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Thursday, July 07, 2005

Posted 3:02 PM by Anurag

Live Banned (Live is Dead!)

In light of the recent move to ban all live bands and live entertainment in Bangalore, following is Carlton's (of 'Trump It' event management company) take on it. And I am sure that this is the reaction of pretty much the whole 'Bangalore Music Scene'.

"the eternal opus mantra : we will, we will rock u
the new cops mantra : we will, we will #$%* u

for the past year opus has supported live acts ... from music to dance to theatre ... from classical to opera to jazz to rock to country to hiphop and rnb to heavy mental (grammy nominee jana stanfield), with performers both desi and firang gushing about the space, the hospitality and the vibe.

It's really baffling how a place like this could be clubbed in the same bracket as places that provide 'live entertainment' / dance bars ... and would require the same license. I am not even going to get into how ridiculous the 11.30 lights-out rule is. But equating all live entertainment is simply bizarre .

oh ... and thats not all ... getting up and shaking a leg too, is a criminal offence ... or one that needs another additional set of permissions. I'm sure they have overseen the need to procure licenses to have matresses and candlelight.. cos surely that abets immoral conduct ... or ban chocolates, for being an aphrodisiac

why can't people live and let 'live' ?? The colour in the green garden city certainly must mean envy, cos there is really no other explanation.

really sorry to all those who wondered why Dee didnt perform last week... we asked her and the band not to ... we couldnt risk rocking, white skinned, scantily clad foreigner, in front of 200 drooling men (and women) sing 'private dancer', now, could we??

we hope sense and sanity will be restored soon and the monsoon winds blow this over to Gulbarga (even they dont deserve this) in the next couple of days/weeks. till then (and till they can find laws to curb these other simple pleasures) we will make do with the food, booze, music (yes, yes, recorded... for the record), play some games (though stuff like 'taboo' is really asking for trouble)

one more big thank you for the music and supporting the live music movement!!

cheers
carlton "

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