Playlists
The Round Up: 3.19.09
Time flies when you’re having fun, but it’s been a while since we’ve checked in with our best and brightest.
Spring Break
By day seven, as I stumbled out of my room into the Acapulco sun, I was greeted by the sight of an empty bottle of prescription pills the sting of my sunburned chest, the pounding of my head, and a foggy memory of what I did to cause this seemingly inexorable brain ache the night before. “Tequila poppers!” someone exclaimed.
Who's Scamming Who?
The premise of Duplicity, the painful new “comedy” from director Tony Gilroy, is that no one can trust anyone else.
Guilty Pleasures: A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
Until I saw A Very Brady Sequel, I thought I was the only person who harbored a secret desire to break into an amateur song-and-dance routine aboard a flight to Hawaii.
We Love You, Man
Street: Are you involved in any real-life bromances? Jason Segel: Well, my best friend since I was 12 years old lived with me until six months ago.
It’s Guy Love, Between Two Guys
Today’s mainstream media is overflowing with bromances. Take, for instance, Superbad’s glorification of male bonding and Brody Jenner’s eponymous reality show Bromance.
Heart and Soul
In a sea of egg & cheese and Chinese food trucks, GiGi’s stands out with its Southern comfort food classics and Caribbean specialities.
44 Bottles
With Saint Patty’s day and Philly Beer Week behind us, beer drinking is on the mind. Enter: Local 44, a brand new pub located just outside Penn’s campus at the corner of 44th and Spruce.
A Hefty Brew
I like my beer the same way I like my coffee: dark, bold and full of flavor. And just as I need a full-bodied cup of coffee to begin the morning, nothing starts a night of drinking better than a cold stout beer. Stout beers are dark ales made from roasted malt or barley, hops, ale yeast and water.
What’s On Tap Next?
Ladder 15 Location: 1528 Sansom St. Highlights: Former firehouse industrial space, root beer glazed ribs on the menu, cotton candy for dessert. Set to open: March 26 The Blockley Pourhouse Location: 3801 Chestnut St. Highlights: Beer garden, live music, “old-timey charm.” Set to open: Late March VargaBar Location: 941 Spruce St. Highlights: 22 beers on tap, al fresco dining, inspired by pin-up girl photographer Alberto Vargas. Set to open: Late April or early May Tap House Location: The Radian Highlights: 75 beers on tap, private tasting room, massive outdoor space with fire pits. Set to open: August
Drink of the Week: Black Velvet
The tastiest of drinks may be reserved for the ladies, but beer cocktails are delicious alternatives that avoid sacrificing any manliness. Ingredients: Stout Beer (usually Guinness) Champagne Directions: Fill half of a champagne glass with a stout beer.
Whiskey Nation
Alas, Philly Beer Week planners didn’t keep us Penn Kids in mind when planning their week of “big beer fun.” With most of us opting for more tropical (read: less classy) locales for Spring Break, we decided it’s our turn to educate on the other, classier “man drinks” out there. Possibly the most intricate and complex alcohol around, whiskey is top dog when it comes to the man drink.
Mirah, Mirah on the Wall
This is not the Mirah who innocently devoted an album’s worth of songs to a number of different insects, nor is it the Mirah who gave lyrical love advice through the poppy C’mon Miracle. With (a)spera’s return to Spanish-influenced guitar plucking, addressing listeners directly and thinly veiled moralizing politics, comes the striking of a different note: gloom.
Cyc-ology
There’s an important but subtle difference between burning love and getting burned. Neko Case explores the effects of toggling that particular four letter word in and out of the equation on her latest album, Middle Cyclone. More aggressive and revealing than her previous solo release, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006), and more straightforward than her New Pornographers material, the flame-haired indie/dixie diva is at her songwriting best.
We’re So Moving On (yeah-ee yeah)
Five years ago, the music gods smiled on Kelly Clarkson and the American public’s desire for a more palatable Alanis found its apotheosis in an awesome little song about dumping your loser boyfriend.
Campus Cred: Off the Beat
Street: Of all the OTB-wannabes on campus, why did you make the cut? Maggie Nyce: I have a nose ring.
2 Wheels, 1 Bag
Originally started by two Philadelphia bike messengers frustrated with their bags, R.E.Load Baggage has grown from a service spread by word-of-mouth to a company that sells their bags in bike stores all over the country.
We're On Two Wheels, Baby
Want to get started on a two-wheeled life of your own? There are plenty of places right in West Philly that can help.
Bikes: A Guide
Mountain Bikes There is no reason for someone to ride a mountain bike on our effectively mountain-less campus.
