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White Guys Just Wanna Have Fun

Vampire Weekend's Africa Fetish Is So 30 Years Ago

BY CHARLES MUDEDE

Vampixe Weekend

Wed March 26, Neumo's, 8 pm, $10, 21+. Sold out.

On May 5, 2006, the lead singer and guitarist of Vampire Weekend, Ezra Koenig, made the last post on his blog, Internet Vibes. The post, "I Hate Blogging," is about a Harlem

hiphop gear shop (it's near Marcus Garvey Memorial Park), and offers us a way to understand the surging popularity of Vampire Weekend. Out of all the baggy and sporty items in the hiphop store, this is what amazes Koenig: The jackets that have logos of Ivy League universities. Hanging between two fluted, Doric pillars are jackets for Harvard, Dartmouth, ...

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