Joan of Snark
Heeb is devastated at the loss of comic legend Joan Rivers. Here, from our 2007 "Chosen" issue is the definitive Joan profile. The world is a less-funny place without her.
The Gospel According to A.J.
The market for gimmick books—shtick lit, as it were—has enjoyed a surprising shelf life. There are authors who pledge not to spend money for a year, those who promise to say yes to everything and, of course, th...
Taking It To The Streets
"They just aren't pretty," my grandmother declared after walking in and quickly out of Zoe Strauss' solo exhibition at Silverstein Photography this past summer. I was startled. I had spent the last month visiti...
Weekly Learning
It's nearly the weekend after "Rosh Hashana":http://heebmagazine.com/blog/view/351 and if our unanswered emails are any indication, most people have pretty much checked out already. But whether you're entertain...
Happy Birthday, Amy!
Our beloved ragamuffin Amy Winehouse "turns 24 today":http://dlisted.com/node/15122. Twenty four? Really? Drugs/anorexia/insanity isn't so good for the looks, I suppose. Anyway, happy birthday, Amy! May the nex...
Justify This List
This week, _Rolling Stone_ spewed out another one of its hyperbolic and dubious round-ups, namely "The 25 Most Outrageous Music Videos":http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/16339647/twentyfive_most_outrageous...
Purchase in Advance
It was reported "yesterday":http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070911/od_afp/netherlandsdrugslaws_070911180903;_ylt=Aqw4RBCWcKr6BgXMz_BabEqs0NUE that Mayor Job Cohen of Amsterdam is pushing for a three-day wait peri...
Heeeeeeerrrrre’s Jonny!
The _Daily Show_'s Jon Stewart will "return as host for the 2008 Oscar telecast":http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=11763. The switch back to Stewart (who hosted the 2006 Awards) was a decision made by ...
Is That A Dynamite Stick or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
I'd never heard of "Seymour Sheep":http://seamoursheep.com/comics.php?id=8, but he's awfully cute. Then you get to his buddy Marty Mole's visiting relative, "Uncle Abdul":http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevensheav...
It’s All in the Dyes
Consider this the obligatory 9/11 post.
While "some":http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/11/mueller.bin.laden/ publications are debating the implications of Bin Laden's speech in his recent video tape, "others":htt...
Ask A Black Man
Richard Pryor didn't come up with all of those wildly provocative punch lines by himself. A large amount of his scathing onstage material and Grammy-winning LPs are credited to _The Richard Pryor Show_ head wri...
