Penguin Rap

Oct 14, 2011 by

I filmed the following music video in Chile’s Magdalena Island in Patagonia last December. No penguins were desecrated in the...

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Doin’ Da Don

Jul 4, 2011 by

BIG DON should be read aloud. So for this July 4th entry — the sixth anniversary of Fourth Night — I include eight...

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Learning to Walk: A Beginner A...

Nov 4, 2010 by

Part I Part II Installment writing isn’t for obsessive, nitpicky writers who can’t stop editing their work. Once published, even...

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Learning to Walk: A Beginner A...

Oct 4, 2010 by

“If you can walk, you can dance tango.” -Tango 101 mantra “What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” -Charles...

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Learning to Walk: A Beginner A...

Sep 4, 2010 by

*See last month’s posting for an introduction “Tango is a four-legged animal with two beating hearts.”...

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Alice in Tangoland

Aug 4, 2010 by

Attend any milonga – a tango social dance – and talk to some milongueros about their dance, the Argentine tango. Chances are at...

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The Ugly Duckling

Sep 4, 2008 by

ONE FRIDAY NIGHT in London some months ago I struck up a conversation on the 29 bus with a man who was heading to play a gig at a...

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