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July 30, 2007

One micEvents

Since I have been traveling almost non-stop for the last several weeks, I never got a chance to report out on the Beats, Rhymes, and Life event that I organized with some friends in Houston a couple weeks back (July 19th). As a reminder, I was trying to emulate the success of Washington D.C.’s Subcontinental Drift series by bringing some soul to the south (by getting some of Houston’s South Asian artists together for a night). I was hoping that word of mouth would get about 50 people to show up. Half an hour into the event I was sweating as only about a dozen people showed. Thank goodness for the reliability of Indian Standard Time. Well over 100 people showed on a Thursday night! The drum circle was ridiculously good and we had spoken-word pieces, belly-dancing to Dhoom 2, a comedian, and DJ Raj Swift among the acts. The lesson here is that all you need is a city and one mic. Just make it happen in your city if you really want to see something like this there. Click below for larger pics of the event:

By the way, the best part is that Roopa got over 30 people signed up that night for her cousin Vinay’s bone marrow drive. When I worked the A.R. Rahman concert in Houston a month ago we only signed up ~70 people out of a crowd of thousands. Way to represent here.
And for those of you asking…we’ll do it again.

abhi on July 30, 2007 11:20 PM in Events · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



5 comments

 1 · Ravi the Lurker on July 31, 2007 06:02 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Wow, nice job putting that together. Looks like it was great.


 2 · technophobicgeek on July 31, 2007 10:27 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

It was! Would love to see more...I like it that we finally have our very own brown underground location.


 3 · southern hospitality on July 31, 2007 12:16 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

absolutely great event. mad props to abhi and his friends for putting together such a wonderful evening. the dj rocked, the drum circle was nutz, the belly dancers, drama skit, etc...you all missed a great evening ! looking forward to more !


 4 · Margin Fades on August 1, 2007 12:01 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

I can't believe I missed it.
But then, there are always aftershocks...wait for it...wait for it...!


 5 · Roopa on August 5, 2007 06:53 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

We signed up 42 people that night! Ya'll rock :-D


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