Sarah Angell gets down and dirty with the Sigma Pi bros behind notable campus D.J. duo Thizzical Therapy.

Taking a break from reporting on the Cornell athletics scene, former Sun Sports Editor Alex Kuczynski-Brown ’12 sat down on the roof of Olin Library with Ithaca native Zach Alexander ’13 — A.K.A. DJ Z@ of Go Buck Music fame. They discussed how he got his start spinning at boarding school functions, combining an English major with an interest in music production, and how this Delta Upsilon brother has the whole Cornell campus and surrounding Collegetown “going buck.”

It is amazing how, with modern technology, it only takes a few people to produce elaborate compositions. On Friday night, three acts from all around the country gathered at the Theta Delta Chi mansion for an evening of serious electronic music. Electric Mayhem and DJ Jaminic supported the headlining band, Big Gigantic.

Thursday 10/9:

Sneak Peek! Tonight at 8 p.m., Cornell Cinema will be screening a free sneak preview of Ridley Scott’s latest film, Body of Lies, in Uris auditorium. The film is based on David Ignatius’s novel about a CIA operative who chases a lead on a terrorist operating out of Jordan, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. For (free!) tickets, go to WSH or download them from UberDuzi.com.

Cornell architecture alumnus investigates barns, scarecrows and archaic modes of printing. Interested in farm-itecture? Aleksander Mergold ’00, cofounder of Austin+Mergold, will be speaking at 5:15 p.m. today in 157 E. Sibley. If visuals appeal to you more than aural, check out the Austin+Mergold exhibit in Hartells Gallery in Sibley, today through Saturday.

Friday 10/10:

Adam Vana '09Adam Vana ’09 doesn’t mind if you don’t call him a musician. “I think DJs who insist on that are just insecure,” he says. One of Cornell’s most prolific practitioners of electronic music, Vana prefers to use the word “prosumer,” a concept that fuses the roles of producer and consumer.

Vana, along with fellow Cornell DJ Dan Bailey ’08, has a residency at Le Poisson Rouge on Saturday nights at Collegetown’s City Style Salon and Sake Bar. An equally talented DJ with a complementary style, Bailey plays alternate weekends. Since its introduction this summer, Poisson Rouge has become one of Collegetown’s few dependable non-top 40 club ventures.