I was down in Canberra for work last week and managed to make it out to the social on Thursday night. I ended up DJing the first set – here’s what I played: Name – Artist – Album – Duration – Date – BPMBlues for Stephanie – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra
Treme, Lindy Hop, New Orleans and the Mythology of Rebirth
This is part review, part lindy blog and part personal reflection. But mainly its me talking about stuff I don’t know nearly enough about, so feel free to tell me I’m full of shit. I’ve just finished watching the first season of Treme on DVD (it’s finally out here*). It’s by the same producers and
Djd Set: Devil City Swing, Sunday Night
Devil City Swing has got to be one of my favourite exchanges. So I was thrilled to be playing a set there. My set was Sunday night at the last venue (The Grand Poobah). We were late getting into the venue so I couldn’t have music playing when people arrived. The first couple of songs
Swing dancing analogies: A chocolate teapot
I’ve observed with interest the recent multiplication of swing dancing analogies. Perhaps it’s the rise of the swing dancing blog, or there’s more people thinking about dancing but I’m beginning to think that it’s getting a bit much. Some of them are cute, some of them show the nerdiness of Lindy Hoppers and yet others
Why Men Lead and Women Follow – 10 Wrong Reasons
Spuds posted a link on Yehooid to this article written by a dancer named Lloyd on his blog. It claims 10 ‘good’ reasons why men should lead and women should follow in partnered social dance. He doesn’t refer specifically Lindy Hop much but it’s definitely relevant to the Lindy scene. Enough preamble – here’s why
Swing dancing on Australian screens
I found a video today through Yehoodi of some jitterbug dancers in 1961. The poster expressed a bit of surprise to find footage of swing dancing in the 1960’s. This got me thinking about the history of lindy hop in Australia – something I have an interest in but have never had the time, and
Swing Pit – 25 Feb – Set list
Although it’s been cooler lately the venue was still quite warm and muggy – I was playing second after the birthday/welcome jam. It was a fairly small crowd at the start of the night after the lesson but things picked up pretty quickly after that. I didn’t really think I played that well – it’s
Blogroll
- Dogpossum.org
Why did I choose those songs for the competition? - J.S.Almonte - Wandering and Pondering
Sw!ng Out In Context - Mazz Jazz
DaD: cosa stiamo facendo? - My Jazz Can Beat Up Your Jazz
On Programming an Album of Original Swing Music - Shuffle Projects
Alphabetical Jazz Steps – Edition 3 (2017) with Chester Whitmore - Swungover
The 1955 Harvest Moon Ball
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