Playlists
Guilty Pleasure: The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
Venomous snakes, bird-eating spiders and man-eating crocodiles? Only one man is fit for this adventure — the Crocodile Hunter himself.
This Week In... 04.8.2010
MUSIC Thursday, 4/8: The US Air Guitar Championships: Philadelphia Regional Finals, Johnny Brenda’s, $ 10, 21+ Do you have particularly good air guitar skills?
April Artgenda
Annabeth Rosen: Contingency, Mei-Ling Hom: Yun Nan = Southern Clouds and Paul Swenbeck: Shaker Legend-Trip Fleisher/Ollman Gallery 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 100 Now — May 1 With Philadelpha still reeling from hosting the National Conference for Education in the Ceramic Arts, Fleisher/Ollman offers up the work of three innovative ceramic artists working primarily with clay.
Toasts & Roasts: 04.1.10
Congratulations Alpha Phi! We heard you guys won best sorority for the third year in a row at the Greek awards dinner!
Both Of Them
Actors-turned-musicians tend to take on this hyphenation as another outlet for publicity and building a name.
The Green Fairy
Remember your friend who went to Europe, drank absinthe in some culturally and physically underground bar, hallucinated and ended up with a prostitute in a back ally of Prague?
C'est Magnifique!
Just when I thought that I would struggle to squeeze any new epicurean pleasures out of my final months at Penn, I discovered Zinc.
Recipe Of The Week: French Onion Soup Palmiers
Yield: Approximately 16-18 palmiers Ingredients: k 1 ½ large yellow onions, thinly chopped k 2 tbsp olive oil (or enough to cover the bottom of the skillet) k ½ tsp salt k 2 sprigs fresh thyme or ¼ tsp dried thyme k 1/3 cup beef (or mushroom or vegetable) stock k ¼ cup grated Gruyere cheese k 1 sheet store-bought puff pastry, thawed in the refrigerator Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees Heat the olive oil in a large skillet (not non-stick) over medium heat.
From The Editor: 4.1.10
This is just a weird week. Jews went home for a while, and now aren’t eating yeasty things. KFP is an acronym recently incorporated into my vocabulary.
Best Of Penn 2010
Our generation as a tendency toward the superlative. You’re taking the stupidest class, your trip was the amazingest vacation ever, and that eager beaver in your seminar is just the worst. Half of us posed for Most Likely to Succeed in our yearbooks when all we really wanted to win was Hottest Hottie.
Titanic Failure
Given the recent success of James Cameron’s Avatar, more and more films will come out in 3D with the hope of mimicking its immersive style of storytelling.
Guilty Pleasure: Coyote Ugly (2000)
Ladies, who of you hasn’t secretly dreamed of getting up on a bar and dancing promiscuously, while soaking wet?
Spotlight On GPSFF
Ahead of the 5th annual Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival (GPSFF), Street sat down with Abhi Modi (Engineering/Wharton ‘11), who gave us the scoop on this entirely student-run venture.
Formosa Betrayed
Some political thrillers like Ghost Writer and State of Play (the BBC mini-series, not the Hollywood remake) epitomize storytelling at its finest.
Philly Does Film
Due to funding issues, Cinefest, Philadelphia’s annual 12-day film festival, was cancelled back in January.
This Week In... 4.1.2010
MUSIC Today — 4/1: A Sunny Day in Glasgow, KungFu Necktie, $10 If you’re new to the space-rock, shuffly, pre-emo genre, let Pitchfork faves and Philly locals A Sunny Day In Glasgow welcome you into the fold.
Men Seldom Make Passes At Girls (And Boys) In Lame Classes
Undoubtedly Penn’s best kept academic secret, the extensive fine arts classes on offer will be sure to astound you.
Defibrillator
One of the major turning points in my life was when I stopped listening to my dad’s music. At the age of seven, with two older brothers shoveling grunge, metal and punk into my eardrums, my music tastes switched drastically.
Be Consumed
Following 2008’s New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), Erykah Badu’s latest album takes on a completely different tone.
