Skip to content

Rikomatic

Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff

Menu
  • Follow Me on Instagram
  • My Professional Site RangerRik.com
  • Every Roller Rink in California (Map)
Menu

Category: Television

Halloween 2023 as “Cake Week” from the Great British Bake Off!

Posted on November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 by

This was in some ways one of my easiest costumes, but also my most performative: “Cake Week” on “The Great British Bake Off!” I was a little stymied about what I wanted to be this Halloween, until the week before. And then it came to me in a flash: I wanted to be a baker…

Read more

What body and mind do you need to achieve your goals?

Posted on September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 by

The show Physical 100 on Netflix is built around the conceit that there is a “perfect physique.” And thus the producers designed a series of challenges to put various body types and builds against each other to see which is “the best.” That is, of course, a ridiculous statement, but one that often gets trumped…

Read more

Arthur Duncan Was My First Exposure to Black Dance

Posted on May 10, 2022August 22, 2023 by

I like to say that “Beat Street” was my first exposure to Black vernacular dance. But if I’m honest it was Arthur Duncan on the Lawrence Welk Show. I wanted to be him so bad as a youngster! I would watch Duncan on our refrigerator sized color TV, entranced, and then try and mimic his…

Read more

Being Ted Lasso

Posted on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 by

This year I was particularly happy with my Halloween costume. I got to be the irrepressible Ted Lasso. Or as I like to think of him, “the superhero whose superpower is kindness.” Honestly, this was one of the easiest costumes I’ve ever created. Basically just a cheap mustache, a blue trainer jacket, a whistle and…

Read more

“I need to get back to my crew”

Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 by

“I need to get back to my crew.” Amos, S5E6, “The Expanse.” I have been thinking about this line a lot. Amos, for those that don’t know, is the “tank” of the crew of the Rocinante — the guy you send in to knock heads together (or worse) without hesitation or remorse. So to see…

Read more

REPAIR SHOP REJECTED SCRIPT #2: The Pocket Watch

Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 by

NARRATOR: When last we left Herfordshire resident Charles, he had left his granddad’s beloved pocket watch for the expert restorers in the Repair Shop. But can master watch maker Stephen fix this prized heirloom? STEPHEN: Hi Charles, good to see again. So… I won’t keep you in suspense. Here it is. CHARLES: Well this is…

Read more

My Rejected “Repair Shop” Pitch

Posted on December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 by

Jay: Welcome, what can we do for you? George: I would like this plate set mended. Jay: Oh that calls for our ceramics specialist Audrey. Audrey, would you come over here please? Audrey: What have we here? Oh, a set of china. But what happened to them? George: I’m afraid they had a bit of…

Read more

The Show Goes On

Posted on May 13, 2020May 16, 2020 by

“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.” Lorne Michaels, Executive Producer, “Saturday Night Live” As quoted by Tina Fey in her book Bossypants (2011).

Read more

Alternatives to the Social Media Nightcap?

Posted on January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 by

How do you wind down to get to sleep instead of social media surfing? Last night I came home from a lindy hop dance and started winding down to go to bed. It was a pretty good dance – I enjoyed a lot of the music, danced a bit, chatted with some friends. A fairly…

Read more

On the Great British Bake Off and the Perfect Contestant

Posted on April 21, 2018September 6, 2018 by

I’ve been binge-watching The Great British Bake Off for the past few weeks. It’s quickly become one of my favorite reality TV shows, perhaps one of my favorite TV shows ever. It’s such a great combination of relatable, real-life drama, heart-warming moments, so many funny bits, and yes, the triumph of the human spirit. All…

Read more

Posts navigation

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 9
  • Next

“3 Hats” Skate Performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y00hSZ1eHPg

Recent Posts

  • Just a Normal Sunday at the 6th Avenue Skating Place
  • The Public Universal Friend — a non-binary, Quaker-raised evangelist from the 1700s
  • Spiders in the Box of Chocolates
  • Do Small Things with Great Intention
  • Halloween 2023 as “Cake Week” from the Great British Bake Off!

Categories

  • Books
  • Cats
  • Civil Society
  • Creative Writing
  • Dancing / Music
  • Education
  • Family
  • Film
  • Food and Drink
  • General
  • Health
  • Information Society
  • Machinima
  • Media Reform
  • Music
  • New York
  • Politics
  • Real World Places in SL
  • Science
  • SF Bay Area
  • Television
  • The Spirit
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • United Nations
  • Virtual Worlds
  • Web/Tech

Tags

b-boy (76) breakdance (51) breaking (26) brooklyn (36) charleston (11) competition (11) coney island (10) dance (17) dancing (30) documentary (15) education (21) festival (12) frankie95 (16) frankie manning (52) frim fram (10) global kids (70) hip-hop (31) human rights (11) inaug09 (11) jazz (12) lindy hop (143) lindyhop (17) lowcarb (18) lxd (11) macarthur foundation (12) machinima (22) memorial (14) mermaidparade (22) mtv (13) performance (16) pmt (10) popping (11) quaker (27) recipe (38) rockclimbing (16) second life (81) shim sham (15) skating (52) soul music (14) swing (52) swing dance (45) united nations (10) virtual world (19) virtual worlds (29) yehoodi (39)
© 2023 Rikomatic | Powered by Superbs Personal Blog theme