Aum...

So after that splurge about the party. No drugs or drinks were required. A rather spectacular party materialised by just sitting in our place and waiting for people to arrive. They came.

Then Ben’s insanely fanciable sister who happens also to be here began decorating the room with balloons and decorating everyone’s heads with coloured paper. It’s amazing what some colour and some effort can achieve. Everyone got very party infected and when we turned up the music and cleared some space, a dancefloor materialised. The whole place was jammed: half loved-up, energised dancing monkeys, the other half the typical static stoned masses. It was great.

After a fire-poi show in the street and after the dancefloor got tired and had some collective mint tea, a full jam session began. I have to say it’s probably one of the best gigs I’ve ever played. I was on fire. I had my drummer Edan with me and Ben and another guy also tried to contribute but the two of us were in a bubble and we had the party fully hyped up and involved. It was truly full power.

And I am still in a delightful state of shock from the news of two very good friends having just got engaged. It's occurred to me that it might be a secret so I won't publish names until you give me the green light. But congratulations!

Women issues continue. Stav (my sweet love from Varanasi) arrived here the other day and gave me a lukewarm reception. Well, I guess it was warm but it didn’t involve the intimacy of our previous encounters and that’s always, well, a bit upsetting.

Boring boring.

This evening I will try to organise some kind of music concert in a very nice venue that just appeared here. I have no idea who will play there (apart from me and maybe a new drummer I met today) but I figure if I book it they will come.

Right, I’m way too exciteable. Let’s go drink coffee.

Word to my mother who is India bound in three weeks. She’s definitely way cooler than everyone else who didn’t come visit huh…