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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Normally I don't post or link videos here, but...

I had two from the hafla at Arabesque Studios (that was two entries ago).




If anyone requests, I have a third video about ready to go. Just drop a not and I'll post it.

Enjoy!
M

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Sir Pinkerton and the Magnificents in Milwaukee...


This set is from the Mardi Gras show in Milwaukee's Bayview Brewhaus, on the city's south side. I highly recommend seeing these guys - they are a blast. Of course, the mini burlesque review (yes, some of those pictures are included) likely shaped my opinion - but I would have gone to see the band scantily clad babes or not.

For a video of the performance check out my video blog - oldguywithanosering.com




Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The March Hafla at Chicago's Arabesque Studio


These shots are from a hafla held at Arabesque Belly Dance in Chicago.

I like going to the shows and haflas there – the venue is small, but pretty. The dancers are always good.

Apologies for the briefness of this entry – but there is SO much to do. My apologies to the ladies who danced – these were quickly edited on a laptop, so the brightness and color are due to be off. Still, the resolution of these pictures is good enough that if you download some of the shots (and you are welcome to) you can edit them to your specs. Lord knows I don't have time to right now.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

The Cheese Does Not Stand Alone...


Or at least that's what the protester's button said.



There's been a rally in Madison, Wisconsin. It's actually been a multi rally or mega rally or a bunch of rallies or something that means it's been going on for over two weeks straight. The crowd was different today from when I first went two weeks ago.

For a video clip of the people outside were screaming during Governor Walker's speech, just click this link.
 

Then, it looked like a lot of union regulars from back when my dad was in the UAW - gruff looking guys, older (which means about my age), lots of national speakers. Today though, it was the middle of the week and two weeks in, so it was the locals that kept things going today.



Students, teachers, mostly white-ish collar union people. In with the mix were the firemen you've come to expect along with a contingent of cops.

One of the goals was to make a lot of noise during the time when the governor was giving his speech and presenting his budget to the national audience. It got loud (check out the video to see how loud). And apparently it worked. When I asked a network audio techie if they could hear the crowd in the auditorium he replied "Oh yeah, they could hear it. I had the headset on checking the sound from the podium and I could hear you guys over that."


Good job, ey?

As for the name of this post, it wasn't my idea. The phrase came from a button that a woman in one of the pictures was wearing. Apparently, there was another woman going around with a box of these handing them out to people.