Ok, I’m officially excited about performing as a zombie doing the classic "Thriller" dance routine. I will be joining a hundred or so other zombie-fied revelers in the Halloween Parade this Friday in Greenwich Village, courtesy of the nice folks at ThrillerNYC.com. My friends tell me it’s an amazing experience dancing Thriller in the parade,…
Category: Dancing / Music
Team PMT breaking again November 21 & 23!
The PMT breakers will be performing again for the PMT Fall Dance Showcase on November 21 and November 23 in New York City. The crew this time around will be Will "The Thrill", Marie, Boris, Monica, Ian, and myself. That’s right, we got TWO b-girls this time around, which is super exciting. The PMT Showcases…
Listen, Pray, Dance, Love
Today’s Meeting for Worship at Brooklyn Quaker Meeting felt so electric and powerful to me. There was a palpable energy in the room that had a dozen people leaping up and sharing vocal ministry that moved me greatly. I’m generally not one who likes a whole lot of vocal ministry, preferring a mostly silent Meeting…
Jitterbuggers dancing in Jitterbug senior cellphone ad (video)
Check out this cute commercial for the "Jitterbug" cell phone featuring lindy hoppers Carla Heiney, Nick Williams, Jeremy Otth, Laura Keat, Chris and Beth Grover. Nice to see real solid lindy hop in commercial using swing music! Head to Lindybloggers.com for the complete scoop on the filming of this commercial from Nick Williams himself.
My swell new pimp suit
My friends have started posting their hundreds and hundreds of pictures from Yehoodi’s 10th anniversary weekend to our Flickr group, which pleases me to no end. So many talented photographers in our scene, and so many memories captured. Here’s a sweet picture of me in my new creme-colored pimp suit — with my friend Jen…
How NOT to integrate global issues and hip-hop: Ban Ki Moon drops a rhyme
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon "raps" about the role of private donors and foundations in helping the UN do its work. Ouch. I’m embarassed for the entire UN system. Someone really needed to advice Ban Ki Moon to not try and rap. Where were his advisers getting his back? And there are lots more…
Scenes from Yehoodi’s 10th Anniversary weekend (video)!
I threw together this video montage from Yehoodi’s 10th anniversary celebration this past weekend, a whirlwind of live music, dancing, and partying until all hours that started on Thursday evening and went straight through to Sunday at 1am. This video gives you a small taste of what the weekend was like, including footage from: Our…
Amazing swing dance fundraiser for Obama tonight at Union Pool in Brooklyn!
Just got home from an inspired, amazing night of dancing and music to support Barack Obama. Local lindy hopper Ramona Staffield got together an all-star cast of musicians, singers, lindy hoppers and hoofers to throw on a fundraiser dance concert at Union Pool tonight in Williamsburg. The event was officially in support of the non-profit…
“Swing Out for the Swing Vote” dance party tonight at Union Pool, Williamsburg
Tonight I’ll be dancing for Obama at Union Pool in Williamburg (Google Map). Local bad ass lindy hopper Ramona Staffeld is throwing a "Swing Out for the Swing Vote" dance party for the Democrats tonight at 8:30pm. There’s a kick ass swing band, performances by world-class dancers, and a full bar: Dance for the Democrats…
“Stuff I’m Into” as organizational chart
I was playing around with the bubbl.us’s cool web chart creation tool and decided to map all the stuff I was "into." No wonder I’m so scattered at times. It’s a wonder that I can plan my day at all. Click on the image for a larger version.