Archive for the ‘dance’ Category
May 12th, 2008 crankdat, crazes, dance, hiphop, presentations, research, roflcon, roflcon08, roflcon2008, souljaboy, video | 1 Comment »
Some of you might have seen this on the Todo Mundo video stream already, but here it is for the RSS heads, Crank Dat ROFLCon!
You can also check the materials used in my presentation: Work it, Move it, Bang it, Bump it.
Powerpoint is dead, long live HTML Slidy!
Tags: crankdat, crazes, dance, hiphop, presentations, research, roflcon, roflcon08, roflcon2008, souljaboy, video
May 2nd, 2008 academia, bitchassdarius, cms, dance, dj, feminism, gender, hiphop, race, sexuality, writing | 4 Comments »
DJ Nephets in Paris, 18 May 2007
My prof, Henry Jenkins, just posted the most recent draft of an essay I am writing about the liberating potential of booty bass lyrics to his blog. Here’s a preview:
By reading the lyrics literally, I was ignoring their role inside the logic of dance music. If the dancefloor is […]
Tags: academia, bitchassdarius, cms, dance, dj, feminism, gender, hiphop, race, sexuality, writing
April 30th, 2008 chickennoodlesoup, dance, dancing, education, harlem, hiphop, lightfeet, litefeet, teenagers, webstar | No Comments »
A new friend from ROFLCon emailed me this morning about high school kids being suspended for making videos of spontaneous ‘lite feet’ dancing in school. Rather than re-write this as a blog post (end of semester squeeze and all), I’m going to quote my email (nessonblog style) and paste the videos inline. Enjoy!
Hi [so-and-so],
You’ve lead […]
Tags: chickennoodlesoup, dance, dancing, education, harlem, hiphop, lightfeet, litefeet, teenagers, webstar
Soulja Boy is celebrating the anniversary of his signing a few months early but he’s also posted videos of a new dance called “Crank Dat Billie Jean.”
The dancing is tight, the new moves are nice, and the remix sounds hot (especially playing out of a car stereo.) But, one has to wonder what to make […]
Tags: crankdat, dance, hiphop, industry, musicvideo, performance, souljaboy
This is a noise party I attended in San Francisco, California.
Low B was the DJ.
Tags: dance, dj, noise, party, sanfrancisco, video
January 9th, 2008 300, chicago, dance, footwork, hiphop, juke, remix, thapope, todomundo, video | No Comments »
Tha Pope (aka “Chicago’s Youngest Celebrity”) posted a new promo vid this morning that intercuts distorted clips from ‘300′ with scenes of footworking and animated advertising for the upcoming party in Lynwood.
Lots of different footworking styles on display. Check the faux martial arts sparring and deft foot feint in the gymnasium scenes!
December 7th, 2007 chic, chicago, dance, diy, dj, fashion, gaming, gantman, injury, juke, lonewolf, passage, todomundo | No Comments »
My apologies to everyone who made it out to Todo Mundo last night. I am sure that Andrew and Ben did not disappoint and everyone raised a glass for Pimp C. Did you read MattSoReal’s interview with Bun B yet?
Searching around in Dan’s car for an ice scraper, the trunk closed on me and dislocated […]
December 5th, 2007 boston, bump, dance, dj, grind, hiphop, lonewolf, milkyway, party, todomundo | No Comments »
Yes, we are getting nasty a week early this month.
But don’t be a fweekin sleepyhead !! Get your mind (and behind) right and be there !!
This Thursday we are going to start off SLOW, LOUD, AND BANGING with a special syrupy tribute to Pimp C by DJ xDON RICKLESx — so get there on time!
TODO […]