Bacchanal is upon us, and the week’s most eagerly-anticipated festivity has come and gone.  All Bwog can hear now is the obnoxiously soothing tooting of a zampoña from the street fair on the East side of Broadway.  But only moments ago, Talib Kweli asked us “who here listens to hip hop music?”  And, after a […]

Forty years have passed since your parents went to Woodstock and spent the next 39 telling you how awesome it was. Now, Columbia community, it’s your turn! A mini-Woodstock is coming your way beginning your weekend. Yes, that’s right, it’s time for Bacchanal 2009, and by Bacchanal we mean, of course, Woodstocchanal. All the events […]

Grab your pitchforks, music fans: Bacchanal members tell Bwog that Vampire Weekend dropped out of the concert early last night. No word yet on the actual reasoning behind the cancellation, although we strongly suspect that last Tuesday’s events have something to do with it. More updates coming shortly. UPDATE (12:57 p.m.): Sources confirm that Vampire […]

Late-breaking news for music fans: Talib Kweli will be part of this year’s Bacchanal. A tipster noted earlier today that his website listed a show at Columbia on April 18th, and Bacchanal board members confirmed this evening that the MC will be one of the artists. No word was forthcoming, though, on who the other […]

This is just one of the first in what Bwog assumes will be a veritable onslaught of Halloweenish events.  We’ll keep you posted. Bacchanal is hosting an event on the steps today, some sort of crazy Halloween/study break mashup entitled “A Ghoulish Day on the Steps” today from 3:00PM – 7:00PM. The free highlights include: […]

Nervous energy borne of coffee and unfinished CC papers pervaded Lerner as the tech crews set up for Bacchanal’s annual spring concert last night. Kids who arrived at 8 p.m. camped out near the white plastic barricade like they were at Webster Hall ca. 2003 waiting for the Get Up Kids, or maybe Interpol. In […]

If you are reading this, that means you aren’t on the steps (or, like Bwog, you are, but have wireless). And that means you’re missing Planet Earth. Currently: “Jungles”. “Caves.” The administrators just announced, hazily, that they were playing the episode until 10 PM. If you just left, get back out here!  

UPDATE 9:02 PM: Jungles is ahead right now, with Shallow Seas and Deep Ocean tied for second! Late breaking news about Bacchanal’s 4/20 screening of Planet Earth. The mind-wrecking Discovery Channel miniseries is appearing in Low Plaza on a 14′ X 26′ screen, and you get to pick the two episodes being shown. To vote, […]

Free bagels outside of Butler til 2 PM courtesy of Bacchanal! Hurry before all the Days on Campus kids snatch them up.   UPDATE: According to enthusiastic commenter #3, “there is all kinds of cream cheese imaginable!”

Courtesy of planning staff, here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for… Bacchanal! A Monday night concert in Lerner! A not-free luau! Exciting…? BacchanALIENS 2008 Keep an eye out for free BacchanALIENS t-shirts and giveaways! Wed. April 9: Comedy Show (Ardie Fuqua w/ Fruit Paunch) 9-10:30pm, Davis Auditorium (Shapiro) *Pick up FREE tickets at the […]

  This is part two of a two-part series introducing you to the acts playing at this year’s Bacchanal. “Everything but country,” is an all too familiar way for unimaginative people to define their taste, or lack there of, in music. Sure, we all like different kinds of music, but the ambiguity of that statement […]

This is part one of a two-part series introducing you to the acts performing at this year’s Bacchanal. Two separate sets of brothers make up four-fifths of The National. The fifth is lead singer Matt Berninger, whose odd, deep voice is probably the most distinctive quality of the band’s brooding sound. Since hitting the scene […]

2008’s Bacchanal has been announced and a (mostly) complete schedule has been released. In addition to performances by Grizzly Bear and The National, this year’s festivities will include stand-up comedy by Greg Giraldo, an outdoor screening of Planet Earth on the Low steps for which absolutely no one will arrive stoned, and a Hawaiian Luau. […]

While Bwog enjoyed the sunny weather on such a splendid day, several things also caught our attention: Bacchanal festivities coincided with today’s, er, other special celebrations, including Battle of the Bands, a much-too-limited barbecue, a moonwalk, and a sorority-sponsored “munchies” sale. Columbia’s beloved mascot was also spotted roaming about (pictured to the right), giving hugs […]

Poor Ghostface. And Hoplites. And maker-outers. And naked blood wrestlers. Weather.com says rain through tomorrow night, but we Columbia-types are of a hardy sort. The Bwog is sure a little precipitation won’t dampen weekend plans.