This weekend I went to a hippie rave called “Space Traveler,” one of a series of events under the Oracle Gatherings umbrella. I’ll let you click that link to learn more about the events, but the overview is this: each party is themed around an “archetype,” and if you collect all the flyers at the end you’ll have an untraditional tarot deck with cards like “Mother Earth,” “Mystery School” and “Atlantis.” The party was a bit of a disappointment. The two redeeming points were:

1. I took some pictures
2. I found my new favorite DJ

As I’ve aged as a raver (if I even qualify as one any more), my tastes in music have slowed down to a snail’s pace. I listen to a lot of what’s known as “downtempo,” which is exactly what it sounds like it would be. This used to be music for Sunday mornings, but now it’s music for my Friday nights, and lemme tell ya: Phidelity plays it exactly how I like it. I missed all too much of his set on Saturday night (for some unknown reason he was booked to play in the back room while most people were watching the “space opera” in the front room), but what I heard made my ears all happy and was exactly my pace for the dancing.

And now, low and behold, I see that he’s got music to listen to online! A lot of music. I am in audio heaven.

Naturally he’s in San Francisco, so who knows if I’ll ever have the opportunity to dance to his music again, but I’m quite pleased to be able to listen to it all day at work. You should, too.