Here’s a brief teaser video I did for the Yehoodi Talk Show special edition from the Herrang Dance Camp. I chat with Italian lindy hop instructors Vincenzo and Isabella. Isabella recounts a painful / hilarious story about how she broke her nose while social dancing. Head to http://www.yehoodi.com/talk if you’d like watch the entire…
Excellent article on “Who Controls the Media”
Lefty magazine Toward Freedom has a good summary of the major challenges in the media justice cause in the article "Who Controls the Media and How to Take It Back" by Megan Tady. It scans some of the most pressing problems with the media today, including: the highly concentrated ownership of mainstream media, the fight…
Apparently my friends think I don’t read enough
Yesterday I had literally five sci-fi/fantasy books offered to me by friends who thought I would like them. It’s so great having friends who know what your tastes are and loan you stuff from their collections. Last night, Frankyboy loaned me three more Lone Wolf and Cub mangas, which are so beautifully drawn and scripted…
The Concrete Jungle: a nearly perfect summer dessert
I finally got to try a "Concrete Jungle" from the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. The delicious concoction is very dense frozen vanilla custard mixed with hot fudge, bananas and peanut butter. Thankfully, Cindy came with me, or I would have eaten an entire one, which would have knocked me out for the evening. …
“Asian Variations” free (as in beer AND rights) mix album from Taiwan!
"Asian Variations" is a free, creative-commons licensed remix album created by Taiwanese "sound jeweler" MoShang. Lots of nice gems in the mix, including some asian hip hop, trance and melodic grooves — perfect for chilling out or filling a party space with a chill vibe. "Tiu Tiu Ssu Hsiang Chi (MoShang Little DingDong Mix)" is…
Workshop on real/virtual civic spaces at Emerson College
Gene Woo blogs about a cool new course he and Eric Gordon are teaching at Emerson College this fall called "Hub2." Described as "exploring, imagining, and building civic places in real and virtual spaces" the class was inspired by a Boston initiative to spur new kinds of civic engagement. From the flyer, students in the…
The extra special Yehoodi Talk Show live from Herrang!
So Spuds, the co-host of the Yehoodi Talk Show, has finished the herculean job of editing down the hours of footage we took at the Herrang Dance Camp into a 50 minute video podcast. The show features everything from interviews with Herrang campers to a walk-through of notable Herrang sites to explicit blues dancing footage. …
Non-profit Commons Launch Party a Success! (pics and comments)
The official launch of the Non-profit Commons Sim was a great success this evening, I’m proud to report. With 100-ish avatars and another 80-some people at the real world event in San Francisco, we exceeded our goals for the party. Kudos to our intrepid leader Glitteractica Cookie of Techsoup, In Kenzo of Amoration, Anshe Chung…
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic “first professional orchestra” to perform in Second Life September 14
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic claims that they will be "the first professional orchestra" to perform in Second Life on September 14. Conductor Vasily Petrenko conducts Ravel’s Sheherazade and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, as well as world premieres by Merseyside-born composers Kenneth Hesketh and John McCabe. Petrenko, Ken Hesketh and soloist Kate Royal will appear in-world to…
MacArthur Foundation supporting non-profit track at Second Life Convention
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton’s avatar in Second Life The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation just issued a press release on their support of the Second Life Community Convention coming up from August 24-26 in Chicago. Although the press release states that MacArthur is supporting the "non-profit track" in truth they are responsible for…