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...
Marissa Nadler's music seems to exist in a world of its own. Most songs consist of little more than a carefully finger-picked acoustic guitar and a wispy, disembodied voice that recalls Hope Sandoval's reverb-d...
The revolution's gonna be graphic-novelized. In his Vertigo/DC monthly comic book, _Army@Love_, comiconoclast Rick Veitch drops subversive sci-fi-satire bombs. A collection of the first six issues, _Army@Love V...
"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...
For a gay, bald, chubby Jew, Matt Lucas is pretty comfortable in his own skin. Then again, the actor/comedian is perhaps better known for the multitude of other skins he inhabits in his BBC hit show _Little Bri...
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.
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...
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...
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...