_Rock in the Red Zone_: A Filmmaker’s Journey
The following was written by documentary filmmaker Laura Bialis (the subject of Heeb's article "Gimme Shelter: War Rages and Sderot and So Does the Music") who moved to Sderot, Israel, in December 200...
Luther Campbell: The _Heeb_ Interview
We recently sat down with Luther Campbell, the 2 Live Crew ringleader and our latest Honorary Heeb (see Me So Normal: Luther Campbell Settles Down). The Godfather of Raunch Rap recently settled down and tied th...
SXSW Recap II, More Recappier
Friday:Maybe you guys have heard of this metal band named Metallica? Well, they came to Austin, Texas this year for their big break, and after having seen them play Stubb's, I am confident that they'll be huge....
Perry Farrell Shills For Chabad
I don't even know what to say about this YouTube video of Perry Farrell singing Oseh Shalom, except you're welcome. At the 2:43 mark, a small child wanders on stage to chill with Perry and groove with that swee...
Robert Crumb’s Bible Controversy
On Wednesday, Robert Crumb's UK Publisher described the cartoonist's long-awaited rendition on the Book of Genesis as a "scandalous satire" and sure to "provoke the religious right". Four ye...
Is Gefilte Fish the New Bacon?
Bacon and its various permutations (baconnaise, bacon cupcakes and bacon books, to name a few) have been clogging the arteries of popular food culture for some time, but the craze may be going into cardiac arre...
Battle of the Beards
In what seems to Jewdar to be the basis for what may be the most awesome sitcom ever, a group of Amish took a chasidic-sponsored tour of Crown Heights, allegedly for the purpose of developing ties between the t...
Deep Economic Doo Doo
Dave Praeger, author of Poop Culture and helmer of the website www.poopreport.com, hit me up to buy his site a couple days ago. Praeger explains his rationale behind the 120K asking price by pointing to its ave...
Washington Man Jailed For Giving Wife Meth-Water
It's one thing to accidentally give your kid-sister pot brownies, but it's quite another to intentionally give your nursing wife methampethamine-laced water. The latter, it turns out,gets you arrested forall so...
_Heeb_ Web Exclusive: Extended Geddy Lee Interview
Rush bassist/lead singer Geddy Lee is a rock icon. He is also Gary Lee Weinrib, born in Willowdale, Toronto, to Holocaust survivors Mary and Morris Weinrib. Perhaps this provides a clue as to why so many confus...
Ruth Madoff’s High School Reunion
We generally don't make a habit of publishing pages of people's high school reunion albums, but we couldn't resist when this gem came to our attention courtesy of longtime _Heeb_ contributor Shonda Lear. Take a...
