An Open Letter to the Abbott Government

Now I normally don't write letters to politicians, but occasionally some things get my goat so much that I feel obliged to break my own rules. If you feel as I do you're welcome to use my text in your own letter.

The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP Prime Minister of Australia

Senator the Hon. George Brandis QC, Attorney-General
The Hon. Scott Morrison, MP Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Dear Prime Minister and Ministers

I'm alternately shocked and saddened by the depths to which the Australian Government will plunge in its asylum seeker and refugee policy. I call on you to embrace the fundamental Australian value of a 'fair go' and reverse the un-Australian policies of this and previous governments.

The conditions that asylum seekers are being kept in are worse than those we keep people who have been convicted of the most heinous crimes.

We are now asking refugees to abide by standards of behaviour in regards to harassment, intimidation and bureaucratic compliance that even members of parliament would have trouble abiding by. Any person (citizen, refugee, resident or visitor) who breaks Australian law should be held accountable, but that is the purpose of the criminal justice system.

The worst part is that the 'problems' of boat people, queue jumpers and deaths at sea are largely of our own making. We've restricted the opportunities for people fleeing persecution to apply for a visa and enter Australia by air. We've confiscated boats and imprisoned crew, ensuring that only the most unseaworthy vessels are sailed and then abandoned.

By providing safe, alternative means to seek asylum we could largely eliminate these problems, for example through relaxing visa restrictions in known asylum seeker source countries. Processing asylum applications should be swift, transparent and fair.

Once here refugees should be given the opportunity to integrate into the community and contribute to our economy. The expense of welfare payments for refugees is exacerbated by not letting them work.

These policy measures may or may not be reducing the number of refugee arrivals, but that is beside the point.

This Government and its members have often preached about values and morals. The blatant disregard of individual rights, the despicable treatment of other human beings and the demonisation of a group of people who have few means to fight back all for the purpose of winning a few votes shows us the true morals of this government:

To win at any cost, even if that means selling the souls of the Australian people and condemning others to a hell on earth. 

PS for Ministerial and Departmental Staff: I'm not interested in a pro-forma response or one written by a junior bureaucrat, so please don't send me one.

Herräng Resources

Well I'm officially feeling nostalgic about summertime craziness in a small town in Sweden. Registration for 2014 ain't that far away so in the first of a few posts I may or may not write about Herräng I've put together this (incomplete) list of resources about the centre of the centre of the Lindy Hop Universe.

Official Sites

Official Website (I'll note that they've done a major revamp this year)

(and it would appear that Heaven's Kitchen has a website too)

Social Media

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn 

Blog Posts

I've tried to concentrate on blog posts that have been written in the last few years. There's plenty out there from before then.

Lloydian Dance - Reviews of every camp since 1999 (warning - reading these can be a huge time sink - especially if you've been to Herräng before. Lloyd is also a person of very strong opinions, so tune out if you're easily offended)

It's the Way That You Do It - What's Herräng and 10 Things to Know about Herräng 

Ickeroo's - Top 10 Things To Bring With You to Herrang

Small Dancer Ramblings - Herräng for Dummies (also see this post on the 2011 camp)

Jazz up your life Singapore - The Ultimate Guide to Herräng 2011

Rikomatic's 2011 Herräng series - Day 2, Day 3, Swing Kids, Carling Family, Floorcraft, Flu, Final Day, Food.

Norma Miller's HDC 2012 Review

My World in D Flat - Its the Final Countdown! Herrang 2012.

Videos

Calle Johansson's Channel (the unofficial official Herräng channel)

Herräng on Vimeo

Tor Helmstein's Videos (a number of public service announcements and other videos shown in the evening meetings)

Lindybeige's Herräng series (more from Lloyd - this time in video format)

Chester Whitmore - Blackman and Reefer

Anthony Mak's Why We Lindy Hop - Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4

Film Festival videos (Herräng the Musi-Documentary, The Creeper, Herrang Hide and Seek if anyone has more upload them to Youtube)

Blues Dancing Educational Video

Audio

Yehoodi Talk Show's Herrang Show

Lonely Planet - 15 min Audio Documentary

Online News in Australia

With some recent announcements it appears that the number of online news providers in Australia is going up. So (more for my own benefit that anything else - as I want to be able to keep track of the haps back home) I've created a list of online news and current affairs sites in Oz. I'm going to keep things general (so no topic specific sites - e.g. Gawker and publications from Private Media like Smart Company and the AIBM publications like Business Spectator) and electronic (so nothing that also exists in print like The Monthly or the News Ltd. and Fairfax publications).

I'm including sites that feature a paywall - I think that we should pay for quality journalism. If you're a news and current affairs geek like me then you really should subscribe to one (I subscribe to Crikey, mainly for their in-depth work, but choose whatever you want - there's even some you can donate to). I've ordered the sites by their Alexa ranking in Australia.

Daily (during the week at least) or Constantly Updating

ABC Online - 23

The Guardian - 69

SBS Online - 174

The Conversation - 453

Crikey - 786

The New Daily - 1657 

Online Opinion - 1876

Independent Australia - 2635

New Matilda - 6682

The Global Mail - 7672

Periodic

Inside Story - 26331

Reportage Online

A Lindy Hop Pentathlon

So it seems my last post got quite the audience in Finland of all places so Tervetuloa!

I spent this weekend watching the ESDC live feed (and getting drunk on Twitter) and it got me thinking about competitions. Specifically some sort of multi-division contest designed to really pick out the best of the best.

What better model than the Modern Pentathlon - with it's mix of running, swimming, shooting, fencing and show jumping. (well okay, perhaps not such a good model - but whatever I like the number 5)

So what should this Lindy Hop Pentathlon contain. Here's my ideas:

• Social dance/improvisation - Lindy Hop is a street dance and the social dancing is a huge part of the scene and what many competition divisions attempt to replicate. Improvisation (it's a jazz dance) is critical in this.
• Choreography - Though it is a street dance Lindy Hop achieved fame through iconic choreography like the Hellzapoppin' routine. The ability to choreograph routines is part of what makes someone a great Lindy hopper. 
• Solo dance - Dogpossum has convinced me that solo dancing is really important if you really want mad skillz. It's also a big part of our current scene and historically important too.
• Role switching - If you can't do both roles I don't think you can call yourself an advanced dancer. 
• Icons of Lindy Hop - I also reckon that a Lindy Pentathlon needs some spice, something added to the usual comp divisions, something that represents the Lindy Hop and something that really gets the crowd fired up.
• A Team Event - though it does have it's individual elements, at the end of the day Lindy Hop needs a team of two people to work. The pentathlon should be entered by a couple.

And what should be out:

• Other dance styles - No Balboa, No Blues, No Shag. This is about being the greatest Lindy Hop couple, not the greatest vernacular jazz dance couple. So these other styles are out.
• A separate event - this should be taking place at an existing competition
• Gimmicks - dance marathons, jazz alphabets, memorisation of routines etc. Yeah I know it's a fine line between gimmicks and icons, but this shouldn't be too silly.

So with all that in mind here's my list of events for a Lindy Hop Pentathlon:

The Partnered Contests (in at least one of these events the couple should switch roles for the entirety of the event):

• Strictly Lindy - improvised with partner, to unknown music
• Jack and Jill - improvised with random partner, to unknown music
• Showcase/Classic - choreographed routine to music selected by couple

 The Mad Skillz Contests:

• Solo dance - charleston, authentic jazz it's all good
• Huge Air - this is the addition, something to up the stakes and get the crowd pumping. Here's how it goes down. Four eights, thirty two bars, one chorus to pull the craziest most-crowd-pleasing air step(s) possible. To be judged by audience acclamation. For fairness the same chorus could be used for everyone.

