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Where Eagles fans face the law
Two men stand before a court bench, one in a Cardinals jersey, the other in an Eagles jacket. This odd father-son pair with dueling allegiances, originally planned to spend their Sunday pleasantly at an Eagles-Cardinals football game; instead they spent it locked up in a holding cell in the basement of Veterans' Stadium, before being shipped off in a paddy-wagon to a Municipal Court on 11th and Wharton streets.
Culture: Perrier, straight up
Georges Perrier, owner and head chef of three of Philadelphia's finest restaurants, is a hard man to get hold of.
Film: Rob does as he pleases. Worried?
Rob Schneider, best known as the Rich-Meister and Deuce Bigelow, isn't what you would consider tall.
Cultural Elite 2002
Kazuko An: Dischord alto and Hawaii native who needs roommates' help getting dressed during cold winters. Lindsay Baker: Apparently, this Panhel VP often has a little trouble carrying drinks at Smoke's. Maria Bashian: OTB music director described by friends as an oatmeal-eating Madonna-lover who does a mean Kermit impression. Travis Belden: This Penn linebacker specializes in bone-crunching tackles.
Music: It's not hot in herre
No matter where you stand on Christina Aguilera's leather chaps and disdain for white men's lack of "flava," you've got to admit ? the girl can sing.
Culture: Queer as pholk
Welcome to the gayborhood, where the grass is greener, the street is cleaner and the people just a little bit gayer.
Music: Blame Canada
Kathleen Edwards is on the verge. With her debut album, Failer, already released in Canada and due out in America come January, the 24-year-old singer/songwriter is being hailed as a stunning combination of Lucinda Williams, Crazy Horse and Neil Young.
Film: Liotta is one bad-ass mofo
I had seen director/screenwriter Joe Carnahan's heavy handed Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998) and wasn't expecting too much from his second directorial attempt, Narc, slated for release in early January.
Best of Penn
Firehouse Bikes (right) is just one of more than two dozen editors' picks as 2002's "Best of Penn". Click here to view the entire list (PDF file).
Interview: "We don't do Santa"
The Jane to his Dick, you know her best as the wife of evangelizing Penn preacher Brother Stephen White.
Film: White men can't rap
Going to see 8 Mile? Show up for the last 30 minutes and nothing more. The "rap battles" that make up the end of the 8 Mile are utterly electrifying and are alone worth the price of admission.
Interview: So unfunny they're funny
Two weeks ago, Stella came to Philly. While most are probably not familiar with this stand-up variety show, most everyone knows the hosts.
Guides: Leave your puppies at home
Britney Spears thought she was edgy in that goth-dominatrix-cab driver get-up at the MTV Video Music Awards, but toss her into a room with the kids at Nocturne and she might snap her spike heels from her knees knocking so hard.
Culture: Very bad girl
Prada-clad, Penn-girl clones take note: this season, the look is less about Burberry credit card holders and D & G cashmere peds, and more about "inner-city combat wear for the next revolution." That is, at least, according to Kim Montenegro, clothing designer and owner of Very Bad Horse.
Music: Give us one reason
I didn't know too much about Tracy Chapman before I decided to review her new CD Let It Rain. I had vague recollections of "Give Me One Reason," a collaboration with Eric Clapton, which was the only reason the song was decent.
Film: Assholes deserve what they get
For me, watching Jackass: The Movie was like watching two slightly sub-par episodes of Jackass back to back ? but with more pee-pee and more bag-like testicle containers (what's that word I'm looking for... oh yeah, scrota.
Voice: Honor your ass, gai-jin
You might think American plumbological scientists have developed the finest and most advanced toilets in the world in reaction to colon-cramming American diets of hoagies, hamburgers and pizza.
The mummer's strut
It's Sunday morning at 11 in the Bridesburg section of the city, in the local Boys and Girls club. There are about 60 people in the gym, all of them men, all of them white, aged from their teens to early eighties, lined up in rows and playing instruments.
