Posts Tagged ‘bacchanal’
An exciting year for arts at Columbia
This year has been a whirlwind for most of the students on campus. Take a look back at some of the biggest student events on campus with our special A&E “Year In Review” guide:
Dance: Columbia’s major dance troupes had an action-packed year. While the 170-member Orchesis showcased its talents at its annual fall and spring shows, it also sponsored a smaller production from student choreographer Marie Janicek in March. The prestigious Columbia Ballet Collaborative took the stage at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Centre Theater in November, and Barnard’s Collaboration of the Ludicrous and Beautiful, or CoLab, showed off its genre-defying work this April. Read Jade Bonacolta’s summary of this year’s dance performances here. More »
Why you should have been outside yesterday
Now, I would have done a post about why Bacchanal wasn’t as bad as we expected, but since I only stayed for about half an hour (My friend got tickets for Mitchell Grey for her birthday. Duty called. Check out Hazel and you’ll understand.) I would have felt like a huge hypocrite.
Instead, here’s why you should have been outside yesterday. If you weren’t, don’t worry, you still have today! Carpe Diem!
1. Holi!
2. Perfect jogging weather. I don’t know about you, but this is what I do all winter, so come spring, I’m rather caught off my guard. With the mornings being what they are, though, there really is no longer a good excuse not to take a quick jog through Riverside.
3. Spectacular people watching! Did you see the guy in the Super Mario suit? The myriads of midriffs? Stylish people popping out of the ground, like daisies? Get off Facebook and creep on people in real time!
4. We see through your master plan, Office of Admissions. Planning Days on Campus for Bacchanal weekend? Positively devious. Show your prospie what Columbia students are really like. More »
We are liveblogging Baccha90s!
UPDATE: The show is over! Read over our liveblog for some highlights from the event, and let us know what you thought in the comments!
7:15 p.m.: The show is over! Last thoughts from some of our people:
“Big Gigantic was really good. Surprisingly. That was a really fun show. And that seemed to be a collective feeling, which just made it better.” — Grace Bickers, Spectrum Opinion Deputy
“Wavves was–perfect music for the weather. Curren$y was great too. I didn’t understand why Big Gigantic had a saxophone. I’m impressed by the people who made it onto the facade of Kent, even though it meant that there were random people in the men’s restroom. Also I didn’t think Columbia could go this hard–this kid I know crowd surfed for like 8 minutes.” – David Salazar, Spectrum Eye Deputy
“My thought: sweaty.” – Charlotte Murtishaw, Spectator senior staff writer
“I cannot attempt to type thoughts.” – Samantha Henderson, Spectrum token drunk daily editor
“I fell asleep during Big Gigantic so they probably suck.” – Darron Kinney, Spectrum daily editor
Check after the jump for the rest of our liveblog — featuring profanity, vomit, and even a wedding! Also we occasionally talked about the music or the musical acts or whatever.
Resist the temptation to be lame
Tomorrow will be a good day.
It will be, no matter how much you complain about how the bands suck, or whine about how much work you have to do, or go off to visit your friends at Penn because Spring Fling is soooo much cooler. Bacchanal will be great in spite of all. this. negativity.
Look, I don’t know who the hell the bands are either, but I don’t care. It’s supposed to be sunny and 70 degrees, it’s a free concert, right here, just for us, and Holi is in the morning. I, too, participate in the Columbia varsity sport of kvetching—and often enjoy it—but right now this campus needs to take a serious chill pill and have some freaking fun.
Because that’s what Bacchanal is about. More »
Concert roundup for this weekend
We’ve never done one of these before, but we figured why not. It’s a boring weekend, you need to get pumped before finals, and people need to know about local events, right?
The list is in a very specific order—we sorted them from person you’re most likely to have heard of to person you’re least likely to have heard of to make it easier for you to choose your music plans for this weekend.
Coachella—There’s something for everyone: everything from alt-rock (The Black Keys) to House music (Swedish House Mafia) to rap (with our very own 2011 Bacchanal performer, Snoop Dogg!) to lesser known bands (Gotye, Childish Gambino). It’s located in California, but whatever, it’s worth it.
Spring Fling—So these bands are performing there, not sure if you’ve ever heard of this little group called Passion Pit or some guy named Tiësto. It’s at Penn, so it’s a trek and you might feel like a traitor, but wear your Columbia shirt and we’ll forgive you. More »
The Basics of Bacchanalia
Like most of the campus, I was somewhat surprised when the performers for Bacchanal were announced. Not only were they not from the 90s (as the theme would suggest), but they were also not recognizable names. After hearing about the headliners at other schools, I couldn’t help but be a little disappointed with our school’s inability to attract popular artists to the Steps.
However, this post is not about complaining about what happened regarding Bacchanal. It’s a proposal to change the way we think about the entire event. It’s time that we go back to the basics of bacchanalia.
The problem is that the Bacchanal committee and the campus as a whole has made a rookie mistake when it comes to decision-making. We’ve lost sight of the fundamental point of Bacchanal and become fixated on an arbitrary element of tradition. Let’s break it down More »
Bacchanal artists, a protest, and a counterprotest
Hello and a very warm welcome to the 11th installment of Senior in the Springtime. This week I continued the journey of completing the traditions that remained on my list. I was able to complete three more, as best as I could, and I’m confident that the other 13 will be conquered in due time.
Again, the numbers alongside the tradition reflect their placement in the original list. My three for the week:
25. Protest something. More »
Reactions to the Bacchanal lineup
Disappointment and bewilderment were the attitudes of the day following the announcement of who would be performing at Bacchanal. Check out this video featuring more student reactions and let us know your opinion in the comments!
Bacchanal performers disappointed with student lineup
This weekend the music world eagerly awaited the release of the Columbia student lineup attending this month’s Bacchanal festivities, but were widely disappointed by the announcement. “The students just seem to get worse and worse every year,” Wavves lead singer Nathan Williams said. “It’s like they don’t even consider the acts performing on stage when they pick these guys.”
Curren$y was equally frustrated after scanning the list of 6,000 undergraduates who would be attending the concert. “Who the hell chose these people? Ben Pulaski CC’13? Sarah Bennington SEAS’15? I’ve never heard of these no-names,” the New Orleans-based rapper said. “I remember when they used to have cool students here like Amanda Peet, Stephen Jay Gould, and Radovan Karadžić. Considering the theme was Baccha90s, you think they could have at least gotten someone like Maggie Gyllenhaal, CC ’99. I have no idea what the fuck Bacchanal was smoking when they came up with this shit.” More »
Not a witty fool
Tomorrow is that wonderous and magical day of the year when families and friends come together to annoy each other with failed jokes, hoaxes, and taunts. Even from a young age, I’ve never been very successful at this holiday—my attempts at pranks usually elicited unconvinced eye rolling or angry tears (pretending your twin is stuck in the washing machine is not so funny to Mom, it turns out).
But I’m due for a blog post and the day is upon us. So, since I can’t give you any advice about this tender holiday, instead I offer a list of things you might be wishing were April Fool’s pranks: