Playlists
Don't Go to Bars
It's 10 p.m. on St. Patrick's Day, and you still have no plans. Your "friends" all went downtown to bars, but you can't go because your fake was confiscated at a party a couple weeks ago, and you weren't willing to pay the bouncer $50 to get it back.
Fillin' Grace
Moving on from "Rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub" by Claire Stapleton Americans love their family values and cultural conservatism, but saying grace has gone subversive.
From the editor
There is a battle going on right now at Penn, and I am losing. Still, I haven't given up the fight. In fact, I think that once we soldiers return from the Diaspora, we may be able to live in symbiosis again.
Original sin
When Eve plucked the apple from the tree in the Garden of Eden so many spring seasons ago, she was hungry.
Editors' Picks
The Band, "Up on Cripple Creek" Opening with Robbie Robertson's funky guitar lead, "Up on Cripple Creek" picks up right where Music from Big Pink's "The Weight" left off.
Guilty Pleasure
To this day, just humming "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" in my head makes me want to get up and prance around.
Word on the street: Heavy Petting
Woof. Chirp. Meow. These are common sounds house pets make. Or maybe we should ask the real experts: college kid know-it-all's who actually have pets at school.
She said, She said
*Names have been changed. It's that whole evolution thing, the whole 'I gotta find a man and ain't no one gonna get in my way' thing.
Choco Taco
Situated on South Street between a porno and a florist shop is Guacamole, a more urban and less expensive version of Urban Outfitters.
A Baseball player... again?
In The Upside of Anger, Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen), a cynical mother of four girls, drowns her sorrows in alcohol when her husband leaves her.
American Splenda
Apple pie, ballpark hot dogs, the good old-fashioned diner: Americans aren't fat for nothing. Our culture borrows cuisines from all over the world (Taco Bell, the Olive Garden, Greek Lady), but there's nothing like nostalgic Americana eating, getting down as our forefathers did in the '50s.
Review: Be Cool
John Travolta is Chili Palmer, a Brooklyn-born ex-gangster turned hot-shot movie producer who's had it with Hollywood and sets new sights on the music biz.
You are what you wear
In prehistoric times, a person's apparel was a testament to physical agility and hunting prowess. Your apparel was only as spectacular as the animal you had the ability to kill.
I feel so american...
Nowhere else do bitter and festive mix quite as delightfully as they do at North Third. The two emotions permeate the air of the Northern Liberties hideaway to create the perfect atmosphere for the love-day loner.
American Pi(cnic)
Its location under the Left Bank is approximately two blocks past convenient. The staff may not greet you with rays of sunshine.
How to: Be a brandster
Frankly, we don't care who you are. Your personality bores us, as does your pathetic attempts at conversation.
Editor's Picks
Hunter S. Thompson, 1937-2005 On Sunday, February 20th, journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson took his own life.
From the Editor: What does it mean to be "very Penn"?
It's a state that some are and some aren't. Penn's big, sure, and it's sort of diverse in its own quaint way.
Adrien Brody? a Gulf War Vet?
Chosen for Official Selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, produced by Steven Soderbergh and starring Oscar winner Adrien Brody, The Jacket has all the credentials to be a great film.
