Playlists
Six feet under
There's plenty of funerals on Saturdays," Paul says when we are driving back, "you know, people are off and got the time to go." And so, the Saturdays here start early and don't wind up until the late afternoon. The viewing is nine to eleven with service and burial following.
Heads up
Usually singing and dancing children provide cause to vomit. They weren't kidding when they said Youth was wasted on the Young -- in fact, they couldn't have been more dead-on.
Suds go swank
The Independence Brew Pub is quite possibly the classiest brewpub in Philadelphia. The word "pub" brings to mind dark wood, poor lighting and very greasy finger food.
Wedding nights
I'm so insignificant I can't even kill myself". Sideways, directed by Alexander Payne (Election, About Schmidt), promotes itself as a "toast to wine, women, and everything that gets better with time". Miles (Paul Giamatti), a balding, neurotic divorce, and his former college roommate, Jack (Thomas Haden Church), go on a one week tour of the central coast of California.
Gotta love naked men
Wexler Art Gallery 201 N. 3rd St. Tue-Sat, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., free (215) 923-7030 www.wexlergallery.com When some think of art galleries, they conjure up an image of white walls and paintings that confuse the hell out of anyone who's not an MFA student.
Hit the Road Jack
Ray is this year's first great historical drama. What initially seems like a confused and chaotic film with random flashbacks and surprising images ends up being a film about this confusion and chaos.
Confessions of a rolling stone intern
There are two qualities every determined writer should have: confidence and sheer ingenuity. Enter journalist, CNN correspondent and fiction author Toure.
Cali on DVD
Saved by the Bell -- Seasons 1 & 2 If you want a flashback to 1989, look no further than the halls of Bayside High in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Editor's Picks
Jim Newell The Futureheads The Futureheads Poser bands are everywhere now. For a while, I tried to give these wannabes the cold shoulder, but there came a time when avoiding them was no longer an option.
This land is their land
Five years ago, Wharton grad Gregg Spiridellis and his brother Evan founded a tiny little entertainment company called JibJab.
Love Stout, baby
Yards Brewery smells like a frat house in the wee hours of morning, only crisp rather than stale, appetizing rather than nauseating.
From the Editor
I tried to write a funny column this week; I tried for a couple days, actually. I failed, but, hey, it's not like I'm ever that funny anyway. I failed because I was writing about things that might normally interest me -- gambling, for instance, and my housemates' obsession with it, or pardoning Ashlee Simpson for her lip-synching.
Don't See-Saw
Don't bother seeing Saw, a stupefyingly stupid exercise in cinematic sadism. Written and directed by two Australian newcomers, this surprise Sundance Film Festival hit spirals into convolution from scene one. Adam and Lawrence (co-writers Leigh Whannel and English hambone Cary Elwes) wake up chained to rusty pipes in an underground bathhouse, the latest victims-to-be of the Jigsaw Killer.
You Don't Know Jack
Admit it: you know jack about beer. In fact, you probably couldn't tell a quality brew if it smacked your ass as you waited for the next Batman sequel.
Guides
Avril Lavigne Wachovia Center 3601 Broad Street Sun, 7:30 p.m., $32.50-$37.50 (215) 336-3600 www.comcast-spectacor.com While promoting her new album, Under My Skin, Avril Lavigne confessed to the press that her raw, angry lyrics and volatile teen angst were rooted in carbohydrate indulgence.
Top 5: Movies Somehow Involving Philadelphia
Rocky Because there's nothing better than beating the crap out of those damn Soviets. Philadelphia Tom Hanks takes on The Man, plus there's a scene on the Fine Arts Library steps. 1776 Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World plays John Adams and pisses the British off. Trading Places Eddie Murphy plays a blind man in Rittenhouse Square.
Charlie's Jeans
In the heart of charming Old City lies a store that sells the most ridiculously trendy clothes that would leave even President Gutmann breathless.
8 Questions -- Leehe Fai
Street sits down with the blithe boutique owner Leehe Fai (pronounced Lee-Hee Fay) Goldfarb -- who is celebrating the two year anniversary of her boutique -- and a little terrier named Lucy.
Cut it up you Jive Turkeys
For TV on the Radio, video did not kill the radio star. Somehow they managed to fuse the two together.
