My friend Laura passed on to me this email from Gabe "Bosco" Roth, head of soul music indie record label Daptone Records, about the burglary of their studios a week ago. Sounds like they are still hurting, but basically back in business: Luckily, the extent of the burglary was not debilitating. Between what was stolen…
Category: New York
Time Out NY “Date This New Yorker” Update: it’s tough being an eligible single!
People have been asking me about the reaction to my listing in the “Date This New Yorker” issue of Time Out New York a week and a half ago. I have to admit that this little experiment has been even more successful than even I would have imagined. To the dozens and dozens of women…
“Jen Brooks: The Musical” on Broadway March 2!
My friend Jen is putting on her one-woman all singing, all dancing show on Broadway on Monday March 2nd. Tickets for "Jen Brooks: The Musical" are a recession-friendly $10 with advance reservation and $12 at the door! At The Reprise Room ,245 West 54th Street (btw Broadway & 8th Ave). For reservations call 917-660-3420. Looks…
Learning from the legend: the original b-boy Ken Swift
I made it to Ken Swift’s weekly breakdance fundamentals class last night at PMT Studios, despite being dead tired from just returning from the Global Kids retreat that morning. Ken Swift is a legend in the breakdance world, an original innovator of most of the basic steps that make up b-boying today. It was a…
Daptone Records in Bushwick was robbed!
Brooklyn Vegan reports that the amazing indie soul label Daptone Records was broken into a couple of days ago! They lost a ton of equipment including: a Fender Super Guitar Amp and Deluxe Guitar Amp, an HP laptop computer, one desktop MacIntosh computer, 2 Yamaha NS10 monitors, a vintage Harmony Rocket Guitar, one steel string…
Sponsor me at the Global Kids Dance-a-Thon: help our kids get to college!
On Friday, March 6, I'm participating in Global Kids annual Scholarship Fundraiser Dance-A-Thon. I will be squaring off against some of our high school youth in a dance off to raise money (anything for a cause!) This Dance-a-Thon will raise much needed funds for scholarships for our Global Kids Leaders who will attend college this…
Grooving to Sharon Jones and Dap Kings in Times Square last night!
Last night, a bunch of friends and I caught Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings at the swank Nokia Theater in Times Square. Sharon and the band played a mix of their last two albums, several awesome new songs that they are still working on, as well as amazing covers of Sam Cooke and Gladys…
Date this New Yorker: I’m in TimeOut New York!
Through the recommendation of a friend, I was selected to be among 100 other single New Yorkers in the February 12 edition of TimeOut New York. You can see my profile here. Thanks, TONY! Thanks to those of you who advised me on what to wear. Luckily I did not wear my battle armor or…
Free lifecoach sessions for social entrepreneurs and do-gooders!
My lovely friend Kim is embarking on a new career as a lifecoach, and she is offering three sessions per month for free for social entrepreneurs, i.e. professionals involved in some social good activity. I've been seeing a lifecoach for the past couple of months and have gotten a lot out of it personally and…
Good times at Bryan Lee O’Malley book signing in Brooklyn
My buddies Frankyboy, Swifty and I joined the crowd of comic geeks at the lovely Rocket Ship comic shop in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn tonight for the Bryan Lee O'Malley book signing. The occasion was the much-anticipated release of the fifth book in O'Malley's celebrated "Scott Pilgrim" series: "Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe." The New Yorkers…