I got the word from David Alexander that the global climate change concert series "Live Earth" will be simulcast tomorrow an in-world event paralleling the "Live Earth" concerts will take place in the Better World Island sim (teleport SLURL.) Live Earth is a a 24-hour, seven-continent music extravaganza that will bring together more than 150…
Post a pic of you and your avatar!
Just a reminder for folks with fun pictures of their real life selves with their avatar selves, that there’s a flickr group for sharing those pics with others called "You and Your Avatar." I think Intellagirl is "winning" so far with this awesome pic. Drop in your own mixed-reality image, from whatever virtual world /…
My birthday jam (video)
Click To Play My awesome friend Will posted this dimly lit footage of my birthday dance jam at our weekly lindy hop dance "Frim Fram." The dance jam is a traditional in the lindy hop and other social dance communities to celebrate birthdays, weddings, and other big events in people’s lives. The birthday boy/girl (or…
Virtual versus real fireworks
I had an interesting night catching a couple of fireworks displays — one virtual and one real. I’d have to say I had a better time at the virtual one. The real life fireworks show was put on by Macy’s for July 4th on the East River, like they do every year. I walked over…
Birthday Presents Inventory!
Got a round of strange and fun presents this year from my lovely friends, as you can see. From left to right: Fake Korean banana dessert – ummm, okay! Cat Getting Out of the Bag by Jeffrey Brown – so stinking cute! USB Circus Cannon! Manga Moods by Saori Takarai the Jesus Phone – present…
Happy birthday to me!
Thirty-eight years ago I rezzed into this strange realm we called reality. Such a funny number. But not so scary, particularly since over the past few weeks I’ve celebrated the birthdays of a 79-year old and a 93-year old lindy hopper. Both of whom still can kick my butt on the dance floor. It’s been…
“77 Million Paintings” a delight for the eyes and ears
After a very busy weekend, I spent a relaxing couple of hours checking out the multiple in-world installations of Brian Eno’s ambitious art project "77 Million Paintings." Organized by BlueairTV, with the able assistance of SL artist Angrybeth Shortbread, the SL installations do a great job of re-creating what must be an astounding real world…
Nice article in Publishers Weekly on Frankie Manning viral marketing campaign
There’s a cool story in the trade publication Publisher’s Weekly about the viral marketing campaign that I coordinated for the launch of the book Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop. I got some nice quotes in this piece by Gayle Feldman, talking about how we managed to get Frankie’s book from #22,000 to #7 on…
“For Dancers Only”: Why Jelly Roll pwns my lindy hop @$$
Image by Swifty Every once in awhile I get a bit discouraged about the lindy hop scene in New York. As the fertile ground where swing jazz and swing dance was innovated and developed during the 1930s and 40s, today the modern swing musician and dancer has few places where they can get their groove…
I gave in to the hype: me and my new iPhone
I’ve been waiting for this bad boy for six months, saving my pennies and counting the days. I was unfortunately tied up all of June 29, so I couldn’t get in on the fun macgeek love-fest outside of Apple stores everywhere. But just as well. I got up at the crack of noon, cycled down…