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Music
Modest Mouse
Three years after their last studio release, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank continues Modest Mouse's musical odyssey from where it left off.
Music
YouTube Clip of the week
Any conversation about the changing nature of music in the face of Myspace,
YouTube et al.
STREETAPALOOZA
Land of talk
Applause Cheer Boo Hiss
At some point in any movement, the whole shebang jumps the shark.
Music
Podcasts killed the radio star
In the beginning there was Napster. And it was good. But one day the Recording Industry Association of America decided it didn't really appreciate people getting their product for, you know, free.
Word on the street
A little after midnight last Thursday my mom called to tell me my grandpa had died. And over the past week, I've found it hard to know how to grieve for my grandpa, who we called Pater.
Word on the Street
As Valentine's Day approaches, I, like all men, agonize over what to get for my special lady friend.
Music
As Heard on TV
The Show: Scrubs
The Song: Martin Sexton, "Diner"
Anyone who has ever kept the Garden State soundtrack on repeat knows Zach Braff's knack for musical selection.
Rebuttal from a man big enough to use his real name, Ruben Brosbe
As Valentine's Day approaches, I, like all men, agonize over what to get for my special lady friend.
The evolution of a theory
If you didn't know better you might think a three-month-long exhibition about the life and studies of Charles Darwin was irrelevant.
Film
Bond is back and better than ever
Few actors have generated as much controversy solely on the basis of their hair color as Daniel Craig.
Extremely loud and incredible prose
Described alternately as a wunderkind and a hack, Jonathan Safran Foer entered the literary world with his first novel, Everything is Illuminated, at the age of 25.
Pub crawl
Hidden between Sansom and Chestnut, it might take a little patience, or at least some help from Google Maps, to find your way to McGillin's.
Clippin' it old-school
Tucked away between Chestnut and Market Streets, you might easily go through your Penn years and not even know Ranstead Barber Shop exists.
All that glitters isn't gold
For most of us, the words "pawn shop" conjure up images of Jerry Orbach or Ice-T tracking down a missing necklace that holds the clue to a grisly crime.
Family weekend, we hold you in our hearts
For about 10 years of my life I spent my summers at Camp Swig, a Jewish summer camp tucked away in the redwoods of Northern California.
Every year there was this awkward transition period when I got home.
Give Me 5
HELL NO, WE WON'T GO
The Camden 28
Philadelphia International House
Wed, 7 p.m.
3701 Chestnut St.
(215) 387-5125, $8-10
www.ihousephilly.org
It's not yet that time of year for Oscar fare, so in the meantime, the International House offers a sampling of quality movies.
Film
My kippah's cooler than yours
You may not know it, but you and the Hasids have a lot in common. At least that's part of the message of Israeli director Giddi Dar's latest film, Ushpizin. The film tells the story of Moshe Bellanga (played by Shuli Rand), an Israeli who has recently adopted the lifestyle of a sect of Hasidic Jews known as Breslevers.
As the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot approaches, Moshe and his wife Malli are penniless and unable to prepare for the seven-day holiday.
Live nudes
Up close and completely exposed, the human body is far more fascinating and unsettling than anything even the most graphic science textbook can portray.
Film
If Pacino were a deli meat
Two for the Money's greatest strength is clearly its originality. Honestly, whoever thought to cast Al Pacino as an aging, cynical, battle-hardened mentor alongside a handsome, naive idealist is a fucking genius.
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