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The important question about Ian Curtis is not so much "why?" as "who?"  What bizarre concoction of humanity led to that pale glare through sad eyes, that earnest intensity, that rigor-mortis twist, those haunting, opaque lyrics? I didn't get the answer from Anton Corbi...

Instead of going to shul Shabbos morning (I was exhausted, I have a sore and swollen right knee from doing squats in yoga), I stayed home and read a great new book by former Los Angeles Times religion reporter William Lobdell — "Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religio...

Typically, I leave the wacky, zany 50s/60s-style rock 'n' roll nostalgia to my colleagues on and off the air, but this LP, which originally belonged to my Mom, has had a substantial impact on my life and the lives of those I've shared it with.  Terry Folger in particular was obsess...

More and more, Black Metal (and its many assorted sub-sub-genres) pushes my other musical interests out to the periphery—aggressive little fucker that it is.  As I get older, I get narrower, rather than more open-minded; you figure out what you like and you roll with it, I guess.  Will...

The ground is covered with a layer of snow, under that a slippery-thick layer of ice, and North Jersey looks about as much like the suburbs of Stockholm as it's ever going to.  When I think of Sweden, I think of thrashy, amphetamine-charged Death Metal, monumental acid rock, and Liv Ullman...

Daniel Balavoine nous a quittés le 14 janvier 1986. Hommage rendu avec un jour de retard en raison d'une erreur de programmation dans ma note. Ce reportage suit l'une des soeurs de Daniel Balavoine, devenue Présidente de l'association Daniel Balavoine, qui fait une tournée sur place......

One would be hard pressed to think of a more contraindicated name for a Black Metal band than Lifelover.  This Swedish band, however, seem to have made very few decisions based on genre convention:  their logo is readable, their sleeve artwork conveys a thoughtful, artsy melancholy (with...

Gaza Conflict Moves to Virtual World Friday , January 09, 2009By Jennifer Lawinski A shadow war between pro-Israeli and pro-Hamas forces is taking place on the Internet — and it is getting fierce. If you're one of millions of Americans who use social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter o...

Click on the title to watch the video on PBS. KIM LAWTON: Rabbi Shea Harlig is on a mission to get Jews to embrace a more traditional practice of their faith. As an emissary of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, he works nearly nonstop. He leads prayer services and Torah studies. DINA HARLIG (Chabad of ...