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Roseanne Cash and Mark O'Connor are big names for any stage. Throw in the Boss, well, who knows what to do then.
Highland Falls, a new television drama written, produced, directed and acted by a class of Duke students, will air tonight at 9 p.m. on Cable 13. Visiting Theater Studies Professor Michael Malone, formerly the head writer of soap opera One Life to Live, and lecturing Theater Studies fellow Elisabeth Benfey have instructed the 40-person class in their development of a full season of television.
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Follow us as we live-tweet (@chronicleRecess) tonight's America's Next Top Model tonight, following Duke's Simone Lewis on her quest. And tonight, we pick up where last week's episode last off: the model will be nude. #yikes
The charmingly named blog Homorazzi has posted photos of the contestants for cycle 14 of America's Next Top Model. Two people with Durham ties will be joining the cast. First, Vogue editor-at-large and Durham native Andre Leon Talley will join Tyra's panel. Among the 13 model-hopefuls is 19-year-old Kansas-native Simone, who happens to be a degree-seeking Duke sophomore.
Susannah Gora, a Duke alumna, former editor for Premiere and cousin of Joe Ashby Porter, is releasing a book about the Brat Pack. Titled You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation, the book was featured in today's USA Today.
Toro Y Moi, whose much anticipated Causers of This was released Tuesday on Car Park Records, will play the Duke Coffeehouse tonight. We did this interview with TYM's Chaz Bundick, who has some ties to Duke and the Triangle, in October, prior to his opening slot with Islands and Jemina Pearl.
Malian musician and Duke Park resident Mamadou Diabate took home the prize for Best Traditional World Music album at last night's Grammy awards for his album Douga Mansa.
It's no secret. The Ivy League loves sex. (Duke sure does too.) The University of Pennsylvania is embracing this in a big way with a new little feature called Pennetration (cute name, no?). A sample sentence from "The Newly Single Junior Girl":
Amidst the terrible sadness sweeping the nation due to J.D. Salinger's death, there is some humor to be found in the now-corrected version of the New York Times' obituary of the reclusive author. Toward the bottom of the second page, the following sentence was to be found:
Duke's WXDU did a count down of the Tarheel State's top 80 musical releases of 2009. This is not only a solid countdown but also a really great compendium of North Carolina releases. Some (e.g. Midtown Dickens) are more Carolina than others (e.g. the Mountain Goats), but it's all Carolina in some sense. We've posted it below and you can also check it out here.
America's college students, considered yourself judged.
The North Carolina branch of Girls Rock (a part of the larger Girls Rock Camp Alliance) will be hosting a benefit show tonight at the Duke Coffeehouse. Scientific Superstar plays at 8, Princess and the Criminals at 9 and Blondie cover band Heart of Glass at 10. It's a $5 suggested donation for a cool organization. Check it out.
Love or hate the band, Vampire Weekend has done an unimpeachable job branding itself. Their most recent record oozes undergraduate, Ivy League-educated, New York hipster pretense (by the second track, we've heard about horchata, balaclava and Richard Serra). This in mind, the folks over at GQ blog The Verge (yes, the same magazine that ranked college douchiness) have assembled a list of 16 words and phrases Vampy Weekend needs to include on its third LP.
It happens every year, and its always worth picking up. The Oxford American has put out its 11th annual Southern Music issue, which provides some of the most insightful and well researched music writing of the year. With this edition, the publication launches a new series that will continue throughout the next several iterations of this issue, focusing on the music of a specific state. They start with their home, Arkansas. All Things Considered ran a piece on it the other day, and Wisconsin-based music blog Muzzle of Bees also ran a post on the issue today. As both ATC and the blog noted, Arkansas' Johnny Cash doesn't make his way onto the compilation disc, but Linda Martell, Larry Donn, Wiley and The Checkmates, Feminine Complex, the Oliver Lake Organ Trio and William Grant Still are all in the mix. Check it out.
In a press release issued today, Full Frame announced the duo of Liz Garbus and Rory Kennedy, the founders of Moxie Films, will be the recipients of the festival's 2010 Career Award. From the press release:
The Duke Coffeehouse returns to regular business hours tomorrow at 6 p.m. Some early dates are up on its Web site which you can check out below.
With 2010 finally in full swing, a few recent news postings are suggesting a promising year. Some highlights below:
Apologies for posting this a day late (I just discovered this as visiting my computer-less grandparents yields limited Internet access), but this is a big story to stary off 2010.
Our beloved Midtown Dickens will be playing a show with Humble Tripe and Malcolm Rollick at the Nightlight next Saturday, Jan. 9. It's kind of like round two of Humble Tripe's December release party at the Coffeehouse. The show starts at 10 p.m. and tickets are $5. Should be a grand old time.