by Karen S. on Ever watch India Waves or Showbiz India on Saturday mornings and see Hrithik Roshan or Salman Khan dancing and think "WOW...that's hot!!" (yeah...me too! = ) Well, if this style of music and dance is your bag, you should really check out Non Stop Bhangra!! Get there early...by 9 or 9:30 (to catch the lesson if you are "uninitiated in the ways of Bhangra") This event gets progressively more populated as the hours pass, in what I consider too small of a space! And frankly, the ventilation seems to be non existent! Tons of people + non stop dancing + cramped space + poor ventilation= you, sweating like a pig! (but in a good way?!) Otherwise, except for my rant above, I have only great things to say about this event....AWESOME music, great energy/crowd...besides the lesson you'll see some excellent dancing from some Bhangra troupes, a lady vocalist sings a few songs in Hindi, then a TRIO of dj's play and play and PLAY...hence the "non-stop" tag! Non Stop Bhangra is held on the 3rd Saturday of each month...so the next one is June 19th) at the Rickshaw Stop in SF and there's a full bar, so you can go Bollywood with a Bombay Sapphire Martini in hand!! (OR should that be a Mumbai Martini??) Namaste!
by Derick Bachta on I had a buddy that had been telling me about Taboo 2 since the damn day I got to Atlanta. That buzz turned into a loud bark once other folks started letting me know about the greatness of Taboo as well. On a Saturday night, during a visit by my cousin, the crew decided to hit Taboo and see what it was about. Ummm... the answer came quick. Nothing. Boughetto, may be a good word for Taboo. It's a complicated mix of ghetto, topped with Bougie (sp). The space is actually really nice. The club is pretty damn big and sits right off Roswell, so you really shouldnt have a hard time finding it. Off rip, they are going to charge you $20. I am sure if you get there at some insanely early time, you will get some type of break. But if you dont want to sit in the club at 8pm sipping on a club soda all night, $20 is what it is shawty. I really wish they would class this place up a bit. I mean just by changing the music a tad bit, they could attract a totally different crowd, or at the very least just improve the vibe from hood rich to semi classy. Got Damn! Alright now that I got that out. I did have some type of appetizer and a few drinks that were on point. But, I have never been out in Atlanta and the only good looking people in the building were the people that I came with. Geez louise, I coulda just stayed at the house if I knew that was the case. Give a brother a lil bit of eye candy! Instead, just a bunch of "dirty foots". blah!
