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BOOKS: A frank exposure
So as not to bore his audience, a journalist must have an extensive and complex vocabulary. To get you in the mood for this book, I offer you one word: Bildungsroman.
Music: Southern comfort
Seldom does a live-music experience begin with a feeling of stodginess in the concert-goer. Brushing past little black-backpack-wearing, social studies-taking fans, I found myself remarking on the good ol' days of '96, when they got big but not big, and were on Caroline records, and look at his new following--I'm sure they don't appreciate the music and lyrics as much as I do, the seasoned fan.
MOVIES: Hardball
You know everything that will happen in this movie: There will be hackneyed and racist portrayals of the Chicago slums; there will be a white ne'er-do-well who is forced to coach the Bad News Bears; he will inspire them; they will inspire him; some kid will die; the team will win the championship; and Keanu Reeves will seem about as dense as a cinderblock.
Movies: Wannabe, Sedated
True Story: once upon a time, in the 1980s, there was this gnarly band called Judas Priest that ruled the metal scene.
FOOD: Latin heat tastes goooood!
We arrive at 7:30 and are seated at a small, hand-painted table. The warm yellow light is instantly comforting.
Karma Police
So you've gotten into Penn, and maybe you were the biggest loser in high school, but guess what? Karma has just kicked you right in the ass, and now you have a second chance to do high school all over again.
Nation On Alert, Bomb threat in Athens
Due to the devastating incidents of terrorism in New York City and Washington, the University's Tuesday classes have been cancelled as of noon today.
FOOD: Fine Cuban Cooking
Alma de Cuba's fa‡ade is painted a pale yellow, its name is displayed as nonchalantly as possible next to the imposing white door.
FILM BRIEFS: Greenfingers
I'm starting to think my mom would enjoy prison, as long as she gets sentenced to the country-club haven featured in Greenfingers.
MOVIES: Lots of funny people
What would you do for a million dollars? How about 2 million? The ensemble comedic cast in Jerry Zucker's Rat Race doesn't have to answer that question until they are randomly picked by eccentric millionaire and owner of the Venetian casino in Las Vegas, Donald Sinclair, to be the contestants in a rat race, first one to a random gold rush town in New Mexico wins 2 million dollars. This is slapstick humor at its finest.
FILM BRIEFS: A Love Divided
Whoever said all you need is love, forgot a few stipulations. All we really need is love, stability, and if you happen to be in Ireland in 1949, you should both probably be Catholic.
No nuts for you
Walking into the Four Seasons to meet with Jerry Zucker I am a little intimidated. This is a man who has had a hand in some of my all-time favorite films, Ghost, Airplane, My Best Friends Wedding--just to name a few.
Goonies never die
Goonies Never Die! (right?) So, what ever happened to Corey Feldman? Well, for 10 days ending last Friday, he was working in and around Philadelphia on Bikini Bandits: The Movie. The low-budget film (as if the name didn't give it away) is a full-length feature version of Internet film shorts by the same name, found on www.atomfilms.com, which feature four armed, scantily-clad ladies who carry out crime sprees against corporate America. "I did it for art, truthfully... [director] Steven Grasse contacted me and said he wanted me to do this art piece called Bikini Bandits... and I thought, well, you know, in my career there's been Stand by Me, there's been Dream a Little Dream, and then the pinnacle, really, could become Bikini Bandits.
MUSIC: Professional Murder Music
If Marilyn Manson and Orgy had a lovechild, it would be Professional Murder Music. The California quartet with a hip-hop name mixes electronic and nu-metal into a surprisingly polished sound on its self-titled Geffen records debut.
THEATER: The Philosophy of Life
Dog lovers will truly appreciate the Tapestry Theatre's most recent production, "Chesapeake," directed by Michele Travis.
MOVIES: Pretty women; funny men
If you were to lock some of the world's most talented and gifted actors into a room and instruct them to be funny for two hours, the results would be much like America's Sweethearts.
DINING: This should be contraband
Travel agencies are already putting together glossy brochures luring tourists to the sandy white beaches of Cuba.
MOVIES: Prep School Secrets II
In Lost and Delirious, Mouse is a freshman assigned to live with two seniors when she arrives at her private boarding school.
