Midtown Dickens celebrated the release of their second LP, Lanterns, Friday at the Duke Coffeehouse. The band–augmented by a quartet of horns and Megafaun’s Brad and Phil Cook–spent the time between songs thanking all their friends and those who enabled the album–it was like a bearable Oscars acceptance speech with great metaphors about babies. But a grateful Midtown Dickens was matched by an audience even more grateful for the energetic, joyful performance. Check out the three videos below of Midtown Dickens performing some of the tracks from Lanterns. (And if you are wondering about the head that occasionally pops on screen–that’s Kym Registers mom standing front row-center.)
Joe College Day 2009, the third iteration of the event since it was revived in 2007, has been slated for Oct. 10 on the Main West Campus Quadrangle, starting at 2 p.m. The Duke University Union has just revealed its lineup for the event. Playing the event are:
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue just signed into law a 25% increase in incentives for the movie industry to shoot in the Tarheel State. From Variety:
North Carolina has bumped its film production tax incentive from 15% up to 25% or a maximum credit of $7.5 million.Film industry dollars have been ebbing from the state’s coffers over the last few years, with neighboring Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia offering tax breaks as high as 32%.
On Thursday, however, Gov. Bev Perdue signed into law a bill increasing the incentive — which North Carolina Film Office director Aaron Syrett said will help breathe life back into the state’s struggling economy.
The tax credit covers all expenditures for a production made in the state; it is not limited to credits for below-the-line spending, as is the case for many other filming incentives in other states.
Nikke Finke adds on Deadline Hollywood Daily adds that North Carolina is home to one of North America’s largest sound stages, and that the owner of said sound stage, EUE/Screen Gems, is now exploring expansion options in Charlotte. The incentive goes into effect Jan. 1, 2010.
In addition to getting Tucker Max to talk about the 25 Douchiest Colleges in America, the Chronicle’s Chase Olivieri also caught video of the much reviled writer-turned-screenwriter addressing his protesters [NOTE: foul language] and some footage of the protest scene at the Raleigh premiere of Max’s movie I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. Check out the videos below.
