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Sick of Girl Talk? Ready for the next phase of the multimedia mashup phenomenon? So are we, and we have found the guy to do it: Kutiman. This Jerusalem native (so how perfect is he for Penn's Israel Week?) has an online music video project is called ThruYOU, and it is as awesome - probably awesomer - than "Feed the Animals" by our current sweaty DJ of choice. Check out the track "I'm New" below to see for yourself:
One of our tipsters caught these spandex-and-boa-rocking Mask & Wig pledges doing some push-ups outside Pottruck. Usually we go inside to work out, but if you're used to having an audience, we guess this is as high-visibility as your exercise can get.
Wonder why some of the wannabe '13ers got rejected from Penn? Maybe they couldn't write an essay any longer than 140 characters. At least they can tweet about it!
Everyone seems a little panicked that there aren't any jobs and this may be the end of the economic world as we know it. You all obviously just need to chill out (we have some tips on how to do that if you need advice) and look at what America has to offer. Case in point: the latest post-grad job Claire Kleiger suggests in her most recent "Liberal Arts Jobs" email sent to the College Listserv:
UTB loves awards. We love liveblogging the Oscars. We love voting for Best of Penn. Just this afternoon, we loved seeing the World Series Trophy, if only because Penn students (like infants, pirates and Gossip Girls) love shiny things. This Friday night is the Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival (GSPFF). Doors open at 6:15, the show starts at 7, and at the Awards Ceremony, 17 of the best student films will be playing. Tickets are $10 online and $15 at the door; entry not only gets you entertainment but also free Qdoba and Honest Tea, plus a soundtrack provided by DJ Foxx Boogie, Penn's own Langston Clement. For a preview, check out the trailer below:
Not only did we get presidentially AND vice-presidentially snubbed for commencement (not that we care; we're covered) but it turns out that high school kids and their parents dream a little dream of... other schools. As in Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, Yale and NYU. We could be mean (sing a song about it, perhaps?) but since we're bigger people than that, we'll just let that go. Look at it this way: 66% of those high school students are stressed out about getting into college. Been there, done that. Suckers.
Remember that time when we said Guster was opening for Akon at Fling? Six days later, consider the rumor confirmed. Tickets go on sale March 30; Fling begins April 17, which gives you 24 days to figure out the best way to smuggle alcohol into the quad before the party starts.
This just in: according to Guster's MySpace, the band is playing a show on April 17th in Philly as part of their College Consciousness tour. Could it be that they're part of the Fling line-up? It's not like we haven't been totally right about this sort of thing before. If you've got even more proof, post it in the comments!
In an effort to compensate for being overpriced and hideous, the Radian will soon be home to Tap House, an indoor-outdoor pub offering 75 taps of American and European beer. Opening August 1 (at least, that's the plan), Tap House will occupy 12,500 square feet - 5,000 of which will be outdoors - and be open 10 months of the year. (Obviously it won't be too cold; there are going to be fire pits!)
You've got your salt and lime, your tanning oil, and sixteen of your BFFs. What could possibly stop Spring Break '09 from being the BEST SPRING BREAK EVERRRR? Actually, drug cartels in Mexico! If you thought West Philly was dangerous, you should see the South of the Border stats: over 6,000 drug-related murders in 2008 alone. As the Times reports, when former C.I.A. director George J. Tenet heard about the upswing in violence, he had his son cancel plans for a tequila-trip this year and "an e-mail message disclosing the Tenet family’s decision [made] the rounds at the University of Pennsylvania and other colleges in recent weeks."
Janice Dow caught this image of Locust Walk the last time it snowed, which we thought would be the last time it snowed.
