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we’re just the messengers…
Bacchanal Committee has announced this year’s theme: #throwbacchanal. As Bacchanal puns go, we find this one #throwbacceptable. Much better than Baccaha90’s, that’s for sure.
But who is the main act, we hear you say? Bwog has been keeping our collective ear to the ground and this is what we’ve heard:
Lupe Fiasco
Probability: that the 1 train is running regularly. Very high. We’ve heard this from a lot of sources, and it seems about right for Bacchanal. You’ve heard of him, maybe you even know a few of his songs, but he’s not so famous that you would notice him strolling down College Walk. Also, we had Macklemore last year; maybe the Bacchanal committee is really into socially-conscious rap?
2 Chainz
Probability: that your ID will get rejected at 1020. So, very low. Our little birds have whispered this one to us, but it feels like he’s too famous for Bacchanal. And does he even have any recent music out? Still, it could happen.
Bruno Mars
Probability: that Columbia gives us another snow day this semester… It ain’t gonna happen. These rumors probably came from people who were way too excited from the Super Bowl.
Just a reminder: Bacchanal is a CLOSED EVENT, so leave your little sister drunk uncle talking dog at home
Lupe via Wikimedia
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@BC '14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqtkdSM1CJk
Bring him over :)
@The Jolly Flying Man MF DOOM would be amazing but it appears he’s touring in Europe all year
@Let's be real... As long as the Red Bull truck will be there, I’m down with whoever headlines…
@Dean Fartinez k
@Lupe Fiasco.... Isn’t even touring right now? Pollstar and his site confirm.
@Can we just... …get Skrillex and call it a day? That’s what we all are gonna wish was playing about an hour in anyway.
@WEEZER WEEZER
@we shud get Beyonce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Anonymous Lupe Fiasco and Chainsmokers.
I’m down like a pedo-clown in kiddy town.
@cc'15 we gonna hop on the yale train again? i would lol if we got diplo (though it’d be pretty sweet)
@look tbh just want something that i can dance to
@Lupe Fiasco …isn’t the name of a musician, its what happens when you hire too many maids
@Snorelax It’s not like Lupe has any new and/or significant music out either
@Yawn It’s not like Lupe has any recent music out either
@Anonymous what happened to the rumors about Diplo? that would’ve been so much better than any of this.
@Wavves you’re never gonna stop me king of the beach
@Anonymous Chromeo
@also heard rumors about Chromeo
Aka my sophomore year French teacher.
@Not gonna lie... …that would be badass.
@Anonymous I heard blink182… also fits well with the theme.
@Anonymous i’d be down down down
@CC'14 Let’s get the Underachievers and the Flatbush Zombies. Reasonably priced, local acts.
@1020 has actually been using a scanner and rejecting IDs left and right lately, so according to that logic it’s still quite likely that 2Chainz might come. Bwog needs to get out more
@14 Snoop Dogg, Curren$y, Macklemore, now Lupe Fiasco — could we possibly consider not another rapper? For those of us who don’t like rap, it would be nice just once before we go…
@You Forgot Wavves, Big Gigantic, and Floss
@Peaches I imagine rappers are a cheaper headliner than a band… also, hip hop has broader appeal these days than, say rock… Also, I find it hard to believe that you can dislike “rap” on a broad scale, as it’s so diverse a soundscape that you’re bound to like something.
@2chainz more famous the lupe fiasco? let’s be real who the fuck knew 2chainz 2 years ago
@Peaches Yeah, but it’s not 2 years ago… 2Chainz is at least relevant…
@Anonymous what about bruno mars
@Anonymous still hoping for childish gambino one of these years
@Peaches meh. I’d rather have Kendrick, or A$AP Mob, which I think we’d still be able to perform… Gambino be weak, man.
@Great Big Sea Pleeeease, it would make me so happy.
@your weak weak…really????
@Grammar Police *Weeoooweeeooo* my what?
@I CAME UP WITH THIS 2 YEARS AGO http://bwog.com/2012/02/27/bacchanal-announces-throwback-theme/#comment-345446
Do I get a reward or something?
@anon Probability that you still read bwog even though you’re a whiny bitch: 100%
@Anonymous You misspelled “mispelled” in the tag, Bwog… Kinda embarrassing
@Probability Probability of Bwog continuing to be a weak ass publication: 100%
@Anonymous I take it you’re a member of the bacchanal committee
@Anonymous I’m not part of bacchanal but I have friends on it and the reason for the resistance to publishing the headliner is that due to some previous bacchanal calamities involving snoop dogg, almost all artist riders (live performance contract/demands) for bacchanal have the stipulation that if the headliner is publicized before an approved date, the headliner reserves the ability to both pull out of the show and retain the entirety of the fee.
despite what you might think, throwing a free show for a major artist with relatively minimal security in the biggest city in the US has the potential to be a bit of a disaster, so just be patient with the headliner announcements…
@Anonymous Makes sense, but in that case the Bacchanal committee shouldn’t leak it to their friends like they have done in the past.
@Anonymous Ba Dum Tissss.
@It's funny That’s exactly what Bacchanal said last year after bwog posted that it was Macklemore. They said that it would violate the rider to release the name early. But when someone actually reached out to Macklemore’s manager to ask if he’d be performing, the manager said he would be, but that the people who invited him (i.e. Bacchanal) might not want it publicized yet. So it seems like the artist didn’t care; it was just Bacchanal that didn’t want the name released early.
@You realize... Macklemore probably didn’t care because he stood to benefit from his name being announced? The Bacchanal committee has to care because the school has the most to lose.
@Can't be 2Chainz The committee were about to have him, but at the last minute he pulled out to headline Vanderbilt’s concert:
http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2014/02/07/2-chainz-steve-aoki-headline-vanderbilts-rites-of-spring-festival/
@anon that festival is on Friday and Saturday.. so maybe he’s just performing on Friday at Vanderbilt?