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America Swings

Picture yourself at a barbeque with 50 folks who are chowing down on hot dogs, sipping beer and engaging in small talk. Now picture yourself having sex with them. Or, if you're not feeling that adventurous, pic...
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Nosh Pit

Our presidential wannabees aren't the only ones going after the Spanish-speaking demographic. We asked chef Morgan Jarrett to share a recipe for all of you who tire of that same ol' beefy pot roast flavor and c...
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When Will David Blaine Disappear?

Yesterday, publicity whore/endurance challenger and sort-of-magician David Blaine finished his dive of death, which involved hanging upside down from a cable for three days in New York's Central Park, non-stop....
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Schlep the Vote

Sarah Silverman has teamed up with JewsVote.org to create this rant to convince old Florida Jews to get over themselves already and vote Obama. With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur around the corner, those who hav...
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Freshkills: The _Heeb_ Interview

By Jay Diamond Brooklyn's Freshkills' menacing sound reaches back to the days when indie rock largely consisted of disturbed weirdos creating violent racket. On their second full-length, front man Zachary Lip...
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_From Krakow to Krypton_: The _Heeb_ Review

In his new book From Krakow to Krypton, Arie Kaplan, like wily Odysseus, skillfully navigates between the Scylla and Charybdis of writing about Jews and comic books (and now that we've made a reference to the c...
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Out of the Box

According to Black Book, the Porcelain Twinz, the burlesque fetish act famous for their performances at Simon Hammerstein's The Box have been subjected to some treyf treatment. Among other things, they've accus...
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Heinytown

Last night at _Heeb_ Storytelling at the M Bar in Hollywood, author Emma Forrest took it (almost) all off in a glorious ode to her Jewish derriere. Meanwhile, our favorite backdoor blog The Daily Tush (a tushy ...
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King for a Day

I don't know what's worse, hearing Ahmadinejad's sound bites get international exposure at the UN or seeing Larry King pander to his nonsense. At 74, the crotchety interviewer just sat there with nothing combat...