Competitors would be judged as a couple with their individual scores in the solo dance and J&J contests would be added to their score as a team. Each event would be equally weighted. To raise the stakes the scores could be tallied and tabled before the Huge Air contest - so the audience knows where everyone is placed going into the last round. This could also be held in conjunction with other events - only those entering all 5 would go into the pentathlon.

So there's my idea. Would it ever make it into an event? Probably not and I'm not really advocating that it should - this is more of a thought experiment than anything else.

Jazz Music Shops for Swing DJs

One of the things I've been working on of late is a crowd sourced map of jazz music stores. When I travel I like to visit music stores and check out their selection - hopefully I can snap up something that's out of print or heavily discounted.

The map is for those swing DJs who like to travel and who like to buy their music in hard copy.

Here's the map:
If anyone has any additions please let me know in the comments. I'd rather avoid adding chain stores, unless they have a particularly good selection.

10 Lindy Hop Videos Everyone Should Watch

Well I've been slack with the postings as of late (I've been working on some other projects - and am starting my PhD - besides am I ever not slack with posting stuff here) - heck I'm always slack, but here's 10 important videos about Lindy Hop. There's no real criteria for inclusion - I've picked some that are great examples of things, others that are important for our modern scene in various ways and others because I like them. Enjoy!

1 - After Seben 1929
Baring the uncovering of some archival footage (which is possible, film shot at the 1928 Harlem dance marathon - where Lindy was supposedly invented - exists in a vault in South Carolina) this film from 1929 is the earliest example we have of Lindy Hop and features the legendary 'Shorty' George Snowden. With comments from Bobby White:

2 - Hellzapoppin - 1941
The most famous Lindy Hop routine on film. You can also watch the full movie here.I like this version with the musical introduction featuring the genius of Slim and Slam which illustrates the call and response features of jazz.

3 - The Spirit Moves
The most important video documentary of African American vernacular dance. Mura Dehn filmed a bunch of the greats from the Savoy, including Al Minns and Leon James, amongst many other dancers tracing the changes in dance styles across the 20th century. This is just a preview of the DVD (if you're serious about this shit you should buy yourself a copy). There's videos on youtube of various lindy hop related scenes that you can search out as well.

4 - Mad Dog 2002
Badass! was a quality missing during the neo-swing and groove phases that contemporary lindy hop went through - but it's not missing in this routine. It's was pretty influential (I wasn't around then, but those who were still talk about it) and a great example of a throw down everything balls-to-the-wall jam.

5 - Max and Thomas 2007
Max and Thomas of the Ninjammerz showing us how it's done. This routine is actually a parody of a routine done originally by Carla Heiney and Kevin St. Laurent which you can watch here.

6 - Skye and Frida "24 Robbers" - 2007
No list of lindy hop videos is complete without a performance from the power couple of Frida Segerdahl and Skye Humphries. This is one of their more iconic routines (and one of my personal favourites).
Jerry Almonte has a lengthy post about this routine that is well worth reading - in fact if you really want to get yourself schooled on the recent history of lindy hop (and have some time to kill - it's about 70 pages long) check out his Artistry in Rhythm series.

7 - I Charleston Japan - 2009
You've probably seen an I Charleston video (there's more than 40 now) but this one started them all.

8 - The Last Bounce - 2010
Lindy Hop in an arena spectacular? Where else but Sweden of course. The Harlem Hotshots wow the audience in this section of The Last Bounce.

9 - Black Coffee - 2011
There's now a bunch of Lindy Hop videos made by Lindy Hoppers which have rather high production values. This was one of the first I saw and remains a favourite:

10 - What is Lindy Hop? - 2013

It only took 8 years but there's finally a video on You Tube that actually explains what Lindy Hop is (aside from the misleading references to newspaper headlines). Put together by Yehoodi for this year's live broadcast of ILHC it's something you can send to relos and non-dancing friends.

Bonus - Evolution of Lindy Hop - 2010
Karen Turman and Andrew Thigpen's ILHC routine references a tonne of choreography from classic Lindy Hop videos. You can read about the thought process behind it in a series of guest posts (again on Jerry's blog), Ben Yau has an analysis of all the videos and there's also a compilation here.

2013 Federal Election: Minor Parties Take 2

Well we're a week out and for those considering voting below the line I've already covered most of the minor parties (and Antony Green has an excellent guide to below the line voting here) However there's a whole bunch of single issue parties to add to the menagerie of minor parties running on the NSW senate ballot.

As a sample we've got Bullet Train for Australia;

The Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party;

The No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics;

And the Smoker's Rights Party:

I thought I'd have a crack at trying to get these parties onto the Vote Compass too. Being single issue parties makes them rather difficult to to properly plot them on the metric. I've developed vote compass scores by adding up the scores of all the parties they've preferenced inversely proportional to the rank that party group has been given. This means I can now chart everyone who submitted a group voting ticket (apologies for the crammed labels).

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Most of the minor parties wind up where you would expect them, although there's been a bit of movement around the place for those I've previously analysed. Senator Online, out of all the single issue parties appears (on this metric) to have the claim to the most non-partisan preferencing allocation. The Socialist Equality Party is more centrist than their idealogical position because of their frankly bizarre group voting ticket (they submitted 3 tickets with Labor, Liberal and Green getting the number 2 spot and the the remainder numbered in the order they appear on the ballot, presumably reading up on the way senate preferences work is too bourgeois - the buck doesn't necessarily stop with one of the big three).

This brings us to another problem. If you're an above the line voter chances are your vote ain't going to your number 1 box. There's really only about 15 or so parties on the NSW ballot paper who have even an outside chance of being elected (though there's some scenarios where others could get up with a vanishingly small primary vote thanks to the craziness of preference harvesting). People selecting the preferences for their party know this too, they really only need to be careful about their positioning of these major parties who could attract. So I've repeated the above analysis, but this time only considering the preferences allocated to these 15 larger parties.

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There's quite a bit of movement here for many of the players. Wikileaks is dragged to the right and Senator Online even more so (demolishing their so-called non-partisan claim). Interestingly the Australian Fishing and Lifestyle party winds up with the exact same spot as the Shooters and Fishers. You could accuse them of being a front but in all other aspects (party registration, history etc.) they're not.

Is this a decent simulation of a party's preferencing position? Not really. It doesn't take into account which party the vote is likely to help elect - that would require some decent polling of minor party senate voting intention, which doesn't exist (at least in the public domain). If we had some polling we could combine that with the preferencing information to run some Monte Carlo simulations and work out not only the probability of various parties being elected to the senate, but which could also tell you the probability of your vote for a particular candidate helping elect another candidate (for example it might be able to tell you that your vote for Wikileaks has a 2% chance of electing a Wikileaks candidate, a 34% chance of electing the Shooters and Fishers party and a 53% of electing The Greens). But we don't have any polling data, so it can't be done.

Hopefully this might help you somewhat in your voting. Happy September 7! (and have a snag for me, I doubt the embassy in Geneva, where I'll be voting, will have a sausage sizzle)

2013 Federal Election: Minor Parties Vote Compass

The minor parties on offer on the NSW Senate Ticket (45 columns and 110 candidates) vary considerably.

We have the wingnut right represented by the Rise Up Australia Party:

The wingnut left represented by the Socialist Equality Party:

And the just plain wingnut represented by the Palmer United Party (sadly the tinfoil hat wearing Citizen's Electoral Council is not running in NSW):

Meanwhile One Nation and The Democrats are still here:

All this and some rather dodgy preference deals leaves a below the line voter, like myself, with a hard task ahead of me. Who do I preference first? Who do I preference last? How do I order everything in the middle?

So I've gone and run the minor parties through the ABC's Vote Compass website to see where they stand on a more numerical basis. Of all the groups and independents there are 25 who have a broad enough issue base (and websites to have a look at their policies) to work here. There's a bunch of single issue parties, which are easy enough to consider separately (although some, notably Stop the Greens and Smokers Rights, seem to be nothing more than fronts for the libertarian Liberal Democratic Party).

Firstly I'd like to say that the condition of policy information on parties' websites is woeful (the Socialist Equality Party's material isn't even on its own website - it sits on the site operated by the International Committee of the Fourth International, a global Trotskyist organisation). In most cases its poorly organised, badly written or strings of motherhood statements. Everyone could really lift their game. Nevertheless I managed to divine party positions on many of the Vote Compass questions using policy statements and other resources (such as media releases) on party websites.

Here's where they've all come out (I've used the Vote Compass rankings for the three major parties) - the scale is the same as vote compass - economic issues on the x axis and social issues on the y axis:

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Firstly the error bars on these are pretty large as many policy questions had to be answered with an "I don't know".

Secondly the set of questions, whilst relevant to current policy debates, hardly covers the full gamut of party policies. The answers also don't cover the full range of policy responses either. A different system produces different results.

For example Socialist Alliance should really be further to the left of the Greens (and the Socialist Equality Party further to the left still). They wind up being further right as they want to eliminate government assistance to big business (like car manufacturers) - by nationalising them (there's not really an appropriate answer for this on the question).

Similarly a number of the 'micro right' parties should really be further left on the economic scale given their position on protectionism, but slide right due to their opposition of a few labor government taxation policies.

Other have views that are a little bit over the shop on the traditional scales, e.g. protectionist of agriculture but deregulate small business or; against same sex marriage but supportive of euthanasia.

I also feel like the questions were designed to maximise the difference between the ALP and the Coalition (the reality is that there is much policy they share in common), so what are really fringe parties ideologically may sit much closer in to the main parties.

So take these rankings with a large grain of salt okay?

However this does allow us to put these parties into groups.

The 'Pick a policy from everywhere' Centrists
Hard to characterise as left or right in general, they pick issues from both sides.

• Palmer United Party
• Uniting Australia Party

The Big Government Christian Conservatives
Protectionist economics combined with conservative christian values.

• One Nation
• Christian Democrat Party
• Australia Voice
• Democratic Labor Party
• Katter's Australian Party

The Small Government Christian Conservatives
Small government (in terms of taxation, spending and regulation) and christian values.

• Family First
• Rise Up Australia Party
• Shooters and Fishers

The Nationalists
Very protectionist economics and conservative social values (though these take a lower priority)

• Australian Protectionist Party
• Australia First Party (though these guys are pretty extreme, they're more fascist - if you forgot about social issues they'd get on pretty well with the Socialist Equality Party)

The Libertarians
Small government (in terms of taxation, spending and regulation) and social freedoms.

• Liberal Democrat Party
• The Australian Republicans

The Moderate Progressives
Balanced regulation and taxation with limited social freedoms.

• Australian Independents
• Andrew Whalan (Group F)

The Social Progressives
Social freedoms and large (in terms of taxation, spending and regulation) but more accountable government.

• The Pirate Party
• The Future Party
• The Secular Party
• Australian Democrats

The Communists
Nationalise everything, workers rights and social freedoms. (Also keep an eye out for ex-communist party members - which has been deregistered - running as independents, such as Ron Poulsen in NSW)

• Socialist Alliance
• Socialist Equality Party

Want to find out more about the minor parties - read some excellent summaries here, here and most comprehensively here and here. Happy voting!

DJing at Herrang

I've just left Herrang after volunteering for the crash down of camp. I'm now slowly meandering my way to Italy where I'll take up residence in September. Whilst I was taking classes and partying I had the opportunity to be a volunteer DJ on a number of occasions. DJing at Herrang was an awesome experience and I thought I'd share some of my experiences (and also how the volunteer DJing works – there's not too much information out there about it) and vague meanderings about DJing there. I may get around to posting some other stuff about Herrang, but we'll see how that works out with some of the other stuff I'm doing over the next few weeks.

DJed music at Herrang is done by the Head DJs, Staff DJs (Christian Bossert has a great post about being a staff DJ here) and Volunteer DJs. The crucial sets are looked after by the Head and Staff DJs with volunteer DJs generally given the less critical sets (for example in another room whilst the band is playing or early in the night). My sets ranged in length from an hour to more than 2 hours. Volunteer DJs will occasionally get to close out the night in somewhere like the library or the Dancebanan, but I don't believe it happens often.

To be a volunteer DJ all you need to do is show up for one of the DJ meetings held on Sunday by the Head DJs. To be asked to DJ more than once all you need to do is not play crap music. The number of sets that you are asked to do will vary depending on the number of volunteer DJs, how late the dancers are staying up that week, how much live music is going on and whether the head DJs like you or not.

For volunteer DJs the perks are few: you get free entrance to the party on the evening you're Djing (an important consideration if you're planning on buying a party pass) and bike parking right outside Folkets Hus. But hey, you're DJing at freaking Herrang (and I'm hoping the exposure will be good, now that I've moved to Europe).

There are 3 main dance spaces in the Folkets Hus, the main location for the evening partying

• The Main Ballroom – with the exception of slow drag night and the occasional activity on the Friday night party the main ballroom is always lindy hop. Sometimes a band will play the ballroom.
  
• The Dansbanan (aka the Dance Banana) – during week 1 this is the Boogie Woogie floor, for other weeks it's usually lindy hop. Sometimes a band will play the dancebanan.
  
• The Library – the library had quite a bit of variation. During week 1 it was slow dance themed, week 3 was balboa and there were other events in there too (often themed for the Friday party, Peter Loggins also played a New Orleans set there), but the intention is to keep the library relatively true to the Herrang music philosophy (there was a well attended discussion on this during week 5, which I missed).
  

Then there's the secret blues dancing parties which occur in a variety of venues (including the Sauna, Heaven's Kitchen or the foyer of Folkets Hus), to DJ these you need to contact the organisers (who vary).

Herrang's music philosophy is well known. The focus is on big band swing recorded in the 1920s, 30s and early 1940s, with the late 30s early 40s period probably being the most played period. Contemporary bands that play in a similar style are also played (though I feel that there may be a little too much reliance on very popular bands like Gordon Webster and Glenn Crytzer). Perdido (1942) and Now You Has Jazz (1956) were two of the most popular tracks by my ear unless you count the 2 hours of Bananaphone (1994) which completed the end of the ultimately bad lindy hop music showcase on the last Thursday of camp.

I played what I consider to be relatively conservative sets. You don't come to Herrang to experiment and you don't come to Herrang to play crap (unless it's bad music night). Having said that I think flexibility is also very important. The following DJ may be late or not show up at all; you might be asked to DJ a lindy room, only to be faced with a room of balboa dancers (both of which happened to me – the balboa freaked me out a little, not being a huge balboa dancer I normally need some time to prepare for a balboa set, but I recovered eventually). I also Djed one of the peer auditions for the Advanced Lindy Hop stream which was fun. About a third of the tracks I played were recorded before 1939 and half before 1944. A third of the tracks I played were contemporary (though that does include a lot of the tracks I dropped during the secret blues party I DJed) with the remainder being from the late 40s and 50s.

Djing at Herrang was an awesome experience and I hope to be back spinning next year.

