Tag: "swing"

The Gangsters' Ball
0 Comments. 2,268 Views. Posted 8 Sep 2011 @ 9:26am.
" We have whisky, wine, women, song, and slot machines. I won't deny it and I won't apologise for it. If the majority of people didn't want them, they wouldn't be profitable, and they wouldn't exist." Infamous Atlantic City politician (and noted racketeer) Enoch "Nucky" Johnson made this fabulously ballsy statement nearly a hundred years ago during the American Prohibition - and the public's... Read More
Dionysus New Years Eve
0 Comments. 2,528 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
  This New Year’s Eve, Red Bennies presents Dionysus, a theatrical extravaganza of circus, burlesque, cabaret and vaudeville.   Experience the tidings and toasts of Dionysus (king of merriment, bottomless drinks and ill-fitting togas), witness The Birth Of The Venus Fly-Trap (her ethereal beauty is questioned only by her snapping jaws) and seel The Electric Faun (for only this... Read More
Royal Crown Revue Return
0 Comments. 1,516 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Often credited with igniting the swing revival, Royal Crown Revue's unique combination of swing, jump, jive and jazz has yielded a long-lived career in the music industry.   Their wicked band combines big band jazz, swing, ska, standards, trad jazz and a serious dose of gangster attitude. Not sure how well that carpet in The Corner will go for all the swing dancing but that's certainly not... Read More
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