Playlists
Film
Man Follows Birds International House 3701 Chestnut Street Sat, 8 p.m., $5 with PennCard http://www.ihousephilly.org Since I'm sure this film at some point depicts a man following birds, there's no attempt here to fool you.
Dancin'
UPtown Swing Dance The Arch Auditorium 3601 Locust Walk Sat, 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m., Free Remember when Swing hit the mainstream?
Tickled Pink
Forget Painted Parrot -- around the corner from the famed South Street eatery lies the Pink Rose Pastry Shop, a cozy dessert caf‚ whose Victorian d‚cor stands out from the nearby body piercing salons and greasy hoagie restaurants. It is also perhaps the only place within a ten block radius that can be deemed pretty.
Bump and Grind
Nicholas Payton gets more ass than Wilt Chamberlain -- on one of his better days. And it's not as though this classically trained trumpet player is keeping it a secret.
Go Bump in the night
Move over Woody's - you've been shafted. There's a new kid on the block in the Gayborhood, packed nightly with more beautiful men than the front row of a Cher concert.
Mortal Sinners
Ah, the memories... I remember my first step into punk when I heard MXPX covering "Summer of '69." I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Since then, I have ditched Christian pop-punk, and so has MXPX on their new LP, Before Everything and After. That may not be a good thing in their case.
We hear...
... that University of Pennsylvania President, Judy Rodin, is sick of her public image as a slut.
Films
SALMA HAYEK FILMS AT THE GSC Graduate Student Center 3615 Locust Walk Thu, 7 p.m., Free http://www.upenn.edu/gsc/programs/film.htm Hot Latina vixen, or perverts who like watching her in groups, seeks audience for mutual fun.
Fall Music Preview
Dave Matthews, Some Devil, September 23 (RCA) Choosing to leave the band out of his name and album, Dave Matthews embarks on the tricky path of creating a solo album.
From the Editor
I would say "Welcome Back," but I feel like I never really left you. Wherever I went -- from the sidewalks of the East Village to the shores of the Bahamas -- you were right behind me, stalking me every step of the way.
The hair, my God the hair!
Robert Rodriguez knows what he is doing, whether it be as director, producer, editor, or one of the many other titles he takes on in his latest and final installment of the "El Mariachi" trilogy.
Philly Phans Phlock
When talk about a new stadium for Philadelphia first came up in the mid-90's, conventional wisdom was that the city would build a new stadium for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, leaving the Eagles to play in a renovated Veterans Stadium.
Eat With Your Hands
Saunter down good ol' Locust Walk just a little further west than normal and you'll come upon a rather nondescript palace of taste bud heaven. Abysinnia is authentic Ethiopian cuisine -- and you'll know from the extensive collection of crafts, artwork, and furniture that encompasses the abode.
Line up the cocaine, screw the accolades!
Roll out the red carpets. Break open the Cristal. Line up the cocaine. Here comes a new section of 34th Street dedicated entirely to the thriving jet-set community some people like to call Penn.
Sports
Open Hockey Class of 1923 Ice Rink 3130 Walnut Street All week, 8:15-9:45 p.m., Free with PennCard (215) 898-1923 Lose a few teeth and look like a screwed up Canuck.
Philly Restaurant Week
Philadelphia's first ever Center City Restaurant Week is just around the corner, and the biggest names in town are gearing up for what looks to be a delectable event.
Arts
Have a Bite: 20th Century Flatware Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway Through Oct.
Music
Queens of the Stone Age Tweeter Center at the Waterfront 1 Harbour Blvd. Camden, N.J. Fri, 8 p.m., $35-45 (856) 365-1300 http://www.tweetercenter.com/ You've seen their videos on MTV.
Review: Dickie Roberts
David Spade gets the shaft. Maybe it's because he came of age with the last SNL cast to actually do something with their lives -- Chris Rock may never be Bill Cosby, but he'd beat Horatio Sans in any laugh-off know to man.
