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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Their creative anti-twitter song

12 DT vlogs and 2 years later, it's official.

Ben Naecker (C'09, Water Polo) and Blake West (W'09, Jazz Combos), the Penn alumni friends who moved to Austin to pursue music and swore that "real jobs were not my forte" have split up because of "real jobs".

After the jump watch their final episode where:

Ben and Blake talk about the wisdom they've gained
Listen to and download the 3 of their new songs
and find out what their individual future plans are

On behalf of all Penn alumni musicians and Penn alumni daring to live out a dream, thank you Blake and Ben for letting us follow you on your journey over these past 2 years and best of luck in the future!

Posted by Matt | 7:51 AM | 2009, Alumni working together, Ben Naecker, Blake West, Career Change, Exclusive, Music Mondays, RJANMF | 0 comments »

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Check out these Penn Pumpkins!

To cap off our 2011 Halloween series, I've got a final treat from one of our alumni.

Take a look at this great pumpkin carving handiwork from Penn alum Dennie Zastrow!

Be sure to check out this Penn carved pumpkin too!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Posted by Matt | 6:54 PM | Dennie Zastrow, Halloween, pumpkins | 0 comments »

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The touching reason why she's not afraid of ghosts

UPenn and Jill Goldberg and ghosts and Halloween

I've covered singer-songwriter Jill Goldberg (C'04, Dischord A Cappella, Penn Choir, Wind Ensemble) on DT before and have been saving this great music video of hers for Halloween because I really like this song and there were some cool animated ghosts floating around in the video.

However, what I didn't know until yesterday was the moving backstory behind this song.

After the jump, watch the video and learn about the touching reason why her perspective about ghosts has changed over the years.

Posted by Matt | 7:39 AM | 2004, chilling videos, Halloween, Jill Goldberg, Music Mondays, Musician | 0 comments »

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

The only thing worse than zombies is racist zombies

Halloween and Zombies and UPenn and Carlin Adelson

One more day 'til Halloween and as part of our Halloween series, I've got a somewhat wrong, yet very funny treat for you all.

After the jump, watch a short about "racist zombies" from Carlin Adelson (C'09, West Philly Tutoring, Sigma Kappa) and her Upright Citizens Brigade trained sketch comedy group "The Charlies".

Watch until the end!

Posted by Matt | 11:55 AM | 2009, Carlin Adelson, Halloween, NSFW, sketch comedy, Viral Videos, zombies | 0 comments »

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Elizabeth Banks shows us her "Hunger Games" costume!

So far on DT, you've seen a Penn alum professionally modeling some great Halloween costumes.

I now have another Penn alum wearing what will eventually be a great Halloween costume!

After the jump, check out Elizabeth Banks (C'96) in a new movie poster as the flamboyant "Effie Trinket" in the upcoming Hunger Games film!

Posted by Matt | 10:52 AM | 1996, Actor, Elizabeth Banks, Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Hunger Games | 0 comments »

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Their creative anti-twitter song

Monday, October 31, 2011

Check out these Penn Pumpkins!

The touching reason why she's not afraid of ghosts

Sunday, October 30, 2011

The only thing worse than zombies is racist zombies

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Elizabeth Banks shows us her "Hunger Games" costume!

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