Buried deep within the Department of Music lies one of Washington University’s best-kept secrets. Rich O’Donnell, former principal percussionist for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, runs the electronic music studio, possibly one of the most badass collections of synthesizers-old and new-available to be used by college students in the country. Let’s take a peek inside, shall we?
According to the Guardian, every major economic recession in England has occurred around the time of an AC/DC album release. The correlation is staggering:
1973: AC/DC form in Sydney, Australia.
Economy: Start of the oil crisis, which saw the price quadruple1980: AC/DC release breakthrough album Back In Black
Economy: Inflation in UK reaches 20% and unemployment nears 2 million1990: AC/DC score comeback with The Razor’s Edge
Economy: Recession in UK imminent2008: AC/DC top UK album charts
Economy: Biggest world recession in decades looms
This is the most important discovery in correlation science since it was found that pirates prevent global warming:
On Saturday, Broken Social Scene came to the Gargoyle for our second show of the semester. If you’ve never been to the Gargoyle, just picture a basement cafeteria with big speakers and filled with sweaty indie kids. We are proud to be the leading shithole concert venue in the St. Louis metro area. Which explains why I was so amused to come across this posting on Craigslist:
To the woman wildly swinging her purse at Broken Social Scene – m4w – 26 (The Gargoyle)
You snaked your way through the ass-to-ankles crowd so that you could stand directly next to my friends and me. You were alone, a fact about which you must have been quite bitter and decided to take out on us. You clung to a 100% Naugahyde purse. It was the biggest fucking purse I’ve ever seen. And I know what you had in there: baby skulls.
And it gets better from there. I nominated it for Best-of-Craigslist, and I hope you’ll do the same.
Hat tip to St. Louis music blog A to Z