Setlists

8 July 0130-0230 Dancebanan
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Muddy Waters (A Mississippi Moan) - Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Life is Fine - Disc 1 - 167 - 2:58
2 - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Masters: CD7 1942-45 - 149 - 3:15
3 - Song of the Volga Boatmen - Glenn Miller - The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments - 125 - 3:26
4 - What's Your Name - Fats Waller - Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys - 151 - 3:34
5 - Jacquet in the Box - Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators - Skinny Minne - 160 - 2:46
6 - St. Louis Blues - Artie Shaw - Greatest Hits - 171 - 3:01
7 - Blues in Hoss' Flat - George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra - Swingin' Away - 148 - 5:15
8 - Sweet Loraine - Metronome All Stars - The Classic Recordings 1939-1953 - 122 - 3:14
9 - Afternoon Of A Moax (Shake, Rattle 'n' Roll) - Charlie Barnet - Cherokee - 131 - 3:23
10 - Darktown Strutter's Ball - Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight - The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 - 182 - 3:02
11 - Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - Apollo Jump: Disc 1 - 147 - 3:26
12 - Boulder Buff - Glenn Miller - The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments - 131 - 3:31
13 - Corner Pocket - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 - 139 - 5:17
14 - Bizet Has His Day - Les Brown & His Band of Renown - Session #55 - 158 - 2:27
15 - Night Train - Gordon Webster - Live in Rochester - 142 - 3:59
16 - Jersey Bounce - Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra - Lets Dance - 126 – 3:32

20 July time? Library
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - What's Your Name - Fats Waller - Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys - 151 - 3:34
2 - Over Hand (New Froggy Bottom) - Mary Lou Williams & Her Trio - Queen of Jazz Piano - 141 - 2:47
3 - Milkman - Keep Those Bottle Quiet - Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Swingin' 'Round The Clock - 166 - 2:58
4 - The Right Idea - Charlie Barnet - Cherokee - 184 - 3:13
5 - Baby Brown - Fats Waller - Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 - 207 - 1:24
6 - Truckin' - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Disc 5 - 238 - 3:00
7 - Swing - Brother - Swing - Count Basie and His Orchestra - America's #1 Band: Disc 4 - 154 - 1:50
8 - Stop Beatin’ ‘Round the Mulberry Bush - Fats Waller - Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys - 147 - 2:54
9 - Mr. Rhythm - Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators - Harlem Mad - 131 - 4:08
10 - Swingin' on Nothin' - Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander - Jammin' the Blues - 126 - 3:45
11 - Hesitating Blues - Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtimers - A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier - 107 - 3:12
12 - Goodnight, My Love - Benny Goodman - Swing Kids Sountrack - 114 - 3:08
13 - You're Slightly Less Than Wonderful - Fats Waller - Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 - 136 - 2:24
14 - Leap Frog - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 7 - 158 - 2:59
15 - Thursday - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 3) - 173 - 3:06
16 - Jumbuck Jamboree - Michael McQuaid's Red Hot Rhythmakers - Rhythm of the Day - 181 - 2:55
17 - Roll Em - George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra - Swingin' Away - 200 - 4:53
18 - Posin' - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra - Life is Fine - Disc 2 - 191 - 3:01
19 - Dark Rapture - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) - 154 - 2:40
20 - Chasing Shadows (-2) - Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 - 136 - 2:38
21 - The 'C' Jam Blues - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - Take the A-Train - 180 - 2:39
22 - The Yacht Club Swing - Fats Waller - Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys - 172 - 3:11
23 - Air Mail Special - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 3 - 224 - 2:57
24 - Ridin' High [Live] - Benny Goodman - Essential Benny Goodman - Disc 2 - 241 - 2:39
25 - King Porter Stomp - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947: Disc 3 - 224 - 2:57
26 - Darktown Strutters Ball - Red McKenzie and the Celestial Beings - A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier - 242 - 3:30
27 - I Want to Be Happy - Chick Webb - Strictly Jive - 214 - 4:18
28 - Special Delivery - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 - 231 - 3:01
29 - High Society - Lionel Hampton - Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 - 246 - 3:15
30 - Shorty George - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) - 206 - 2:46
31 - Main Stem - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - Take the A-Train - 207 - 2:51

24 July 0245-0410 Dancebanan
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Darktown Strutter's Ball - Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight - The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 - 182 - 3:02
2 - Big Chief De Sota - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - Wrappin' It Up: Disc 4 - 190 - 2:59
3 - Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 1) - 170 - 2:50
4 - Johnson Rag - Glenn Miller - The Magic of Glen Miller in the Mood - 157 - 2:51
5 - Wild Mob Of The Fish Pond - Charlie Barnet - Skyliner - 133 - 3:15
6 - Pig Foot Sonata - Lionel Hampton - Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 - 127 - 3:04
7 - Shorty's Got to Go - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - Apollo Jump: Disc 1 - 146 - 3:13
8 - My Blue Heaven - Mint Julep Jazz Band - Mint Julep Jazz Band - 165 - 3:17
9 - Say It with Your Feet - Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven - Goin' to Lindy Land - 176 - 3:09
10 - A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird (Alt Take) - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 - 157 - 2:59
11 - Ain't Misbehavin' - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers - Shake It and Break It - 147 - 2:52
12 - Ain't Nothing To It - Fats Waller and His Orchestra - Chant Of The Groove - 127 - 3:14
13 - Bounce Me, Brother, With a Solid Four - Will Bradley and His Orchestra - Howdy, Friends - 146 - 3:17
14 - Pussy Willow - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Take the A-Train - 158 - 4:33
15 - One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie and His Orchestra - America's #1 Band: Disc 4 - 170 - 3:08
16 - Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) - Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra - Lets Dance - 180 - 3:15
17 - Main Stem - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live in Swing City: Swingin' with Duke - 200 - 3:56
18 - Bli Blip - Jennie Lobel & Swing Kings - Mop Mop & Bli Blip - 163 - 2:47
19 - To a Broadway Rose - Artie Shaw - Greatest Hits - 152 - 3:30
20 - Davenport Blues - Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra - Jack Teagarden, Big "T": Disc 2 - 139 - 3:17
21 - Organ Grinder's Swing - Jimmie Lunceford - The Classic Tracks - 123 - 2:41
22 - Well, All Right - Tommy Dorsey - A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 1 - 147 - 3:12
23 - Roll 'Em (Pt. 1) - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 4 - 165 - 2:54
24 - Cherokee - Charlie Barnet - Cherokee - 174 – 3:20

