VIDEO: The Coney Island Mermaid Parade–

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Dave Ford Does Earth\’s \”The Coney Island Mermaid Parade\”

I just finished up my latest video highlighting underground travel activities in the great city of New York. We went to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and somehow managed our way into the actual parade.

Coney Island is like the wild, wild west compared to the rest of New York City. It is a living, breathing freak show. Moreover, I think the locals would agree with me and applaud that description.

As usual, Francis Cabatac  did a stellar job editing. Also I need to give much love to Matt Matossian who produced and shot the footage and Tina Holmes for telling me about this incredible event to begin with. I am embedding it here on Blip.TV because the quality is much, much, much better than on YouTube.

Your comments are much appreciated as always.

DF

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New York City Present Tense – July 2nd 2008

I am sitting on the gritty gray steps in front of Union Square on a evening in early July. It is 8:07. I got out of work around 6, went to gym, and ate dinner.  Union Square is a few blocks away from the gym and it lies on the R line–the subway that I use the most as it runs directly from my house in Brooklyn to my work in the garment district of Manhattan. Union Square is overflowing with people. If I stood up and tried to count the number of people around me I know that my attempt would be futile. There has to be at least 500 people in my immediate sight-line. Not counting the people that are passing in and out of my view. There are soft drums coming from a group of street performers to my left. There is also an abnormally large crowd of roller bladers huddled together blocking my view of the percussion ensemble. I am not sure if the group is coming or going. I am not even sure why the plans of the roller bladers pass through my stream of consciousness—I find roller blading silly. The accents I hear around me are varied. The people within 20 feet of me are made up of all different shades of color—not just the standard black, white, brown, and yellow. I imagine they represent 20 different countries.

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Climbing Mt.Kilimanjaro- The 5 minute movie

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How do you climb Mt.Kilimanjaro in 5 minutes? Well, you don’t exactly. However, my editor Francis Cabatac makes it feel like you can and put together another amazing 5 minute short about two tall guys climbing a big old mountain in Africa while turning the big “3-0″.

I would really appreciate your comments on the footage. Also, on Youtube be sure to click on the “click here to watch in higher quality” button below the screen. It is leaps and bounds better. Oh, and if you like it please rate it and comment on Youtube as well.

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Peace from NYC.
DF

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