I’ve had a very busy week – from Wednesday last week til yesterday… well, let’s count today as well. Firstly, we had three lovely houseguests arrive on Wednesday evening, an arrival we celebrated with a fairly extensive barbeque dinner. Thursday, the MLX began, with a volunteer meeting at 7.30pm, continuing with a free dance atContinue reading “a few preliminary mlx thoughts – djing”
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The Charleston Chasers
The Charleston Chasers (self-titled). Not the modern-day recreationist Charleston Chasers, but the early days doods from the 20s/30s. Only existing as a studio-group (ie recording together but not performing live for audiences), the Charleston Chasers feature a pretty white cast of musicians (and sound it too), including Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Pee Wee Russell, TommyContinue reading “The Charleston Chasers”
busy busy
and because I have plenty to blog about, does that mean I’m doing any blogging…? I have, however, been busybusy with the thesis (I’ve probably jinxed it now) – the first two chapters have now been re-edited (come on down draft #3!), I’ve written a first (craptastic) version of chapter six, and I’m now goingContinue reading “busy busy”
a thesis outline sort of testy thingy…
If I do put the schools chapter last, I think I’ll use it in the following way: I begin with Afro-American vernacular dance because contemporary swing dance culture itself ‘begins’ with af-am v dance. The ‘original swing era’ is a powerful myth in swing culture. It is used to justify many cultural and social practices,Continue reading “a thesis outline sort of testy thingy…”
Recent Lindy Hop adventures
I’ve just seen some clips from the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown competition this year (on a french site whose name I can’t remember, sorry) and I’ve noticed some interesting tropes. What’s the ULHS? The ULHS is one of the most well-respected lindy competitions in the swinguverse. The emphasis is on hardcore dancing, with a relaxedContinue reading “Recent Lindy Hop adventures”
work thoughts
today i had a busy day inspired by Jane C. Desmond’s article “Embodying Difference: Issues in Dance and Cultural Studies” in Cultural Critique (Winter 1993/94, pgs 33 – 63). And IÂ’ve recently written an overly long post in this thread on swing talk about the charleston swingout. charleston The charleston – as you may orContinue reading “work thoughts”
st fagans: welsh life museum
i went to st fagans (pronounced “saint faggans”) yesterday, and it was mighty fine. and mighty big. it’s a lot like port arthur in tasmania: the grounds are basically historically accurate recreations of houses and their contents. but st fagans pisses all over port arthur as it covers about 90 million more years than portContinue reading “st fagans: welsh life museum”
29 June 04: castles
p> the keep in the middle of cardiff castle. i did both cardiff castle and castle coch today, both belonging to the relatively eccentric bute marquis, who was Scottish, obsessed with historical recreations, and decided he’d like to have a few restored medieval castles. cardiff castle was a bit on the tacky side, if youContinue reading “29 June 04: castles”