Help My Dance Crew Bring “Re/Genesis” to the Stage

Posted on by

I'm super excited to share the news that I'm going to be one of the principal dancers in "Re/Genesis" a full-length hip-hop dance show debuting the weekend of April 12 in San Francisco.  "Re/Genesis" is a collaboration between my dance crew Freeplay and the fantastic dance company Prince on Point, under the overall leadership of…

Read more

Make Your Own Pulp Magazine Cover!

Posted on by

How much do I love the "Pulp-o-Matic" pulp magazine cover creator?  So so much! Thank you, "Professor Cornelius Zappencackler in the Experimental Research District of Retropolis" — aka Bradley W. Schenck, artist and web developer!  You are part of what makes the internet so damn awesome. Make your own here!

Read more

I Am an Antenna: My Silhouette and Signal at the SF MOMA

Posted on by

I loved the techno-political installation at the SF MOMA called "Frequency and Volume" by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.   A fantastic antenna juts out of the 5th floor of the museum, beaming in radio signals to a 4th floor gallery.  In that darkened room, you pass before three projectors casting huge silhouettes onto one wall….

Read more

My First City CarShare Trip: A Car Just When You Need It

Posted on by

I went on my first City CarShare excursion yesterday and really enjoyed it! City CarShare is a car rental service in the Bay Area that prides themselves on how green their fleet is, including many types of hybrids, all-electric and fuel efficient conventional vehicles.  As a new San Francisco resident, owning a car is prohibitively…

Read more

New “Connect the Continents” Digital Game at the Cal Academy Tells the Earth’s Long Story

Posted on by

The Earth only seems static and immovable because we live such pathetically short lives.  In geologic time, the Earth is always in motion: continents skate and twist, collide and separate, split and suture over millions of years.  It's a beautiful, imperceptible dance that never ends. Starting about 500-550 million years ago, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian…

Read more

Memorex: Hip-hop Dancing on Classic 80s TV (video)

Posted on by

I love this 50 minute compilation / remix of 80s commercials and television shows, which among many other treasures has some wonderful classic hip-hop and b-boying. Fast forward to the 1:37 mark where the dancing starts.  Also included: "endless beach parties, Saturday morning cartoons, claymation everything, sleek cars, sexy babes, toys you forgot existed, station…

Read more

Ice Cream Sandwich Inspired by Italian Architect Renzo Piano

Posted on by

I just discovered at my local market an artisinal, architecturally-inspired ice cream sandwich line called… wait for it… Coolhaus.  The name "Coolhaus" is, according to their website, a triple-entendre: Bauhaus, an influential modernist design movement of the 1920′s and 30′s. Rem Koolhaas, the famous Dutch Architect and Theorist who challenged the mantra "Form follows function" "Cool…

Read more