Arcane Candy

Monday, May 31
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

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Sunday, May 30
Goa Gajah, Bali, Indonesia

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Saturday, May 29
Blahbatuh, Bali, Indonesia

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Friday, May 28
Peliatan, Bali, Indonesia

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Thursday, May 27
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

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Wednesday, May 26
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Since I hit the hay so early last night (which is unheard of for me), I woke up super early at around 4:00 a.m. Not long after, the local rooster started crowing and some weird-sounding birds joined in a little bit later. I spent the day just walking around central Ubud, having a hellish ball soaking in all of the chaotic sights and sounds of the streets while my clothes had a jolly good time soaking in gallons of sweat.

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Tuesday, May 25
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

What’s the best thing to do when you get laid off from your job? Get another one? Hell no! You should go see the world, of course. Welcome to the Tropical Punch Tour, my little three-and-a-half month jaunt through Southeast Asia.

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In a myriad of ways, Julius Eastman’s whole life was more unusual than a Kodak moment. For starters, he was a black, gay, avant-garde classical composer and performer. Can you say highly unlikely? Beginning in the late 1960s, he mostly worked in a post-minimal vein for a couple of decades until his life unraveled in the 1980s. That’s when his professional performing and teaching gigs dried up, he got evicted from his apartment, his scores and belongings got trashed, and he spent the next few years living on the streets, just prior to his very unfortunate and premature death in 1990.

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