Playlists
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.
Are you there Mummy?
It's been almost 30 years since Steve Martin pontificated in song about Egypt's most famous boy king on a New York City sound stage.
The used
Considering The Used haven't released a new record since 2004, any release seems long-overdue. But it's unlikely that Berth, a live album, will satisfy fans like new material - especially with the bands next LP, originally set for release last year, postponed to April.
Daytripper: Grocery
Natural Foods: Whole Foods Market 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. (215) 557-0015 www.wholefoodsmarket.com Whole Foods may be a national chain with a total of 191 locations in the U.S.
Armed and Hilarious
The venerable Reno, Nev. Sheriff's Department has been touring the country to spread the Washoe County brand of cheer and promote their new movie Reno 911!: Miami.
Oh Snap!
Dear Reading, If I could record this for you, I would. Reading is worse than TV for a lot of reasons.
Street Beats
Russian President Vladimir Putin argued last week that the United States is undermining global stability.
Give me 5
Flounder & Sebastian's Forbidden love Prom 2007: Under The Sea Pure Nightclub 1221 Saint James St. Sat, 9 p.m., $8-10, 21+ (215) 735-5772 www.phillygaycalendar.com You remember prom.
VEGGIE DELIGHT
If you can find Govinda's, a hidden gem on South Street, you're in for a treat. On the second floor of a nondescript building, it's a challenge to locate the entrance to this vegetarian dining room - so difficult to find that the room was nearly empty on a Saturday evening.
spy vs. spy
In Breach, the weight of the movie rests on the shoulders of stars Ryan Phillippe and Chris Cooper. Unfortunately, only one of them delivers. Phillippe plays Eric O'Neill, a young FBI operative assigned to clerk for - and spy on - Robert Hanssen (Cooper), who is under investigation for sexual deviance.
Molto Bello
The Italian, one of the best movies so far this year, follows Vanya (Kolya Spiridonov), a young boy in an orphanage in rural Russia.
Sommelier's Corner
Teruzzi & Puthod "Terre di Tufi" 2005 - $15.99 Why not escape Philly and its Philistines with a tastefully titillating bottle of Tuscan white?
Word on the Street
Lately, I've been cultivating my inner monologue. It makes it easier to cope. I walk to class with my headphones on, casting a misanthropic eye up and down the Walk.
Twinkle twinkle little starr*
Philly rockers stellastarr* are back in town tonight for an appearance at North Star Bar. Street writer Alex Kwan sat down for a phone interview with lead singer and guitarist Michael Jurin and talked about New York's "Sixth Burough", stellastarr*'s new album and the state of the biz. Street: Hey Michael, good to grab you in between sets.
YouTube clip of the week
Blur's take on the song of unrequited love is easy on the ears, hidden amidst heavy tones of British frustration and veiled happiness; the song is matter-of-factly titled "Good Song." "Good Song" was so good, in fact, that it inspired design troupe Shynola and artist David Shrigley to create an animated interpretation of lead singer Damon Albarn's lyrics.
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Waning moon?
Following the critical successes of the Maximum Black EP in 1999 and the People Get Ready LP in 2000, garage-rockers The Mooney Suzuki looked poised to walk down fame's yellow brick road - the White Stripes holding one hand and The Strokes the other. For whatever reason, that happy dream didn't quite materialize for The Mooney Suzuki.
ashley tisdale
ashley tisdale Headstrong Call it post-pop. In a world where we readily accept a Paris Hilton solo album, it is no longer a matter of a celeb dropping an LP and getting ignored.
Ego of the week
Coming to Penn from Australia by way of the elite Institut d'‚tudes politiques, junior Damien Bright makes a memorable impression.
