Playlists
Traveling Light
Presenting the winner of Street's 3rd Annual Fiction Contest
Drink of the Week: Green Smoothie
This is the drink you hear about but never have the balls to try. In the spirit of Spring Break, get some greens in your blender.
So, You Classy, Huh?
Under the hood with Penn's only student–run sitcom
Review: Careless World: Rise of The Last King - Tyga
Tyga has already made one full–length, but thanks to his mega–hit “Rack City,” Careless World: Rise of the Last King is effectively his debut into the rap mainstream.
Review: Act of Valor
One can only watch Daniel Craig save the world and shoot a gun so many times.
Warholize Me Cap'n
Contemporary artists reinterpret the iconic style of Andy Warhol.
Word On The Street: Boring is Underrated
Before Penn, I can’t remember the last time I had a boring friend. I’m not talking about the kind of boring defined as “not interesting,” but rather the kind of boring friend who’s content with just watching How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days on your couch on a Friday night, while the rest of the world is at an Avicii concert.
Review: Vision - Grimes
It is unbelievable that Visions, a phenomenal and complex pop album steeped with lush electronica, is a solo project.
Review: Reign of Terror — Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells’ highly–anticipated Reign of Terror starts off with an explosion: a screaming crowd, Alexis Krauss’s candy pop voice and Derek Miller’s bleeding guitar.
Guest Mixtape: Crush Style
SPEC Concerts Director Sam Gorski shows us how to craft the perfect mixtape for that special someone.
Review: Salmon Fishing In Yemen
It’s surprising that Salmon Fishing in the Yemen actually has to do with other things: it's about a depressed ichthyologist, a consultant and a spin–doctor who fund the title’s impossible ecological venture to shroud military disasters in the Middle East (based on a popular political satire of the same name). It’s also got romance, comedy, action, terrorism, transcendentalism and lots of aquatic symbolism — everything, really, except any trace of the scathing, political, “Wag the Fish” indictment it should really have.
Bitchin' eBay Finds
Need to break out of the Penn bookstore bubble? eBay’s your one stop shop for some… interesting Penn swag. Vintage, so adorable.
Mixtapes For Every Occasion
Music trends may come and go, but if there’s one thing that’ll never go out of style, it’s the mixtape.
Teas For All Seasons
The creation of an architect–turned–circus clown–turned–pastry chef–turned tea connoisseur, The House of Tea greets one with a surprisingly subdued interior — aside from the Barnum and Bailey Clown College class photo that hangs ominously over a doorframe. Despite the shop’s zany origins (the store is now owned by the aforementioned renaissance man’s daughter), it offers a truly remarkable variety of teas from every corner of the world, with a friendly staff happy to share their vast knowledge of the store’s offerings. The intimidating number of teas, stored in beautiful brass jars of black and gold, are stacked atop one another in apothecary–style mahogany compartments covering an entire wall.
WQHS's: The Pretty Reckless' "You" is Pretty Okay
It has been many moons since Taylor Momsen and Little Jenny Humphries (nee Cindy Lou Who) parted ways in a somewhat dramatic fashion.
What A Beautiful World
Break out of University City for some of Philly's best vinyls — and more
The British Are Coming
Or rather, they’re already here, and they’ve brought with them a bloody brilliant collection of preppy basics
