Just got home after a crazy fun time at the first annual Dance Parade in New York. Lots of really amazing and strange folks dancing up a storm. Our group of swing dancers numbered around 20, following Mr. Swank’s beautiful PT Cruiser, which was pumping out swingin’ jazz for the dancers. The lovely and talented…
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Interview w Cynthia Millman, co-author of Ambassador of Lindy Hop
KattenPejst from Sweden did a cool interview with my friend Cynthia Millman, co-author of the amazing autobiography Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop. You can find it on KattenPejst’s cool blog "Swing, Jazz and Blues." The autobiography is now available on Amazon and other bookstores soon. Clearly a labor of love, Cynthia has devoted more…
The Grid Review covers “Fight Hunger: Walk the World” and other silliness
Click To Play I’m a huge fan of "The Grid Review," the weekly video series about various happenings in Second Life. This week’s episode profiles a couple of cool social good applications of SL: the "Fight Hunger: Walk the World" fundraiser for the UN World Food Programme and the Sundance Channel’s new eco-awareness program "The…
Work for media justice: CIMA is hiring
My friends at the Center for International Media Action have announced that they are hiring a new full-time position in alliance building and program development. This is a great opportunity for someone interested in working on media justice / media reform issues. CIMA does amazing work, often unsung but very necessary, providing technical assistance and…
Show your pride this June, queer avatars!
PixelPulse Magazine sends out news that plans are underway for "Second Pride 2007" in Second Life, a celebration of diversity in sexual identity bringing together gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transexuals transgender and queer-friendly straights from all over the metaverse. Schedule from June 24-30, one centerpiece of the event will be a enormous virtual AIDS Memorial Quilt…
Nice promo video for Dance Parade this saturday
Here’s a fun promotional video for the Dance Parade this Saturday, May 19, in New York. There’s like .5 seconds of swing in there even. LOL. Hip-hop dancers get all the love.
Dance for your right to dance this Saturday in New York!
This Saturday, May 19th is the 1st Annual Dance Parade celebrating every imaginable dance and drawing attention to NYC’s archaic cabaret laws. I will be putting on something snappy and lindy hopping with my fellow swing dancers from yehoodi.com. There will be literally thousands of other dancers representing a variety of genres from capoeira to…
What to wear to a virtual job fair?
For all you job hunters out there, I got the news that the group TMP Worldwide is organizing a virtual job fair called "Network in World" from May 15-17. Big deal, you think. Just the other day I was interviewing for a job as a bouncer at club DyNASTY and the day before as a…
Four Quick Tips to Publicizing Your Non-profit Second Life Event
A key strategy for raising the visibility of your non-profit in Second Life is organizing in-world events. There are hundreds and hundreds of events occurring on a given day competing for avatars’ attention and attendance. So learning how to publicize your non-profit’s fundraisers, meetings, lectures, concerts, contests and other in-world activities is an essential skill…
Mmmmm, schmaltz!
Here’s a lovely trio of dinner accoutrements at Sammy’s Roumanian restaurant in the Lower East Side: a bottle of seltzer, ketchup and a syrup container filled with schmaltz. What is schmaltz, you say? It’s a bit of Eastern European jewish goodness: rendered chicken fat. You can pour it on toast, your steak or really anything…