Saturday, June 14, 2008

Spoon haters UNITE!

I have to say that todays wardrobe choice has drawn more comments than anything else this week. I can't count the number of people who have said something positive to me. I even had some girl with nothing but body paint on tell me she loved my shirt, to which I quickly resonded without thinking that I loved the fact she didn't have one! She simply smiled and for a second considered giving me a hug. I blame it on the heat. It is a very gracious and pleasant atmosphere here. Some lovely folks a few spaces down from us shared their watermelon with me. Day 2's music has been good so far. No one today topped the Raconteurs or Stephen Marley. We watched a Gypsy Punk band named Gogol Bordello, that was festive. Then we watched BB King in his regal and wise 82 years ramble through a 1 hour set. All of my most cherished musical selections are deeply rooted in the blues. It was an 8 track tape "
BB King live from Cook County Jail" my grandfather found when he purchased a used Lincoln Continental that I have to thank for that influence. This was my 2nd live performance by Mr. King. He isn't able to play near as much, but he still has that distinctive voice and style. We are cooling off at the site now listening to Jack Johnson run through his set, very relaxing tempo his band is laying down for us. Pearl Jam is up for a 2 hour set at 10:30pm. After that a 1 hour performance by a little known group named the Dead Confederates. Then at 2:15am Kanye's All Glow Show will no doubt change our world. Then it is a screening of Maltese Falcon. Somewhere around 7am we should wrap up Day 3. Later...

BW

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