Playlists
Toasts & Roasts: 4.22.10
Fling is intense. Highbrow commends any pre or post Fling drinking, because damn, that’s baller. The Tuesday after Fling, Friars drank and chalked. Props for drinking a mere two days after Fling.
Overheard: 4.22.10
Walking down Locust: Wharton Sophomore: I think Spruce to Walnut constitutes a long distance relationship.
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
April has been a month of lasts. Last week, I suffered my final round of college midterms. This past weekend I took my last day stumble through a Flinged-out Quad.
True Life
Last summer, like many a College student, I needed cash. After exhausting my PennLink opportunities, I expanded my search to Craigslist.
Interview with Nash Edgerton
Street sat down with Nash Edgerton, director of The Square, to discuss spiders, stuntwork and freak accidents Street: You do everything – acting, editing, directing, writing, stuntwork – is their a certain role you like most? Nash Edgerton: No I don’t think – I kinda like doing a bit of everything.
Water, Water, Everywhere
Disney’s newest earth day special, Oceans, explores the thought posed by a tiny blonde boy in the opening scene — “What is the ocean?” In an effort to answer the question Disney, guided by the narration of Pierce Brosnan, takes us into the sea to meet the characters that define it.
Trailer Park
At this point in the semester, the summer movie schedule is probably a distant afterthought. In order to get you thinking about what's really important, we’ve put our trailer-watching procrastination to good use, pointing out the best and worst prospects for the season ahead.
The Eyes Have It
At last month’s Academy Awards, Argentina’s The Secret In Their Eyes pulled off a surprise victory to claim the Best Foreign Language Film trophy.
Trouble Down Under
The Square, a gritty and masterful neo-noir flick, announces two powerful voices to the film world.
Defibrillator: "Jackie Brown" (1997)
There’s a vocal group of film buffs that insists that Quentin Tarantino has never made a movie better than Jackie Brown. And as soon as you see the film’s opening sequence, it becomes hard to disagree.
One Track Mind
A song that is infectious, thoughtful and unpretentious — is it possible to achieve that holy trinity these days?
This Ain't Nothin' But A Summer Jam
Yes, yes, we know: Drake’s album is dropping this summer. Excited as we are, we’d also like to open your eyes to some other releases worth listening to.
Guilty Pleasure: Shania Twain, "Man, I feel Like A Woman!"
I don’t think a junior pairs figure-skating competition falls into any third grader’s definition of an ideal Friday afternoon.
No Forgiveness Necessary
Forgiveness Rock Record, Broken Social Scene’s fourth full-length, is an album without illusions.
Live And Kickin' It
On Friday night, Franklin Field gets gangsta. Snoop Dogg, Kid Cudi, and opening act Shwayze are hitting the stage to put Penn’s most start-studded Fling concert to date.
Gettin' Schwayze
You might know hip-pop duo Shwayze from their 2008 show Buzzin’. Or you might know their string of chill party hits like “Corona And Lime.” Regardless of how you know Shwayze, come Friday, you’ll know their concert antics firsthand.
From The Editor: 4.15.10
I have recently decided that the trials and tribulations of college can be boiled down to one question: to go out, or to do work? It seems simple.
This One Time At Fling
It's Fling, you're drunk. You have all weekend to try to top these premium moments from Flings past.
Window Shopping
Blood-soaked eyeball bouquets? Check. Giant murals of fantastical creatures? Got it. Some stores use their window displays as more than just a means of hawking their product.
