Sea of Dreams / Eclectic Fever
December 31, 2008
Review and Photos by Eric K. Arnold
Eighth and Brannan streets held it down all night. The San Francisco intersection, which bisects the Concourse and the Gift Center was the site of two -count 'em, two - of the livest NYE spigots. Both events, as it turned out, were global in significance.
First, Eclectic Fever. We started our quest there, at the Galleria, a massive venue with extremely high ceilings, a huge dance floor, plenty of walkways, and
Reggae's "Conquering Lion," the Legend-ary Bob Marley, would have been 64 on Friday. Born February 6, 1945 in St. Ann's, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley was a true musical visionary, a songwriter whose lyrics often seemed to come from Jah himself, who took reggae music to the highest "ites" while championing the "downpressed" sufferer against the "Babylon shitstem." In honor of this blessed event, let's all light a big fat spliff and get irie.
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