Wednesday, February 7, 1996

5 days in australia...been waking up early, around 7am + finding some nice coffeeshops 4 some alone-time b4 interviews started @ 8:30am...i am enjoying the tour, finally ready 4 it after the time off in santa fe...we r onboard the quantas flight from sydney 2 brisbane...the 1st show of the 'opium' tour is behind us now...last night the state theatre in sydney was sold out as 'opium' reached #31 of the national pop-charts in australia, up from #89 in its 2nd week after release...the new quartett sounded gr8 although the summer-humidity was making it difficult 4 jon + i...the strings were sticky + some notes were buzzing...my favourite moment came during ron's tabla solo...kevin had a light-spiral turning around ron as his fingers danced on the tabla...the spiral kept turning + his fingers kept going faster + 4 a moment i expected him 2 lift of the stage + levitate...the set was a little long (over 2 hours) + we should probably cut a couple of songs...not sure which...audience was gr8... 12:00:00 AM    comment [];

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