My NOLA geocaching scavenger hunt team..We won! So fun following clues running around New Orleans :) (Taken with instagram)
Just watched The Weather Underground..holy heavy shit. Amazing. Nam, revolutionaries, the 60s & 70s, Black Panthers..passion, morality, etc.
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I need to move there & get re-educated. Thanks Jannik :-D
A year ago I saw Big Freedia for my first time at the NOLA Art House/Treehouse #1, and here is a video of that. Thanks to my friend Dom for sending this to me! If you don’t know Big Freedia I suggest you get acquainted with her now..start by watching her ass shaking at the end of the vid. She means BIZNESSSSS & is one of New Orleans’ pride and joys
Just like R2D2..cept he is huge and has a keg and disco ball inside and rolls with a Mardi gras parade (Taken with instagram)
EXCERPT FROM MY AFRICAN DANCE CLASS SYLLABUS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a physical class with live musicians requiring students to actively engage in activities designed to prepare the body to be able to respond to the demands that African dance requires. The student should have a basic comprehension of the connection between their bodies and movement to percussion instruments. In addition, the student should possess: a). Rhythm b). Physical agility c). Stamina d). Coordination e). Desire and willingness to learn
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the semester the beginner student will be able to:
a). Physically and mentally able to respond to the demand of the rhythms of the drums
b). Distinguish between rhythms and polyrhythmic patterns and percussive compositions
c). Identify the instruments that will be used in the class by the musicians
d). Demonstrate the relationship that the movements have to specific part of the rhythms that are danced to
e). Know the history of dance; learn, accompanying chants and songs
f). Appreciate and understand the spiritual significance that the dance has in the culture of the African people, African American people and its effect on other dance forms
g). Perform and execute movements from tradition African and African American dances. Among the dances taught include: Funga, originated in Liberia as a traditional dance of welcome (the first traditional African American dance), Lamban, Bambara dance of celebration and healing, Manjiani, Bambara social dance, Ajaja, Nigerian ritual dance, Sunnu, Bambara dance of celebration, BaTaKaTo, Nigerian social dance, Calinda, originated in Haiti, performed in Congo Square, New Orleans, Mai, Gede, Nago and Yanvalou, Haitian religious dances, Wolosa Dong, Bambara dance of breaking the chains of indentured servitude, Akonkon, wrestler dance of the Jola people, DounDoun Ba, Guinean dance of the strong men, KakiLambe & Sinte, dance of celebration from the Baga people of Guinea, and Basket Dance, dance of the market women from the Bushe people of the Congo.
h). Collaborate and choreograph an African dance using movements taught in the class.
Do you have a sick mustache? Beard? Tattoo? Wellllll…
On a massive Zola Jesus kick right now. Also try “Bone is Bloodstone”. Perfect timing, because WTUL is presenting Zola Jesus w/Talk Normal on 2/4 at One Eyed Jack’s :)
This weekend HVNNVH and I did some heavy duty biking round the city..how could one not? It’s flat as fuck here and 75 degrees in January. On Friday we managed to catch the Circle Bar re-opening party and Quintron & Miss Pussycat at Siberia (-sick show, although with an alarmingly sweaty mosh pit) , and finished at Snake and Jake’s shortly before dawn. By 11 AM on Saturday we were down in the Bywater drinking bloody Marys and dancing/screaming/being generally loud in music videos (? unsure..whatever we were filming for..it was fun..”basement jam sessions”) for Rich Aucoin. Saturday night we hit up the Nurses/Mountain Goats show at Tipitina’s but only stayed for one MG song because..it was kinda slow :) And then we went to a party. Which wasn’t slow. Around 3 am we were so fucking tired of biking like 25 miles that we got a ride back to my apartment..weak? Smart? You decide. I then proceeded to sleep (heavily) for 12 hours. So there’s my weekend in a nutshell, and I haven’t even been back in New Orleans for a week yet..I FUCKING LOVE IT HERE!
Anonymous asked: what are your views on tattoos?
pro, unless you are not an intelligent and rational person :)
