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Summer pop music favorites fail to compete with past or impress

04 September 2007

Every summer has an anthem. The typically overplayed, yet undoubtedly-catchy song can usually sum up those summertime memories. For example, Gwen Stefani had everyone shouting “Hollaback Girl” in 2005. Natasha Bedingfield told us to release

Wishes and turn-ons, an idyllic sexual paradise

04 September 2007

Talking about sex is a big turn-on. But racy conversations don’t need to be confined to bedroom romps, late-night text messages or telling a personalized version of the Aristocrats at a family reunion. These conversations

Student directs Modest Mouse video

04 September 2007

Joe Stakun is in demand. The 21-year-old film student’s resume includes interning for Ridley Scott, interviewing BMX superstar Mat Hoffman and working as a production assistant for Maroon 5. Now he can add directing a

Maintaining the title of most diverse

04 September 2007

This campus thrives on diversity. It’s what attracts students from upwards of 25 nations and every region of the U.S. It’s what captured the title of the nation’s most diverse college campus in the 2008

No place to call home

04 September 2007

New school. New town. No home. Such seemed to be the case for many of the estimated 2,700 students who transferred to Temple this fall. With freshman enrollment at the all-time high of 4,300 students,

Dont underestimate the Philly Song Shuffle

04 September 2007

It was two sets in, nearly eight minutes into my visit to the World Café this past Friday night, when I realized I had underestimated the artists. The idea was great: 47 musicians, four-minute sets,

Josh Ritter is about to make musical history

28 August 2007

REVIEW: Josh Ritter is one of the best songwriters our generation has the privilege of watching grow before our eyes. If you think music is important, listen to him, look at his attention to detail,

Man Man fills Rittenhouse with “la-la”s and confetti

28 August 2007

REVIEW: Crowd surfing and bearded men with war paint yelling in Rittenhouse Square? Not entirely a typical day at the park. But it happened last week at Philadelphia Weekly’s Concerts in the Park series, featuring

Festival opens, brings artsy back to Philly

28 August 2007

“In DiversCity”Dance, 90 Minutes – $15International House, 3701 Chestnut St.Prepare yourself for a night of intense Philly flavor when Indigenous Pitch performs “In DiversCity.” This 90-minute show isn’t your regular old stomp n’ clap routine.

MakePhilly brings geeks and artists together to create

28 August 2007

Words like “nanotechnology” and “BEAM robotics” are abstract concepts for many people. We know such things exist, but don’t think they can apply to our lifestyles. We leave the creative possibilities of technology to scientists