Music
Music
Editor's Picks
Kevin Lo:
Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender
Joanna Newsom begins her shows by approching the front of the stage, gazing out to the back of the crowd and then clapping in rhythm until the audience joins her.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Vanilla ice rocks
Street worships any man with the balls to carry Gary Coleman around like a sack of potatoes and threaten to put him in a deep fryer.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Editor's Picks
Kevin Lo
Earlimart
Treble & Tremble
Few obituaries, tributes or theories about Elliott Smith will properly capture what he meant and continues to mean to his fans.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Grammy predictions
Record of the year
Will win: Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris -- "Yeah!"
You might hate it, but it loves you.
Should win: Ray Charles & Norah Jones -- "Here We Go Again"
It's Ray.
by KEVIN LO
Music
My power, my pleasure, my pain
Any good musician wakes up in the morning with this thought in his head: "Today, I'm going to write the greatest song in the world." This mantra is what drives anyone in the business.
But, when Seal wakes up in the morning, he says, "Today, I'm going to write the greatest song in the world.
by JOHN CARROLL
Music
From Petty Theft to Selling Toner, and All the Rocking In Between
The story of Tommy Stinson might just shape the way music-lovers handle telemarketers forever.
The one-time Replacements bassist and current solo artist recently made some easy cash selling toner over the phone for a major telemarketing company.
by EUGENIA SALVO
Music
Editor's Picks
Kevin Lo
Ambulance LTD
"LP"
The first time you play LP, skip track one. It's a wonderful track, but you won't realize it until later.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Editor's Picks
Kevin Lo
Rogue Wave
Out of the Shadow
On the wacky and feel-good "Kicking the Heart Out," Zach Rogue sings, "If music is my lover, you are just a tease." Judging from most of the lyrics on the Bay Area band's debut, Rogue has a witty and biting sense of humor.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Apple Reveals iPod shuffle
Posters reading "Life is random" lined the walls of last Wednesday's Macworld expo as Steve Jobs and Apple unveiled their newest product in the ubiquitous iPod genealogy.
by KEVIN LO
Music
Warm-up songs
Cold weather got you down? Throw these warm-weather themed songs on your iPod and make snow angels in the Quad.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Sex and rock and roll
This article appeared in the December 9th joke issue.
Bedroom dresser. Second drawer. Right behind my hot panties is one of my most treasured possessions.
by ALOTTA PHUCKIN
Music
Reviews
This article appeared in the December 9th joke issue.
Various Penn Students
Hookup Confessions: Volume
Ever think one of your hookup experiences was truly unique?
by 34TH STREET
Music
Editor's Picks
In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Since this is my last editor's pick of the semester (tear?), I'm going all out.
by NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL
Music
Best of '04
Kanye West -- College Dropout
The man behind some of Jay-Z's best work makes his debut, without a college degree to boot.
Brian Wilson -- SMiLE
37 years after its inception, Brian Wilson re-records his "teenage symphony to God," who was pleased, but wanted more cowbell.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Editor's picks
Jim Newell
Puff Daddy and the Family
No Way Out
Buying '97s No Way Out marked an important step in my record collection's evolution.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Behind the Mask
Picture this: MC So-and-so doing 90 in a sky-blue, drop-top BMW, coasting along the Van Wyck, as the leaves falling from the trees coat the concrete with the carnival colors of autumn.
by JOHN COYNE
Music
We're on Merge Records
Win Butler had no idea how much the last couple of years would change his life. For him, the 2000's have been microcosmic of a lifetime's worth of ups and downs.
by JIM NEWELL
Music
Editor's Picks
John Coyne
Vast Aire
"The F-Word" (RJD2 Remix)
Rap records rarely endure; they just float from fabulous to familiar to forgotten.
by 34TH STREET
Music
A-Hem!
If you're like most Penn students -- make that people in general -- you have no clue who Hem is. The band, however, believes that their debut album, Rabbit Songs, and most recent effort, Eveningland, have what it takes to garner some recognition.
by ALEXIS NANOVIC
Music
Editor's Picks
Jim Newell
Mirah
C'mon Miracle
If you're a male and have yet to hear a song by Mirah, it might be best to avoid her.
by 34TH STREET
PennConnects
Newsletters
Get 34th Street's newsletter, The Toast, delivered to your inbox every Friday morning.
NewslettersMost Read
Latest Issue