25 July 0400-0630 Dancebanan
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Forty Cups of Coffee - Betty Miller with Sid Phillips & His Band - The Best of British Jazz: Disc 2 - 134 - 3:04
2 - Ballin' The Jack - Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - This Kid's The Greatest! - 149 - 3:15
3 - The Honeydripper (Liggins) - Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Life Is Fine - Disc 4 - 160 - 2:44
4 - St. Louis Blues - Artie Shaw - Greatest Hits - 171 - 3:01
5 - The Right Idea - Charlie Barnet - Cherokee - 184 - 3:13
6 - Goin' to Lindy Land - Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven - Goin' to Lindy Land - 152 - 3:43
7 - Sales Tax - Leigh Barker - The Sales Tax - 140 - 3:42
8 - Perdido - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - Take the A-Train - 127 - 3:10
9 - Old Fashioned Love - Unity Hall Jazz Band - Unity Hall Jazz Band - 146 - 4:42
10 - Till Tom Special - Lionel Hampton - Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 - 159 - 3:23
11 - Fat And Greasy - Fats Waller and His Orchestra - Chant Of The Groove - 162 - 3:09
12 - C Jam Blues - Gordon Webster - Live in Philadelphia - 170 - 4:12
13 - Red Top/Ella's Blues/C-Jam Blues/Blow Top Blues - Barbara Morrison - By Request: Volume 2 - 141 - 3:12
14 - Alright, O.K., You Win - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 - 133 - 3:05
15 - Uptown Sop - Gordon Webster - Happy When I'm With You - 115 - 5:44
16 - Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife - 139 - 4:39
17 - Blues in Hoss' Flat - George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra - Swingin' Away - 148 - 5:15
18 - Bearcat Shuffle - Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy - Queen of Jazz Piano - 156 - 3:02
19 - Look a There - Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart - Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 1 - 178 - 2:17
20 - Jacquet in the Box - Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators - Skinny Minne - 160 - 2:46
21 - Daddy Won't You Please Come Home - Alex Pangman - They Say - 134 - 4:00
22 - Sister Kate - New Orleans Moonshiners - Frenchmen St. Parade - 116 - 3:31
23 - I Don't Care Who Knows - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 130 - 3:18
24 - Boogie Blues - Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - Drum Crazy - 143 - 3:23
25 - Sing Me a Swing Song - Chick Webb and His Orchestra - The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 - 159 - 2:35
26 - Take the 'A' Train - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - Take the A-Train - 166 - 2:57
27 - On Revival Day - LaVern Baker - LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith - 142 - 3:16
28 - Big Fine Daddy - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing - 123 - 4:06
29 - You Turned the Tables on Me - Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra - Lets Dance - 114 - 3:08
30 - Mr. Rhythm - Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators - Harlem Mad - 131 - 4:08
31 - Bienvenue Dans Ma Vie - Nikki Yanofsky - Nikki - 144 - 3:50
32 - Are You Hep to the Jive? - Cab Calloway - Are You Hep to the Jive? - 158 - 2:50
33 - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon - Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters - The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 1 - 164 - 3:02
34 - Sweethearts on Parade - Lionel Hampton - Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 - 175 - 3:00
35 - The Ball Game - Sister Wynona Carr - Dragnet for Jesus - 140 - 3:06
36 - Moan You Moaners - Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ Dba - 126 - 4:46
37 - Happy Go Lucky Local - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live in Swing City: Swingin' with Duke - 111 - 6:57
38 - When I Get Low, I Get High - Gordon Webster - Live in Philadelphia - 106 - 5:27
39 - Don't Advertise Your Man - Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey - Wild Women - 99 - 3:36
40 - Sit Back Down - Little Esther - The Blues: New York - Disc 3 - 113 - 2:23
41 - Buona Sera - Louis Prima - Buona Sera: Just a Gigolo - 107 – 2:59

26 July 2330-0200 Dancebanan
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Savoy - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - Apollo Jump: Disc 1 - 191 - 3:26
2 - Christopher Columbus - Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 2 - 186 - 3:08
3 - Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters - The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 2 - 170 - 3:11
4 - Dark Eyes - Fats Waller - Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 - 163 - 3:22
5 - Vine Street Boogie - Jay McShann and His Orchestra - Blues from Kansas City - 153 - 2:36
6 - Tip on the Numbers - Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart - Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 3 - 143 - 3:01
7 - Flat Foot Floogee - Benny Goodman - Swing Kids Sountrack - 160 - 3:20
8 - Swingmatism - Jay McShann and His Orchestra - Blues from Kansas City - 177 - 2:39
9 - The Dipsy Doodle - Chick Webb and His Orchestra - The Complete Masters: CD2 1937-38 - 188 - 3:10
10 - Macpherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing) - Chick Webb - Strictly Jive - 197 - 3:05
11 - He Ain't Got Rhythm - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra - Life is Fine - Disc 2 - 174 - 2:45
12 - Funny Feathers - Louis Armstrong - Meet the Girls - 156 - 3:17
13 - Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra - Life is Fine - Disc 3 - 147 - 2:44
14 - Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby with The Music Maids and The Charioteers - Swingin' 'Round The Clock - 123 - 3:32
15 - Easy Does It - Count Basie and His Orchestra - America's #1 Band: Disc 2 - 149 - 3:29
16 - Smooth Sailing - Horace Henderson and His Orchestra - The Real Kansas City of the '20s, '30s & '40s - 162 - 2:57
17 - Boogie Woogie - Jones-Smith, Inc. - America's #1 Band: Disc 1 - 181 - 3:16
18 - Penguin Swing - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 4 - 200 - 3:32
19 - Whoa Babe - Kay Thompson - Saturday Night Swing Club: First Anniversary Show - 201 - 4:19
20 - Exposition Swing (alt tk 2) - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Disc 6 - 219 - 3:13
21 - The Yacht Club Swing - Fats Waller - Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys - 172 - 3:11
22 - Bizet Has His Day - Les Brown & His Band of Renown - Session #55 - 158 - 2:27
23 - Jive at Five - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 1 - 136 - 3:09
24 - Shiny Stockings - Solomon Douglas - Swingmatism - 125 - 5:43
25 - Good Queen Bess - Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven - Goin' to Lindy Land - 146 - 3:51
26 - Sister Kate - Gordon Webster - Live in Philadelphia - 158 - 13:53
27 - Jumpin' At the Woodside - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) - 237 - 3:10
28 - When I Grow Too Old To Dream - Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 - 201 - 2:43
29 - Sugerfoot Rag - Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra - The Complete Masters: CD10 1949-50 - 196 - 3:03
30 - Viper Mad - Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingers - The Ultimate 30s and 40s Reefer Songs - 178 - 3:03
31 - Let Me Off Uptown - Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - Drum Crazy - 151 - 3:05
32 - Perdido Street Blues - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 6 - 143 - 3:06
33 - Open House - Lionel Hampton - Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 - 133 - 3:01
34 - Ride On - Stan Kenton - Intermission Riff - 121 - 2:24
35 - Cow Cow Boogie - Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots - The Complete Masters: CD7 1942-45 - 116 - 2:55
36 - Don't Fence Me In - Ella Fitzgerald - Simply Ella - Disc 2 - 112 - 3:22
37 - Davenport Blues - Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra - Jack Teagarden, Big "T": Disc 2 - 139 - 3:17
38 - Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins - Big Bands' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - 152 - 3:17
39 - Rose Room - Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band - Chasin' The Blues - 163 - 2:49
40 - Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) - Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra - Lets Dance - 180 - 3:15
41 - Wednesday Night Hop - JW Swing Orchestra - JW Swing Orchestra Live - 192 - 2:51
42 - Sing You Sinners - Michael McQuaid's Red Hot Rhythmakers - Sweet Like This - 202 - 4:57
43 - Roll 'em Pete - George Gee Swing Orchestra - John Dokes Sings George Gee Swings - 214 - 2:38
44 - I'm Gonna Lock My Heart - Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number... - 198 - 3:28
45 - Oh Babe! - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - Apollo Jump: Disc 2 - 171 - 2:56
46 - Jesus Is Here to Stay - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Original Soul Sister, V. 3 - 167 - 2:51
47 - Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (Alt Tk) - Sidney Bechet - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet - 132 - 5:54
48 - Cement Mixer - Slim Gaillard Trio - Chronogical Classics - 1945 Vol. 2 - 128 - 3:19
49 - Chasing Shadows (-2) - Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 - 136 – 2:38

