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- Mon May 10, 2004 12:42 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Offensive Songs In General and Drawing Lines
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18202
- Sun May 09, 2004 6:32 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Are you an "opener" or a "closer"?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 43751
- Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:46 pm
- Forum: Other Music
- Topic: Gospel Lindy?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 69593
- Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:32 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Eddie Reed: Will You Spin Him Nowadays?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 24469
There is a certain stigma that is associated with child molesters. Comparing child molesters to gamblers, thiefs, drug abusers, etc... is like comparing apples to oranges. Even in prison there is a stigma associated with child molesters. They rank socially on the bottom of the prison totem pole and...
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:56 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Eddie Reed: Will You Spin Him Nowadays?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 24469
No, I'm saying that his music is independent of the crimes he committed. Art without context is meaningless. Sure, you could study art and gain a limited appreciation of it, but until you understand the artist's biography, the political climate of the time, etc., you won't truly understand everythi...
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:29 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Exchanges and their DJs
- Replies: 57
- Views: 44207
- Sun Apr 25, 2004 7:08 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Eddie Reed: Will You Spin Him Nowadays?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 24469
Eddie Reed: Will You Spin Him Nowadays?
So I saw this link on Yehoodi to a story about Eddie Reed: http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21474~2064632,00.html Man gets 10 years for lewd acts Local bandleader pleaded guilty to molesting relative. By Tracy Manzer Staff writer LONG BEACH -- The frontman for a local swing band that ...
- Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:55 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Are you an "opener" or a "closer"?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 43751
I always prefer to dance when the most regular lindy hoppers are present. That is usually toward the last 3rd of the night in San Diego. Ahh yes. Lindy hoppers take fashionably late to the extreme. Personally, I would much rather close a night than open a night ... I like the challenge of keeping a...
- Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:51 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Radio stations playing jazz, swing, ragtime, etc.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12023
If I remember correctly - 89.1 FM in Menlo Park, CA. It's broadcast on a small transmitter from Menlo/Atherton High School, but it is 100% swing music from the swing era 24-7 ... the DJ's are very knowledgeable and it's fun to listen to. Too bad you can only pick it up within about 10 miles of the c...
- Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:46 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What's the worst swing song ever?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 61877
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre100/e109/e10902gjmb9.jpg If I was drinking milk right now, it would be coming out of my nose ... I had to look this one up on Amazon and YES!!!! There are samples! Swingin': A Tribute to Michael Jackson It's kinda funny to listen to because for some of the...
- Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:51 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What's the worst swing song ever?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 61877
- Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:40 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Non swing - when and how?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 60718
I hear top WCS competitors are doing balboa in comps now. [sarcasm] Just because you can bal to 90 BPM hip hop music, doesn't mean you should. [/sarcasm] On a more serious note, I'm really glad to see all of the agreement (in principle at least ;) ) about the spirit of lindy hop and how it needs to...
- Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:39 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Non swing - when and how?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 60718
- Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:44 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Non swing - when and how?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 60718
Lindy Hop is a vintage dance, not a new thing that we're trying to figure out like the originators were. That's what makes it worth preserving. It has nothing to do with the color of our skin. But what are we preserving? There is no central authority for lindy hop that has codified the dance. If yo...
- Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:58 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: 50s bands for swing dancing
- Replies: 211
- Views: 114022
Re: Turnabout, Jerry.
Ok to add fuel to the debate fire, I put up 10 new clips: http://www.wkhr.org/SwingDJs/ 1. I quite liked the piano intro and solo, but the rest is more or a foxtrot feel ... wouldn't use it. 2. Some might mistake this for a groovy feel, but I think the the trumpet is way too jazzy and distracting ....