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Shearwater. Epic. Almost Camel. Almost Tull. Weird throwback. Not sure what to make of it.

Shearwater. Epic. Almost Camel. Almost Tull. Weird throwback. Not sure what to make of it.

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Dum Dum Girls. No Runaways.

Dum Dum Girls. No Runaways.

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Casiokids casiokidding and gliders gliding in el cielo. Que bueno, tio.

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Bear in Heaven. Can already tell will be spending a lot of time in the arms of this grizzly beast.

Bear in Heaven. Can already tell will be spending a lot of time in the arms of this grizzly beast.

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Sun is finally out.

Sun is finally out.

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The Tallest Man on Earth. This dude’s got game. And not cuz he’s tall, quite the contrary. Catch him live if you can.

The Tallest Man on Earth. This dude’s got game. And not cuz he’s tall, quite the contrary. Catch him live if you can.

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Happy Pills. Kid Abelha a polonnaise. Ahhhh Paulinha onde está você!!!

Happy Pills. Kid Abelha a polonnaise. Ahhhh Paulinha onde está você!!!

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Day 7.

Wrapping it up. Now need a bit of distance to be able to sift through the travel anecdotes that remain relevant and are told again and again and the ones that are better forgotten (and there are some seguro). But the whole point of this week-long blogging exercise was to try to capture the immediacy and rawness of the experience, which has always been difficult for me. Feel succeeded somewhat.

On the music front, already have quite a few sound samples from the past two days. Will be collecting a few more today. These will be posted on this blog later in the week after have had a chance to edit the noise from the signal. Who knows, maybe some might even become treasured bootlegs to fans out there who don’t mind the low-fi nature of the recordings.

Stay tuned.

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Lali Puna. Standing on the shoulders of Stereolab.

Lali Puna. Standing on the shoulders of Stereolab.

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Dino Jr. Grunge sounds mejor in retrospect. As a concept, I mean. Glad it’s over.

Dino Jr. Grunge sounds mejor in retrospect. As a concept, I mean. Glad it’s over.