Elemental

I think I’ve received a half dozen e-mails asking me if I’m going to Earthdance this weekend. The latest came this morning from Kat from Mendo, one of my neighbors at Reggae. She reiterated what I’ve heard from others writing, “I highly recommend it. I go to a lot of music festivals and events, and this one is by far my favorite — I love the combination of activism and music, the influence of the wisdom of elders from throughout the world, and the combination of old school hippies meets Burning Man fire youth …” You know, it’s tempting, and the music line-up is good ( Zap Mama , Les Nubians , Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood , Ozomatli , ALO etc.), but there are a bunch of things I want to do closer to home, so once again I’ll say maybe next year.

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