Playlists
Cope-ing this fling
When SPEC announced that Sonic Youth and Cat Power were headlining this year's Spring Fling, students across campus felt dejected.
Fling Bands 101
Sonic Youth Who they are: Velvet Underground torch followers that extended the boundaries of experimental rock.
Let there be light
Rats are brilliant architects. For them, the intended purposes of humankind's designed objects hold no meaning.
Little fish in a big pond
In some way or another, most of us know the image of a dozen gleeful clowns pouring out of a tiny little taxi at the circus.
Bound!
After nearly four years and a $26 million facelift, Old Original Bookbinder's reopened in Old City on February 21, 2005.
A Total Bummer
In My Country does not take place in South Africa during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of 1996, in which the many victims of the brutal apartheid regime confronted their torturers.
Photographs of a world destroyed
At last, after this long and freezing winter, April has arrived. Fling is just around the corner, the end of the semester is on the horizon and the sun (hopefully) is about to warm our aching bones.
Do you pronate?
With the plethora of sports-gear vendors like eastbay.com, City Sports, Footlocker and even the shop at Pottruck, one might wonder, "Why should I schlep downtown to five-month-old Philadelphia Runner?" Well, aside from the fact that you can lunch at nearby Brasserie Perrier, visit Runner because its not just a runner's store, but a runner's "community." According to owner and manager Bryan Mahon, his goal for the store "is to become the Town Square of Philadelphia's runners' community," selling not only merchandise, but better yet, "knowledge, service and enthusiasm." All of the staff are serious runners, and assess customers' feet type and stride in order to fit them with the best shoe.
Ed's Picks
John Carroll Edz Picks Gillette went to three razors. Schick went to four razors. They won't stop until someone is nuking the stubble off of your face.
The surreal life
My watch has been broken for two years. Sometimes the hands move at twice their normal speed, sometimes not at all.
Ending on a happy note
Danny Boyle directed Trainspotting, your favorite movie about heroin, and shortly thereafter you became a junkie.
898-4SEX
The street is dark. On the list of buzzer numbers, next to the glass double doors and under the blue awning of the tall office complex there is no mention of the agency.
Guides
A Reading With Joshua Gamson Giovanni's Room 345 S. 12th St. Thu, 5:30 p.m., free (215) 923-2960 Wondering what's on the agenda this week at our friendly gayborhood LGBT bookstore?
Where's your pound now?
Millions is one of those rare films with witty dialogue that appeals to viewers of all ages.
Top ten reasons
10. You don't read this page anyways. 9. It will waste 38 valuable seconds of your life. 8. We wrote it in less than 38 seconds. 7.
Holy Pancakes, Batman
Aliens of the Deep would've been better in 3-D. The IMAX film follows producer/director James Cameron as he befriends a team of marine biologists as well as NASA scientists and travels to tectonic fault lines at the bottom of the ocean.
Stock up on Clutter
Even among the slew of second hand shops lining South Street, being thrifty is difficult. To cheaply satisfy any and all of your purchasing needs, save on cab fare and look no further than S.
Yes, These Are Real
Well, that's not exactly true. Lisa Lisa isn't actually a girl -- she's a male-to-female transsexual who emcees a drag show at Bob and Barbara's.
From the Editor
When I was little my mom overheard two other mothers talking in the elevator of my elementary school.
