanset hut like building with cement floors - awesome for big base - rocked the heart of my bottom. Skanked 'til my hips were sore. Afrodesia was good - a friend has many friends in that band. They were heavily influenced by Fela Kuti and had two very amusing front women and a great female trombonist who wore an Anchor Brewery uniform. Umphree's Magee was satisfying, still capable of hairpin turns in their jams. There was some sound system I really liked because it was just a guy working a turntable, a standing base and a percussionist, but I didn't get their name. Politically, Amy Goodman got me all fired up, but stole a lot of thunder from Dean Kuchinich (who I admire politically). There were lots of good free organic snacks, which made for a perfect breakfast. Then some new age salesman spoiled it byconvincing dm to take a hit of vaporized pine oil. 'Cures 150 things' he said. Tasted like a urinal cake. Take my advice - Don't inhale pine oil - it's a gateway inhalent and could lead to horrid things.
The show got busy after Dm left, right after, in fact. Dm was very amused by that. The next day at the tournament, a Shaolin monk elder brother of Dm's asked 'why are your eyes always red?' :oops:
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