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16, 2013
the daily orange
THE SWEET STUFF IN THE MIDDLE
allen chiu | staff photographer TROY BEETLES, better known as “Datsik,” performed at The Westcott Theater on Jan. 15. Datsik headlined the dubstep show with Rekoil and GRiZ opening the show for him.
Overcharged By Robert Gaudio
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s the temperature dropped elsewhere in Syracuse last night, The Westcott Theater became a sauna. Dubstep producer and rapper Troy Beetles, known by his stage name Datsik, brought his rescheduled Firepower Tour to the cold of Syracuse. In recent years, Datsik surged to
popularity from the underground to mainstream electronic dance music scene. Since high school, Datsik has been blowing away and rising above his competition in the genre. Receiving accolades from electric dance music heavyweight Infected Mushroom and opening for rock group Korn on their 2011 tour, Datsik has cemented himself in dubstep culture. Before the concert, the crowd out-
Dubstep artist Datsik brings powerful sound show to Westcott Theater
side the Westcott rumbled as security tried to contain the mob in front of the door. Robin Trumble, a freshman international business major who had previously bought a ticket, was particularly enthused. “I’ve seen him once before at Camp Bisco,” Trumble said. “He’s pretty sick.” Greeted by a pair of men in banana suits and hordes of local high
school students, despite the 16-plus age limit, concert-goers spilled onto the dance floor, glow sticks in hand, ready to party. A healthy mix of locals and Syracuse University students filled the Westcott as glow sticks, water bottles and various electronics flew through the air. A fair share of light-up gloves, guys in trucker hats and girls wearing neon filled the theater. The lights
were dimmed and soon, the floor was covered in beer. Although the concert was set to begin at 9 p.m., opener Rekoil was already hard at work on stage at 8:15 p.m. The crowd didn’t seem to mind. Syracuse native Direktor was nowhere to be seen. According to Direktor’s Twitter account, he was unable to open due to unforeseen
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NY excels in terms of porn viewing, but consumers should exercise caution
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hat’s special about Dec. 17, apart from Christmas being over and everyone feeling fat and a bit depressed? Packing away the tree, and your old Aunt Margaret to her bungalow, means it’s time for a porn party. Sounds un-festive, but the stats don’t lie. In a recent study by PornHub.com, researchers found the highest porn traffic was on the day after Boxing Day. In contrast,
Christmas Day and Independence Day mark two of the quietest days in the porn calendar. As a New Yorker for at least part of the year, be proud of your porn stats. Another recent survey by PornHub. com found that New Yorkers are prime Internet porn clients, eating up 7.5 videos a year. The East Coast hosts the entire top 10 of porn-consuming states, according to PornHub.com figures. At first
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just do it glance, Washington, D.C. residents consume almost double the amount of porn compared to other states.
However, its dense, urban geography is probably making D.C. look kinkier than it is. Hawaii is the geographic outlier in the top 10 with residents consuming 7.57 videos annually. But what is porn doing to your sex life? How wrong can you go from watching primed and plucked specimens really going for it with tree trunk-sized implements? Very wrong is the answer. And not the good kind of wrong. Take my
friend’s male friend who we’ll call Mr. Nail. Nearing 20 and the owner of a penis that had yet to experience the pleasure of hitting a vaginal wall, Mr. Nail’s sole experience with sex was through porn – which is where he learned the “squat and drill.” One fateful night, Mr. Nail finally found a willing female at a college bar. He took her back to his college dorm, stripped off any fabric barriers
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