slow dance - may 23rd, 2025

a newsletter by offering rain

hello! welcome to slow dance. a newsletter where i share my deep love and appreciation of music, art and Stuff. this particular phase of life beckons me to move with slowness. this letter is a gesture of love to moving slowly!

while i may not always be writing about the hottest and latest, or even the oldest and coolest 😎…i’ll certainly be sharing Things That I Find Beauty In ! you can also expect me to share info about upcoming shows/events <333

it’s a cloudy day…some chance of rain i’m sure… i thought I’d share one of my favorites of songs I found this year. a song titled In the Rain… the Ernest Ranglin version! the original by The Dramatics is also a big time jam but i can’t help but love the simplicity and laid back feel of this version in particular. it features a beautiful chorus singing words you'd have to be very attentive to pick up (lyrics below), Ranglin on guitar doing his thing! it’s soulful, funky, dubby…and all is as it should be.

lyrics:

I wanna go outside

I wanna go outside in the rain

Suppressing

I wanna go outside in the rain

During the day

During the day

Feel like crying

′Cause of you, I'm crying

I wanna go outside in the rain

Suppressing

I wanna go outside in the rain

During the day

Again, again

Feel like crying

′Cause of you, I'm crying

I wanna go outside in the rain

Suppressing

I wanna go outside in the rain

Suppressing

I wanna go outside

Upcoming Events

Disco Auntie at Smorgasburg: AAPI Festival of Tea (DJing Here Tomorrow!)

May 24st, 2025

12pm - 3pm

90 Kent Ave, BK NY

Free

Secret Magic Garden (Selling Art Prints Here!)

May 31st, 2025

3pm - 8pm

Location TBA

DJ Rekha’s Bollywood Disco: Proud Edition (Then DJing Here :))

May 31st, 2025

9pm - Late

The Sultan Room, 234 Starr St, BK

Rhythm & Space (Singing!)

June 5th, 2025

5-8pm

Head Hi, 146 Flushing Ave, BK

happy slow dancing,

meli