In anticipation of tomorrow’s performance on the East Campus Quadrangle (7 p.m.) with J. Cole and Wale, recess’ Kevin Lincoln took some time to talk to the D.C. rapper. Here’s the full transcript of the interview that ran in today’s paper.
Do you play a lot of concerts at colleges?
Last spring we did about 20 schools.
So, a decent amount. It’s got to be different than playing the smaller clubs, right? Because I saw you at Cat’s Cradle [in Carrboro] last year.
I mean, it’s different shows, but we kind of do it like—we know colleges, the way you structure a college show is different than a club show, you know?
Right. So you use a lot of sports references in your lyrics. How big of a sports fan are you?
Ahh… (laughs), I think I’m probably one of the biggest sports fans in the music business. You know, diehard sports fan: football, basketball, pretty good track fan— (more…)
Midtown Dickens is releasing its second album, Lanterns, Sept. 16 but are celebrating the release tomorrow night at the Duke Coffeehouse. You can read more about Lanterns and Midtown Dickens in today’s recess.
Amanda Barr’s latest show, the challenging and exciting Public Healing, explores the idea of healing. Part of Friday night’s opening including a special appearance by a shaman, enhancing the ideas in Barr’s work. If you were unable to check out the opening, watch the above video for a glimpse of the performance–though it only gives a very small taste of what those who were they experienced. And don’t forget to check out the Sept. 3 issue of recess for a review of Barr’s show.
In an act illustrating exactly why Duke ranked so high on GQ’s list of America’s Douchiest Colleges, what we can only imagine to be a group of Duke students has issued an online petition against the Conde Nast publication’s for its “biased selection process.” It says:
We, the undersigned members of the Duke University community, demand the following:
- More transparency in GQ’s douchiest school selection process.
- More rigor in the aforementioned process, reflecting the rigor in Duke University’s renowned douche-nurturing environment.
- An explanation of why Duke could win numerous honorable mentions in diverse categories of douchiness, reflecting the world-class breadth and depth of Duke’s douchetastic excellence, yet still only earn second place.
- A ranking correction. Duke University must be selected for first place to reflect the reality of Duke all-surpassing performance in fine douche education.
- Free dry cleaning for my Polo shirts, brah. Don’t you know who my dad is?
Looks like Bob Dyland didn’t take our suggestion for his Christmas album’s cover art. Vulture has the cover artChristmas in the Heart. In spite of the mildly humorous Russian man guiding the sleigh, it seems a little to Yankee Candle for the man behind Blood on the Tracks. We’re already knocking it a star.
