Here is a Family Guy goof on the Pinball Number Count

Pinball Number Count, The Pointer Sisters

Here is the Pinball Number Count sequence from Sesame Street. It was recorded in 1972 by the Pointer Sisters.

Sesame Street has always brought in great people to do songs for them. There is a disco version of Cookie Starts with C by Cookie Monster that was actually one of Larry Levan's first producitons.

Justice: Phantom Pt. 2 and DVNO

I woke up with this song in my head today.

The video is kinda bad. Overuse of slow-mo anyone? The song is catchy though.



While I was watching it I stumbled on this video. Also by Justice, it is fantastic. I felt like a kid watching the 1,2,3,4,5 video from sesame street.

It has a lot of references to graphics from the 80's, like HBO Saturday night movie and Nightline.

I like that it has an arc from 2d to 3d.

Torah Project at Westchester Reform Temple

WRT is writing a new Torah.


They have undertaken a long term project where congregants can come in and write with a scribe. I have gotten involved with the project and it is super fun. The Torah committee is great to work with and being able to capture the writing is important for both the participants and the Synagogue.

These shots are from yesterday's session. This is the second session of many.


They have all ages doing the writing from 3-93.


This is one of the committee members Pam's grandmother. I would like to thank Neil the scribe for giving me such great access and allowing me to take these pictures.

Biggest Challah I have ever seen

Also at Ben's Bar Mitzvah they had an enormous loaf of challah. It's over 2 feet long and a foot high!

Entertaining the crowd was Asi Wind, the magical jew, and even he couldn't make it disappear.

Below is a clip of him on the Florence Henderson Show.

The real magic of this clip is that there is a Florence Henderson Show at all.

Who knew?

Mazel Tov Ben

I want to say Mazel Tov to Ben and his family. Ben was called to the Torah and became a Bar Mitzvah last week. Despite the torrential rain, everyone had a great time.


Carolyn Bender was the planner, and the event went off without a hitch.

David Beahm did the event design and the space looked amazing. I did a walk through with Carolyn and the client over a year ago. I knew that she and David would make the room better, I was still shocked at how good they made the social hall in the basement look.

I am going to call Temple Emanu-El and see if I can rent it for my next party.

Urban Bush Women: Les écailles de la mémoire

This Wednesday I shot the opening party for Les écailles de la mémoire for Urban Bush Women at BAM.


They had a great turn out, and the party at the cafe after the performance was lots of fun.

Trader Joe's Freeze Dried Fruit

I wanted to write about Trader Joe's freeze dried mango, but couldn't find a good picture. I decided to do it myself. I set up a little shot on the table upstairs and the baby came over and helped herself.

Here are the shots in sequence.




The freeze dried fruit at Trader Joe's is amazing. It is just fruit and it is so sweet. As I was coming home with my bags of groceries I ran into Leroy my UPS guy. I made him try some and he said "It's like the marshmallows in Lucky Charms."

He's not wrong.

Deep Dish with Everything But the Girl-The Future of the Future

Here is an old song that I got in my head today.

the video is fun but a little obvious. I am sure that is seemed revolutionary when it came out 10 years ago.

It is very Euro and housey. If you want to take a walk down the High Street (and watch tons of people snog) then this clip is for you.

God's Love: Race to Deliver

God's Love teams up with New York Road Runners every fall and puts on the Race to Deliver. It is a 4 mile race in Central Park to raise funds for Gods Love. The race is huge with like 6000 participants.


This years race was on Sunday and I had the pleasure of shooting it.

It starts with the kids race. Kids from age 3-12 compete in different heats. The kids are super cute and the older ones get so competitive.

Usually Joan Rivers and Blaine Trump are there, but this year they were out of town. Board member Star Jones was there cheering the runners on.

Wave to Star everybody.

Also cheering the runners on was CHEER NEW YORK. They are NY's non-profit LGBTS volunteer cheer organization. They cheer for charity. They came out in force on sunday and cheered their hearts out.

The race participants are dedicated runners from Road Runners,

volunteers from God's Love, here are members of the Thursday night shift,

and corporate groups.

The Dunkin' Donuts team, now I want a Boston Cream

Here we have the female winner crossing the finish line.


People are always excited to cross the line.


At the end of the race there is an awards ceremony where prizes are given out the the top three male and female finishers.


I would like to thank the sponsors that make the event possible:



Mac Aids Fund
Logo
Nike
QVC
Bloomberg
Metro Source
Pfizer
HX
1010 Wins
POZ magazine
The NY Blade
Gay City News

Rainbow Kraut by The John Steel Singers

I have had this song in my head for days now.

I love a fuzzy guitar and a piano used like a drum kit.

This video is an homage to Guitar Hero.



The John Steel Singers - Rainbow Kraut (Directed by Warran & Rhett) from Moop Jaw on Vimeo.