Archives for June 2006
Baba maal gets attention in portland weeklies!?!
29 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
6/29/06
Baba Maal played the Oregon Zoo on Wednesday. I’ve seen him there several times before. The interesting thing is that both the
Willamette Week and the Mercury recommended the show. The Mercury even gave it their pick of the day. This is fascinating because for a long time now there has been [...]
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Andaz thoughts
29 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
6/29/06
Last Saturday’s Andaz was totally unique. Except for once when
Anjali had to cover for me while I flew down to LA to DJ a wedding
we have always had a one-hour-on, one-hour-off rotation policy. I
had flown in on Friday night from NYC but Anjali wasn’t flying in
until Saturday night, the night of Andaz. [...]
Too many things to write
26 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
6/26/06 Early
Finally home from a long day at work with our KBOO radio show squeezed in between; the day after a 4:30am Andaz bedtime. I had fun covering for Anjali on the first half of our show (more Hindi pop perversity and hard bhangra) but I enjoy the banter a lot more [...]
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Back to another form of summer
26 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
6/25/06
Hey, guess what, I’m tired. My flight out of La Guardia was
delayed by an hour and I would have missed my connecting flight in
Denver if that flight hadn’t been delayed two hours as well. Got
home after Friday had turned into early Saturday thanks to a kind
and generous Mr. Blackmarks and then stayed up [...]
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You never return to the place you left
23 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
I haven’t been to New York since Anjali and I were flown out to play Basement Bhangra in December of 2004. The most disconcerting change was the closure of Udipi Palace. This was my gold standard Indian restaurant and the only must-eat destination for me in NYC. When we went to 27th [...]
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new york, new york
20 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Made it to New York. Exhausted. Got up at oh dark thirty to return the rental car and catch a train from Philly to NYC. Only slept a few hours. Spent all day on trains without being able to get any sleep. Even got told by a Septa employee to [...]
Philadelphia Stylee
19 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
6/18/06
Writing to you all from Philly. If I was ever here before it was only as a toddler so I am experiencing all of this with new eyes. First thing I noticed were oil refineries, billowing smoke, and huge mounds of demolished cars on the way from the airport. What a way [...]
Birthday Hangover
16 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
6/16/06
No, not an actual hangover, I only had a sip of a 7 and 7. More just that typical IK wasted tired that I get from getting to sleep near dawn and only getting a handful of hours of sleep. Anjali and I took a real risk with throwing her birthday party. [...]
Anjali’s Birthday tonight 6/15
15 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Man, I am exhausted. Do I even need to tell you all that anymore? Well, State of Bengal and the boys of Sub Swara made it safely in to Portland last night. Today is one long gear-up for the Birthday Bash tonight at the Fez. I get to take the night [...]
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spankrock does portland
10 June 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
6/10/06
Saw Spankrock at Holocene last night. Far better than the horrible DJ set played by their producer XXXchange several months ago. People definitely turned out and were ready to get down. Naeem said there could be no “drawers” on the dance floor and everyone had to throw them on the stage but [...]