Playlists
In Search Of My El Dorado
As a Californian, I’ve been made pretty happy here by the sheer novelty of Ivy League architecture and the concept of seasons.
The R. Kelly Writers House
For those of you who never open your emails from President Gutmann, you missed some HUGE news this past week.
Puppets On Parade
It’s a sunny October afternoon in Clark Park.
Apple–Tizers
Apple and Blue Cheese Flatbread Ingredients: • 1 ball of pizza dough, or store–bought flatbread/lavash/naan if you’re lazy • 1 apple • 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese • 2/3 cup olive oil • 1 clove garlic • 2 sprigs fresh thyme • 3–4 chives, for garnish Directions: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Get Your Sauce
TEXAS The Salt Lick Bar–B–Que Sauce The king of barbeque doesn’t disappoint!
Review: Baby Blues BBQ
Baby Blues BBQ brings its California fame back home to Philly with excellent homestyle cooking. The Fischer siblings, a crew of Philly natives who operate the restaurants, transformed the former home of Bubble House to give it a much needed new look. While the front feels like the living room of an old Southern home, the back has a more dimly–lit saloon atmosphere with winding walls and cowbell lamps.
One Track Mind: My Chemical Romance, The Only Hope For Me Is You
Even if they vehemently deny it, the oft–costumed, mascara–wearing lads of My Chemical Romance have become the essence of all things “emo.” Their 2006 mega–hit concept album, The Black Parade, gave voice to a disgruntled sect of disaffected teenage suburbanites.
Venues N' Shit: First Unitarian Church
Release your inner awkward teen in First Unitarian Church’s basement. There’s nothing like the basement of First Unitarian Church to send you back to the days of awkward school dances.
Review: Belle And Sebastien
Belle & Sebastian forgo the lyricism, focus on the instrumentation on their latest. There was a time, back in 1996 or 1997, when the hi–fi grandiosity of Belle & Sebastian’s Write About Love would have seemed ridiculous to the band’s growing fan base.
From The Editor: 10.21.10
Dear Penn: you are a bunch of very forward–happy people. If we over at Street wanted to really, truly print a life–wrecking, gossip–inducing, controversial article, all we'd have to do is copy and paste half of the emails I’m regularly forwarded directly into Highbrow's Gutter.
Review: Kings Of Leon, Come Around Sundown
Southern rockers pursue a chiller state on their fifth record. It was hard to imagine what Kings of Leon would produce as a follow up to 2008’s Only by the Night. The album was a vastly successful yet drastic break from their former Southern Rock aesthetic that garnered them multitudes of awards and new fans.
Interview: Local Natives
We couldn’t be more excited for Local Natives to hit Penn’s campus. Hailing from Silver Lake, CA, the band made waves last year for their globally-inspired indie–folk sound on Gorilla Manor.
Review: Stone
At the beginning of Stone, parole officer Jack Malbry’s (De Niro) wife Madylyn (Conroy) announces she is leaving him.
R.I.P. Hotline
Both Paranormal Activity 2 and Hereafter deal with the tenuous border between the living and the dead.
Review: Hereafter
In Hereafter, every character has been touched by death. The serious television journalist from France sputters water after surviving the 2004 tsunami.
Conviction's Verdict
Betty Anne Waters almost single–handedly got her wrongly–accused brother, Kenny, out of jail. For almost 20 years, she studied law, pursued witnesses and collected DNA evidence to prove his innocence.
Deja Vu: Adventures In Film Festivals
Film Festivals are fun — no doubt about it. What isn’t fun is boarding the terror train back to West Philly in the middle of the night. This weekend, the Film Editors held each other tight as they faced disgruntled riders, flash mobs and a near gang–war.
Review: Graphic Therapy
When Emily Steinberg graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts in 1992, having earned a BA, BFA and MFA from Penn, she admittedly had no idea what to make of her degree.
This Week In ... 10.21.2010
MUSIC Friday, October 22: Rusko, with Dirty South Joe & Flufftronix, the Trocadero, $15–19.50 The dirty basslines of dubstep have taken America by storm over the past year.
