Urban Kvetch: “Ready-Made”
Ready-Made
Here's a fun remodeling project: 1. Take Ready-Made magazine, the young nesters' guide to alterna-crafts. 2. Now retool the name for a rag that's entirely about creating things that aren't already m...
Urban Kvetch: “You Don’t Have to be Jewish”
You Don't Have to be Jewish
...to get heartburn from this record. Considering that Jackie Mason is currently on Broadway with his seventh one-man show, there's no reason why this comedy relic from the last mil...
Urban Kvetch: Rabbis in Kilts
Rabbis in Kilts
What fun-loving Orthodox rabbi doesn't want to frolic around in a skirt every once in a while? You've got to give it up for these free-balling, wild and crazy Scotsmen. Malted whiskey, bagpipes...
Urban Kvetch: “Impressions Under Water” by Leni Riefenstahl
Impressions Under Water by Leni Riefenstahl
Hitler's little media darling will soon release a 45-minute documentary about life in the Indian Ocean, with footage taken from over two thousand dives. Riefenstahl'...
Urban Kvetch: France
France
Tourism down in the land of waifs and dog shit? Ah, gay Paris ...
Urban Kvetch: Cleveland
Cleveland
Cleveland deftly illustrates how a city can funnel millions of dollars into subsidizing fancy new sports arenas (at the expense of little things like, oh, city schools and public housing), but when a...
Urban Kvetch: The Jewish Roll
The Jewish Roll
The Japanese cats over at Crazy Fish restaurant in Los Angeles are just calling it what it is. No need to gloss things over by calling it a "Philadelphia Roll" or a "Brooklyn Roll" like other r...
Links: We Find ‘Em So You Can Procrastinate
Orthodoxy rebels: Israeli cheerleaders flout society by "not being sexy." (Yahoo)
Paris Hilton tries to tell reporters that she's "earned everything she has" unlike her rich, privileged friends; reporters ca...
Stuff Tushies Hate: Bedsores
Be sure to check out more gluteal abhorrences at StuffTushiesHate.tumblr.com....
Chosen Film: “Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work”
If you get the phrase "Borsht Belt," then you'll love the new documentary "Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work." If not, you probably know the aging comedienne as her tabloid persona: raunchy plastic surgery monster....
