Evening with The Veronica's II

Over a thousand rockers danced as the sounds of electro rock fused with the building. Shouting out each and every word, the fans were absorbed in the catchy riffs and tunes that jumped from the stage. Some noticed an unfamiliar scene adjacent the stage. An excellently dressed Krishna girl dressed in a wonderful red sari with full regalia. An equally well dressed little Krishna girl and along with the dad. The dad's white tilak and white dhoti glowed under the black light.


Last night two wonderful souls, Jessica and Lisa of The Veronica's, invited us to visit their show at The House of Blues. The day before I received this message from them, "Hare Kṛṣṇa ♥ We are going to be in Dallas tomorrow, and plan to Visit the Temple for Lunch or Dinner! :) We hope to see you again :)"



Last year we met the two twins lead singers as their tour brought them to Dallas. Everywhere they go, they said, "We look for a temple to eat prasadam." Delicious vegetarian food offered to Lord Krishna. This year they were very happy to bring their mom along as well. When they arrived she was gifted with one of Krishna's beautiful garlands.

We had a nice lunch at Kalachandji's and then gave their mom, and their friends, members of the band Carney, a tour of the temple and the grounds.


The band members of Carney asked some questions about Krishna Consciousness and were also quite nice. After the temple tour Lisa, and Jessica invited us to their show. Jessica said, "We will put your name on list with 5 other all access back stage passes." They were so friendly that we could not refuse. They are both a very sweet and friendly souls. So my wife and I and little baby Visakha as well ventured downtown to the very familiar spot, the House of Blues. Every few weeks we passed this area with around 60 devotee chanting the holy name on harinam.

We had 4 extra back stage passes so we simply passed them on to whoever came us to us to ask us about our attire. We went on the the backstage which had only band members. There we saw their mom again who happily greeted us. Jess and Lisa were on stage and the were preparing for curtains to open for their headline show. But, as soon as they saw us the ran off the stage to give us a big hug and a thanks for coming.

After the rocking concert was over they came over to again talk to us. The curtains were still open, so hundreds of fans simply watched and cheered in curiosity as the Veronica's welcomed their strangely dressed guests. Some also during the show noticed our little Visakha dancing along to the music.



They then invited us to tour their tour bus. An apartment on wheels; 10 beds, a kitchen, a shower, and two lounge areas with wireless internet. Both Lisa and Jessica has Krishna items to accompany them on their beds.


So if you see these nice souls in your town don't hesitate to bring them some delicious prasadam, they will be eternally grateful.
Hare Krishna
Your humble servant,
Nityananda Chandra Das

Evening with The Veronicas

Evening with The Veronicas

Bhakta Richie, one of our resident brahmacaris, came into the office and told me that I should come meet some colorful youth who were in our temple room. The Veronicas, a popular eletropop band from Brisbane Australia had stopped in on one of their USA tours. Their band appears on MTV and other popular venues. So we were pleasantly surprised when they greeted us with a “Hare Krishna” and “Haribol” The party consisted of the identical twins, Jessica and Lisa, along with Jess’s boyfriend Azaria, and also with them was their friend Chandravali, a very nice young girl who was born in a Hare Krishna community in Australia. Chandravali, daughter of Chandra Latika dasi, travels with the band doing the video documentary. We were again surprised that they were all quite hip to the Hare Krishna ISKCON lingo. Azaria said as we neared the restaurant, “Let take prasadam” and during the meal he mentioned, “This prasadam is the best in world!” Before going in the restaurant I showed them around the temple and they remarked at its beauty. They liked Radharani’s Park and the Samadhi of Tamal Krishna Goswami. I chatted with them during the meal, a little about vegetarianism and other topics, and then we ventured into the gift shop. In the gift shop they were especially attracted to books about Krishna and introductory books about Krishna Consciousness. Lisa bought the KRSNA book, the one with the really nice forward by George Harrison. Chandravali and me chatted about Kurma Prabhu, Australia’s famous vegetarian chef, and she told be how she had known Kurma’s wife since she was small. Azaria bought a big Lakshmi fountain and then they all had to head off to their show. There were all very nice and seemed to have a keen attraction to the Lord. I hope to meet them again on their next tour. Hare Krishna

Your humble servant,

Nityananda Chandra Das