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Your A-List: Best Dance Party
This post comes from my wonderful co-worker Deborah Sengupta Stith.
I won’t lie. Back in the day when I was a swilling single and one of just a handful of hip-hop Desis in the city, I used to pretend that Sid Sharda a.k.a. DJ Kurupt was my cousin. By about 11 p.m. each Sunday his weekly party at the Red Fez was packed to capacity and a line of well-dressed club-goers ready to get their groove on stretched down the street. A girl had two choices, patiently wait around (in six inch heels) or try to bust a hustle. I’ve never been known for my patience.
Inside the club a diverse mix of fresh faces and grown and sexy professionals got down and dirty to a consistently slick mix of hip-hop and dancehall spiked with sensual r&b soul. The people were beautiful, the drinks were strong and the dimly lit Middle Eastern-themed club provided ample ambience. It was the hottest singles scene for Austin’s urban set.
A good five years later and Kurupt’s become a fixture on the local hip-hop scene, with his Rush Hour Roll-Out bringing the ATX home every day on Hot 93.3FM and his Sunday show at Red Fez still slamming. Consequently, it’s no surprise that the gig took the title of Best Dance Party with 62 percent of the vote, edging out other Austin faves such as DJ Mel’s Rock the Casbah and the Second Sunday Sock Hop.
Others receiving votes
- Rock the Casbah, 26 percent
- Twist Up at Red Fez, 3 percent
- Second Sunday Sock Hop at Scoot Inn, 2 percent
- Monday Night Jumpoff at Nasty’s, 2 percent
- Boombox ATX at Lucky Lounge, 1 percent
- Deep Sessions with Toddy B at Firehouse Lounge, 1 percent
- Old Skool Sundays at Gruv, 1 percent
- Regression at Elysium, <1 percent
- The Hump at Plush, <1 percent
- Soul Happenings, <1 percent
- Ring the Alarm at The Parish,<1 percent
- Tighten Up! at Beauty Bar, <1 percent
- EZ Action at Beauty Bar, <1 percent
- RockIt, < 1 percent
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By reader
August 10, 2009 12:04 PM | Link to this
second sunday sock hop is now at the shangri-la! just went last night … so cute and so fun!