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Forgotten Wham-O Toy:  the Limbo Kit

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Yes, once there was a dance (or game, or contest) stupider than the macarena: the limbo. An excuse for uptight suburbanites to get loose. And, in 1961, Wham-O made a kit to facilitate doing the limbo. Read about it here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Mar 01, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (8)
Category: Toys, 1960's, Dance

She Demons

Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Jan 24, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (9)
Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Superstition, 1950's, Women, Dance, Africa

Tempest Storm

Speaking of elderly performers, what of Miss Tempest Storm, apparently still stripping into her eighties?

The first video represents the present, the second the past. State your preference.



Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Dec 05, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3)
Category: Entertainment, Dance, Public Indecency, Sex Symbols, Elderly

Happy Fourth of July!


July 4th, 2004 @ Yahoo! Video
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Jul 04, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3)
Category: Food, Holidays, Music, Public Indecency, Women, Dance

Young Dancer

Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Category: Human Marvels, Children, Dance

Voodoo in Benin

Nearly twenty-five years ago, I wrote a novel titled CIPHERS, which featured scenes of voodoo in Benin. Long before YouTube was even a concept, I had to do all my research in books. I would have killed to see this video.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3)
Category: Music, Religion, Books, Dance, Africa

Bathing Beauty

Please enjoy this over-the-top water ballet from the Esther Williams film BATHING BEAUTY.

For a non-embeddable version of much higher clarity, please go here.


EXTRAIT FILM LE BAL DES SIRENES BATHING BEAUTY COMEDIE MUZIK
by kirivalse


Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (5)
Category: Movies, Music, 1940's, Dance

Wraygunn

The Portuguese band called Wraygunn is my new favorite. How can you beat the brilliance of a lyric like "Go-go dancer, maybe my big sister"...?






Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu May 28, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Category: Music, Dance, Europe

A Million Ways Times Two

The first video shows the band OK Go dancing to their hit A MILLION WAYS.

The second video shows four amateur Turkish youths replicating the video.

Which do you prefer?


OK Go -A Million Ways
by sackman


Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri May 22, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (6)
Category: Music, Video, Dance, Parody

The Lamp of Memory

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed May 20, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (5)
Category: Movies, Music, Sleep and Dreams, Surrealism, 1940's, Dance
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