I stopped by briefly to check in my buddy Rafi and his fellow meditators as they entered the 17th hour of their 24 hour meditation marathon in the windows of ABC Home on Broadway and 19th. Entitled "Sit Down to Rise Up," the sit-in was organized to raise awareness of their group the Interdependence Project,…
My favoritest halloween picture ever!
My buddy Voon was kind enough to share with me this hilarious picture of me lindy hopping with my friend Lynn on Halloween. I love how ridiculous I look as an "undead b-boy" and how calm Lynn is in the background. Here's another priceless one, along the same lines. Thanks, Voon! You rock!
24 Hour Meditate-a-thon begins tonight at ABC Home!
My buddy Rafi sends out word that his organization the Interdependence Project is sponsoring a "meditation marathon" for 24 hours starting tonight till tomorrow, to raise funds for their innovative approach to activism. Rafi and three other leaders of the Interdependence Project will be sitting in the front windows of ABC Home on Broadway and…
Popping Battle Montage from Kings of New York 6 (video)
Here's some more ill competition footage from the Kings of New York 6 dance competition that took place on Sunday, November 1, at Saint Marks Church in the East Village. This time, it's the poppers turn! I didn't shoot as much video of the popping battles, but you can still see some sick moves just…
B-boys and B-girls Battle to be the New “King of New York” in East Village (video)
Yesterday evening was the sixth annual "Kings of New York" Dance Competition at Saint Marks Church in the East Village. Here's a montage of some of the 8-on-8 crew battles. Sorry, I didn't catch all the names of the crews. Congrats to Dynamic for winning the KONY6 best crew crown (again, apparently)! They featured incredible…
Pics from “Kings of NY” B-boy Battle in East Village
Today was the sixth annual "Kings of New York" Dance Competition at Saint Marks Church in the East Village. It was a really cool and inspiring event, showcasing some of the best b-boys, house dancers and poppers in New York City. I managed to squeeze up front and shoot some pics and videos. Here's the…
“Cause this is thriller! Thrill… er… night!” Dancing with ThrillerNYC in the Halloween Parade
I'm totally exhausted and braindead, but I had an absolutely fantastic time dancing with the ThrillerNYC group in the Halloween parade as one of the boogie-ing zombies. It's such a wonderfully open and friendly dance group, presided over by Bridget, Severine and many, many other volunteers. Thanks, ThrillerNYC, for organizing such a kick ass dance…
Rundown of Halloween Swing Parties in NYC (updated)
I plan on again rocking the Halloween Parade as a zombie with the gigantic Thriller group. But afterwards I'm going to want to get some more dancing on. This Halloween there is a huge assortment of swing dancing parties going on all over the city. Which is awesome! Here's a quick rundown of what I…
What the heck is the OpenSimulator Project?
I am posting this more for my own edification because I didn't really get what OpenSim was before. OpenSimulator, as I understand it, is a open source BSD-licensed virtual environment server that enables individuals and institutions to "roll their own" virtual world that can connect to various OpenSim platforms or exist on its own walled…
Fun Prezi presentation about the new Yehoodi.com website!
I just finished preparing a video presentation about the new Yehoodi.com, complete with the classic Yehoodi song created by Spuds several years ago. I hope you like it! Created using the awesome prezi zoom-a-rific, web-based presentation tool, you can see the original prezi version of the slideshow after the jump…