Breakdancing Robot

Breakdancing Robot

@breakdancingrobot.bsky.social

Neither a breakdancer nor a robot. Land surveyor and retired hip-hop DJ. Terps, Spurs, and Commanders

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This is such a shame. I was too young to get in to see the Whale Fat Follies before it ended its run but my grandmother got one of his books about the weird side of Alaska which was absolutely hysterical. We may still have it around somewhere?

Alaska's News Source@alaskasnewssource.com

Mr. Whitekeys, famous Alaskan entertainer, dies at 79 ➡ https://tinyurl.com/3r77n9m4 

I do wish that the interviewer had brought up DC Cab. Such a weird grab bag of a movie but one that I will argue offers a decent snapshot into what DC looked like in the 80’s at a low point for the city (compare what the area next to the Florida Avenue grill looks like now!)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

""What did he study? “Philosophy and theology. A teacher in high school said, there’s no money in that, and I said: ‘Sir, that’s disrespectful. That’s insulting, because not everybody’s about money.’" he's one of us!

My 12” single of E.U.’s Da Butt is hands-down one of my most treasured records

NPR@npr.org

E.U. is an OG of go-go music, a heavily syncopated funk that features a slow and steady groove. Naturally, we celebrate 50 years of the native D.C. music with an office party. n.pr/4zH0pMM

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HALF NELSON was a 1985 Joe Pesci TV series that was cancelled after 9 episodes, but its intro seems to last forever via an escalating cavalcade of absurd cast reveals, underscored by a theme song that feels like a gag gift when you can't license "I Love L.A."...

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one reason the World Cup has been better than expected is they announced that Jelly Roll official World Cup anthem and then never played it once, just instantly threw it in the trash, you hear the Shakira song 3-4 times per game and wouldn't even know Jelly Roll was involved at all