Playlists
Just preachy
Lauryn Hill, Pras and Wyclef Jean have walked very different paths since The Fugees broke up. Hill was a hit with both critics and fans with her debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Her follow-up, an MTV Unplugged album released four years later, was met with much head scratching.
From the Editor
Penn kids, you're not cool. I'm sorry it has to be like this. But even my photography professor agrees.
Listings: Culture
The Sky Tonight Fels Planetarium Franklin Institute 222 North 20th Street Through Dec. 31, 1:15 p.m., $12.75 (215) 448-1388 When was the last time you ever went to a planetarium?
Sex and the Campus
They say that in this postmodern world we live in, confusion reigns supreme. Social norms that once dictated the kind of people we should be have been replaced by a barrage of imagery that scatters and distorts our expectations.
Movies we were too prudish to see
Back in the day, John Holmes was the biggest -- and therefore the best -- in the biz. "Johnny Wadd" starred in more than 2000 adult productions and reportedly bedded more than 10,000 women over the course of his career -- including his wife. Probably the only guy who might really have been hornier than Ron Jeremy, he was well-endowed.
Amateur Porn
The name Vertical Horizon may not seem familiar at first, but their breakthrough single "Everything You Wanted" was a radio and MTV staple.
My life sucks, too
Ann's life seems to fit the perfect formula for misery. She's 23, works a dead-end job, lives in a trailer with her two young daughters and husband, puts up with a tired and cynical mother and has a jail-bird for a dad. So, when Ann (Sarah Polley) finds out that she has cancer and only has two or three months left to live, she realizes her life has to change.
No soap radio
After seeing the trailer for Radio, one might think that the film is some sort of amalgam of Remember the Titans and The Waterboy. "This is actually the anti-Waterboy. We tried to get as far from that sort of film as possible," says director Michael Tollin. Loosely inspired by a true story, Radio follows a mentally challenged black man who, thanks to the efforts of a high school football coach, becomes a beloved member of the community in a small town in South Carolina.
My life is a movie...
In honor of not winning the lottery this week, Street took a little time to find out what the movie of your life would be about.
Take to the Sky
A new player has come to town, fighting for a drop of the popularity and prestige that flows through old city's stylish streets.
Vegan for the big man
No longer must you fear finding the meat of resident rodents snuck into your food -- at this vegan Chinatown dive, the dishes are all made of soy or wheat gluten, not Fluffy or Spot.
Gwyneth Paltrow is overrated
Anyone looking for a movie about Sylvia Plath, the poet, should skip this rendition. The working title for this movie (Ted and Sylvia), would have been much more appropriate, since it is basically a summary of the tumultuous relationship between Plath and fellow poet Ted Hughes.
Street Smarts
This week: Some Blue to go with your red Aqua Lounge 323 Girard Ave. (215) 769-5114 Why?
Listings: Comedy
Dat Phan Comedy Hour Meyerson Hall B1 210 S. 34th Street Fri, 8 p.m., Free What do you do in the summer when you don't have cable television?
Just Beat It
They have me on a short leash here," Cedric Bixler says as he tugs on his microphone cord for extra slack.
Listings: Days/Halloween
Right Thurrrsdays With Lowbeezy 700 Club 700 N. Second Street Thu, 9 p.m., Free (215) 413-3181 Chingy, I salute you.
Meg Ryan fans need not apply
Over the course of my three years at Penn, I've been threatened with deportation twice, frisked three times -- not just checking my boots for box-cutters, but the full deal, burly mustachioed women and all -- and most recently, over Fall Break, denied entry into this land of the free/home of the brave by a smug U.S.
Groom your doggie
Average Penn Student, I know what you're thinking: where can I get my poodle groomed? Luckily, we here at Street have done the legwork for you.
The Wistar Institute
It's the time of year when mysteries, legends and myths run rampant. Spooky stories are great for around the campfire, but when mystery and myth surround an institute year round, rumors and legends become truths.
