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ActiveCultures
@activecultures.bsky.social
Imposing his taste on friends & strangers since 19xx. Agitador Cultural. Globalizer. Arts Monger from Long Island & Brooklyn now in Abu Dhabi UAE 

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@NYUADArtsCenter @globalFEST_NYC

Representing no one but me
Nice to see people I now know in this mix too, including Mohamed Abozekry on oud and Sam Nebyu on violin.

The new Zayed National Museum (designed by Norman Foster + Partners) looked stunning

zayednationalmuseum.ae/en/
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I try to do this with students from places in the world where my references to references to references all mean nothing.

I totally get it. So we keep fighting and sending people down the wormholes the best we can
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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I wish I had time to show them videos of b-boys dancing at Soho galleries, or Rock Steady dancing at Lincoln Center. It's their homegrown culture, but they don't know it. Some don't get why I have Willie Colon on there either! But yes to all of the above
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Keep fighting the good fight.

And one day. One day. They will be ready for this.

youtu.be/UVab41Zn7Yc?...
A Cidade (Clipe) - Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
YouTube video by Oriam00
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I wish I could have time for all of the above. The Ramones are my only CBGBs representative. Once in a Lifetime would blow their minds.
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
And then you could draw the line from CBGBs to both Fab Five Freddy and Fania
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Isn’t that the job description?
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Heart of Glass? Once in a Lifetime?

Want a video that will confound them?
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Then you could make them watch the doc and radicalize them
December 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Luckily Prince is here to clean the playlist
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hahaha. Yeah cause it’s shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ok. Got me there.

But you couldn’t use Devo for synth pop and MTV?
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Basically live skeeting as I work thru your playlist. Akon’s part of Wanna Be Starting Something is crying for some Old Town Road
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
And I thank you for that.
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I mean - Disney is the source or so many standards. So no issues there.

I guess next syllabus needs We Will Rock You
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Gotta get Let It Go into the syllabus, obvs
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Don’t you dare bring Hamilton into this
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM