Incredible dancer, and, as I was lucky enough to talk to him once, a humble soul. This 1982 performance on Top Of The Pops to my favorite Shalamar song is the definition of A+. NASA level.

“People thought a rope was pulling me, they thought that I had, like, oil on the floor, they thought I had wheels on my shoes - people just couldn’t understand what was going on.”

Thanks Kathy

I think he, more than any one person or thing, crafted my mental image of LA when I didn’t live here.

EVERYTHING, NOTHING, SOMETHING, ALWAYS (WALLA!)
a project by Emily Mast for Performa 09

Thanks Jeff

Have a great weekend, you guys.

I guess Lotte is holding a dance contest to promote a new gum. MG pointed me to this great entry. If you need a Japanese language tutor, this guy seems pretty solid.

Naomi Watanabe also has mastered her Beyonce impersonation.

thanks Arash Saedinia

Ice T rappin over Jam on it via West Coast Pioneers TV broadcasting rare footage, videos, interviews and commercials of the early West Coast.
Have a great weekend!

THE GOAT and the Occasional Others

Thanks Michael

COSMIC WONDER Light Source 3
Light Streams

Launch party for Light Streams, a photo book published by Nieves

EVERYTHING, NOTHING, SOMETHING, ALWAYS (WALLA!)

Emily Mast
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 7-10 pm
One night only!

Performance from 7-10 pm
with Mckinley Belcher III, Ren Bell, Hana van der Kolk, Shannon Haff & Justin Streichman

“Okay, I need a minute to brag about my students who represented my school this past sunday, competing in a ballroom dance competition against 14 other LA schools.

We’ve been working for the past 10 weeks learning 5 different dances, and Sunday was the final competition, in which we selected 10 students to compete. I watched and cheered on nervously as they danced the meringue, rhumba, foxtrot, tango and swing in some fancy ballroom on the west-side of town.

I’ve never been more tense or nervous as I was when they were announcing the winner. My students had worked so hard and danced so well; I wanted them to win badly — they deserved it. The M.C. announced the 3rd place winner, the 2nd place winner, and then the 1st place winner: Culture and Language Academy of Success! We won it! I lost it. Went crazy hugging my students and hoisting our HUGE first place trophy up high. They allowed us, the winners, one last dance in front of the whole crowd. I’ve never been more happy, more proud.

I gotta give mad props to Alaysia, Damani, Evan, Crystal, Jerimiah, Jaida, Kennedy, Renard, Denzel and Tah-je. The best little dancers in all of Los Angeles.

Warmly,
Andrew Gaines

Video for Flying Lotus’ Dance Floor Dale (Parisian Goldfish) track, directed by Eric Wareheim, co-directed by Eric Fensler and Devin Flynn.

Warning: contains explicit images

Thanks Mason

Ghost Town DJs, My Boo