Issue 10 – We Lasted Three Minutes

Oct 23 2008, Written by Baishi Wu in Playground,This Week in Recess, 0 Comments

Pictured: Sweeney Todd at Duke. Courtesy Chase Olivieri.

Featured:
Student Performers
Mike Posner & the Brain Trust
“I’ve never performed music like this, where people can really get into it and have a good time listening to it.” – Eric Holljes.
Panda Force
Please. Sit in your room and vote for Panda Force over and over again. Or see them and the rest of Small Town Records at the Broad St. Cafe tonight at 10 p.m.
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be performed in Reynolds Industries Theater Oct. 23, 24, 25, 30 and Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.; Oct. 26 and Nov. 2 at 2 p.m.; and Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.
Karamu
Douglas Turner Ward’s poignant Day of Absence. What would happen if all the blacks in town disappeared?

Savion Glover Dances at Duke
Glover, who is often labeled the best living tap dancer, will perform his show Bare Soundz Sunday in Page Auditorium.

Carl Kurlander, writer of St. Elmo’s Fire
My Tale of Two Cities and St. Elmo’s Fire will be screened Oct. 27 at 8:30 and 11:30 p.m., respectively, in Page Auditorium, with introductions by Carl Kurlander.

Monsters of Mock
A symphony of sycophancy.

Sandbox:
Speedfriending
“What have I learned from this experience? Simple: you will never outrun awkward conversations. Making new friends will never be easy. You will always doubt yourself.”

Editor’s Note:
The Playground

Films reviewed:
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
W.

Albums reviewed:
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs
Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping