My opinion is that Aham's suggestion is excellent and worth implementing - far
from stupid! Congrats, Aham!
--- On Wed, 2/12/09, Aham <aham.ra...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Aham <aham.ra...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: g_b URGENT New Year party feedback required
To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, gaybom...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "Vikram Doctor" <vg...@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wednesday, 2 December, 2009, 3:33 PM
Hi Vikram and Dee,
I am not a party person, i spend my new year watching filmstars gyrating their
kamars to chamiya numbers on TV.
2300 is a lot of money, but then even 1800 would be... it depends on which
party we are comparing this party with.. Subjective che...
People who spend at parties will spend at parties, Irrespective of what the
charge is. And Wallah! this is new year yaar. Special events come with special
exotic price.
And 2300 is with Unlimited Food and Daaru... and most of our party hoppers on
new year want to get sloshed without having to weigh their wallets after every
drink.
So feel the deal is super sexy though keemti.
This year, it is much different, it is the first new year party after S377
wala verdict. So we can expect a lot of shoo shaa and fanfare this year. The
karma people might be just capitalizing on this. may be.
Karma is a known venue. so people will connect to it. And yes, trying a new
venue on new years would definitely be a bad idea...
Aur ek baat, with the risk of sounding stupid, i have a proposal to make.
How about charging Rs. 100 more.. (2300 or 2400 doesnt make much of a
difference.. or does it?) and donating that extra amount to some non gay
charitable cause. Like say.. fulfilling dying wishes of children from make a
wish foundation.. or say sponsoring x number of children ka education for a
year or so..
I feel it will be an extremely positive vibe that we will send out to the world
/ the media et al. with this act.
or with that amount.. could also contribute to co own Onir's film I Am Omar
which is based on section 377... Given that GB is associated with it anyways?
Just a thought i shared.. may be stupid.
Smiles :)
Aham
--- On Tue, 12/1/09, vgd67 <vg...@yahoo. co.uk> wrote:
From: vgd67 <vg...@yahoo. co.uk>
Subject: g_b URGENT New Year party feedback required
To: gay_bom...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 3:19 PM
Hi everyone, I'm emailing this in my capacity as one of the GB party
organisers, and we need some URGENT feedback about the New Year's Party. As so
many of you know, this has been GB's way of both ending and starting the year
with a blast, and we're hoping to do so again this year.
Every year we've seen the numbers at the party rise - I think last year we
touched 600. A lot of these are people who come from out of town for the party,
though we've noticed that as the evening goes on, quite a lot of locals who
were planning their own parties, can't resist dropping by as well! Its the one
time of the year we can party till 4 am and everyone wants to take advantage of
that.
We've had parties at a number of venues, with some memorable ones, not always
for the best reasons - yes, the name of a place called Chat Masala is burned in
my mind, for the almost total chaos of that night. Its the one time we've been
caught between people inside complaining it was too packed, and others outside
begging to be let in, no matter how packed it was. Total chaos, though I'm sure
it was fun for some...
For the last few years we've stuck to our regular party venue of Karma/Liquid
Lounge at Girgaum Chowpatty, since we've found it large enough (we take over
the whole ground floor), reasonably accessible (near Charni Road train
station), quite well laid out, and acceptable service and food and alcohol. And
the prices, while unavoidably higher for New Year's, have been substantially
lower than most other New Year Parties (we've had straight people trying to
crash since its been such a good deal!)
We would like to stick with Karma, since if one thing Chat Masala taught us is
that best not to try new places on New Year's. But there's been a change of
management at Karma and the new team is approaching it as they would New Years
anywhere else - which is simply a venue's best change to make money all year
long. In the last few years, as this habit of going out to party has grown, the
importance of New Year's as a moneyspinner for a venue has just increased
hugely.
So the new team at Karma is just looking at it this way, which I suppose I
can't object to, but its still a bit tough for us. They started off
negotiations this year at a really high price, and while Dee has managed to
bargain them down, and make sure they stick to the usual unlimited alcohol and
dinner deal, its still working out quite high, Last year, entry (unlimited
booze, till 4 am, etc etc) was was Rs1800. This year it looks like the best we
can do is around Rs2300 - a a straight Rs500 up over last year.
This is pretty heart stopping, and our first reaction was - no way! But we've
been asking around, and the options don't look that great. They are either too
small, or don't have proper licenses (the introduction of the compulsory DJ
license has taken a lot of places off the market), or are just not as well
organised - the sort of places that seem like a good deal, but where you just
know its because they won't buy enough booze, so will run out at 1 am.
And the few comparable places look like they're going to be even more expensive
- one place in Worli set Rs3000 as the absolute floor, with possible increases
above that. Even at Rs2300, we'll be better priced than most places. And while
there's a big jump in price, as one friend of mine said realistically, the
Rs500 more is what many of us end up paying at a regular multiplex screening.
There is an option to this, of course, which is just not having a New Year's
party. Forget this whole crazy night, stay at home and go to bed early. But I
don't know, its a primal thing, but on this one night of the year where we can
stay out late and party, most of us just want to! We just want to have both our
old friends to hug at midnight as well as hot new guys we hope will become
friends after hugging them!
So anyway, we're asking everyone for what they think, and we thought we'd check
on the GB list as well. Please think about it, and the options and mail what
you feel, either to the list, or me directly, or maybe sms Dee, since many of
you have his number, but URGENTLY. Is Rs2300 too much so lets forget a GB New
Years Party? Or what the hell, unlimited booze and food and on till 4.00 am, so
lets party?!
Vikram
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