Being raised by hippies who met in a cult — not the horrible kind, but still — I have generally avoided getting too invested in pagan holidays and astrology in favor of my own more traditional religious practices that I won’t elaborate on here for a variety of reasons, one of which is a desire to not be a public hypocrite about the temple of devotion. Consequently, I had to be informed by the mysterious La Neutra that tonight is Imbolc, the Gaelic holiday which either celebrates the beginning of the spring, or the time right between the more modern notion of
winter solstice and spring equinox. Regardless, the masked and be-dolled curator of sound will be putting on a sound event at Culture Shrooms tonight at 8 p.m. called Mixtape March of the Trolls, Imbolc Dance Exorcism. It should be as weird, fun and wild as its earlier iteration at the Ocean Grove late last year, except tonight’s event is free. Enjoy.
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