Playlists
Crowd's eye view
On Saturday evening, February 17th, a sellout crowd at World Caf‚ Live was treated to an entrancing performance by Chris Thile and his prog bluegrass ensemble, the How To Grow A Band, who are currently touring to support Thile's newest album, How to Grow A Woman from the Ground.
Paging Dr. Dog
When they took the stage at Johnny Brenda's last Friday - their first ever sold-out show - the five men of Dr. Dog were appropriately West Philly in appearance.
From the Editor
It's been an interesting week, to say the least. With spring a-knock knockin' on the door, the weather has just recently taken a turn for the better (or gas prices have stabilized enough to make an inconvenient truth a little more convenient and heat up the ill of delphia enough that I secretly thank every SUV driver as the warmth from their excess keeps my snot from freezing as I pass through the wind tunnel). That being said, we are on the home stretch, and this week Street is taking a look into the rare species of T.A.
Accidental Modern Art
1) Pee in the snow (go with the flow) - if it smells like asparagus call it "Response To The Fall Of Agrarian Economy." 2) Vomit on pavement outside Goodfellas, call it "That Jackson Pollock . You Know The One That Looks Like Vomit." 3) Freshman girl passed out in Quad stairwell, change to sepia tone, title: "Nude Descending Staircase." 4) Friend passes out with shoes on - drawings of cock and balls on face … la Picasso.
Axis of asado
It's hard to imagine the marriage between frigid Philadelphia and sweltering Caracas, but Sazon Restaurant & Cafe presents just that: a Northern Liberties BYOB serving up homemade Venezuelan cuisine.
Daytripper: Vintage 'r' US
Take a trip to Old City (and a short detour past South Street) to sample some of Philly's best vintage shopping.
police squad!
Reno 911!: Miami, much like the Comedy Central show that inspired it, is obsessively random, and proud of it.
Viva Brasil
Combining the elegance of a black tie affair, the tranquility of a day at the beach and the hustle and bustle of the all-you-can-eat buffet is no easy task.
arithmetic for dummies
In The Number 23, Jim Carrey plays Walter Sparrow, an animal control official who becomes obsessed with a murder mystery novel (called The Number 23) which he believes to be based on his own life.
Picks and Predicts
Imagine a catfight between two English geriatrics-one in a tiara beating the other, in a dowdy schoolmarm's housedress, with her scepter.
COME, MISTER TALLY MAN, AND TALLY ME BANANA
On a gray winter's day, a trip to Caribbean Delight is like an early spring break. Brightly colored murals warm this pint-sized Jamaican restaurant.
Slim-down countdown
There are 16 days until Spring Break, and you are fat. That leaves you five days for bingeing, two days to "work out" and "eat healthy," and nine days to crash diet so that you can trawl the beaches without being accidentally harpooned by a nearsighted sailor.
Going down singin'
Last summer, in the chocolate bazaar of Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a friend and I couldn't help but notice scores of elementary school girls bedecked in black eyeliner and pyramid-studded belts.
k-os
Heaven only knows what was on Kheaven Brereton's mind when he embarked on his latest venture. Canadian vocalist/emcee/producer of K-OS's third release, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, is an ambitious array of samples, weaved together with drum machine beats and riddled with spiritual guidance.
Death by Chocolate
If asked, a majority of Penn students would probably say that life's greatest pleasures are sex and alcohol.
*nstink
Picture this: Hugh Grant in tight leather pants sporting a Flock of Seagulls haircut and popping his hips with a level of boy-band insincerity rivaling even the cheesiest of *NSYNC moves.
Pass on the passage
Passage to India, the book by E. M. Forster, is a trip back to the wonderful land of tea, spices and unrepentant colonialism.
Street Sweeper
Stephen Glass is back. My grandmother was in town for Shabbat, but enjoying my newly endowed VIP status, I still managed to sweep on this weekend, suckas. *** It's been a scene of mix-ups and false starts lately.
