Behind-the-Scenes Winter Bash interview

1/30/09 2:26 PM

Not many Jumbos are probably aware that the DJ company behind the enormous campus parties Fall Ball and Winter Bash is run by erstwhile frequenters of Carmichael dining hall.  The Daily got to talk to Bobby Dutton (EN ’04), operations director for the mobile club company GrooveBoston, about how this events came to be, and how a DJ running parties on Professor’s Row came to organize the largest social events of the year at his alma mater. BD:  So we try to do something a little different, keep ideas fresh.  The goal, obviously, is when people come in we want them to forget that this is a field house.  And what’s cool is that some of the clubs around here, their capacity is around 1800, and our capacity in here is around 5500.  We’ve got... 0 comment

WMFO Top 5 - January 26, 2009

1/26/09 6:03 PM

Every week the Tufts Daily runs WMFO's Top Five most played albums, but The Scene gives a slightly more in-depth commentary on the music many Jumbos are listening to. 1.    M83 – “Before the Dawn Heals Us” 2005.  French electronica group M83 split down the middle shortly before the recording of “Before the Dawn Heals Us,” the band’s third full-length album.  Dropping bandmate Nicolas Fromageau, Anthony Gonzalez continued under the name M83, creating an LP darker and more urban-sounding than M83’s previous studio works, and further exploring the band’s influences, including My Bloody Valentine and Sigur Rós. 2.    The Beatles – “The White Album” 1968.  Released as a...