Guilty Gazes
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the guiltiest one of all? Nancy Schwartzman curates our gallery of guilt.
(Top photo: "My Mother as Whistler's Mother" by Melissa Leibling-Goldberg)
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The Silent Years in New York
If you're like most of our editors, you couldn't afford a ticket to Austin to see "The Silent Years":http://www.thesilentyears.com/ perform at our South By Southwest showcase. Don't fret. If you're in New York ...
Up Against the Wal
What to do when reports circulate that 46 percent of the children of your employees are uninsured or on Medicaid? Hire the guy who told Michael Dukakis to ride around in a tank to do your PR. Jeffrey Goldberg o...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Saturday Showcase with JDub Records)
In full disclosure, I probably was a little too trashed to fully appreciate the showcase. I do have a somewhat hazy mixture of recollections that include getting trapped inside a port-o-potty, texting with Jame...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Times New Viking)
While "Lily Allen":http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/, " Amy Winehouse":http://www.amywinehouse.co.uk/ and "The Good, The Bad & The Queen":http://www.thegoodthebadandthequeen.com/ generated the largest crowds and t...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Going to Church)
The next few hours are kind of a drunken whirlwind: "Sloan":http://www.sloanmusic.com/ at the "Dollhouse":http://www.dollhouse.com/-sponsored _Jane_ Party ("_Jane_ Magazine":http://www.janemag.com/ had the best...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Meditations on Daniel Johnston)
I take off and head over to the Convention Center. I narrowly miss a performance by Daniel Johnston. Drats. In my mind, experiencing Daniel Johnston in Austin is akin to experiencing Van Gogh in Arles. Two geni...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Insound Showcase)
The _Heeb_ crew wakes up around noon and grabs brunch at a pretty mediocre Tex-Mex joint. "Michael Showalter":http://www.michaelshowalter.net/, "Eugene Mirman":http://www.eugenemirman.com/ and "Aziz Ansari":htt...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Arrival)
We land in Austin on at around 2 p.m. and take a cab to the Hilton to drop off our shit off at the JDub crib. What a fucking madhouse. Sixth Street is like a gigantic L train to Lorimer. We walk past Wayne Coyn...
Who Needs Borat?
We've long suspected that Ann Coulter was less the "Second Coming of Charles Manson":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxgVuB3TyaU than a brilliant political satirist. Now we know for sure we were right. "Just wa...
Oscars: The Morning After
_West Bank Story_, a musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel stands on the West Bank wins the Best Live Action Short film award. Is it just me or does "this":http://www.westba...
