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2) give me 10 minutes and I'll make you a seven-hour mixtape that *fucking wrecks* Cypress on tape. That's how I've always seen Cypress - an incredible mixtape.

Agreed, and that's true for every fest, right? Doing so would be Simple for the Went (which is basically three jaw-dropping sets and three regular ones), except said summer '97 mix tape wouldn't include creating a huge sculpture and more or less inventing the glow-stick war . . .

This article has shown me I can't separate the experience from the festival. I can't compare the all-night experience to the art Jam experience or the ring of fire jam. I wasn't even at the Tower or Storage jams.

I've found my reductionist limit for comparing music. In another thread I said that I couldn't compare Cypress to other festivals because the all-night experience was unique. That was wrong, I have to amend that to all festivals. Personal memories and experiences, different # of days/sets/extras . . . there are too many variables for me to wrap up into a ranking.

I'm becoming more of a noob every year. "it's all about the energy/flow" "I wish I had been there/you had to be there" "damn that Free was hot" - these are things I say now, that used to bug me when other people said them. here's one more . . .

08/23 II was my favorite set of Magnaball. Was it the best? No, that would be 08/22 II.

what have I become? whatever it is, I love it. it's lots of fun.