"Brightblack Morning Light is a color of the day when the universe is faded into a veil of blue sky. It's a time when spirits are allowed access. In the morning there is a certain hush to all life that rekindles our collected love of being here.

Brightblack Morning Light attempt to conjure this hush in song. The collective have performed with Will Oldham, Rachel's, Joanna Newsom, White Magic, Devendra Banhart, Lungfish, and were invited to the Slint curation of the All Tomorrow's Parties in England."

- listen to them

brightblack morninglight

tent stays with tippi

Be sure to click on "TENT STAYS" in the left nav - shambala!
Enjoy after-dinner coffee and liquors with your gracious host, Tippi Hedren (if her schedule permits)You will say "Jambo" (Swahili for hello and good-bye), but in your heart, you will long to return.

THE WISH-FULFILLING GEM

I was warned but I chose not to listen.
Next time I will try to pay closer attention:
The moon rises, the sun has set,
Planets rotate in their orbit.
Yet the heavens will not change.
This we discover in each other.
Do not hope for too much --
Results might bring painful disappointment.
If you remain without any doubts
That is the wish-fulfilling gem.

Excerpted from "the Victoria Memorial,"
MUDRA: EARLY POEMS AND SONGS

shambala

obama - or else

uh oh uh oh

let's dance