MisterBryans

St Lucia

I went a little nuts with my Canon Sure shot on Saturday night at Lula Lounge and took a lot of shots from the DJ booth.

I was sure these woman were West African by the way they moved to the soukous music I was playing but nope, wrong again. They come from St Lucia where the language is a creole mixture of French and African and where soukous music is very popular.

Harvey Is a Blogger

It's great when artists blog, they can make even a generic blogspot site look real nice.

Makossa Blogging

The artist is Ben Decca - Thanks Sophie!

Ok This is how I understand it.

Makossa comes from Cameroon

Soukous comes from Congo

and

Coupe deCalle comes from Cote D'Ivoir

Soprano Watch

Jeez, the ending is gonna get really nasty.

Tony is trapped, AJ is dumped, Little Vito is warped, Carmella is pissed and Hesh is bereaved.

I Hate To Sound Snobby but...........

Interestingly, as Dan notes, Apple users tend to be much more engaged consumers of social media services than Dell (read: Windows) users. “Apple users drink more from the Web 2.0 fountain than Dell users, which is expected given the profile of Mac users and the much bigger market share that Dell maintains,” he said.

With further apologies to casineros who use PC's, I always saw 'casino verses salsa' like 'Mac verses PC', meaning that you give up doing (or having) something that most other people have, but with Mac/Casino you get better quality and the minority that you do belong to are more culturally aware and active.

Maracatu Nunca Antes

photo by Luke Tyszkiewicz

First gig of spring 2007 this Friday at Lula Lounge

We Are Warding Off Dementia One 'Dile Que No' At A Time

The BBC says

Researchers in the United States have found that dancing, playing musical instruments, reading and playing board games can all reduce the risks of developing the condition.

They also cite crossword puzzles and learning a new language as having a similar effects. Except for board games I do all these things.

People do call me a bit demented though.

(Hat Tip Muchoswing)

The Facebook Party Shot

Georges, Caterina, Jensy, Juan Carlos and Marianna at Lula April 28/2007

A Short Introduction to Danzon

Cuba's danzon is 'medicine' for older dancers who hope its rhythms live on

Andrea Rodriguez, Canadian Press

HAVANA (AP) - Luisa Herrera donned her very best dress, a long, black shiny number, for the genteel Cuban dance known as the danzon. She completed her outfit with an elegant hand fan to cool her 60-year-old skin, her hair gathered high atop her head.

Not to be outdone, her dance partner, septuagenarian Felipe Vasquez, wore a resplendent guayabera dress shirt over his dark pants and spit-shined shoes.

"Dancing this rhythm requires you to look your best, as beautiful as possible," Herrera said as she prepared herself for last month's International Danzon Festival in Havana, bringing together dance couples from Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and other countries.

Saturday Morning Timba Blogging

Photo of Juan Formell (Los Van Van) and Juan Carlos Bulnes (Okokan Priductions) taken by Sophie