Playlists
Locust Lexicon: FOMO
Once again, Ego is here to expand your Ivy League vocabulary. After a weekend of late night halloween party–hopping and enough Facebook uploads to to make you scream, we’ve got just the term. FOMO (noun) [pronounced fo–moe] A term referring to the tearjerking emotion that comes with the fear of not being included in a specific night, event or photo.
A (Not So) Hidden Gem On Campus
“What the hell is this building?” It’s safe to say that this thought, or a variation thereof, pops into the minds of many Penn students the first time they notice the pale stone structure on the southeast corner of the intersection of 40th and Walnut streets.
This Week in... 11.04.008
MUSIC Friday, Nov. 12: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and Os Mutantes with Old King Cole the Younger, the Trocadero, $17–19 Ariel Pink has been making music for years, recording over 500 lo–fi tracks in his bedroom by using his mouth and even his armpits as percussive instruments.
Posto/Contrapposto
The art collection of the Barnes Foundation (over 2500 works by artistic luminaries like Matisse, Picasso, and Renoir) is slated to move from the ‘burbs to Philadelphia in about a year.
Artspiration
Sculptor Robert Engman is perhaps best known for “Triune,” a trifold Moebius strip that stands majestically outside City Hall, but his sculpture “Quadrature #1” is one of the most inspiring works I have ever encountered in this city.
Street DYI Wall Decals
Materials: 1 very sharp and sturdy X–Acto knife 1 pair of scissors 1 straight edge 1 high contrast image Tape Contact paper in any color or texture Directions: 1.
Electioneering
Looking around College Hall 200, it seems that everyone at the debate between the Penn Democrats and College Republicans knows each other.
For Mature Eyes Only
Last week we profiled two films featured at the Philadelphia Film Festival that have struggled with NC–17 ratings, known to be box office poison.
Deja Vu: Charlie's Hangover
Withhold thine judgment, middle America! Let he who has never gotten coked up and naked with a pornstar and trashed his Plaza hotel room while on a family vacation cast the first stone.
Review: For Colored Girls
Tyler Perry’s latest film, based on Ntozake Shange's award–winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, follows the trials and tribulations of several black women, played by big names like Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah!
Review: Due Date
It takes a lot to make a movie starring Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr. anything less than extraordinary, but somehow Due Date manages to do this with surprising ease.
Review: "The Fool," Warpaint
With haunting melodies and hypnotic guitar riffs the women of Warpaint bring a sexy spookiness to their particular brand of art rock.
One Track Mind: "Get Some", Lykke Li
Given that her last single was a moody contribution to the Twilight soundtrack, Lykke Li’s latest — the aptly titled “Get Some” — is nothing if not a breath of fresh air.
One Track Mind: "Crime Pays", Bear Hands
If you’re at all nostalgic for Oracular Spectacular, MGMT’s crazy electro–funk debut album, then you’ve received an awesome, neon–wrapped gift in the form of Bear Hands.
REVIEW: Avey Tare, Down There
On the cover of Avey Tare’s first solo effort is a crocodile skull, rippling with sharp green details that vaguely resemble a sort of digital swamp grass.
His Twisted, Awful Fantasy
Here at Street, we rejoice in reaping the rewards of artistic ambition. Sometimes those rewards are a bit, well, hard to figure out.
From The Editor: 11.03.2010
Ohhh, Wawa Coke ICEE. It doesn't take a lot to make me happy. Really, all it usually takes is 22 ounces of you — or 32 ounces, if Wawa is out of the small bubble lids or it's icky and misty out.
Review: Almaz Cafe
Almaz Café, now open in Rittenhouse square, offers exciting and fun–to–eat options. The small cafe is only a step up in size from a mere hole in the wall.
Review: Fat Salmon
Fat Salmon takes Philadelphia’s tired sushi scene head–on, serving up inventive rolls in a creative atmosphere.
