Galactic Wizard

Originally uploaded by One Ping Only.

So on Friday and Saturday I did something I’d never done before–got down and dirty with the hippies at the Gathering of the Vibes and the fancy people at the Newport Folk Festival. Let’s bust it down to statistics, shall we?

Bands seen/heard at Vibes on Friday: 7

American Babies, Ryan Montbleau Band, Porter Batiste Stoltz, Assembly of Dust Honest Hour (w/ Donna Jean Godcheaux), Zappa Plays Zappa, Deep Banana Blackout, The Black Crowes Thorn in My Pride

T-shirts won by Your Humble Narrator on Friday: 1
Time spent on shuttle bus with grouchy busdriver: about 20 minutes

Bands seen/heard at Newport on Saturday: 4

Jakob Dylan

Trey Anastasio

Stephen & Damian Marley

The Black Crowes

Inches of rain that fell between 3:40 and 4:00 in Newport on Saturday: almost 1
Rooms of Yachting Museum in which unwashed masses were allowed to congregate without paying admission during huge rainstorm: 2
Number of boat builders in gigantic open space in Yachting Museum: 1
Approximate time spent in Yachting Museum (with power/without power): 1 hr/30 mins
% right that I was that there is a “Bob Marley Dance”: 100