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I read some thing on vernacular jazz dance about the lack of female DJs at European swing dance events…which I now realise was a response to my joke post about women DJs, which was actually Olive and Astrid in Fringe, being science nerds.
This past MSF (which is one of the two biggest [...]
Fully fat from dogpossum on 8tracks Radio.
title year artist bpm length
You Hear Me Talkin’ To Ya – 2009 – Luke Winslow-King (Rich Levison, Cassidy Holden, Shaye Cohn) – 142 – 2:12
Truckin’ – 2012 – Paul Asaro And The Fat Babies (Andy [...]
Shouting from dogpossum on 8tracks Radio.
name artist bpm length album year
Intro / Time’s Gettin’ Tougher Than Tough – Jimmy Witherspoon with Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Earl Hines, Vernon Alley, Mel Lewis – 134 – 3:35 – The ‘Spoon Concerts [...]
Someone told me…
By dogpossum On 16th April, 2013 · 1 Comment · In djing, hero poems, lindy hop and other dances, music, shameless fansquee
…Skye read(s) my blog and I felt like this
only with more squeeing in my pants*.
(image c/o carrionlaughing)
On a completely different tack, but still here in this post because yolo, bro, yolo…I play quite a lot of Big Joe Turner and Count Basie when I’m DJing. That’s like saying “I [...]
Goats: THROWN!
By dogpossum On 7th January, 2013 · 2 Comments · In 8 tracks, djing, lindy hop and other dances, music, same sex dancing
Imperial Swing from dogpossum on 8tracks Radio.
Last weekend I DJed my first proper lindy hop set since November, and it was super fine. It was the first set of the night at Imperial Swing, a social gig put on by Swing Out Sydney. [...]
You’d think nothing had been happening round here.
But everything has been happening.
Firstly, we had to finish off classes for the year. We were so tired out, it was a relief, and yet it’s a poo to interrupt the learnz. But knowing when to rest is important.
Secondly, we had MLX. The [...]
No news
By dogpossum On 27th August, 2012 · 10 Comments · In djing, lindy hop and other dances, menz, same sex dancing, wimminz
[rage edit]HEY, if you’d like to give me a serve about being some sort of elitist, how’s about you a) read some of this blog, b) read my comment below. Because I am onto your shit, and I will NOT tolerate it. While I’m at it I DO HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN [...]
Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Duke DeJan
By dogpossum On 10th July, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In blues, cat blogging, djing, lindy hop and other dances, music, ole timey
This is my favourite Preservation Hall Jazz Band album. It’s called Preservation Hall Hot 4
“with Duke DeJan” and I like it because it’s a smaller group, and while they’re definitely trucking along, it’s a calmer, quieter album. Their version of ‘Dinah’ is my most favourite, probably because I used to [...]
I’ve been doing a bit of writing and thinking about ethnographic music [...]
