Bands play twee-pop and get compared to The Pastels, The Wedding Present, and My Bloody Valentine all the time, but for The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, the comparison is legit. The Brooklyn group recently rel...

The Israeli modern dance troupe Batsheva Dance Company has been met with protests during its North American tour. Currently performing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a BAM spokewoman said a "small group...

Heeb Magazine is heading to Jackson Hole, Wyoming with the Heeb Hundred Portrait Exhibition. The Heeb Hundred is both a measure of where young Jews are today and a window into their future. The opening receptio...

Lindsay Lohan has anillustrioushistory of flip-flopping.In the past two years alone she's replaced: cocaine with fake stints in rehab,wangs with muffs, and now, whatever-the-fuck-religion-she-is with Judaism. A...

Two nights ago at the Fat Cat, Saucony sponsored a pingpong tourney for a slew of NYC media companies. (If you recall last summer, the sneaker company treated us to a few happy hours and whiffleball games in Ce...

Blogging. It's not just for those pesky kids anymore. Now even retired dictators are getting into the act.Apparently Fidel Castro is now padding a resume already stuffed with revolutionary and el presidente. A ...

Schismatic Bishop and ex-excommunicant Richard Williamson is really the gift that keeps on giving. First, he denies the Holocaust right around the time the Pope readmits him to the Church. Then, he issues an ap...

Heeb's list of environmentally-friendly toilet paper alternatives has a new member: "Cloth wipes," which are basically reusable toilet paper. I shit you not. You can now get a set of standard wipes f...

This satire of AMC's Mad Men was created as a promo for the 92Y Tribeca's Purim show in Manhattan, which is being put on by the comedy troupe "The Shushan Channel." The group, led by Daily Show write...

The last timeIblogged aboutTheNew York Times and their self-indulgent mantra of "I'm The New York Times and willpublish nonsensical crap because I can,"it wasenlightening us with the vagaries of Briti...

Sarah Silverman may be quitting her own show over a budget dispute with Comedy Central. She and the series' other two executive producers are holding out on agreeing to participate in the third season of The Sa...

Driving back from Santa Monica on Sunday, I went down a side street and saw a large crowd of people pointing towards the sky so I pulled over to investigate.A crazy naked guy who had climbed to the top of a chu...