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Burning Man
Tue, September 6, 2005 - 3:45 PMexpected there to be a potential druggie/sleezy factor or an aspect of contrived "hippy dippy love" but honestly didn't witness any such thing. There were plenty of folks not doing drugs and those who were were low key about it. The immense of amount of
generosity, humor, friendship, music and art totally blew me away! I think I am hooked! And DJing was a whole new experience for me. I spun at a place called Camp Dreamtree after the burn Sat night. The camp is a huge tent all done up with white--white walls, white floor, white couches/mattresses/pillows, and a massive undulating 30 foot white tree in the middle that had a glowing nucleus,ever-changing in color. The sound system was SLAMMING. 100 people were dancing to my music and huge smiles lighting up their faces. They kept coming up to me and cheering and telling me "thank you this music is so beautiful and different and exciting! where can we see you again? where can we get your CD?" People would come up, hold both of my hands and say "thank you". It is fun to hear people cheer during an intense breakdown/buildup in a song or to clap after it is finished. Oddly enough, I felt more personally connected to them standing on the floor watching them react than when I am up on a stage, removed from them and worried about my "performance". This time it was a pure "sharing" of my sound. The whole set has a cosmic, wondrous feel to it because that was my feeling while I wrote it. The simple fact that I wrote 10 songs in only 7 days is wondrous in of itself. Someone took a great photo of me in my white angel gown and elf wire angel wings. They are supposed to email it to me and I hope they remember!
When I finally drove out of Black Rock City Sunday afternoon to head home, I wept for a few minutes, just grateful to have had this experience.
Photos still getting organized, but some have been posted at:
pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mcken...owe/album
/ph/mckenna_rowe/my_photos
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Wed, September 7, 2005 - 10:10 AM
hey mckenna! sounds like you had the time of your life! looks like we're going to be heading down there next year - maybe we can all get together for it?
we're actually playing a show in LA this coming sunday and would love to see you there. it's at the good hurt in venice beach. you can get more info on artemis' website at www.artemis.fm. i'd love to hear more of what you're up to and get a listen to some of your new tracks - email me! xx kc |
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Fri, September 9, 2005 - 11:51 AM
Thanks for stoping by
I'm so glad to hear you had a great time. You are such a cutie pie. For all her tribe friends, who have never met Mac in person? She one good-looking gal!!!! I’m sorry I missed your show. I’ll to catch you with you spin here in LA.
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Fri, September 16, 2005 - 1:37 PM
Oh Dreamtree... how i miss you
Reading your description of your set that night really got me smiling and wishing for the playa again. I was hosting in the big tent that night and your feelings were shared by many during those hours. Thanks for your art...it went great with ours!
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Mon, September 19, 2005 - 6:13 PM
Amazing wasnt a word I could use to describe Burning Man but I am glad you had a good time.
I wish I could have found your little conrner of low key drug use. |
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Mon, October 3, 2005 - 12:21 AM
Couldn't agree more
alas i missed your set but i didn't miss this brc... my first year, so great, and just what the doctor ordered. i had a similar experience of low sleeze and no violence. rediscovered bits and pieces of myself previously stuck in hard to reach crevices... reintegrated old and new with greater depth... connected to my quieter waters in company, while covered in nature... soaked my bones in heat and my breasts in sun...
it was rough to come back and hit the ground getting into the katrina thing... waiting for the 'i'm ok' call back from friends in the hood... comprehending the week my native louisianan roommate had had back home, being with the story and her feelings daily... despite the fact that it was exhausting, it also somehow fit together... i trust those things like that, bigger than me and yet interrupting, to fit with some unconscious harmony... off to sleep - nice to read and reflect with ya yey |
