Swing Blogs Etc

A veritable plethora of writings about all things swing!

Swing Blogs

Swungover
1. (adj) The mental and physical results of binge dancing.
2. a blog of random swing thoughts and stories by Bobby White.*
http://swungover.wordpress.com/
* —Bobby’s blog is one of the best out there and I consider it to be a great contibution to the world of swing dancing.

The Dancing Bug
http://thedancingbug.com/

Dance World Takeover (Rebecca Brightly)
http://rebeccabrightly.com/
https://www.facebook.com/danceworldtakeover

Jerry Almonte
To start out with, I’ll be discussing my main hobby of Lindy Hop. In addition to dancing I’ve been involved with this community in a number of different roles now for over 10 years.
http://jsalmonte.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wandering-Pondering-JSAlmonte/

It’s The Way That You Do It
By a Pennsylvania State University student in Southern California. I generally ramble on about Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag, Balboa, and Solo Jazz Dancing
http://taintwhatyoudo.wordpress.com

Jamin Jackson
http://www.jaminjackson.com/blog/

Lindy Shopper
My goal is to provide swing dancers with resources for swing dance clothing and accessories, new and old, and other items that swing dancers may find useful.
http://lindyshopper.com/

My Jazz Can Beat Up Your Jazz
A blog about swing music by Glenn Crytzer (Seatle) founder of the Sycopators.
http://www.syncopators.net/myjazzcanbeatupyourjazz/

Rabbits and Toasters
manually selected articles from the best dance blogs on the web. The site is updated several times a day
http://rabbitsandtoasters.com/

LindyBloggers
Providing inteligent and articulate posts from expert DJ’s, Instructors, and Dancers.
http://www.lindybloggers.com/

SWING, JAZZ AND BLUES – DANCE TO THE MUSIC
http://swingjazzblues.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-swing-dance-blogs.html

Shuffle Projects
Welcome to Shuffle Projects! I’m Christian Bossert. Since 1999 I‘ve been passionate about Swing dances as well as their culture and history. I‘m a Swing dance teacher and international Swing DJ Chrisbe, based in Zurich Switzerland
http://www.shuffleprojects.com/
*Highlights include Song of the Week and Clip of the Week!

Dog Possum (Sam Carroll)
http://dogpossum.org

Art and Dancing
Hello! My name is Mary Freitag, I am a dancer of Lindy Hop, Balboa, Charleston, Shag and Blues! I teach nationally, and locally at Atomic Ballroom (look for me on Tuesday’s, Friday’s and Sunday’s), in addition to DJ’ing. I am also a proud member of my professional swing dance troupe: Hot Club Stomp.
http://artanddancing.wordpress.com/

Miss Reyes – Dance Blah-Blah Dance
http://wonderwomanproject.tumblr.com/tagged/dance

Blondie Cuts a Rug
http://blondiecutsarug.blogspot.com.au/

Lindy Groove Technique Class notes
Lesson plans, homework and assorted notions!
http://lindygroovetechnique.blogspot.com/
http://www.swingdanceblog.com/

YEHOODI
Yehoodi is a global community site that features discussion forums, podcasts, and radio for Lindy Hoppers. A great place for an aspiring swing DJ to spend their time.
http://yehoodi.com/

SWING DJs
Swinging Music, Song IDs, DJ Skillz, Tech Talk, Upcoming Events, Other Music
http://www.swingdjs.com

Lindy GIFs
http://lindygifs.tumblr.com/

The Lindy Affair
Some great articles (like the breakdown of the Al and Leon Shim Sham) and a good list of other Lindy blogs (most already in this list)
http://lindyaffair.wordpress.com/

Jeff Leyco: The Blog
In which Jeff writes about things that are currently interesting to him (usually swing). You may also find it interesting.
http://www.jeffleyco.com/blog/

Corner Pocket Swing Blog
http://cornerpocketswing.com.au/pocket-blog/