WVUD wants your input in who should headline their WVUD fest.

Survey here: https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_098BCbC32RYAVFi

The choice seems to be between these bands:

• No Age
• The Wombats
• Big D and the Kids Table
• Atlas Sound
• Every Avenue
• Andy Grammar

I know a couple of these bands have figured into my weekend listings, but other than that, I cannot begin to recommend one over another.  However, there's no harm in passing this along if any of these names really mean anything to you.

Food Bank of Delaware fundraiser - looks interesting if you have the dough:

For those looking to get into a culinary career: Dine Safe course at UD on Tuesday evening.

The cost is $25, the location is the UD Cooperative Extension Office at 461 Wyoming Rd, Newark.  Register by calling 831-2506. 

Participants will learn safe food handling practices.   Such a course seems like a no-brainer, but will look good on your resume if you're looking to get into the culinary world.   It's even a requirement with some work places.   I know that a lot of people my age are looking into new careers these days, and this is a good first step for anyone thinking restaurant work, food production, etc.

UD is still looking for volunteers for next Saturday's Ag Day.

Volunteer shifts will be only two hours long, and you'll receive a free Ag Day t-shirt.  Student volunteers will also receive service hour credits.  Ag Day will be held on Saturday, April 30th, from 10-4, on South College Ave. next to the stadium.   Interested volunteers should email agday.volunteers.2011@gmail.com

Tonight at UD's Trabant Theater: A showing of the film "Food Inc."

The movie is open to the public, is presumably free, and starts at 7:30 pm tonight (Tuesday) at the Trabant Center off of the western end of Main St., Newark.  Food Inc. is a documentary about the food industry in America - where our food comes from, how the food supply chain in America has changed rapidly over the past 50 years, the question of corn syrup and how it's affecting us, etc. 

Quick notes: New Delaware Theatre Co. play, the endless hilarity of college paper writing, "curriculum-based" pole dancing

Paramount Records was an early blues, jazz, and spiritual label out of the midwest that put out recordings by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Louis Armstrong, and Lawrence Welk, among others.  Such recordings were, according to the Paramount website, early inspiration for Elvis Presley, Muddy Waters,  B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton.   Delaware's own Kevin Ramsey, who has also written musicals about Sam Cooke and the Louisiana Bayou, has put this history to song.

"Chasin' Dem Blues", the story of paramount records, is debuting today at 8pm at Delaware Theatre Company, on Water Street.  Tickets are $35-$49, with discounts for students and seniors.

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Light mockery warning:  I giggled my way through an article (I won't say where) this morning about a benefit concert for WVUD that occurred recently.  The best part:

"Some performers who gained popularity after participating in the concert in the past were Dr. Dog, whose music was featured on a Fox TV show, and The Walkmen, who were featured on the Spiderman 3 soundtrack."

You know, Dr. Dog - you may know them from that Fox TV show that featured their song!  Or how about The Walkmen - you know, from the Spiderman 3 soundtrack?

The author knew she had to emphasize these bands' successes, and of all the examples she could have given (regulars on the late-night talk show circuit, Coachella and Bonnaroo, world tours), she settled on "music featured on a tv show" and "music featured in a movie".   Because, you know, there is no  pinnacle for a band like ... Spiderman 3. 
Alright, enough ribbing.   Congrats to local bands The Common Room, Stallions, and Lower Case Blues, who played this benefit concert.  May their futures be filled with Fox TV placements that'll make the hometown proud.
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And for ladies needing a brush up on pole dancing skills: there's a "Flirt Level Pole Class", just in case you were afraid of becoming too putan about it ("it's not about gyrating your body for money and/or narcotics - it's just flirting!"), and a "Pole Fusion Class", which is being advertised as a curriculum-based program.  Curriculum-based!  I love it.  Who gets together to create this curriculum?  What does such a conference of pole experts look like?  Both classes are on Thursdays at Physique Pole Studio in Pike Creek.  Bedroom community, indeed.