I was turned on to this song "Happy" (by the electronic group C2C) from watching this amazing "I Charleston Nashville" video a couple of months ago. After watching the original music video, I can see where the Nashvillians got their inspiration. Really fantastic dancing, blending vernacular jazz, house and more. And the tent revival…
Watch List: “Been Rich All My Life” and “Carmen and Geoffrey”
I spent Saturday night watching dance documentaries, and I can heartily recommend the two films "Been Rich All My Life" and "Carmen and Geoffrey." As a middle-aged person who still loves to dance, I cherish these films about older folks who are still killing it on the dance floor. If you love dance and documentaries,…
Happy Diwali: Celebrate the Light!
Happy Diwali to all my Hindu peeps out there. And whatever your denomination or creed, celebrate the light today, wherever you find it.
Halloween 2013: Tin-Tin and Snowy are on the case!
One of my favorite comic characters from when I was a child was Tin-Tin, the Belgian "bande desinee" that was created by George Remi and ran from the 1930s to the 1970s. I loved the clean lines, the convoluted mysteries, and clever plots. So being Tin-Tin for Halloween this year was a no-brainer. Essentially I…
Dancespiration from … Virgin America?
This Virgin America flight safety video features a who's who of street dancers in America. So amazing. I want to fly Virgin, well, anywhere!
The Internet Archive: The Modern Library of Alexandia… with Backups
I've known — at least conceptually — about the Internet Archive for years and years and years. You have too, if you have ever used the WayBackMachine to check out what the internet used to look like in the 90s. ("Friendster," "Ask Jeeves," hahaha.) And I recently discovered while wandering around the Richmond District of…
The Magic Kingdom Beckons…
I've been a very good boy this year, earning a couple of work promotions, co-producing a live broadcast from an international dance competition, performing at city hall on Pride Weekend, teaching activists how to use social media in Ukraine, and co-creating a dance show on spirituality, among other things. So guess what… I'm going…
“The Kepler Story”: An Expansive One-Man Play Set in the World’s Largest Digital Dome
Last night I was fortunate enough to catch one of the few performances of "The Kepler Story" at the California Academy of Sciences, a one-man play about the astounding life of one of mankind's greatest astronomers Johannes Kepler. I found the story of Kepler's many struggles as a Christian, a mathematician, astronomy and a father to…
Top Ten Things I Learned at ASTC 2013
Here's some of the awesome things I learned while I was at ASTC 2013, the annual gathering of the Association for Science and Technology Centers, held this year in lovely Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1. Neil Degrasse Tyson is TALL Apparently this cardboard cutout is life sized.
Talking about Mobile Games, Space Shows and Raising Digital Teens at ASTC This Weekend
For the next four days, I will be in lovely Albuquerque, New Mexico for the annual Association of Science and Technology Centers conference (ASTC), along with 2,000 or so of my colleagues from other science centers, natural history museums, and other science institutions. It’s a really neat event, showcasing some of the best research, most…