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January 30, 2011

Lindy B-Boys: The Way Hip Al & Leon

elWatusi @ 9:18 pm

Twobarbreak, a perennial Youtube favorite poster, has lots of very cool dance clips. Here’s one of my current selections, a gem that features Al & Leon (Al Minns and Leon James), legendary jazz dance duo in the ’30s and ’40s that laid the groundwork for what was to come decades later.

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January 13, 2011

Just The Pips

elWatusi @ 8:07 pm

From the short-lived Richard Pryor TV show, here is a hilarious presentation by The Pips without Gladys Knight. Looks like she finally did get that midnight train to Georgia.

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December 7, 2010

The Ralph Kramden Mambo – A Classic Honeymooners Moment

elWatusi @ 1:36 am

Carlos, a mambo dancer, moves into the apartment building and Ralph, Ed, and Mr. Manicotti aren’t very happy. A side-splitter. Enjoy!

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December 2, 2010

AMOLED Flexible Displays Coming Seriously Soon

elWatusi @ 3:09 am

This is coming sooner than you think. Comments?

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November 27, 2010

Carlos “Patato” Valdez – a Tribute in Image and Sound

elWatusi @ 12:59 am

Here’s Martin Cohen’s terrific photographic tribute to the legendary conguero Carlos “Patato” Valdez. Martin, a first class photographer, has done a remarkable job editing this trove of material. Enjoy!

Patato Discography

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November 13, 2010

Video: Joe Cuba Double Feature – “Bang Bang” & “A Las Seis”

elWatusi @ 3:36 am

Still a party favorite, what, nearly 45 years later? “Bang Bang” will, apparently, live forever. How cool is that! How many commercials or movies have you heard it played on? Below is a double feature: Bang Bang *and* A Las Seis

What gives a track like Bang Bang its enduring popularity? Here’s what JJ Rassler said in a review done back in ‘92 for the West Side album Joe Cuba Sextette with Cheo Feliciano…

Spearheading New York City’s Boogaloo movement were Joe Cuba and his Sextette, and their monster hit Bang Bang. A solid percussive unit utilizing vibes in place of horns, the band featured two incredibly versatile lead vocalists: Cheo Feliciano and the Jimmy Sabater, whose styles drifted from boleros to the street corner harmony of rhythm and blues and doo-wop, to screaming party style narratives in both spanish and english… Joe Cuba and his Sextette were on the verge of a musical breakthrough.

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October 25, 2010

Video: Carlos Embale and Celeste Mendoza, Street Rumba, Cuba 1964

elWatusi @ 1:43 am

Oomph! What a great slice of 1964, Cuba. Celeste is truly the queen of rumba. Super hip. Give this one a chance: it definitely pays off. Amazing dancing.

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October 18, 2010

Salsa Newbie: Part 2 – Enters the dance world – cont…

elWatusi @ 9:06 pm

Click here for Part 1
Here’s Part 2 of a totally hilarious series of animated movies poking fun at the salsa dance instructional industry that has developed over the past decade or so. Its creator, Jake, is a lover of salsa and is himself a salsa dance instructor, albeit with a terrific self-deprecating sense of humor. Some of his jabs are so spot-on, that you just know he’s been in the biz quite a while. I have been waiting for someone to do something like this. Love it. Great work, Jake. We’ll be posting the entire series over time.

Here’s a plug for Jake’s website.

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October 9, 2010

Video… Frankie Baby Teaser: Mambo Meets Hip Hop

elWatusi @ 12:17 am

I really like this mash-up of Bronx Latin hip-hop culture and that of vintage mambo era dancing. If you like it, visit the totally cool website of artist Santiago: www.riceandbeanz.net

What do you get when you cross Planet Rock vs. Pin up, Beat Street vs. West Side Story, Boomboxes, B-girls, Bronx ballrooms and bombshells from back in the day ?

Frankie Baby – a vintage urban Pin-up apparel project. by artist Derek Santiago and photographer Frank Antonio mashing up New York CIty’s Latin Mambo era of the 1950s, vintage glamourous Pin ups, and the wildly creative Bronx street culture of the 1980s.

The ingredients of this clip I put together pays respectful homage to the old inspiration, and the direction we aim to take the culture.
If you love, then spread this video.

*note- all breakdancing footage are women

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September 28, 2010

Peliculas Gratis Nº 16: Alberto Barros Interprets La Rebelion with Diego Moran

elWatusi @ 2:56 am

From Alberto Barros’ Tributo a Salsa Colombiana sessions, which are all fabulous, this is one of my favorite tracks. Two reasons: 1. The song. La Rebellion, one of Joe Arroyo’s biggest hits, is a remarkable composition that swings super hard. 2. Diego Moran. I love this guy. Everything I’ve ever heard him do was top-notch. This guy should be a superstar.

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