Audio Obsession = Passion PitWhat: This American alt pop band is the reason we’re smiling this week.

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The Dirt:
A hipster, an activist and a Dalton alumnus enter a Hell’s Kitchen bar, each the king of his own world, but when Passion Pit starts blaring, all of a sudden they are just New Yorkers. This is the kind of subtle but significant impact a new inspiring band like Passion Pit can make. [...]

A Sweet Soul

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Spotted: Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
Name: Katumba (Means “Warrior of the Mind” loosely translated in Swahili)
Age: 29
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Current ‘hood: Williamsburg, Brooklyn
First language: English
Other languages: Japanese, Spanish
Job: Bartender, producer–music and scores

Ethnicity: Part Cherokee, African, European and Indian.
Religion: None.
Favorite Nut: Pistachio and cashew
On your iPod now: The Wailers, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk
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