Issue 13 - Perpetually Indignant, Beyond Semantics
(11/14/08 5:37am)
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Disco lights? Lasers? Glo-Wear? Page Auditorium was definitely not made for this. Duke University Union’s major fall concert was a big departure from their usual fare as everyone on campus could tell that they were trying to push “Get Your GLO On” as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Transforming Page Auditorium into a venue where people could dance and rush up to the stage proved difficult due to seating and fire codes preventing any sort of freedom. Worse, as the lights were off for Ghostland Observatory’s set, the head of Duke University Major Attractions came out and told people that they weren’t allowed to stand in the aisles. So it was surprising to me how hundreds of people ended up jumping and screaming to a fairly inaccessible genre of music that could hardly be called mainstream.
MTV does not play music videos anymore.
Photo courtesy Maya Robinson.
I have nothing to say about Ghostland Observatory. I don't like them. Read about them here, I guess. I'm sure they put on an entertaining show. Buy your ticket.
Recess music editor Jordan Axt's article on the Michael Jackson tribute band, Who's Bad, found its way on the news section of the Michael Jackson News Network, somewhere between the rumors of a reunion tour with the Jackson 5 and Michael's next album. It states here:
Photo Illustration by Glen Gutterson.
Pictured: Justin Rice. Photo special to recess.
Pictured: Shearwater at The Parish in Austin, TX. Courtesy Dallas Observer.
Pictured: Sweeney Todd at Duke. Courtesy Chase Olivieri.
Pictured: DJs ABX and STV SLV. Courtesy thehoodinternet.com
Pictured: Jen Fuh, Andrea Marston and Babylonia Aivaz. Photo by Ian Soileau.
Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino drive around in their van. They play music. They are also from Brooklyn. Is that what D.I.Y. stands for? You might have heard their hit song "Yea Yeah" remixed by Flosstradamus. You might not have seen them ever in your life. See them now. recess' Baishi Wu spoke with Matt before their Tuesday night show next week with Cut Copy at the Cat's Cradle.
Welcome to Rumor Mill, the online edition: the venue by which campus leaders realize that the internet (read: Twitter) is a public forum and nothing is safe.
Rafter Roberts should be adept at making catchy music. After all, the man is co-founder of Singing Serpent, a company that writes commercial jingles for the likes of Sprint, Toshiba and Target. The business has allowed Rafter to continue to produce his own brand of off-beat dance albums. Before bringing his own brand of electronica to the Duke Coffeehouse, Rafter traded e-mails with recess' Baishi Wu.
Apparently Gossip Girl is every parent's nightmare: a mind-blowingly inappropriate, nasty piece of work-and it's very bad for you.
I love Weezer. My personality has been sculpted by a combination of "My Name is Jonas" and "El Scorcho", contributing to an absurd and self-deprecating sense of humor, a debilitating level of self-awareness and a love for alcohol and irony.
Bombadil has come a long way. And I don't mean from Bolivia, as their vivid use of charangos and zamponas might suggest. Nor do I mean from Middle Earth, despite the eerie connection the band shares with their weirdly magnetic Tolkien character. Since graduating from Duke in 2006 as just another college band, the group is scheduled to release their first full length album, A Buzz, A Buzz, in addition to performing at this summer's Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee.
The self-proclaimed "Cure for the Common Label," Small Town Records, released its first compilation CD at a party at Alivia's Durham Bistro Thursday night as part of its effort to reshape the Duke music scene.
Small Town Records, a subsidiary of the Duke University Union, will hold its first annual CD release party today at Alivia's. The event will feature performances by Small Town rock bands Smooch and the Big Hug and Stella by Starlight and hip-hop artist Mike Posner. In addition to the bands, Small Town Records will be giving away free T-shirts and compilation CDs and have an open bar.