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Just a little deeper...
During the opening credits of this documentary on the controversial 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat, Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" plays, appropriately creating a foreboding tone for the rest of the film.
Hypocrisy Democracy
Envision the town of Sanctimony as perhaps a modern-day Pleasantville, where superficiality is one's savior, everyone feigns composure to avoid the town's scrutiny and nobody has a damn clue where life is going.
Word on the street: Soccer is bad for you
Sometimes you get so out of shape that you forget you're out of shape. Initially, you don't exercise for a couple weeks and think, "I'm getting really fat, perhaps I should go to the gym." If it goes on for a month or two, though, the lack of exercise institutionalizes itself.
Rory has muscular dystrophy
It's easy to expect inspiration with Rory O'Shea Was Here. The film tells of Rory O 'Shea (James McAvoy), a rebellious teen with muscular dystrophy, and his friendship with Michael Connelly (Steven Robertson), a shy boy whose cerebral palsy gives him difficulty speaking.
Guides
John Pompetti B Square Gallery 614 S. 9th St. Thu, 1:30 p.m.-7 p.m., Fri-Sat, 12 p.m.-6 p.m., free (215) 625-0692 I don't know about you, but my favorite art is the kind that's plain and simple, with none of that pseudo-intellectual horseshit.
Pizza orgy
Nothing makes you feel more welcome in a restaurant than a sign reading, "If you're grouchy, irritable or just plain mean, there will be a $10 charge for putting up with you" in huge letters.
Behind the Music
When the Music's self-titled debut album hit stores, they stirred up a frenzy with critics. It was not the actual album that caused the ruckus but rather just the name of the band.
Rocketman in flight
Situated nicely on Philadelphia's most colorful street sits one of the city's most eclectic record stores.
I just want to thank my girlfriend...
It's about midnight, and I'm greeted with the abrasive jarring sound of a moving cart rolling over brick in the lobby of Sansom West.
Geo what?
Yeah, so I don't really like to talk about it because it's not that big of a deal to me or anything, but, yes, it's true: I won the Geography Bee in fifth grade.
You think you know...
The University City pizza places: Powelton Pizza, Allegro Pizza and College Pizza, have kept this girl afloat through many late-night study sessions and lazy Sundays in the dorm -- and for this I owe them.
Riding the radio waves
It's 11:30 a.m., and midday host Helen Leicht is almost through the first half of her daily program on WXPN-FM.
Dave Serenades animals
Based on the children's book by Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie is the story of ten-year-old Opal (AnnaSophia Robb), who, still mystified by her mother's departure seven years earlier, struggles to find her way in a new town.
Guides
David Bunn: Double Monster Temple Gallery 45 N. Second St. Thu, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., free (215) 925-7379 Like art?
Avec du bon vin, on faut pas le medecin
Loie is exciting. I almost refused to promote it because I feel possessive, and restaurant love has not happened to me for a while. As it turns out, Loie forgoes American stereotypes of French dining for authenticity.
Sex, freud, and disney
What were you doing when you were 14 years old? Possibly spending your days playing a little GoldenEye on N64 until your new bedtime at 11 p.m.? Or girls, were you experiencing the joys of puberty and adolescence?
You're looking "pastry"
Just six blocks east of the river Seine (Schuylkill) between Ave. des Champs Elysees (Chestnut Street) and Rue du Rivoli (Sansom), Parisian expatriates in search of beloved homemade sweets find heaven in Yann Patisserie & Cafe.
Sud of the border
Before it became cool to call the French "cheese-eating surrender monkeys," they ran a pretty hardcore empire -- they were the greatest culinary imperialists the world has known.
