I’m proud to report that the Brooklyn Bombshell Revue took third place in the Marching Group division at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade this year! The competition was fierce this year, with amazing entrants all around. So that’s quite a feather in our cap. Congrats to all the winners, and all those that brought the…
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Video: The Brooklyn Bombshell Revue at the Mermaid Parade!
Here’s some video taken by my friend April of the Brooklyn Bombshell Revue performing at the 2008 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. My favorite moment in it is Veronica in the sailor outfit at the 1:04 mark blowing a kiss to the judges. Perfect. Also the final V-formation and single file line of the girls is…
A glorious day at the Mermaid Parade
Finally home after an amazing day of Mermaid Parade festivities. As has been our tradition for going on eight years, a bunch of swing dancers from Yehoodi march and dance in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, calling ourselves the “Brooklyn Bombshells Revue.” We all dress in something either vintage-y or mermaid-y or both. I.e. 1920s…
The 2008 Mermaid Parade is this Saturday!
I’m excited as all-get-out that this Saturday, June 21, is the 25th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade! For those that don’t know, the Mermaid Parade is a raucous and community-driven celebration of Summer, where tens of thousands flock to see an eclectic and wild mix of floats, bands, dancers, hula hoopers, vintage cars, and other…
Video: Friedrich’s “Ink Scanner” at Eyebeam Mixer
inkscanner @ eyebeam Mixer from Friedrich Kirschner on Vimeo. Here’s an awesome video of Friedrich Kirschner’s bootleg 3D "Ink Scanner" that he demoed last weekend with willing victims like myself at the Eyebeam Lab mixer. Much nicer than the video I shot, and shows more clearly the whole process. Friedrich promises me that I will…
10 things I love about Fort Greene
View Larger Map Ten Random Things I love about Fort Greene, Brooklyn: The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn play every Monday night at Chez Oskar Has only South African restaurant in the Five Boros (Madiba) I can be in downtown Manhattan in 20 minutes by subway or bike Red velvet cake from The Cake Man Has…
Brooklyn Bombshells bringing Busby Berkeley to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade!
Check out this wonderful Busby Berkeley dance scene from the movie “Gold Diggers” (1933) featuring Ginger Rogers. The song is “We’re in the Money,” of course. I love the awesomely weird Pig Latin bit toward the middle! I’ve been brushing up on my Busby Berkeley knowledge because Yehoodi’s “Brooklyn Bombshells” dance group will be performing…
VIDEO: Rik gets digitized at Eyebeam!
As I previously mentioned, my buddy Friedrich Kirschner invited me help test his new bootleg 3D body scanner at a mixer event at Eyebeam labs tonight. I joined a dozen or so other folks who gamely volunteered to shed most all of their clothes to participate. The technology Friedrich employs to create 3D body scans…
VIDEO: Shim Sham at the NYC Dance Parade
Here’s some fun video provide by Will Luong of me and a bunch of other lindy hoppers dancing a fast Shim Sham during the 2008 NYC Dance Parade. Yes, I messed up at least four times in the the routine. Suck it.
Happy Birthday, Dawn Hampton! Dance that bhangra!
I just got home from a wonderful dance party to celebrate the 80th birthday of Ms. Dawn Hampton, one of the elder stateswomen of lindy hop and an inspiration to me and thousands of other dancers around the world. As befitting a celebration of Ms. Hampton, the party featured two of her favorite bands, the…