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Non-fiction started out the night and Adam Auburn and Wobs played a tag set during the early evening. The cinematics at each drop of the bass line could have you sitting still while your eyes were dancing. I had the privilege of catching up with Wobs later on that night. He wears many hats, snapping photos of guests and capturing the mood. There is no 'Spec'ulation here Wobs is as interesting as the wondrous noise he hammers out of the Funktion One soundsystem on the main stage. Wandering off now to the newest edition of Departure Fridays, Bass Lounge is throwing their own howls into the concrete jungle that is distinctly theirs. Zelduh and Trvst, followed up by the charismatic Astrobot. DemonOne fe= lt his way through the darkness while his pal flow spit over his beats. Endi= ng out the night and locking the doors was one zippy trip, Ziplock. Revisiting the outside patio behind the house stage and up the stairs I feast my eye= s upon Gax and No Request. " They are a funky, sexy phenomenon." says Christine Clement of Peachy Keene playing the OC fair in the near future. In reverse it's around midnight and Mark Farina walks up center and begins to changeus, the wilderness still wild but connected. The floor interwoven shoulder to shoulder as mushroom jazz wafts around us and fills our heads as we drift further and further. Hands clapping and giggles and trills filled our ears as our Master of ceremonies directs us in his latest composition of symphonic bliss. The ecstatic induced sky overhead only reminds us of how lucky we are to be here. It is a departure into a new night and day for all  us, but none more than Mark Farina. The beauty that is all around us even at 2:05 am seems as simple and as enduring as our love for music and respect for each other. We might as well have all been in Rio parading around as he played his rendition of the Bear Necessities. In reverie we bobbed and swayed into the we hours of the morning all in memory of one special lady. Then all the sleep, happy guests of the Vanguard went home to dream safely in their beds to tell the tale of that night in the sunshine of the day.