Nassoons featured on new Ben Folds compilation; Schwartz a popular guy

Remember when Ben Folds came and played Richardson McCarter a while back? Remember getting there all excited, finding an a cappella group, and wondering exactly why?Well, those were the Nassoons and they joined Folds on stage because they're featured on his new compilation album, Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!, released on Tuesday. The album's a collection of sixteen Ben Folds tracks re-recorded by university a cappella groups from across the country (with Princeton being the only Ivy featured on the album; yeah, that's right, eat it Whiffenpoofs).Paste Magazine recently interviewed some of the contributing acts, including our very own (and recently Ink-featured) Jonathan Schwartz '10. This guy's on fire right now: off-broadway star, a cappella record release... What's next? Lawnparties '10?Excerpts from the interview and a kind of awkward submission video after the jump.Talking about his collaboration with the 'soons, Folds just really seemed to like just how "old school" and, um, Princeton-y they are:

They weren't modern; they were very old school. ... Like we got there and their choice of venue was this beautiful hall with stained glass windows, just like you would think. Very Princeton. Kind of caught in the earlier part of the 20th century. I thought that was really cool.

Well Princeton's certainly got that whole "not modern" thing going for itself, so that's good.But what's funnier is the Nassoons' submission video to Folds, in which twelve well-dressed (and so, so out of place) lads perform "Time" on a muddy hill after their car broke down on their way back from visiting a cucumber farm. Don't ask (or mind the huge bushes in the way), just watch some quality 'cappella: