Be More Black Swan

February 24, 2011

Wolf Gang Swag

Last week at Santo’s Party House, a tiny club in Chinatown, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All played their second New York show yet, itself the second show on Odd Future’s first ever “tour,” comprised of three East Coast shows and one in San Francisco. Odd Future is a rap ensemble from Los Angeles. All eleven of their members are under twenty years old.

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Beauty Decontextualized

The Program in Dance’s Spring Dance Festival: expertly choreographed works performed by accomplished student dancers at the Berlind Theater. There, I sat and stared at the stage. There, danced young men and women, their figures silhouetted against the backdrop, their motion passionate and firm. I sat next to my dear friend, who is herself an accomplished dancer.

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Communist Party

Commodifying the Fetish: Everyone writes down a kinky fetish on a piece of paper. Preferably it’s their own, but an especially “sensuous” or perverted one is also applicable (zoophilia anyone?).

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A Modest Proposal

The Princeton eating club system is one of the hallmarks of the Princeton experience, and the Bicker process is one of its most time-honored traditions. Each spring, a new class of Princetonians competes to join their chosen club by meeting members and putting on their best face.

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Gawker, Redesigned

Our tale this week starts in times long past. Well before Facebook, well before Twitter. Even before the war in Iraq. 2002 was a strange time, but in Web 2.0’s rocky infancy British journalist Nick Denton found opportunity. Thus began Gawker Media, a collection of blogs covering everything from New York gossip to video games.

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Verbatim

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Overheard in Wu:

Sophomore boy: My vomits were pretty clean last night.

Overheard in English class:

Professor to student: You have defeated Satan with logic.

Overheard in Frist:

Sorority biddy: Daddy it’s so hard to make connections here because 60% of people are on financial aid.

Overheard on Blackboard:

Freshman lass: I do not understand why Zola feels the need to make the misery of the Raquin’s into something negative. They are of lowly castes so if you deprive them of their misery, they have nothing. Having misery must be better than not having any, for god almighty endowed them with their misery.

Overheard on Princeton FML:

Princeton student: I’ve decided that it’s just not worth the pain. I’m throwing out my old, safe plan for life and trusting my future to the wind and my heart. MLWBDifficult, but MLWBMOwn.

Overheard in Los Angeles:

Kobe Bryant: When I’m out there being aggressive and doing my thing, [Pau Gasol] needs to follow suit and just be just as aggressive which is hard for him because it’s kind of against his nature. But I think tonight was a good step ... Even when he was in Memphis and he was the go-to guy, he was always very nice. Very white swan. I need him to be black swan.