Category Archives: Entertainment

VIDEO AWOL and Her Monster Jam

  By Neil Friedman | June 9, 2013 - 1:28 pm | , , , , , ,
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roller derby

 

 

We have traveled with our friend AWOL from Suburbia Roller Derby a couple of times.  We traveled to Muir Woods in California, rode bikes around ancient ruins in Thailand, and floated down river together in Laos.

But once you get AWOL on the floor at a roller derby bout in Yonkers, all pleasantries are abandoned.  She is likely to knock you onto your tailbone or to fly around you half a dozen times like you’re standing stationary.  On this video AWOL received perfect blocking and one teammate was kind enough to smash an opposing player to the ground near the end of the jam.

The ladies are skating this Saturday, June 15 at EJ Murray Memorial in Yonkers, NY.

roller derby

AWOL cleans up well for her derby bouts.

Video The Narrowbacks at D&D’s

  By Neil Friedman | June 6, 2013 - 1:34 am | , , , , , , , , ,
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acoustic guitar

 

 

Melissa and I have traveled around the world and I’ve had a chance to shoot live music in Argentina, Iceland, and Ecuador.  But this video features something a bit closer to home.  The band is The Narrowbacks from Pearl River, New York.  You can find more information about them at www.Narrowbacks.com.  The band was playing at D&D’s Restaurant & Pub in New City, NY.  D&D’s has long been a local favorite and regular acts are brought in on rotation.

The Narrowbacks will be playing this weekend on Sunday, June 9th so check out their website for more details.

Video Great Smoky Mountains Chimney Tops Trail

  By Neil Friedman | May 31, 2013 - 8:12 am | , , , , , , , , , ,
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Chimney Tops

 

 

We traveled to the Tennessee section of the Great Smoky Mountains on a multi-generational family road trip.  While there we took photographs of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and went on several hikes including the Chimney Tops Trail.  This is a video from the Chimney Tops hike.

The music in the background is by El Atolón de Funafuti a great band I met and filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Check out their website www.elatolon.com.ar  The track is called “Los Cuervos”.

Video of Paul Bradbury Hosting a Dinner on Hvar Island Croatia

  By Neil Friedman | May 30, 2013 - 5:56 am | , , , , , , , ,
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two friends on the backpacker road

 

 

Since World Winder just turned two we decided  to feature a video about Hvar Island, the final place that we lived during fourteen months on the travel trail.  Now that we are settling back into life in New York it is easy to forget some of the memories we created on the road with our fledgling website.

Hvar Island in Croatia is a natural wonder by day and boasts a thriving dining and entertainment scene at night.  Here is a video we made for our friend Paul Bradbury of Total-Hvar.  Paul and his website were recommended to us by a fellow travel blogger we’d met at TBEX Girona in the Costa Brava, Spain.  When we lived on Hvar Island, Paul was a great resource and motivator for us as part-time expats and full time adventurers.

Video of Dominga Petrona Jamming in Buenos Aires

  By Neil Friedman | May 29, 2013 - 8:25 am | , , , , , , , , ,
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Murals and graffiti art are common place in San Telmo. This was painted a week after we'd moved into our apartment. The two artisans swept the wall clean and started this!

 

 

Today is World Winder’s second birthday so how about some funky music.  The first time that I saw Dominga Petrona jamming on the streets in Buenos Aires I didn’t have my video camera.  Melissa and I were seven months into our 9 month journey through South America.  Dominga Petrona had secured their usual corner spot in a bustling section of the Microcentro.   I was on a grocery run for a meal that Melissa was concocting in our apartment in the San Telmo district but I still had to linger for a few songs.  We were living as writers in Argentina and I was happy to meet another street band in this music-opolis.

This video contains footage from the next time I saw Dominga Petrona on the same corner.  Our travel buddies Julie and Tim joined us in Buenos Aires for a musical themed week of travel and sidetrips from Argentina‘s autonomous capital city.  At the time of this vlog post the band is rocking on the streets of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.  Follow this hard working traveling band.

For more information on the band check out Facebook.com/DomingaPetrona or their myspace page.