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battle of the hip-hop allstars
If there is one thing hip-hop loves more than expensive cars, loose women, and the occasional drive-by, it's a highly publicized battle involving its biggest stars.
Word on the Street
It's a good time to be at the UPenn, where we were once #7 and are now half of #5. At least that seems to be the prevailing notion out on the Walk, where the weather is nice, if humid, and the freshmen are attractive (Thanks Dean Stetson - miss you, call me!), if awaiting the "frosh 15" - namely losing fifteen pounds in a string of Pod lettuce wraps and manic stairmaster sessions.
From the Ed
Listen up, readers, lend me your ears and your eyes for just a moment. This, here in your very hands, is a magazine called 34th Street Magazine.
Getting Down On The farm
So I've just finished reading the Omnivore's Dilemma, and suddenly the aisles at Fresh Grocer look more like vats of corn than displays of edible food.
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.
Word on the Street
Everyone knows that change sucks, but does everyone know that not changing sucks? Nearing the end of my senior year, I've recently thought a lot about Luddites - the band of men in the 1800s who were so distressed by the advent of technology that they waged war on machinery all over the English countryside in the name of their lord and savior King Ludd.
A Meal Plan for West Philadelphia
Instant mashed potato burns are the worst." Worse than the burns from steamed green beans or turkey casserole at the Thursday night soup kitchen.
Long distance love
there is no better way to learn tolerance and become more culturally aware than by living and interacting with a variety of people.
Oh Snap
Dear Jesus, Hey, G, what's up? It's us, the Low Brow crew. The semester is almost over, and we just wanted to check in with you.
That's Amore
With genuine hospitality reminiscent of a Southern diner, an extensive menu that's uncharacteristic of generic pizza joints, and a casual yet sophisticated decor, Mama Palma's is several notches above your ordinary neighborhood eatery. The menu boasts 34 pizzas (not to mention the create-your-own option), over a dozen breads and salads, plus panini, calzones and pasta.
From the bosslady
To whom it may concern: It is Thursday. It is raining. It is April 19 aka my 21st birthday and I have a confession to make: I have been living a lie. I have been living a lie in the truest sense of the concept: lie, fraud, fib, an untruth.
Notes on a festival: part deux
Waitress This year's closing night film tells the story of a lonely (but married) baker and waitress in a pie shop in the deep south.
How I spent my summer vacation
Forget what you eat - you are what you do. Penn generously gives you four months of summer to use as you wish.
This movie needs some snoop!
At times, expos‚s of modern suburban anomie (see: Ghost World, the entire canon of Todd Solondz) can inspire us to look deep into our own lives and contemplate just what tools the media-corporate complex has made us as a collective.
Contempory art is temporary smarts!
Just three times each year, something magical happens at the Institute of Contemporary Art, that futuristically boxy building on Sansom Street: the old exhibits disappear, and abra kadabra!
My Pet Movie
His eyes droopy and features looking deprived of melanin, the instantly recognizable Mike White sits lethargically on a couch in a Four Seasons hotel room overlooking Logan Square.
Superlatives
Most Likely to Succeed ... and Then be Stuck in a Failed Marriage, Sip on Daily Cocktails of Xanax, Valium and Prozac, Have a Couple of Kids That You Don't Give a Shit About and That You Send to Boarding School, Then Have an Affair With the Au Pair That You Supposedly Fired Two Years Ago But Who Still Shows Up to "Polish the Silver," but Still Have Money (Lots of Money) - You Wake Up, Count Your Money, Go to Work, Count the Money in Your Stateside Account, Then Call Up Your Bank in the Caymans and Count That Money - Then Smile, Tell Your Assistant You Can Buy and Sell Him on the Floor of the NYSE, and Kill a Homeless Man on Your Way Home for Fun: Wharton Most Likely to Wear the Same Outfit Everyday for the Rest of Their Lives: Nursing Most Likely to Expel Noxious Toxins (Smell Bad): Engineering Most Likely to Wear the Same Outfit Everyday for the Rest of Their Lives: Nursing
Street Sweeper
Fling Fling Fling, yada yada yada. It came, we got drunk, some of the cool kids snorted coke, and that was that.
Listening Party
The song: Modest Mouse's "Fire it Up" off We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Leo: Have not been so impressed by new MM, though never was so into them.