27 July 2300-0030 Dancebanan
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Corner Pocket (Alt tk) - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 - 145 - 5:00
2 - Sing for Your Supper - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 3) - 166 - 2:44
3 - Rump Steak Serenade - Fats Waller and His Orchestra - Chant Of The Groove - 179 - 2:41
4 - Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight (Alt Tk-2) - Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) - Disc 4 - 162 - 2:10
5 - Drop Me Off In Harlem - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Jazz - The Essential Collection - Volume 06 - 142 - 3:03
6 - Tabby the Cat - Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra - Jazz Cats: Felix and other Cats - 139 - 3:02
7 - Drei Six Cents - Slim Gaillard Quartette - Chronogical Classics - 1945 Vol. 2 - 125 - 2:43
8 - Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy - Stan Kenton - Intermission Riff - 124 - 2:36
9 - Second Balcony Jump - Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) - Disc 7 - 143 - 3:06
10 - Teasin' Tessie Brown - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra - Life is Fine - Disc 2 - 158 - 2:54
11 - C Jam Blues - Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators - Skinny Minne - 172 - 2:31
12 - Milenberg Joys - Gordon Webster - Live in Philadelphia - 190 - 3:45
13 - Fare Thee Well Deacon Jones - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - Apollo Jump: Disc 2 - 154 - 2:46
14 - Out Of Nowhere - Harry James - Life Goes to a Party - 142 - 2:52
15 - Accentuate The Positive - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers - Swingin' 'Round The Clock - 137 - 4:42
16 - Perdido - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - Take the A-Train - 127 - 3:10
17 - Sweet Potato Fries - Gordon Webster - Live in Rochester - 145 - 4:26
18 - Caladonia - Geoff Bull And The Finer Cuts - Geoff Bull And The Finer Cuts - 166 - 4:27
19 - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - 180 - 3:53
20 - When I Grow Too Old to Dream - The Cats and The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing for You 1939-1940 - 199 - 2:47
21 - A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird - Cab Calloway - Are You Hep to the Jive? - 161 - 2:53
22 - Loose Wig - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - The Lionel Hampton Story - Flying Home - 145 - 3:04
23 - Blues for You, Johnny (Alt Tk-2) - Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers - Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) - Disc 6 - 140 - 3:00
24 - Baby, Won't You Please Come Home - Cecil Aagaard and His Swingsters - Leo Mathisen 1940-41: Take It Easy - 123 - 3:12
25 - Booglie Wooglie Piggy (Live) - Glenn Miller - The Magic of Glen Miller All Time Favourites - 142 - 2:34
26 - The Count (alt tk -3) - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 4 - 165 - 3:32
27 - How Come You Do Me Like You Do? - Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra - Essential Sides Remastered (1933-1934): Disc 2 - 171 - 3:05
28 - Flying Home - Charlie Barnet - Skyliner - 183 – 2:55

29 July 0100-0300 (0300-0420 Secret blues party) Library
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - The Lionel Hampton Story - Midnight Sun - 132 - 3:24
2 - I Didn't Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) - Julie Lee & Her Boyfriends - Jazz - The Essential Collection - Volume 13 - 161 - 2:57
3 - That Chick's Too Young to Fry - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'boogie - 188 - 2:26
4 - Black Coffee - The Careless Lovers - Black Coffee - Single - 200 - 2:39
5 - Twenty-Four Robbers - Gordon Webster - Live in Philadelphia - 245 - 2:50
6 - Lindy Hopper's Delight - Ella Fitzgerald - Strictly Jive - 195 - 2:45
7 - You're the Cream in My Coffee - Michael McQuaid's Red Hot Rhythmakers - Rhythm of the Day - 167 - 3:42
8 - Ballin' The Jack - Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - This Kid's The Greatest! - 149 - 3:15
9 - Boogie Woogie - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) - 180 - 3:03
10 - Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald - The Essential Ella Fitzgerald: the Great Songs - 141 - 5:08
11 - Kansas City with Shake Rattle and Roll - Barbara Morrison - Live at the 9:20 Special - 157 - 5:56
12 - Old Fashioned Love - Unity Hall Jazz Band - Unity Hall Jazz Band - 146 - 4:42
13 - I Like Pie - Gordon Webster - Live in Rochester - 162 - 5:37
14 - Darktown Strutters' Ball - Mint Julep Jazz Band - Mint Julep Jazz Band - 198 - 3:14
15 - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton - Artistry in Rhythm - 152 - 3:05
16 - Shout, Sister, Shout - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - Apollo Jump: Disc 1 - 141 - 2:44
17 - Music Makers - Harry James & His Orchestra - All That Swing - Disc 1 - 135 - 3:17
18 - Strollin' - Charlie Barnet - Skyliner - 159 - 3:25
19 - He Ain't Got Rhythm - Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra - Lets Dance - 166 - 4:48
20 - Blue Drag - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - 179 - 4:23
21 - Oh Yes, Take Another Guess - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 142 - 2:26
22 - Walkin' Off the Blues - Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven - Goin' to Lindy Land - 132 - 3:43
23 - Someone Else Is Slippin' In - Kim Massie with The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Soul Serenade - 115 - 3:54
24 - Uptown Sop - Gordon Webster - Happy When I'm With You - 115 - 5:44
25 - Comes Love - Midnight Serenaders - Sweet Nothin's - 104 - 5:29
26 - Black And Tan Fantasy - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions - 95 - 4:03
27 - Buddy Bolden's Blues - Hugh Laurie - Let Them Talk - 81 - 3:12
28 - Frosty Morning Blues - Cecile McLorin Salvant - Cecile - 71 - 4:42
29 - Funky Blues - Solomon Douglas - Swingmatism - 62 - 7:12
30 - Where Are the Words - Lisa Otey - Gimme Some a Yo' Sugar - 58 - 5:10
31 - Song with No Words - Asylum Street Spankers - Spanks for the Memories - 87 - 4:12
32 - Down Home Blues - Barbara Morrison - By Request: Volume 2 - 86 - 4:57
33 - Pepper Head Woman - Square Walton - The Blues: New York - Disc 3 - 88 - 2:24
34 - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights - Earl King - Crescent City Bounce, from Blues to R&B in New Orleans: Disc C - 71 - 2:25
35 - Midnight Hours - Larry Dale - The Blues: New York - Disc 3 - 70 - 3:00
36 - Can't Sleep - Jonno Zilber - Bigger Better Zilber - 66 - 4:05
37 - Hoochy Coochie Man - Muddy Waters - Blues Guitar Heros (Volume2) - 66 - 2:57
38 - I Hate A Man Like You - Hugh Laurie - Didn't It Rain - 72 - 4:17
39 - Bad Luck Everywhere You Go - C.W. Stoneking - King Hokum - 80 - 4:22
40 - Second Chances - Jonno Zilber - Bigger Better Zilber - 65 - 3:50
41 - San Francisco Bay Blues - Eva Cassidy - Simply Eva - 58 - 3:54
42 - Sugar Blues - Creole Syncopators - The Storyville Years - 87 - 3:55
43 - Long, Strong and Consecutive - Catherine Russell - Inside This Heart of Mine - 74 - 3:59
44 - St James Infirmary - Christa Hughes and the Honky Tonk Shonks - Shonky - 69 - 5:21
45 - Blue Horizon - Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses - Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses - A Tribute to Sidney Bechet - Live in New Oleans - 62 - 4:44
46 - Nobody's Blues But Mine - Tuba Skinny - Garbage Man - 67 - 5:57
47 - Lucky Devil - Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns - Lucky Devil - 65 - 4:54
48 - Wild Man Blues - Sidney Bechet - The Legendary Sidney Bechet - 87 - 3:19
49 - My Baby On My Mind - The Cope St Parade - Live at Caravan - 89 - 3:52
50 - Careless Love - Hugh Laurie - Didn't It Rain - 55 – 5:21

