The Lindy Hop Is Back

With the Thanksgiving break over, the weekly Red Hot Lindy Hop lesson and session returns this Friday.  The lesson will be by Mike and Erin, with music by Mike.  Free admission before 7:00 p.m., and $5 at the door afterwards. 

Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

U of M Swing every Monday, Fieldhouse Room 254 from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.  Free taster lesson from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Topics vary from week to week and include East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Blues and Balboa. All are welcome and no partner is required. Open practice from 8-9:30 pm. Improve your moves during this dance time. Ask questions, come practice your swing dancing and have fun with other Memphis swing dancers!

Sunrise Serenade: Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney

Now that the holidays are here, it was inevitable that songs of the season would make their way into my unconscious.  This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney" by Ella Fitzgerald.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Sub-Mariner

Here is another Golden Age comic book character with whom I was not familiar:  Sub-Mariner.  He was the mutant son of a human sea captain and a princess from Alantis, who was apparently one of the first comic book superheroes.  Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine posted this 1948 issue.

Sunrise Serenade: A Kid Named Joe

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "A Kid Named Joe" by the Mills Brothers.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Gold Rush Daze

This Warner Bros. cartoon about folks rushing about in a frenzy of materialism seemed appropriate for yesterday's "Black Friday" shopping event.  From the Internet Archive, here is Gold Rush Daze.

Be Careful - And Courteous - On Black Friday

As many venture out into the frenzy of consumerism that is Black Friday, please be careful in the crowds and traffic, and courteous to your fellow shoppers.  After all, one of the themes of the season (in more than one faith) is supposed to be PEACE. 

Window shoppers looking at a toy display in downtown Providence, Rhode Island in 1944 - From the Library of Congress American Memory Collection:  America From the Great Depression to World War II.

Happy Thanksgiving!

From myself and the rest of the Swing Shift Shuffle crew at the WEVL Music Factory, have a Happy Thanksgiving! 

Thanksgiving 1944 in the home of a family in Neffsville, Pennsylvania - From the Library of Congress American Memory Collection:  America From the Great Depression to World War II.

Playlist For November 24, 2010

The playlist for the November 24, 2010 broadcast of the Swing Shift Shuffle has just been added to the playlist filing cabinet.

Hard To Lindy With All That Turkey (And Shopping)

The Red Hot Lindy Hop takes a Thanksgiving holiday break this Friday night to let everyone recover from the feasting and Black Friday, but it will be back next Friday, December 3. 

Sunrise Serenade: Jeepers Creepers

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Jeepers Creepers" by Bert Ambrose and his Orchestra.  Click on the song title for a sample courtesy of emusic, or click here for the album page.