For those of you that missed this adorable and oh-so-clever shoutout from Google, it's Dr. Seuss' 105th Birthday! We wish we could claim him as our own, but it turns out he went to some safety school in the middle of nowhere. Not to worry, since it looks like Theo would have fit right in at our work-hard-play-harder institution; according to the most trustworthy source on the web, the good doc got busted when he threw a "drinking party" in violation of national Prohibition laws. Lucky for us, his legacy survived his booze-filled college years - we were thinking about what to do with our box (with a fox?) as recently as last week. Today UTB salutes you, freaky fetishes and all.
You probably think that Girl Talk tickets are sold out. And you'd be right, except for the "last 4 VIP passes" that DJ Rico is giving away at the top and bottom of the hour on his show. If you want to be a part of the sweatiest mash-up dancefest since... well, the last Girl Talk concert... be sure not to miss it. Don't worry about your lack of an ID, or that you'll get busted with your shitty one at the door; the show is now 18+.
Just because you have to graduate (sad) and leave all your friends (really sad) as you burst out of the Penn bubble into a world without jobs (wow, this is even sadder than we thought) doesn't mean that Graduation itself can't be fun! Right? The DAB is trying to make you feel just a little bit better - cheering you all up as Feb Club comes to an end, perhaps? - by making a photo slide show to show to parents at the College graduation. They want you to remember that the photos will be seen by mom and dad, so keep it clothed and kosher. If psuedo-celebrity in May isn't motivation enough, think of this: "At the end of each month, we will have a random drawing from submitted photos for gift cards from local restaurants/bars like Smoke's, Pod, Distrito and Mad4Mex."
After Vince decided to make a cameo at Pod, we should have seen this coming: gold leaf sushi. Yes, we're serious. It's not like we could make up the most economically sensitive menu addition since the ten dollar Gia salad.
Check out today's DP for the 34th Street Spring 2009 Dining Guide! We have taste-tested the best eateries in Philly and are here to tell you what you should be putting in your mouth. To eat, obviously.
The times they are a-tragic, even for The Donald. Apparently Wharton's golden alum is feeling the strain of the Great Recession, as evidenced by his hat trick of bankruptcy. He claims that the casinos are only "1% of his wealth" so he's not concerned; we think it's just that, with his stellar hairline, Trump is already accustomed to recession.
Because when you're having a bad day, sometimes all you need to know is that there's someone out there whose day sucks just a little bit more than yours: FMyLife.com. Enjoy one-liners along the lines of " Today, I got in line at the grocery store. The woman in front of me looked right at me, turned to her friend, and said "That reminds me, I forgot to get acne cream. FML." Or, wait, it gets better - read on for "Today, I was having sex with my boyfriend. When he was about to orgasm, he screamed "Yes Brittany!" at the top of his lungs. My name's not Brittany. That's his sister. FML."
You probably know that Michael Phelps, America's own Water Wonderboy, got caught on camera hitting a bong. (And if you missed it, you can get nicely caught up with Seth Meyers' excellent "Really?" rant from Weekend Update on this week's SNL.) But you might want the details of what went down at this USC frat party. Michael Whitworth indecently exposes the gold medalist - and note, the most indecent thing about this exposure is Whitworth's nickname for Phelps: "Good ol' Phelpsie." Really, Michael Whitworth? Phelpsie? Read the rest of the play-by-play (while thinking to yourself that if there's anyone who deserves to unwind with some weed, it's a fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist) here.
Were you one of the many confused Bruce fans who, when trying to score tickets for his Working On A Dream Tour (he'll be in Philly with the E Street Band April 28 and 29) couldn't figure out why the hell Ticketmaster redirected you to their other site, TicketsNow, to pay a higher price for the same seat? Well, here's something that will make you feel better. No, not an actual ticket to the concert - an apology straight from the Boss himself! For what it's worth, he "condemns" the screw-up and is as "furious" as we are. Seeing as an estimated 92% of the Penn population hails from the great Garden State (I may be rounding up a little), this just further proves the need for a Birthright program, like the one that sends Jews to Israel, to get everyone from New Jersey to Bruce Springsteen concerts for free.