Arts & Entertainment
Album Review: "MGMT"—MGMT
While widely known for breakthrough pop songs off their first album, MGMT’s most recent output continues to shun mainstream pop in favor of the experimental style they pursued on “Congratulations,” but “MGMT” meanders when it needs to focus.
Flea Markets of Philadelphia
Junk sales take a refined turn in these arts–oriented Philly markets.
Smak Parlour on Locust: an Interview with Abbie Kessler
This fashionista–designer–entrepreneur and her partner Katie Lubieski have been getting a lot of publicity lately. You might run into their shop on wheels at 40th and Locust streets, where they’re dishing out autumn bags and scarves to Penn students instead of lunchtime munchies.
Mash-up Wednesday: "How Low vs. Walking on a Dream"—WasteTimeChasingCars
Empire of the Sun's "Walking on a Dream" is one of the more under–appreciated songs of the past five years.
BREAKING BAD RECAP: "Ozymandias"
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Music Video Sunday: "Reflektor"—Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire’s new existentialist music video of “Reflektor,” has kept fans eagerly awaiting the release of their upcoming album.
Trailer of the Week: "Enough Said"
The clever trailer for Nicole Holofcener’s new movie "Enough Said" – about a middle-aged divorcée who begins dating a man she secretly discovers to be the disliked ex-husband ofher whiny new friend – turns an otherwise simple plot into a witty, wonderful observance ofthe natural awkwardness of relationships, romantic or otherwise. What We Love: The trailer reveals the film’s fundamental hook without eliminating interest over the outcome; Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) meets her new friend Marianne (Catherine Keener) just seconds before she meets Albert (James Gandolfini - in one of his last roles), and the subsequent montage builds each relationship (a friendship between Eva and Marianne based on complaining about men, and an unlikely romance between Eva and Albert) in a neat trajectory full of cute, pithy moments.
Top 10 Hilariously Bad Rap Songs
It’s okay to claim you like these songs “ironically,” but we all know better.
34 Seconds with the Artist: Lindsay Rapp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc8Hf_QutA4
Artist Profile: Lindsay Rapp
Name and Year: Lindsay Rapp, 2014 Hometown: Clearwater, Florida Major: Fine Arts [AFG_gallery id='8'] Street: How did you first get into painting? Lindsey Rapp: The director of the pre–school I was attending was so impressed with my artistic abilities that she entered me in an art competition, sponsored by the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County commemorating its 50th anniversary.
What Television Show Are You Most Excited For This Fall?
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Music Streaming Confessional
Spotify or Pandora? Casual music listeners tell us about their preferences.
Meet the Penn Musician: Meeka Kates
Accomplished musicians in our own backyard: the first installment of Meet the Penn Musician.
Most Anticipated Films & TV Shows of Fall 2013
Embarrassed about your addiction to "Pretty Little Liars?" We don't judge. But expand your horizons with these fall premieres.
B Roll: Holy Cinema In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Batman
This is nothing new. For over a decade now—this summer and its lineup being the most recent and obvious example—critics, professionals and amateurs alike have locked their hawk–eyed gazes on the biggest fad in Hollywood.
Album Review: "A.M."—Arctic Monkeys
“Do I Want to Know?” the first track on the Arctic Monkeys’ highly–anticipated fifth studio album, starts out with a thumping bass like the stomping of a marching band announcing its arrival.
