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.
Obviously, things have changed a bit since then. But check out the interview and the show with Dogbite.
Doors are at 9, the show is at 9:30 and tickets are $5.
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.
We found this out from the Duke Park listserv who sent out the following charming e-mail.
Congratulations to Duke Park’s resident kora master Mamadou Diabate. His release Douga Mansa has won the 2010 Grammy for Best Traditional World Music album. Diabate was also nominated in 2008.
Also, if you are not working this morning and are interested in a
two block long high speed sledding run with almost no car traffic, the Anita/ Hollywood hill is exceptional. Warmer weather this afternoon may impact conditions.
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”:
After he cummed and I de-mounted, I slipped into sleep as I thought to myself, “Wow, I probably shouldn’t have done that.”
Daily Intel (who maintains an excellent sex diary feature) hit the nail on the head with its analysis:
…we can’t imagine what will be more awkward for the school: the graphic language, or that it reveals Penn students can make it all the way to junior year without learning how to properly conjugate verbs.
The horrors of American undergraduates indeed.
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:
Quote TK from Salinger’s agent about surviving manuscripts, if any, and plans for them.
Check out the screen grab below.
recess’ film editor Charlie McSpadden is attending the two-day press junket for Martin Scorcese’s new thriller Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The film will screen in New York City tonight at 6:30PM and the press conference will take place tomorrow at 1PM in Le Parker Meridian hotel. Participating talent will include Scorcese and DiCaprio as well as Sir Ben Kingsley, author Dennis Lehane, screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis and producers Mike Medavoy and Brad Fisher.
Follow the action on Twitter and feel free to send in questions for the stars.
