The Sinkhole Analogy
Why Raghu thinks life mimics a sinkhole
Jun 24, 2026 · 55 min · 10 segments
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Dude, was that crazy or what? I f- you know, I thought, okay, you know, you, you, you, you, you did a big festival.
I didn't know, like, you were on that big main stage with like...
That, there was like tens of thousands of people there.
That was a big show.
Uh, I- Is that the biggest thing you ever did? Well, that, it, we didn't play the main stage.
The main stage was even bigger.
Oh.
But our stage still had like 25,000 people in it.
Yeah.
That's awesome.
And, and it was, you know, and it was, they somehow sealed it off so you could...
Sometimes you play a festival, eventually you start to see areas where people aren't, but because it was sort of maintained within a, in a border, it was like packed all the way around.
It was really sort of- Yeah, it looked packed ...
it was, it, it, it felt impressive.
The crowd looked like they're into you guys too.
And is that so shocking, [laughs] Mr. Kustuba? Well, no, yeah, there's 20- Yeah, they like you guys.
Well, because if you have a 25,000 people, they're not all your fans.
They're fans of all these other bands.
Yeah, there's gonna be- And, and there was getting to- ...
some Deep Purple people there- Yeah ... probably going like- That's right ... "Who are these guys?" Alice Cooper fans like, "All right.
Whatever." Yeah.
Um, we, yeah, we got a good response.
And yeah, it was, it was cool.
Yeah, it was great to see those videos.
Dude, was that crazy or what? I f- you know, I thought, okay, you know, you, you, you, you, you did a big festival.
I didn't know, like, you were on that big main stage with like...
That, there was like tens of thousands of people there.
That was a big show.
Uh, I- Is that the biggest thing you ever did? Well, that, it, we didn't play the main stage.
The main stage was even bigger.
Oh.
But our stage still had like 25,000 people in it.
Yeah.
That's awesome.
And, and it was, you know, and it was, they somehow sealed it off so you could...
Sometimes you play a festival, eventually you start to see areas where people aren't, but because it was sort of maintained within a, in a border, it was like packed all the way around.
It was really sort of- Yeah, it looked packed ...
it was, it, it, it felt impressive.
The crowd looked like they're into you guys too.
And is that so shocking, [laughs] Mr. Kustuba? Well, no, yeah, there's 20- Yeah, they like you guys.
Well, because if you have a 25,000 people, they're not all your fans.
They're fans of all these other bands.
Yeah, there's gonna be- And, and there was getting to- ...
some Deep Purple people there- Yeah ... probably going like- That's right ... "Who are these guys?" Alice Cooper fans like, "All right.
Whatever." Yeah.
Um, we, yeah, we got a good response.
And yeah, it was, it was cool.
Yeah, it was great to see those videos.
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