Playlists
My semester abroad (while staying at penn)
At the end of the summer when many of my classmates, and most of my friends, jetted off to their new and exciting locales for this semester, I hopped on a plane headed straight back to junior year in Philadelphia.
Breaking waves
Lab analyses, electron microscopes, s‚ances and metaphysical inquiries - all absurd measures to prove that a spade is still a spade.
Chuck Sucks
If you pass up partying or studying to see a movie this weekend, I sincerely hope it's not for Good Luck Chuck.
Sky of blue, sea of green
If you choose to slip into the film's phantasmagoric and stunningly beautiful aesthetic, Across the Universe will transport you to a trippy 1960s dreamscape.
ANIMAL HOUSE
Animal Collective Strawberry Jam 2/5 Stars Animal Collective is back with the same non-rhythmic, glitchy sounds they explored on their last full-length, Feels.
Smashing Pumpkins
As a nine-year-old, the Smashing Pumpkins' epic double-disc Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness made me feel so uncomfortable that I went back to Strawberries and returned it.
Mission Accomplished
Mission Grill 1835 Arch St. (215) 636-9550 www.themissiongrill.com Mission Grill offers an excellent $30 prix fixe menu on Sunday nights that, while lacking the variety of some Restaurant Week menus, makes up for it with tequila - and lots of it. Along with the three-course meal, Mission Grill halves the prices of all of its premium tequilas and its wine list.
The Freshman 14
So you're a freshman. You just survived NSO, but you're still walking in a pack, calling your parents twice a day, and desperately grasping for club meetings to attend - let's face it: you're clueless. Or maybe you're a hardened upperclassmen who's more likely to be recognized by the overnight security guards at Rosengarten than the bouncers at Smoke's.
Where were you this summer?
We know - four months of music, but no Street to make sense of it all. Can we make it up to you? This week, we recap Summer 2007 with the Top 5 things you need to know, but might have missed. 1.
HOW did you spend your nso?
TUESDAY $140: Fake ID Bring it on, Smoke's. WEDNESDAY $425: Brother's Fine Furniture Look up classy in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of my red leather couch. THURSDAY $250: Wine & Spirits I didn't mind that this all disappeared in one night, but did they have to drink all my Martinelli's?! $2.12: McDonald's Every good story begins with, "So it was 3 a.m., and I went to McDonald's." $10.89: Lowe's Told parents I bought spare light bulbs; really bought the parts for a beer bong. $16.11: Fresh Grocer You can't have a party without Solo cups. $13.00: Liberty Taxi A sound investment if your idea of a good night is a half hour wait outside Red Sky. FRIDAY $586.51: Campus Bookstore I hate this place so much, but behold the power of bursar. $76.06: Tangerine Restaurant If your date isn't all over you by the end of dinner here, you have no game. SATURDAY $100: Apple Computer credit Not looking so cool for buying the iPhone early now, am I? $21.47: PhillyCarShare I wonder if transporting a 300-pound ice luge in the backseat is a breach of contract. SUNDAY $5.09: CVS I admit it, I was the guy who was stealing the rest of the house's body wash this week.
September new shows
Private Practice, Wed, 9/26 at 9 p.m. on ABC Don't know if you've heard about this one yet, it's kind of flown under the radar.
Drink of the week
Fresh Squeezed Daiquiri Rum Bar 2005 Walnut St. (215) 751-0404 by Mara Gordon This isn't your typical poolside-in-Cancun frozen daiquiri - it's fresh, it's tart, and it's the perfect way to use the last of summer's fruit. An invention of Rum Bar's owner, Adam Kanter, this daiquiri tastes best with fresh-squeezed fruit juice and a fruit-flavored rum.
Power Cored
Early one Saturday morning, we woke up ready and willing to get our asses kicked by Punk Rock Boot Camp.
Defibrillator
Mulatu Astatke Ethiopiques, Vol. 4 1998 With the Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke, Jim Jarmusch already did some of the resuscitation for us.
EGO OF THE WEEK
Street: What was your first reaction when you found out what your freshman superlative ["If Rivers Cuomo and Kermit the Frog had a child.
Recipe of the Week
Like most Penn students, Elizabeth Wolf earned her childhood allowance selling organic eggs from her family's farm in Newbury, New Hampshire.
Give me 5
KISS KISS, BANG BANG Assassins Arden Theatre Co. 40th N. 2nd St. Today, 8 p.m., $27 (215) 922-1122 www.ardentheatre.org You love music.
Street Sweeper
Oh children, children, welcome back to the playPenn. It's been a long summer devoid of dirt to dig, but now we're back, muckraking your shit for your own enjoyment.
Woodcock rocks
If the man sitting next to me in the movie theater wrote this review, Mr. Woodcock would be getting a crotch-thrusting four stars.