31 July 2230-0015 Main Ballroom
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Sweethearts On Parade - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 6 - 161 - 2:52
2 - Ridin' on a Blue Note - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties: Disc 2 - 152 - 2:47
3 - Flying Home, No. 2 - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - The Lionel Hampton Story - Flying Home - 162 - 3:07
4 - Foo a Little Bally-Hoo - Cab Calloway - Are You Hep to the Jive? - 172 - 3:01
5 - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton - Artistry in Rhythm - 152 - 3:05
6 - Twenty-Four Robbers - Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Life Is Fine - Disc 4 - 139 - 3:10
7 - Southern Fried - Charlie Barnet - Skyliner - 130 - 3:24
8 - Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Count Basie and His Orchestra - America's #1 Band: Disc 4 - 145 - 3:10
9 - There'll Be a Hot Time in The Town of Berlin - Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band - Rare Broadcast Performances from 1943-1944 - 158 - 2:36
10 - Fat And Greasy - Fats Waller and His Orchestra - Chant Of The Groove - 162 - 3:09
11 - A Well a Take Um a Joe - Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart - Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 2 - 184 - 3:05
12 - Shorty George - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Oscillatin' Rhythm - 199 - 2:55
13 - The Fox - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Oscillatin' Rhythm - 162 - 2:33
14 - Let the Good Times Roll - George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra - Swingin' Live! - 150 - 2:32
15 - Ain't She Sweet - Les Brown & His Band of Renown - Session #55 - 142 - 3:18
16 - Sweet Loraine - Metronome All Stars - The Classic Recordings 1939-1953 - 122 - 3:14
17 - Stompin at the Savoy - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - Presenting Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey - 149 - 3:21
18 - Swing, Brother, Swing - Count Basie and His Orchestra - America's #1 Band: Disc 4 - 154 - 1:50
19 - Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters - The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 2 - 170 - 3:11
20 - Well, Get It - Tommy Dorsey - A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 1 - 189 - 3:03
21 - Two O'Clock Jump - Muggsy Spanier and His Orchestra - A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier - 204 - 3:01
22 - Ridin' and Jivin' - Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) - Disc 4 - 154 - 2:42
23 - C Jam Blues - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live in Swing City: Swingin' with Duke - 143 - 3:33
24 - Estrelita - Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra - Lets Dance - 132 - 3:37
25 - Summit Ridge Drive - Artie Shaw - Jazz - The Essential Collection - Volume 07 - 127 - 3:22
26 - I'm Puttin' All My Eggs In One Basket - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 2 - 142 - 2:56
27 - The Object of My Affections - Lionel Hampton - Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 - 154 - 3:11
28 - Leap Frog - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 7 - 158 - 2:59
29 - Blue Skies - Count Basie and His Orchestra - America's #1 Band: Disc 3 - 169 - 2:54
30 - Functionizin' - Fats Waller and His Orchestra - Chant Of The Groove - 171 - 3:08
31 - Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - Apollo Jump: Disc 1 - 147 - 3:26
32 - Lavendar Coffin - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - The Lionel Hampton Story - Midnight Sun - 137 - 2:47
33 - Groovy Juice Jive - Slim Gaillard Quartette - Chronogical Classics - 1945 Vol. 2 - 152 - 3:07
34 - Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 1) - 170 - 2:50
35 - Oh, Baby! (Pt. 1) - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Classic Columbia and Okeh Sessions Disc 6 - 168 – 4:57

3 August 0130-0255 Dancebanan
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra - Life is Fine - Disc 2 - 149 - 2:43
2 - I've Got A Pocketful of Dreams - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 5 - 156 - 2:55
3 - The Gal From Joe's - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties: Disc 2 - 166 - 2:58
4 - Taps Miller - Count Basie and His Orchestra - America's #1 Band: Disc 3 - 193 - 3:20
5 - Baby Brown - Fats Waller - Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 - 207 - 1:24
6 - I'm Gonna Clap My Hands - Gene Krupa's Swing Band - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 - 190 - 3:00
7 - Stomp It Off - Tommy Dorsey - A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 2 - 159 - 3:45
8 - Mop! Mop! - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'boogie - 132 - 2:58
9 - Comes Love - Gordon Webster - Live in Rochester - 147 - 4:23
10 - Goin' to Lindy Land - Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven - Goin' to Lindy Land - 152 - 3:43
11 - Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume - Ray McKinley & His Orchestra - "Howdy - Friends" - 170 - 3:18
12 - The Jumpin' Jive - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 5 - 176 - 2:51
13 - Leapin' At The Lincoln - Charlie Barnet - Cherokee - 200 - 2:46
14 - Dark Eyes - Fats Waller - Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 - 163 - 3:22
15 - Flyin' Home - Lionel Hampton - Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 - 158 - 2:58
16 - Forty Cups of Coffee - Betty Miller with Sid Phillips & His Band - The Best of British Jazz: Disc 2 - 134 - 3:04
17 - Atomic Cocktail - Slim Gaillard Quartette - Chronogical Classics - 1945 Vol. 2 - 126 - 2:43
18 - Bei Mir Bist Du Scheon - Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five - Moppin' and Boppin' - 111 - 3:56
19 - Main Stem - Mint Julep Jazz Band - Mint Julep Jazz Band - 208 - 3:37
20 - Hamp's Blues - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - The Lionel Hampton Story - Flying Home - 161 - 3:30
21 - Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues - Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) - Disc 5 - 144 - 2:51
22 - Alright, Ok, You Win with Everyday I Have the Blues - Barbara Morrison - Live at the 9:20 Special - 130 - 5:27
23 - Voo-It - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing - 125 - 5:06
24 - Corner Pocket (Alt tk) - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 - 145 - 5:00
25 - Papa's In Bed With His Britches On (Alt Take -3) - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 - 162 - 2:39
26 - One O'Clock Jump - Glenn Miller - The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments - 178 - 3:56
27 - Opus One - Gene Krupa & his Orchestra - Drum Crazy - 152 - 3:01
28 - Drop Me Off In Harlem - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Jazz - The Essential Collection - Volume 06 - 142 - 3:03
29 - Fortunate Love - Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators - Harlem Mad - 132 - 2:54
30 - Evenin' - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - 128 - 6:20
31 - Ochi Chorniye - Gordon Webster - Live in Rochester - 145 - 4:29
32 - That Old Black Magic - Ella Fitzgerald with Benny Carter and His Orchestra - The Complete Masters: CD14 1954-55 - 165 - 2:30
33 - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - JW Swing Orchestra - JW Swing Orchestra Live - 172 - 2:47
34 - Wednesday Night Hop - George Gee And The Jump, Jive And Wailers - Swingin' Away - 190 - 2:48

DJing at Herrang - The Secret Library Blues Party 29/07/13

So I've been DJing quite a bit at Herrang. Last night I turned the library into a secret blues party after about 3am. I'll get around to posting my other setlists and talking more generally about DJing here but I wanted to get this list up as quite a few people asked me about the songs I was playing at the bluesy end of the set. The set ran from 0100-0420.

Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - The Lionel Hampton Story - Midnight Sun - 132 - 3:24
2 - I Didn't Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) - Julie Lee & Her Boyfriends - Jazz - The Essential Collection - Volume 13 - 161 - 2:57
3 - That Chick's Too Young to Fry - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'boogie - 188 - 2:26
4 - Black Coffee - The Careless Lovers - Black Coffee - Single - 200 - 2:39
5 - Twenty-Four Robbers - Gordon Webster - Live in Philadelphia - 245 - 2:50
6 - Lindy Hopper's Delight - Ella Fitzgerald - Strictly Jive - 195 - 2:45
7 - You're the Cream in My Coffee - Michael McQuaid's Red Hot Rhythmakers - Rhythm of the Day - 167 - 3:42
8 - Ballin' The Jack - Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - This Kid's The Greatest! - 149 - 3:15
9 - Boogie Woogie - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) - 180 - 3:03
10 - Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald - The Essential Ella Fitzgerald: the Great Songs - 141 - 5:08
11 - Kansas City with Shake Rattle and Roll - Barbara Morrison - Live at the 9:20 Special - 157 - 5:56
12 - Old Fashioned Love - Unity Hall Jazz Band - Unity Hall Jazz Band - 146 - 4:42
13 - I Like Pie - Gordon Webster - Live in Rochester - 162 - 5:37
14 - Darktown Strutters' Ball - Mint Julep Jazz Band - Mint Julep Jazz Band - 198 - 3:14
15 - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton - Artistry in Rhythm - 152 - 3:05
16 - Shout, Sister, Shout - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - Apollo Jump: Disc 1 - 141 - 2:44
17 - Music Makers - Harry James & His Orchestra - All That Swing - Disc 1 - 135 - 3:17
18 - Strollin' - Charlie Barnet - Skyliner - 159 - 3:25
19 - He Ain't Got Rhythm - Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra - Lets Dance - 166 - 4:48
20 - Blue Drag - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - 179 - 4:23
21 - Oh Yes, Take Another Guess - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 142 - 2:26
22 - Walkin' Off the Blues - Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven - Goin' to Lindy Land - 132 - 3:43
23 - Someone Else Is Slippin' In - Kim Massie with The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Soul Serenade - 115 - 3:54
24 - Uptown Sop - Gordon Webster - Happy When I'm With You - 115 - 5:44
25 - Comes Love - Midnight Serenaders - Sweet Nothin's - 104 - 5:29
26 - Black And Tan Fantasy - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions - 95 - 4:03
27 - Buddy Bolden's Blues - Hugh Laurie - Let Them Talk - 81 - 3:12
28 - Frosty Morning Blues - Cecile McLorin Salvant - Cecile - 71 - 4:42
29 - Funky Blues - Solomon Douglas - Swingmatism - 62 - 7:12
30 - Where Are the Words - Lisa Otey - Gimme Some a Yo' Sugar - 58 - 5:10
31 - Song with No Words - Asylum Street Spankers - Spanks for the Memories - 87 - 4:12
32 - Down Home Blues - Barbara Morrison - By Request: Volume 2 - 86 - 4:57
33 - Pepper Head Woman - Square Walton - The Blues: New York - Disc 3 - 88 - 2:24
34 - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights - Earl King - "Crescent City Bounce -  from Blues to R&B in New Orleans: Disc C" - 71 - 2:25
35 - Midnight Hours - Larry Dale - The Blues: New York - Disc 3 - 70 - 3:00
36 - Can't Sleep - Jonno Zilber - Bigger Better Zilber - 66 - 4:05
37 - Hoochy Coochie Man - Muddy Waters - Blues Guitar Heros (Volume2) - 66 - 2:57
38 - I Hate A Man Like You - Hugh Laurie - Didn't It Rain - 72 - 4:17
39 - Bad Luck Everywhere You Go - C.W. Stoneking - King Hokum - 80 - 4:22
40 - Second Chances - Jonno Zilber - Bigger Better Zilber - 65 - 3:50
41 - San Francisco Bay Blues - Eva Cassidy - Simply Eva - 58 - 3:54
42 - Sugar Blues - Creole Syncopators - The Storyville Years - 87 - 3:55
43 - Long, Strong and Consecutive - Catherine Russell - Inside This Heart of Mine - 74 - 3:59
44 - St James Infirmary - Christa Hughes and the Honky Tonk Shonks - Shonky - 69 - 5:21
45 - Blue Horizon - Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses - Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses - A Tribute to Sidney Bechet - Live in New Oleans - 62 - 4:44
46 - Nobody's Blues But Mine - Tuba Skinny - Garbage Man - 67 - 5:57
47 - Lucky Devil - Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns - Lucky Devil - 65 - 4:54
48 - Wild Man Blues - Sidney Bechet - The Legendary Sidney Bechet - 87 - 3:19
49 - My Baby On My Mind - The Cope St Parade - Live at Caravan - 89 - 3:52
50 - Careless Love - Hugh Laurie - Didn't It Rain - 55 - 5:21

Yeah, swing dancing is sexist. So what are you going to do about it?

Sexism and misogyny in Australia has been in the news of late (in case you're not from here or have been hiding under a rock). There's also been a whole lot of new discussion in the Lindy Hop community about the nature of sexism in our community. See on blogs for example here, or on multiple stalkerplant threads e.g. here. A lot of the commentary has been less than great, especially from many men (seriously bros, what's up with that? Just try reading it for a change, you might learn something.)

There should be more male voices in this conversation talking about what we're doing to stamp out sexism and misogyny (rather than talk about the problem (or their perceived lack of it), which all too frequently gets done to the exclusion of female voices  - see the all male panel which had it appeared in the Green Left Weekly as opposed to Channel 7's Sunrise would have been ironic as opposed to pathetic).

So without further ado and in no particular order here's what I'm doing/will do:

Follow More
Our heteronormative paradigm of men=lead, women=follow leading to sexism has been covered well by others. Much of the time this is discussed in the context of women leading and everyone solo dancing as a means to end the hetero paradigm. However we're not really going to deconstruct this without men playing their part i.e. men following women, men following other men. Bonus - nobody ever needs to talk about 'balance' ever again and we can make our scene friendlier to people who don't identify as hetero male or female.

I'm going to follow more - I enjoy it and it's fun. And if it helps get rid of some of the bullshit in our scene - that's a bonus to me.

(And if you really think that men leading and women following is the best paradigm, read my other post here).

Dance more with men
See above.

Use my words
This is one I'm getting better at, but I still find myself asking people to dance without actually asking them to dance. I find it really annoying when people do this to me, so I'm going to stop doing it to them.


Volunteer more
In the great western tradition of giving women all the underpaid and under-appreciated jobs women seem to do the majority of the organising and volunteering (at least in the Australian scene). This is bullshit.

So the next opportunity I have, I'm going to stick me hand up to help out at a dance event.

Stop using "There's too few leads men" as an excuse
The idea that leads are this sought after commodity is bad, bad, bad. It creates a sense of entitlement, reinforces conventions about men following or volunteering and leads to general asshat behaviour. So whenever I catch myself thinking this, saying it or using it online I'm going to stop myself and say  'bad thoughts' and come up with the real reason as opposed to the bullshit one.

 
Call other men out on their bullshit
Whether its pick up artists (both in the crazy dips and tricks on the social floor or hitting on women meanings of the word), inappropriate touching, being a jerk or general creepiness I'm going to tell guys when they're doing stuff that ain't cool. Sure it might not make me any friends (but hey, do I want these people as my friends?), but it might help other people call them out too. Peer pressure ain't just what's making you take drugs in high school - it can be used for good here.

Now this is my list. Feel free to use it as your own, but I think its better we come up with these things ourselves. I welcome your suggestions in the comments (and yeah, they're moderated - if you're an asshat it won't get published).

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I'm not on Tumblr.

Perhaps I should be.

Cause there's awesome stuff on Tumblr.

Like this:

The Female Lead's Manifesto

The awesomeness is that each of the 5 points could be just as well applied to male follows too.