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…
REMINDER: 5 Finalists in USC Public Good & SL Challenge need your votes by June 30!
Just a quick reminder that the deadline to vote for the five finalists in the USC Network Culture Project’s "Second Life and Public Good Community Challenge" is next Monday, June 30! The finalists are: Ability Commons: Proposers Gentle Heron and Carolina Yeats Mauerkrankheit: Proposers Ping Rau and Nonny Writer Native Lands Cultural Project: Proposer Boondoggle…
Yehoodi Talk Show #511: The Mermaid Parade, swingin in Denmark and Russia!
The mid- late June episode of the Yehoodi Talk Show is finally available. Spuds talks about his recent trips to Copenhagen and St Petersburg while I blather on about the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Plus we update folks on Frankie Manning’s recent hip surgery. All that and more silliness on this week’s Yehoodi Talk Show. Check…
Video: Rik on Metanomics Show yesterday
For those interested in seeing me speak on the USC Public Good in SL Community Challenge yesterday on the Metanomics Talk Show in Second Life, SLCN.tv has released a quicktime video of the entire show. It’s kind of a long download, so I recommend cueing it…
Metanomics: pushing the boundaries of live broadcasting through virtual worlds
Just had a wonderful time as a guest on the very popular virtual world talk show "Metanomics" hosted by the able Mr. Beyers Sellers. I’ve always been a big fan of the show, which sets a high bar for professionalism in this new media space. I was invited on along with Doug Thomas of the…
REMINDER : I’m speaking at Metanomics in SL today at 12PM PST
Just a quick reminder that I will be speaking in a little bit with Doug Thomas at the popular "Metanomics" talk show in Second Life today starting at Noon PST / 3pm EST. Here are the details: Metanomics, the web’s premier program about the business and policy of virtual worlds, begins an exciting second season…
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…
Global Kids teens produce machinima film on educational racism in China, Brazil and the US
I’m proud to announce that our teens in our Virtual Video Project at Global Kids are about to unveil their latest machinima film on how racism effects access to education in three countries: China, Brazil and the United States. The film, "Race to Equality", will premiere on Thursday, June 26th, at 6:00 pm at the…
Giving virtual props to the Global Kids webmistress Joyce
Here’s a short video of me "giving" a crystal stone over Skype to my Global Kids colleague Joyce (aka "Rhiannon Chatnoir" in SL), as a way of showing respect and appreciation for her work at GK. For those that don’t know, among Joyce’s many other hats, she is the webmistress and Web2.0 guru for the…