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Article: Look, Muffy, a band for us
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 4, 2008
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VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Yacht
- 9 p.m. Sunday
- Metro, 3730 N. Clark
- Sold out
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Does anyone remember The Official Preppy Handbook?
First published in 1980 and subtitled "Look, Muffy, a book for us," Lisa Birnbach's satirical overview of old-school, deep-pockets, upperclass WASP society was packaged as a straight-faced "reference guide," full of tips on how to dress (heavy on the golfer's pants, pastel Lacoste polo shirts and monogrammed sweaters), where to study (Ivy League colleges the only choice, of course) and how to indulge in such typical demerit-worthy bad behavior as smoking and drinking (complete with "20 Verbal Expressions for Vomiting"). Noticeably short, however, were any ...
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Article: Vampire Weekend.(Concert review)
Daily Variety;
March 26, 2008 ;
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... ... Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, Christopher Tomson. Also ... been as smug about it as Vampire Weekend, the Brooklyn-based quartet ... remarkable for its lack of soul, Vampire Weekend came off as yet another ... Soukous to Western pop, and Vampire Weekend sounds like a ...
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