Playlists
Paradise is not lost
Director Hany Abu-Assad has created a masterpiece in Paradise Now, the story of Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), two Palestinian friends preparing for a suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv.
My kippah's cooler than yours
You may not know it, but you and the Hasids have a lot in common. At least that's part of the message of Israeli director Giddi Dar's latest film, Ushpizin. The film tells the story of Moshe Bellanga (played by Shuli Rand), an Israeli who has recently adopted the lifestyle of a sect of Hasidic Jews known as Breslevers. As the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot approaches, Moshe and his wife Malli are penniless and unable to prepare for the seven-day holiday.
Counterpoint
Attention "Penn" students (if that is your real school name): you are being misled by the malicious slanderings of a vagabond ninnypacker with hipster glasses and a working mother.
Baking for dummies:
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cup shortbread cookies or vanilla wafers, crumbled 1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk 1 6 oz.
Guides
Bavarian Oktoberfest Cannstatter Volkfest Verein 913 Academy Road Fri, 7 p.m., $7-$8 www.gtvalmrausch.org Lederhosen.
Arbitrary Reasons to Hate Princeton
John Nash might have been smart, but he was socially retarded. Orange and black? Halloween was so last week, loser-faces.
UoP cribs
Crib 1 The Loft: "Echo Chic" Dwellers: Addavail Coslett, Isabel Cowles, Emily Rothschild Unique fixtures: Balconies, high ceilings, name recognition, street cred, funky residents Persona: Aloof intellectual/lover Famous person it most channels: Edie Sedgwick They say: "Shabby chic erring on the side of shabby" The verdict: We heart the Loft. Crib 2 The Nipple (Quad): "Tsarina Bohemian" Dweller: Hillary Levine Unique fixtures: Circular shape, DIY organizing, magazine decoupage, messy roommate, location (the famed and mythical Quad) Persona: Semi-prespubescent artsy GF Famous person it most channels: Lolita She says: "It's whatever you want it to be." The verdict: Best part of the Nipple.
Who's Who at home
More than Swedish pancakes, ABBA or those giant fair isle ski sweaters, Sweden has given us one glorious gift: Ikea.
Word on the street: My little Runaway
The first guy ever to run a marathon made it 26 miles and promptly died -- not a good day for ol' Philippine.
Sticky situation
What makes small, independent theater worthwhile to visit, instead of going to a big-production Broadway costume musical?
From the editor
Relationships are complicated things, built on trust, faith and honesty. Unfortunately, I'm an untrusting, heretical, liar.
Zucchero fix in the italian market
South Philly hardly ranks high on most students' list of hangouts, so Isgro's Italian Bakery is relegated to being a destination spot.
The lure of Lore's
Chocolate and coffee smells wafted onto the sidewalk as I stood before Lore's. I chose the door to the left and entered a small, cozy shop decorated with vintage posters, where offerings included all the caffeinated basics and a few baked goods.
Half dollar, whole story
Rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who has had success with his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre, recently talked with Street about prosthetics, Shakespeare and his upcoming autobiographical film. Street Film: Was it a big transition going from making music videos to making movies? 50 Cent: Absolutely.
Word on the street: I'm an Audioslave for you
Sometimes I feel like I just don't belong. See, I straddle this dual existence, a dichotomy if you will, where I'm all clean and prep on the outside but soul-shredding head-banger in my core.
Tangled up in Jew David Berman turns focus inward
Four years after Bright Flight, David Berman returns to his post as the poet laureate of indie rock.
Halloween Trolls
College: Naked "artist-liberal" Troll Favorite Sin: Sloth, Gluttony A Day in the Life: Arise at 3 p.m.
The sexy Origins of Halloween
A) Halloween is a Jewish word meaning, "Yiddish sex and candy party." The celebration dates back to the discoveries of alcohol, the "sugar high," and permissive sexual behavior in 669 BC, when the first man-whore mounted the first she-slut in the Promised Land.
Hanson: The 'Street' Interview
Street Music: How is your latest album Underneath different from you older stuff? What were you trying to achieve? Isaac Hanson: I would say Underneath is probably the most mellow record we've done over the years.
