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... And We Still Have No Idea What The Room Is

...AND WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE ROOM IS It’s Fling, which — depending on how self–destructive you are — has already been sort of raging for a week or so.  In celebration, we decided to torture ourselves with one of the worst films ever made: Tommy Wiseau’s The Room! We played our game — the rules are below — and you can too.

by 34TH STREET

Sticks and Stones

In Bully, childhood torture is exposed in order to start making positive changes across the nation

by JACK NESSMAN

K-pop 101

Get the lowdown on one of the most interesting music invasions since British bowl cuts

by STELLA YING

Happy, Yet?

Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes over the ICA with a groundbreaking, happy–making show.

by FRIDA GARZA

Cult Favorites

With finals rapidly approaching, we’re here to offer you new means of procrastination.

by JAYCEE GRUSZECKI

Album Releases: 4.10.12

Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls Alabama Shakes has already achieved a feat in choosing a band name that is both geographically and musically apt — the notion of music so raw it gives you the shakes well suits the Southern blues rock crafted by these Alabama natives on their debut LP.

by ELENA GOORAY

Playlist of the Week: 4.9.2012

The Playlist - 4/9/12 by Street Music on Grooveshark

by 34TH STREET

We want no part of "Part of Me"

Katy Perry's latest video is neither feminist nor patriotic

by ELENA GOORAY

Egg Commute

Check out this stop-motion animation by Sophomore Visual Studies Major, Tyler Pridgen, inspired by videos like this one:

by 34TH STREET

The Short Film Circuit

The 2012 Student Film Festival may have gone under your radar, but it didn’t go under Street’s

by OLIVIA RUTIGLIANO

Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It's Cool

Bear in Heaven follow up their wonderful album Beast Rest Forth Mouth with the same goth dance–pop that caught our eye back in 2009.

by DORIAN MENDOZA

Whedon Delivers Again

Cabin in the Woods continues the foray into genre subversion that the director began years ago.

by ZACCHIAUS MCKEE

Artist Profile: Jaipal Singh

Name and Year: Jaipal Singh, 2014 Hometown: Toronto, Canada Degree: Wharton, minor in Art History Medium of Choice: Pencil, pencil–crayon Street: How did you get interested in the visual arts? Jaipal Singh: I loved drawing from a very early age.

by 34TH STREET

Street Art, Granny Style

Jessie Hemmons makes knitting look as badass in a gallery as it does on the Philly streets

by ISABEL OLIVERES

I Work Out

Music's got some artist recommendations to pump up your jam, whether that's killin' it at the Pottruck treadmill or… power–walking.

by SAM BRODEY

The Knights Who Say Please

Whit Stillman’s Damsels needs little rescuing

by OLIVIA RUTIGLIANO

Top 5 West Philly Wonders

Take a short walk to one of these on–campus art hubs and soak in April’s array of talent.

by LIN ZHENG

Beats on the Street

In which we stop Locust Walkers and ask them what they're listening to

by 34TH STREET

Netflix Instant Watch: Punch-Drunk Love

Eternal Sunshine for the less whimsical mind

by ALEX HOSENBALL

Nicki Minaj - Roman Reloaded

Combining hip–hop, rap and pop, Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded serves up classic Nicki while exhibiting a definite change in her unique style of music.

by ZACCHIAUS MCKEE

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