Playlists
One Track Mind
All lush vocals and sultry piano, “Crave You” is, in a word, captivating. Giselle Roselli’s brilliant melody and lovelorn lyrics are perfectly at home in the rich, musical world Flight Facilities have created; the retro, loungey vibe is offset by a perfectly modern breakdown and a few flawlessy placed claps and synths.
3-D Upgrades
If Avatar’s success is any indication, we can expect many more 3-D films in the future.
Ready For Take-Off
Flight Facilities, comprised of Aussie artists Jimmy 2 Sox and U-Go-B, are taking off this year.
A Dream Indeed
Beach House made big waves with their last album, Devotion, which was noted for its beautiful austerity and spartan soundscapes.
Guitar Gets Gangsta
One promise we can make about Lil Wayne’s latest album: the title is not a lie. On Rebirth, Wayne drops his regular proud-to-be-sleazy MC persona and embraces his inner head banger.
Back To Basics
It’s probably too late to start liking Alkaline Trio. But for the many who count Goddamnit and Good Mourning as integral parts of their high-school soundtracks, the Trio’s most recent release, This Addiction, is the perfect opportunity to get reacquainted with these punk rockers. Alkaline Trio’s last two releases, Crimson and Agony & Irony, saw them stepping away from their roots.
Defibrillator: Indigo Girls, "Retrospective" (2000)
First introduced to me at summer camp, the Indigo Girls quickly found a way into my adolescent heart.
Toasts & Roasts: 2.10.10
Living in the City of Brotherly Love, we often take for granted the fellowship of our neighbors.
Overheard: 2.12.10
Walking out of Huntsman: Deceptively Intelligent-Looking Girl: What makes poor people poor is that they don’t have access to capital, you know? Waiting for the bus: Girl: I mean, the word penis was on my Bat Mitzvah sign-in board more than once.
In-toner-able Cruelty
I walked into a seminar last week and no one had any paper. We’d all read the PDF’s uploaded to Blackboard, but no one had bothered to print them out.
True Life
I know what you’re thinking. No, I am not a drug dealer. I’m a second semester senior who has class two days a week and could really use some extra cash to help pay for my upcoming jaunts to Mardi Gras and Spring Break.
This Week In...
MUSIC Sunday, 2/14: El Perro Del Mar, World Cafe Live, $15, All Ages Sweden’s own Sarah Assbring (yes, Assbring) is El Perro Del Mar, an appropriately sweet n’ salty lo-fi act that is taking the girls-with-pixie-cuts scene by storm.
Extracurricularts
Philadelphia Glassworks 908A N. 3rd St. phillyglassworks.com Does working with molten glass at extremely high temperatures sound intimidating to you?
REPORT: Critical Soft-Serve Shortage Shocks Late-Night McDonald’s Patrons
As in the hours before many such tragedies, everything about Wednesday night seemed utterly ordinary.
There's Food In The Lounge Tonight
Hey guys, just to let you know, I ordered some pizzas and they’ll be in the lounge at 7 tonight. I also picked up a 2-liter bottle of Sierra Mist and a six-pack of Super Chill brand cream soda.
A Valentine's Day Message
Girl, did you know that I created my stage name when I learned that I was due to be born on Valentine’s Day?
Don't Touch That Dial
As she hauls in a box of dusty Motown records, the DJ formerly known as Condom Lady situates herself inside the WPEB studio preparing for her Saturday afternoon radio show.
Ask An Alum
This week' alum: Petey "Buttons" Mickelson (W' 25), Penn Football Player 1921 - 1925 Both teams have strong passing games.
Month In Music
FEBRUARY 2 The Album Leaf A Chorus of Storytellers Disco Biscuits Planet Anthem k.d.
