Competition gets fierce in collegiate meat judging
Students circled up in the lecture hall and locked hands, their red hardhats bowed toward their boots. In a nearby meat locker, their practice exams hung on hooks.
Oct. 12 2019 @ 8:49pm
Study: Young female athletes with concussions take longer to recover
New research from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia suggests that young female athletes who suffer concussions have longer recovery times than their male peers, but not because of differences in strength or hormones as some experts have speculated.
Sep. 20 2019 @ 3:15am
Music Review: Rodney Crowell
Although he left for Nashville in 1972, Rodney Crowell does hail from Texas. So it's fitting that the onetime country hit-maker and current Americana stalwart would draw on his heritage again for inspiration. And this new guest-laden set yields more riches.
Sep. 5 2019 @ 11:18pm
Music Review: Bon Iver
While each of the three previous Bon Iver albums differed radically, "i,I" is an amalgamation and a culmination. Justin Vernon has called it the autumnal capstone of a journey through the seasons that began with 2008's wintry, desolate "For Emma, Forever Ago." Like that much-loved record, "i,I" focuses on Vernon's earnest, urgent voice; like 2011's self-titled album, many songs contain blossoming, spacious orchestration; as on 2016's "22, A Million," Vernon manipulates sounds with electronic distortions and Autotune (although with more restraint and warmth). The songs are elliptical, in arrangements and lyrics, and often beautiful.
Sep. 5 2019 @ 11:17pm
Music Review: Missy Elliott
Take "Iconology" for what it sounds like: an exceedingly slapdash and minimal release under 15 minutes in length rush-released to cash in on Missy Elliott's Video Vanguard honor at the best VMAs in more than a decade.
Sep. 5 2019 @ 11:16pm
'Harry Potter meets Jesus' sermon series brings new muggles to church
The large banner on the lawn of Leverington Church in Roxborough has been raising eyebrows as if it were a Wingardium Leviosa spell.
Aug. 31 2019 @ 3:47am
Music Review: Garry Tallent
In 2016 Garry Tallent finally stepped up from his role as the quiet bassist of the E Street Band and released his first solo album. Break Time was an unexpected delight, drawing on the musician's love for '50s rock-and-roll and various offshoots.
Aug. 15 2019 @ 11:40pm
Music Review: Clairo
When the opening gambit of the busily buzzed Clairo's debut album recalls end-theme movie music, it's not a stretch to expect more post-Lorde whisper-pop.
Aug. 15 2019 @ 11:37pm
Music Reviews: Drake
Other than making himself annoyingly unavoidable courtside during televised Toronto Raptors playoff games, Drake has kept a low profile in 2019, giving the world a break after dominating streaming music services with last year's bloated "Scorpion." But though he's not flush with new music, the Canadian rapper and singer is still finding a way to top the charts. "Care Package" is an excavation of his back pages, a high-quality compilation of singles and semi-rarities once found on his SoundCloud page that never made it onto any of his five previous official albums.
Aug. 15 2019 @ 11:36pm
Kermit the Kona?: Small Hyundai crossover hops into the world
2019 Hyundai Kona Ultimate AWD: So you want a little all-wheel drive ...
Aug. 10 2019 @ 11:29pm
Study shows one way to ease transition to middle school
A new study from education researchers has come up with a deceptively simple, yet surprisingly effective way of helping students cope with the infamously stressful transition from elementary to middle school:
Aug. 10 2019 @ 9:13pm
His mission: Make 10,000 human connections
Every day, Rob Lawless, 28, introduces himself to a stranger. Some days, he sits down with two new people. Most days, he meets with four. Why? Lawless, a self-described, full-blown extrovert, is on a mission to make friends. The process is one he loves so much that he's turned it into a full-time job.
Aug. 10 2019 @ 8:37pm
Music Reviews: Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men + Dana
"News travels fast when somethin' good comes around," Delbert McClinton sings over the horn-stoked R&B of his new album's first track. In this case, it's the imminent arrival of a master showman: "Heatin' things up and coolin' things down / Mr. Smith is back in town."
Aug. 2 2019 @ 1:22am
Music Reviews: Jaden Smith
This is hardly the first time that the children of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have made music. Willow's 2010 pop-hoppy "Whip My Hair" went double-platinum, making her the youngest artist to do so. Brother Jaden that same year flirted with guest features (including Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never"), and dropped his own kitchen-sink-filled debut album, SYRE, in 2017. This is, however, the first time the siblings have released new music in which they seem so sonically and spiritually aligned. That is to say, goofy.
Aug. 2 2019 @ 1:21am
Music Reviews: "The Lion King: The Gift"
When Beyonce repeatedly intones "You're part of something way bigger" on the sweeping opening song "Bigger," she could be singing her own personal mantra. For an artist who prizes significance higher than the art itself, she's made a lot of great art.
Aug. 2 2019 @ 1:17am
Weight loss before bariatric surgery can carry risks
Requiring prospective bariatric surgery patients to lose weight before they can undergo the procedure may not be necessary or safe, University of Pennsylvania researchers found in a new study published recently in the journal Obesity Surgery.
Jul. 26 2019 @ 9:37pm
Music Reviews: Blood Orange
Dev Hynes says he always makes a little mixtape as a party favor to give to friends after each album he puts out, and following last year's "Negro Swan," he decided to make this one public. In the year of the R&B Mobius strip (including Solange's fairly improvisatory "When I Get Home"), the collagist behind 2016's brilliant "Freetown Sound" assembled one of the best. Go figure.
Jul. 25 2019 @ 10:27pm
Music Reviews: Winkle
The full name is Don Lee Van Winkle, and he started in a popular Philadelphia band, the American Dream, whose 1970 debut was produced by Todd Rundgren.
Jul. 25 2019 @ 10:26pm
Music Reviews: Purple Mountains
It's a big bummer that David Berman's marriage to his wife, Cassie, fell apart and that the former leader of the Silver Jews seems to be going through a midlife crisis so grim that he's written a breakup album full of songs with cheery titles such as "All My Happiness is Gone" and "Maybe I'm the Only One for Me."
Jul. 25 2019 @ 10:25pm
Philadelphia police to fire 13 officers over offensive Facebook posts
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross announced Thursday that 13 officers would be fired for making racist or offensive Facebook posts, an unprecedented wave of terminations resulting from a scandal that has attracted national attention.
Jul. 19 2019 @ 2:41am