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enter mallorca.
there is this circle that i could probably write many books on that coincide with my journey to this small island off the coast of spain.
yes, it is a "party" island and it's got beautiful beaches, and lovely people.
but coming in on the ferry the other night, watching the sunset over the mountains of mallorca, i realized that i was completing something that had been sitting for 20 or so years.
i honestly didn't think i would ever get here, and be able to see certain people which were just stories to me as a kid.
but today that circle was completed when i once again, met josefa.
she was a native of mallorca that lived with my parents when i was a baby.
she hasn't seen me for over 20 years.
i don't remember her, but i hear stories all the time.
and when i saw her today, i was nervous and excited, and when i hugged her it was like i'd known her forever.
i felt this completion that was very good.
when i walked down the quiet streets of santa maria tonight, i felt a sense of satisfaction for completing something, which can be a challenge for me.
thank God.
but onto less sentimental matters.
last night: JAMIRIQUAI.
to see photos go here: http://www.airtoair.org/jamiroquai
wonderful shots of the bull ring and the show.
what a treat.
i spent 2 days prior to the event watching people run around setting up lights, sound stages, watching producers setup dressing rooms, and helping where i could.
i spent hours sitting in the empty plaza del torros in palma staring up at the blue sky against the round edges of the ring.
then, last night, we got to see the fruits of everyone's work.
so lovely.
9:30 the ring turns black, the packed house begins cheering with excitement, and then he comes out, all white addidas outfit and some funky crown hat thing.
it was great.
the lights bounced off the faces and hands that plunged into the air, and the crowd was just wonderful and calm.
when the darkness fell, i looked up with my wide angle view of the bull ring, a few stars twinkling, the crescent moon sinking beyond the ring, and the glorious hum of the anticipatory crowd.
it's quite an amazing thing when you stop and realize where you are sometimes.
it's unreal.
when the crowd got really excited they started chanting:
"ole, ole, ole, ole!!!" and it echoed off of the ring walls. amazing.
for a couple hours we stood dancing and watching, and then we hung around to make sure tear down was going smoothly and came home.
rumor has it that the rolling stones may have been there, as they are in mallorca on holiday.
i found out placebo is going to be here in about a month, but i won't be here to help out :(
i told lisa that when they get radiohead or coldplay here, call me-i´ll be one the first plane to palma.
this is only my 3rd day here.
i am planning to be here another couple weeks.
i do not know what lies ahead.
there is so much going on outside my little bubble of travel.
i forget that the world is still starving, that the american media still sucks, and that sadam is still at large.
ha.
it's good to be ignorant of it all, but also sometimes good to be reminded that there is more than your own life.
in a couple days i will go back to pollensa to spend time with josefa.
it shall be interesting, as this entire island already has been, and i've barely seen anything.
when we were watching the soundcheck yesterday, and it was so loud with 100.000 watts of sound, lisa yelled over to me that it wouldn´t seem as loud later on, and she asked me if i knew why.
i shrugged and asked why?
she said:
"the people absorb the sound."
this week will be exactly 30 years to the day that my grandma moved to mallorca with most of her kids, and her best friend, and her 2 kids.
i am back here because of that decision.
and all i can think of is,
"people absorb the sound."
think about it.
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