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What more could you want at Tropical? There will be sand, a pool, tons of people and… the Ying Yang Twins. No, that’s not a typo, the Ying Yang Twins have officially been scheduled for Psi Upsilon’s Tropical this year. The crunk rap duo hails from Atlanta, Georgia and have had hits such as “Wait (The Whisper Song),” “Badd,” “Shake,” and “Dangerous,” and have collaberated with Lil Jon, Mike Jones, Pitbull and others.

Tickets are still $20 a piece can can be purchased from Psi U pledges and outside Mather Dining Hall during all lunches and dinners up until Tropical on Saturday, October 11th. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $30.

What? Psi Upsilon’s Tropical with the Ying Yang Twins performing.

When? Saturday, October 11th (the Saturday of Family Weekend)

Where? Psi Upsilon patio

Cost? $20 in advance, $30 at the door.

Visit the TrinTalk Tropical page and the Tropical Facebook Event for more information, and feel free to send questions via the contact form.

Nelson Lassiter of Musaik wrote in about a new event that Musaik is hosting.

“…on Friday October 10th its called rumble in the jungle, its going to be held in the center of the concrete jungle…Its 2 hours of live music with all trinity musicians including me, chase, and two sick nasty rock bands.”

What? Rumble In the Jungle (live music)

Where? Center of the Concrete Jungle (Jackson, Smith, Wheaton, Funston, etc.)

When? Friday October 10th @ 6:00 P.M.

Cost? Free!

Check out the Facebook event for more information.

I haven’t seen others play, but I saw Zebra Cobra a few times last year which was a lot of fun, I’d definitely check it out.

With The Mill hosting Girl Talk in a week (Friday, September 26th) I thought I’d share the link to Girl Talk’s latest album from this summer, Feed the Animals. Girl Talk released it in a similar manner to what Radiohead did, in that you can choose to pay any amount for it, including nothing.

Who? Girl Talk

When? September 26th 9pm - 1 am

Where? Cave Patio

Visit the Facebook Event for questions.

Musaik is putting up signs over campus advertising their September 20th Gallows Hill info session.

“Musaik is Trinity College’s newest music organization designed to promote Trinity musicians.”

What: Info sessions, Live Performances, Jam Session (BYOI) and Food and Beverages

When: Saturday, September 20th. 3-5pm

The flyer notes that, “You don’t have to be musically trained, if you have a passion for music, the industry or what to get involved, come to Musaik 101.”

For more information contact Nelson.Lassiter@trincoll.edu

Lil Wayne confirmed today via an MTV News interview that he and T-Pain will indeed be doing an album together. 

  ”We both have the same energy,” he said. “I don’t sleep. If you ask anybody, I don’t sleep. I think it’s the cousin of death. As much as you sleep, you’re impersonating death to me. He don’t sleep. I play all day. He plays all day and all night. The connection is crazy. He loves to be creative, he loves to work; I love to create, I love to work. He really wants people to respect his rapping; I really want people to respect my harmonizing.”

This would have hit home a bit more had T-Pain actually been a Spring Weekend performer, instead of just a rumor, but should bring celebration to Weezy F. fans out there. Anyone that’s heard “Got Money” by Lil Wayne and featuring T-Pain knows how good any collaboration between the two will be. I’m sure by the time this record comes out we’ll have heard plenty of both T-Pain and Lil Wayne on Vernon St. 

Check out the full story here.

Yet another conflict boils between musicians rights versus consumer needs. Only this time, it’s the musicians going against the copyrighters, stating that the new legislation is unfair to consumers.

“As we feared, this bill represents an American-style approach to copyright.  It’s all locks and lawsuits,”

The Canadian Music Creator’s Coalition says that this new law is unfair to those who choose to illegally download their music.  They say that it is clear that the world is changing, especially in regards to digital media.  Because of this, conventional american methods do not work to protect musical artists.  Simply suing the pants off of someone who downloads a few songs is no longer a valid solution to the problem, and passing further laws to do so is exactly the opposite of what needs to be done.

“The question is, who gains from this bill?” explained Brendan Canning, co-founder of Broken Social Scene and a CMCC member.  “It’s not musicians.  Musicians don’t need lawsuits, we don’t need DRM protection.  These aren’t the things that help us or our careers.  What we do need is a government that is willing to sit down with all the stakeholders and craft a balanced copyright policy for Canada that will not repeat the mistakes made in the United States.”

The full article can be found here  (Thanks BoingBoing)