Bawdy Storytelling – Episode 40: ‘Sex, Drugs and the Rainbow Gathering’ (Luna Murray)
Podcast: Bawdy Storytelling
Host: Dixie De La Tour
Guest Storyteller: Luna Murray
Date: September 19, 2018
Episode Overview
This episode centers on Luna Murray's wild, uninhibited, and hilarious account of her time at the National Rainbow Gathering — a legendary, free-spirited hippie festival. The tale explores themes of sexual adventure, psychedelic exploration, and radical free love in a festival setting. Luna weaves together humor, self-discovery, friendship, and overflowing carnal escapades, all set amid the chaos and magic of Rainbow culture.
Key Discussion Points & Storyline
1. Setting the Scene & Introduction (00:10–03:52)
- Dixie De La Tour sets up Luna’s backstory: Having moved to Seattle and lost a promised job, Luna meets Princess Fancy Pants at Bawdy Storytelling, which leads to working at a kinky B&B.
- Dixie: “She had moved from the Bay Area to Seattle and... she ended up getting [a job] because of Bawdy. Body did that. I’m so proud.” (02:06)
- Luna begins her story with a tongue-in-cheek song about body positivity — “my vagina is eight miles wide” — and an almost musical intro.
2. Luna’s AmeriCorps Experience & The Call to Adventure (03:52–06:30)
- At age 20, Luna is volunteering with AmeriCorps and doesn’t quite fit in but is drawn to two friends: the grounded Jordana ("young Joni Mitchell") and the fiery Colombiano Alejandro ("scrunched Antonio Banderas").
- Jordana and Alejandro hatch a plan for the group to attend the National Rainbow Gathering in Pennsylvania for spring break.
- Luna on the Gathering: “Thousands of hippies converge on a national forest until they get kicked out, basically. It’s so unorganized and fabulous.” (05:15)
- The festival’s vibe: drum circles everywhere, naked mud parties, sexy aerialists, hippie kids.
3. The Quest for Connection & First Encounter (06:30–10:40)
- On the last day, Luna realizes: “I haven’t gotten laid. This is lame.”
- She and Jordana head to the river to bathe and things quickly become erotically charged.
- “I lock eyes with her... and I kissed her. At the time, I had only kissed three women, and it still shocked me how soft their lips were... I just nibbled on her lip and her neck and her ginormous gorgeous breasts.” (07:35)
- They make love on the riverbank (“She did wonderful things with her fingers”), then return to camp.
4. The Alien, the Acid, and the Bonfire (10:40–13:00)
- At the campfire, Luna gets roped into an interaction with a woman self-identified as an alien from the Pleiades (the “Professor Trelawney in her 20s”).
- She’s given a tablet ("It's acid. Like a lot of acid." — thanks to Alejandro’s whispered warning).
- After uncertainty about the acid’s effects, Luna finds herself suddenly tripping: “The world went a little sideways, and the trees got really exciting.”
5. Sexual Escapades on Acid (13:00–20:30)
- Luna’s clothes quickly come off and she’s overwhelmed by horniness.
- She wakes Alejandro for psychedelic sex — “I rode him for hours, and I had rainbow orgasms all over the tent. Very sparkly, very exciting... I wore him out. He literally pushed me off of him and passed out. But my night was not over.” (11:59)
- She stumbles out to another bonfire, now lost in the flow of the party and still “frolicking” naked.
- She becomes drawn to two European men — the “Mad Hatter” (with “the biggest cock I had seen at the time”) and “Carrot Top” (but sexier).
- Memorable moment: Luna describes the Mad Hatter's multicolored penis as “neapolitan” and exclaims as she goes down on him: “I sucked that ice cream down like it was my last meal on earth.” (15:15)
- They proceed to a three-way (her “first MMF three-way”), with graphic detail and exuberant language, culminating in “rainbow orgasms like cannons going off in my brain with sparkles and unicorns.”
6. Adventure Continues: The Fruit Goddess (20:00–20:30)
- Still energized and insatiable, Luna dashes back to her camp, downs “the most amazing bowl of oatmeal,” and on the journey out, hitches a ride with more festival-goers.
- On the van returning, she is magnetically drawn to a woman dressed in white (“like Isis”), and Luna finds herself asking, “May I kiss you?”
- She goes down on her in the van: “It tastes like honeydew.” The woman reveals, “I’m a fruitarian.” (19:45)
- Notable quote: “I had fucked five people. And when I got home, I slept for three days.” (20:17)
7. Reflection & Closing Insights (20:30)
- Luna reflects on the deeper magic of the gathering: the radical love, the endless generosity, and the sense that “every need is met there.”
- “There’s really something quite magical about thousands of people coming together for a collective intention to fucking love each other ultimately at the end of the day and support each other in their needs... Or maybe it was the drugs, I don’t know.” (20:15)
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
- “Close your eyes. Stick out your tongue... She put a tablet in my mouth. She gave me a little kiss and flitted away.” — Luna, describing her acid trip initiation (03:52)
- “I could feel all the other hippies. They wanted me to have all the sexy goodness. And I was like, yeah, it’s happening.” — On the psychedelic sexual atmosphere (11:40)
- “Neapolitan!” — On the multicolored penis (15:15)
- “I rode him for hours, and I had rainbow orgasms all over the tent. Very sparkly, very exciting.” (11:59)
- “It tastes like honeydew.” — Surprised by the flavor of a woman, leading to her “I’m a fruitarian” comment (19:45)
- “I had fucked five people. And when I got home, I slept for three days.” (20:17)
- “There’s something magical about that collective intention... Or maybe it was the drugs, I don’t know.” (20:20)
Timestamps for Important Segments
- 00:10–02:05 – Host intro, podcast premise, brief about Luna Murray
- 03:52 – Luna begins telling her Rainbow Gathering story
- 06:30 – The river encounter with Jordana (lesbian sex scene)
- 10:40 – Luna’s acid trip starts and sexual adventures begin
- 13:00–15:15 – MMF threesome with Mad Hatter and Carrot Top
- 19:45 – “It tastes like honeydew,” van adventure with fruitarian goddess
- 20:20 – Luna’s post-festival reflection on love and community
Tone & Style Notes
Luna’s storytelling is exuberant, graphic, honest, and laced with humor and self-deprecation. She repeatedly breaks the fourth wall, inviting the audience into her wild perspective with lines like “it wasn’t the drugs, I swear.” The episode delivers not only on raunchiness and spectacle, but also on deeper notes about acceptance, self-knowledge, and festival magic.
Summary
This episode captures what Bawdy Storytelling does best: empowering sex-positive, unfiltered stories brimming with adventure, laughter, and honest reflection. Luna Murray’s Rainbow Gathering tale is a kinetic rollercoaster ride through sexual awakening, psychedelic chaos, festival happenstance, and the radical joy of letting go. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you mix five hits of acid, a national forest, and a fearless appetite for adventure, this episode delivers it with hilarious detail and infectious energy.