Playlists
Comedian central
Laff House 221 South Street Wed-Thu, 8:30 p.m., Fri, 8:30 p.m. & 10:45 p.m., Sat, 7 p.m., 9 p.m. & 11 p.m., ticket prices vary (215) 440-HAHA www.laffhouse.com As everyone knows, Philadelphia proudly calls itself the "City of Brotherly Love." Not a day goes by without feeling shrouded in "love"-- whether it's Handy Andy screaming "Fuck you mother fucker" outside one's window, getting the hairy eyeball while ordering a sandwich at Houston Hall or almost getting hit by a Septa bus on one's way to class.
Petty theft
Kenneth Goldsmith is uniquely unoriginal. Among his published works are Fidget, an account of every movement his body made for 13 hours on Bloomsday, 1997, and Soliloquy, a record of everything he said during one week.
Guides
A reading by Rae Armantrout Kelly Writers House 3805 Locust Walk Thu, 5p.m., free (215) 573-WRIT www.writing.upenn.edu/~wh Rae Armantrout, who most recently wrote the book Up To Speed, is coming to read.
Soft porn & saunas
Queer as Folk - The Complete Third Season Critics and viewers alike continue to praise Queer as Folk as a groundbreaking, honest, witty, and sexy series as the third season comes to a close.
Gay as McGreevey
Sex, drugs, and a shitload of sly sarcasm are back. NBC's best primetime sitcom has finally released its third season on DVD.
Shoutouts Fall 2004
To the girl with the uneven boobs in my physics class: from the right side you look hot, but from the left you look like my grandma. To the guy who fell off his bike on Spruce St.: even though I asked if you were OK, I was laughing my ass off on the inside. To Gary Lundy in ARTH001, what I would do to you in a room without windows and a world without consequences?
From the editor
I guess we all knew it was coming. Sure, none of us ever wanted to believe it actually would happen, but we all knew. Even after a new start -- new record label, new name, comeback special on VH1, I guess we all knew that O.D.B.
How to eat like a rock star
Everyone knows that rock stars live the good life. We've been pursuing sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll ever since 6th grade, when "Sixteen Stone" came out and we thought headbanging and Gavin Rossdale were badass.
Letter to Philadelphia
The past few years in Philly have opened my eyes to the possibilities of self-expression through one's wardrobe and personal experience.
A-Hem!
If you're like most Penn students -- make that people in general -- you have no clue who Hem is. The band, however, believes that their debut album, Rabbit Songs, and most recent effort, Eveningland, have what it takes to garner some recognition.
From the Editor
I signed up for classes recently. Normally, advance registration is a happy time for me. It's a time when I realize that the one or two terrible classes I inevitably have each semester are drawing to a close, a time to have a few beers and drunkenly plan my future.
Editor's Picks
John Coyne Vast Aire "The F-Word" (RJD2 Remix) Rap records rarely endure; they just float from fabulous to familiar to forgotten.
Wanna have some fun?
I am quite possibly the most innocent person you will ever meet. This is reinforced for me on a daily basis here at Penn, but never have I been so acutely aware of my innocence as I was the first day of my Criminology class.
Burger time
Morgan Spurlock's had a pretty good year -- he had the top documentary, Super Size Me, at the box office until Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 bumped him down to number two.
Street Style
Stop It: Trimspa Pills If you think Anna Nicole Smith has lost weight due to those chalky sugar pills, you are trippin'. Ms. Vicki Lynn is taking crack cocaine to get that svelte figure.
Domino's can suck it
If you're craving charbroiled veal chops, risotto with morels and taleggio, a steaming pot of mussels cooked in white wine with garlic and celery or even old-fashioned, homemade tubes of manicotti overstuffed with fresh ricotta cheese and smothered with sweet, heirloom tomato sauce, then do not go to Tacconelli's. But if you are craving the best, darkest, most garlicky pizza in the Mid-Atlantic region, do drive -- or find a stranger who has a car so that he can drive you -- to the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia.
Dave does deutschland
Insomniac with Dave Attell has been exploring the after-hours occupations of the world's insomniacs and promoting wanton alcoholism to late-night viewers since 2001.
Guides
Exhibition of Indian Paintings in Tribute to the Late Dr. Alvin O. Bellak Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Tue-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fez-tastic
Located just meters from the craziness that is South Street, Fez truly is an authentic Moroccan eatery.
