10 days and counting in NY!!
I can’t believe the concert in NY is nearly upon us! I woke up this morning, excited and petrified at the thought that Arnob and the band will be in NY this time next week.
The preparations are on-going in NY. The Press Conference has been set for the 23rd, the invitations have been sent out. Brightly hued glossy posters are being plastered in each and every possible location in Manhattan and Queens. Thousands of postcards which contain the concert information are being distributed by all our members. The TV ad has gone out, so has ads in Bangladeshi newspapers, and emails to numerous student associations. The NY team has been working relentlessly, day and night to make this concert a huge success. Its really amazing to see everyone’s unflagging enthusiasm. There are times when we all have been frustrated but overall it has been an exhiliriating experience and continues to be so!
We are excited in NY and we hope you are just as excited as we are!! So buy your ticket, come to the concert, make sure you don’t miss this incredible event!
Tickets are available at http://www.symphonyspace.org/ event/2744. Tickets are also available via telephone at 212.864.5400 (from Tues-Sun 11 am – 7 pm).
You can also pick up the tickets at:
- Manhattan: Box Office of Symphony Space at Broadway and 95th St
- Jackson Heights: Disco Recording (37-15 73rd St, ph: 718-639-8217)
- Jamaica: Somoy Boi Bichitra (87-53 167th St, ph: 917-603-8966)
October 24, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Stefan and I were sitting “almost still” in the classic bottle neck traffic of BQE and it was already after 7:00PM yesterday. And the worse part? We still had not passed the Kosciuszku bridge. That’s like very bad . When you have not crossed Kosciuszku bridge you really have a long way to erratic slither your way through the crazy traffic and Astoria is like far east(North East).
I was certainly curious to talk to Arnob and friends. After a days work and post traffic/lateness associated exasperation I had already lost my never collected thoughts. Well let me think ….it’s not possible to lose something I never collected. So before I could collect myself I found myself talking to Arnob. What can I say?
He surely seemed humble and soft spoken.
I have not listened to a lot of Arnob. That’s because I am not very cool. But few minutes back as I came to this blog …I thought the page looks awesome. I totally loved the background sound of Arnob’s song “Aamar hariey Jaoi …Kalo meye…”…It has that simplicity yet complexity I was talking to him about..it’s such an embrace to listen to this song. There is a sense of melancholies….wait a minute why would they want to put Olsen brothers’ Flying on the wings of love…The music is not coming from the blog page then? Ok it got to be my very interracial mix genre work computer playlist of Olsen brother’s Flying on the Wings , Jonas brother’s love bug, creed’s with arms wide opan (open.)to Mehedi Hassan’s “mujhey tum nazar ze Gira to rahe Ho…” I also have Arnob’s Harie jaoa Meye.
Looking forward to experiencing the show tomorrow. This time no Kosciuszku bridge will stop me…MTA is the savior.
Ash Troberg
http://www.brooklynvoice.com