Playlists
Dawn of a New Empire: Philly and Beyond
Street: At Penn there has been a lot of buzz about Distrito. Did the proximity to the surrounding college campuses have any impact on the style of your newest restaurant? Jose Garces: Distrito was always going to be the way it is — the concept was not necessarily tailored for the university.
Can I Get An Amen?
When something is published in The New York Times, it’s safe to assume its legitimacy. But when 20 so-called “Miracle Fruit” arrived in my mailbox two weeks ago, the Times article seemed more like a nutty fairytale.
Ego of the Week: Josh Bennett
Street: What’s the soundtrack to your life? Josh Bennett: The current soundtrack to my life is Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool. Socially critical, playful, lyrically complex — it’s essentially everything that I want people to say about my body of work when I’m gone. Street: Who’s the coolest person you’ve ever met? JB: The coolest person I’ve ever met would have to be [The Boondocks cartoonist] Aaron McGruder.
If iPod, Do You Pod?
Technology has fetishized miniaturization as of late — just compare Zach Morris’ shoebox-sized cell phone on Saved by the Bell to Derek Zoolander’s supersupersmall one.
Sex, casually
The other morning, when I woke up unsure of whether I was still drunk or just hungover, I found myself confronted by an important post-coital realization: I had screwed up (pun mildly intended). Before I go any further, understand that this is not that freshman-year-what-frat-house-am-I-in hungover regret.
Walk of Shame
Oh, mid-October. It may be getting colder, but kids, things are heating up. Why is it during this time of year that we begin to spot walks of shame — in excessive numbers — all over campus?
Girl Talk
Those who weren’t lucky enough to make an early exit for fall break eschewed their typical Thursday night pseudo-Greek nightclub pick in favor of the best dance party of the semester: Girl Talk’s tour kickoff at the Starlight Ballroom.
Letter from the Editor
It’s only when my parents make me decode my own speech that I realize how much of what we say is in the form of acronyms: there are Penn acronyms (DRL, UA, LT’s…), Internet-inspired acronyms (LOL, BRB, ROTFL) and acronyms for just about everything else (DMV, HSM…1, 2, and 3, USA). And floating within this acronym soup is the game that goes by the initials KMF: kill, marry, fuck.
Hillel Rosh Hashanah services
The select few of us Penn students who are not from the tri-state area had limited options when it came to celebrating the Jewish New Year.
Overheard at Penn
Frat bro: We just passed an executive decision that we're not allowed to eat Gia salads in front of the house. Chick: Why? Bro: It's enough we're known as the "gay" frat.
Overheard at Penn
JAP 1: He vomited on himself at his Bar Mitzvah. JAP 2: He vommed on the Torah?!
Defibrillator
Captain Audio Luxury or Whether it is Better to be Loved than Feared 2000 For every Neutral Milk Hotel and Of Montreal, there's another innovative group that remains so overlooked even Pitchfork won't give their work the recognition it deserves.
Paul Newman
On Sept. 26, legendary actor Paul Newman passed away due to complications from cancer. A prolific actor who appeared in 65 films over 50 years, Newman won over audiences with his gracious charm, fierce magnetism and piercing blue eyes.
The Other Side of the Curtain
Fullerton, Calif.'s Cold War Kids have always been eccentric. Their sophomore LP, however, takes bizarre to a whole new level.
Guilty Pleasures
Constantine 2005 As a comic book buff, I'm supposed to look harshly upon film adaptations of comics.
Heretically Sealed
Watch out, world: Bill Maher is on the loose, and he spares no monotheistic religion in the hilarious and offensive documentary Religulous.
Letter from the Editor
Eight days. All that is separating us from the glorious reprieve that is Fall Break is a week like the one immortalized in song by the Beatles.
Sly as a Fox
Street: You've been touring for a while. What's your favorite kind of venue to play? Casey Wescott: There are some clubs that are very small, that are set up like sort of a dance.
Word on the Street
Like many of you reading this, I watched the first presidential debate last Friday. I might have been hoodwinked or perhaps I'm just in a state of suspended disbelief, but I think I'm pretty sure: our economy is screwed.
