tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79822857445245177662024-03-05T23:34:00.270+11:00lindypenguinAssorted ramblings from a Gen Y swing dancer.lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-61853484318206418072014-07-09T04:33:00.001+10:002014-07-09T04:33:17.674+10:00Changes
Dear Readers,
To publish some content I've been working on I've decided to migrate from Blogger over to my own domain www.lindypenguin.com.
Whilst all pages on the blogspot page will redirect, at the moment they will only go to the homepage (I haven't yet worked out how to do it for each post).
Please update your RSS feeds and any links if you want them to go direct. And let me know if you lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-42072962673641737392014-06-22T22:15:00.001+10:002014-06-23T08:57:13.008+10:00How Many Lindy Hoppers are There
I've been wondering about this question for a while but with a little free time I finally got around to having a decent crack at working it out with some GIS and statistics.
The short answer: by my estimation about 120,000. Read on for the longer answer.
Where are people Lindy Hopping?
This is actually a somewhat difficult question. Scenes are constantly starting and folding - such as scenes lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-3197779699083408132014-05-31T01:09:00.000+10:002014-05-31T01:11:50.821+10:00The Twenty Most Watched Lindy Hop Videos
Next year will be the 10th anniversary of YouTube and lindy hop on the platform has certainly come a long way since this.* By my estimation lindy hop videos have been watched somewhere between 70 million and 200 million times on YouTube.** I thought I'd compile a list of the most watched swing dancing videos on YouTube.
I chose the top 20 videos by views (including aggregating the views from lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-89434084701068076072014-02-06T10:37:00.000+11:002014-02-06T21:48:05.277+11:00Who's on first? Performance order and judging bias in Lindy Hop contests
Making decisions is hard. Judging in contests is a hard form of decision making - there's so much to consider. What's worse is that your own brain will try and prevent you from making the best decision. For example every time someone has to decide on information being presented to them, the order of the presentation of that information can change their decision.
A variety of studies have found lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-55968579957624010722014-01-16T10:28:00.001+11:002014-01-17T07:57:49.343+11:005 Ways to put the Äwesome in Your Herräng
So registrations are open and it's crunch time (for HDC's servers at least - depending on what you want to go there to do there's still time to make a decision for yourself). In my last post I set out some of the reasons why you might want to reconsider going. I'm not going to rebut myself here (let's be honest, pretty much everyone else will tell you why you should go to Herräng) - I'm really lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-84457789872219943762014-01-11T01:50:00.000+11:002014-01-14T06:53:03.654+11:005 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Go To Herräng
The opening of registrations for the Herräng Dance Camp are just around the corner. Many people are getting ready to sign-up for their summer and plenty more are wondering if for the first time: "Should I go to Herräng?"
There's plenty of articles on the internet telling you why you should go to Herräng (especially if you've never been before) and most lindy hoppers you'll meet who have been lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-74097556883456907292013-12-17T22:06:00.001+11:002013-12-17T22:06:29.298+11:00An 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 lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-36818543802004864102013-11-28T09:50:00.002+11:002014-06-25T20:25:40.690+10:00Herräng 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 lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-91054007045639485182013-11-19T09:18:00.000+11:002013-11-21T01:57:57.321+11:00Online 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 lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-79210160824645247722013-10-29T10:27:00.003+11:002013-10-29T10:27:54.768+11:00A 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, lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-75254261154006782432013-10-15T02:22:00.001+11:002013-10-19T03:19:45.604+11:00Jazz 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 lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-2444344615549994882013-10-11T07:21:00.002+11:002013-11-06T09:12:07.044+11:0010 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 lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-58844034433097622532013-08-31T07:28:00.000+10:002013-08-31T07:28:49.325+10:002013 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 lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-44553345315631842992013-08-27T04:10:00.001+10:002013-08-28T08:48:03.779+10:002013 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):
lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-76150238427665854922013-08-11T04:45:00.000+10:002013-08-24T02:04:01.232+10:00DJing 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 –
lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-30292952122374048442013-07-30T01:02:00.000+10:002013-11-06T09:27:45.744+11:00DJing 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 - lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-77566027268093827832013-06-18T16:28:00.000+10:002013-06-18T16:28:31.419+10:00Yeah, 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 lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-40910492823110274092013-06-11T22:45:00.002+10:002013-11-06T09:28:28.342+11:00Tumblr
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.
lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-1313096172725549562013-05-21T10:57:00.002+10:002014-01-16T03:42:56.161+11:00Set List: Brisbane Lindy Exchange Sunday Evening
Here's my set from Sunday afternoon at the Brisbane Lindy Exchange. I was following up the wonderful Tim Awesomesauce.
After starting this set off with a food theme I took a detour through the Jitterbug Stroll and a little bit of 'sixties' stuff. A spontaneous jam circle formed on Jeep Jockey Jump which was strange as the room was half empty - everyone was getting the BBQ.
I passed over to lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-90308253661296465692013-05-18T15:35:00.000+10:002014-01-16T03:43:12.337+11:00Setlist: Brisbane Lindy Exchange Friday night uplate
Seq - Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Duration
1 - Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'boogie - 150 - 3:05
2 - Never Make Your Move Too Soon with Smack Dab in the Middle - Barbara Morrison - Live at the 9:20 Special - 135 - 6:14
3 - Keep on Churning - Pugsley Buzzard - Chicago Typewriter - 127 - 3:17
4 - Sales Tax - Leigh Barker - The Sales Tax - lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-21519426120619395032013-03-27T23:20:00.000+11:002013-03-27T23:20:04.392+11:00A-Z and Chronological Song ListIt's been another nearly 6 months since posting so I thought I'd get another one done. Back to Australia and Hullabaloo, BLX, the Little Big Weekend (oh how I have missed speakeasy) and more dancing, dancing dancing!
Plenty of DJ folks have been putting together A-Z song lists. So I decided to raise the bar and do a list that's A-Z and in chronological order. I'm not entirely happy with it (one lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-68678338561299355822012-09-14T00:21:00.001+10:002012-09-14T00:21:22.563+10:00ILHC and Electoral Systems
Well it's been nearly 6 months since my last post here and I thought I should get it back going again. I was going to post something about teaching swing dance in Nepal, a recipe for vegetable curry or something similarly relevant but then the ILHC scores came out.
Now for those of you who have followed this blog you'll note I'm slightly obsessed by both lindy hop and elections. ILHC presents alindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-79709039637229163502012-04-11T23:40:00.001+10:002012-04-11T23:40:29.427+10:00New Lindy Gig GuideHey Blogosphere.
For those interested I've started up a new gig guide at http://sydneylindy.blogspot.com.au/
The content on this blog has been migrated over there where a new curator will take over the gig guide.
This blog will take a bit of a different turn, cataloguing my adventures living in Nepal (I move there in a week and a half).
Let me know what you think of the new format.
Oh and lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-34823036681330948012012-03-04T22:38:00.005+11:002012-03-04T22:44:17.516+11:002012: The Mayans are Coming!Well 2012 is now in full swing and the media is full of talk about Mayans and the end of the world (why do I feel like we've been here before). I thought I'd put together a bit of list from some of the best alternative commentary on the web.
The first is this video from CGPGrey (who also appears to be a big election geek making videos about various voting systems. And reminds me of Yahtzee lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982285744524517766.post-54112481246217745992012-01-04T01:24:00.000+11:002012-01-04T01:24:36.976+11:00Links of the Week: Dressing for the GentsI was having a chat with a gentleman on the weekend (you know who you are) about ties and how I'd seen a post discussing the various authentic ways of wearing them. In particular how to keep them from flying all over the place. Then I realised that many folk have been blogging about current vintage trends in the lindy hop scene and linking back to authentic vintage fashion:
The ever stylish lindypenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04090376523413971935noreply@blogger.com0