Playlists
Ego of the week
Street: Do girls scare you? Dan Mingle: Most of them, yeah. Like one's with mustaches. Street: What are your opinions of the Spectaguards? DM: I don't even know what a Spectaguard is. Street: They're the Penn guards that ya know, guard?
Hello dahlia
The Black Dahlia Direted by: Brian De Palma Starring: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johanssen, Aaron Eckhart Rated: R A film of murder, obsession, love and deception, Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia is a throwback to the trench coat-sporting detective stories of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.
Penn's hidden gems
1. Koch's Deli (43rd and Locust) The best sandwiches in Philly - hands down. Though Bob Koch is dead (RIP, man), the new ownership has maintained ALL of Koch's tradtions, from making you wait in line for hours to handing out enough free samples of meat to make you full by the time you get your food. 2.
Kiss and Tell
Zach Braff swept young audiences off their feet in Scrubs and Garden State. This week, Braff - starring in the new romantic drama The Last Kiss, opening tomorrow - discussed music, marriage and his latest film with the editors. Street: As a director from Garden State, was it a relief to go back to acting on film?
I could be your hero baby
Hollywoodland Direted by: Allen Coulter Starring: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck Rated: R Hollywoodland follows the tragic suicide of George Reeves, television's Superman in the 1950s.
DayTripper
Summer is over and you can't help but shed a tear that you weren't in Philly to experience what the City of Brotherly Love has to offer during the summer months.
Philadelphia Live Arts & Fringe Festival
It's not every day that more than 100 arts groups from all over the world converge in Philadelphia to showcase their talent.
Freshmen Superlatives
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Street Beat
Girls Gone Wild producers fined $2.1 million for failing to record ages of female performers. Supreme Court fined $6.9 million for failing to see the hilarity in underage boobs. Russian protestors object to Madonna performing on a cross as a part of her "Confessions" tour.
All things must pass
Scott Ansill remembers selling 120 copies of Radiohead's Kid A at midnight the night it was released.
Back to the future
Today as I walked towards my new apartment I found myself unconsciously inching closer to what used to be my home sophomore year, the infamous High Rise North, I realized the chilling fact: I am a senior and I don't live there anymore.
Listings
Colin Quinn Helium Comedy Club 2031 Sansom St. Thu, 8 p.m., $20, Fri-Sat, 8 p.m., 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
Your local liquor store
Every week, 34th Street purchases, consumes, and reviews select wines from around the world. Employing only the most rigorous of standards, we demand that the wines we sample be unique, balanced and most importantly, alcoholic, in addition to costing less than $10 at the liquor store at 41st and Market.
Kids in the Hall
Dean* did the frat house thing all night with his entire hall, squeezing in between sweaty freshmen in order to get a precious red Solo cup filled with Natty Lite.
Five Bands Team Up To Fight Suicide
In 2001, Louis Posen thought up the Take Action! Tour, rounded up some punk rock bands, and sent them across the country to promote suicide prevention.
Stroke This
Teenagers filled the Electric Factory on Sunday, April 23 to see a band that hipsters would say is so out they might even be considered pastiche.
Militarism in Marquesas
Most students will be holed up in the library during the hibernation period that is reading days, learning the material they meant to learn months ago and writing the papers they've supposedly been researching all semester.
Educating Hamas
"May Allah, the almighty, bless all of us here and in the Hereafter." Not many Penn Ph.D. students praise Allah in the acknowledgements of their dissertation.
Classic 4/20 movies
If you're reading this right now, chances are, you're blazed off your rocker. Since you're incapable of studying or doing anything productive, might as well go out there and rent a classic stoner film because you probably lacked the foresight to get your Netflix cue arranged with 4/20 in mind... Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004): If you're of the Indian/Asian pothead variety, this one's for you.
