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Jeff Garlin on the Partridges
By Jeff Garlin Jeff Garlin with Larry David. What’s the first album you bought? "I Think I Love You"
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His Sharona
By John Kelly Photo courtesy of Capitol Records. Doug Fieger is a mensch. It doesn’t matter if I believe that or
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Heavy Shtetl
By Steve Almond Britny Fox promotional postcard, 1991. I spent a thousand nights as a rock critic in El Paso, Texas, which
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Handsome Dick's Handsome Chopped Liver
Handsome Dick Manitoba, lead singer of the proto-punk band the Dictators, made this chopped liver for a seder at the home
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Funny, He Didn't Look Jewish
By Wil Haygood In 1954, as a nightclub star on the brink of Hollywood stardom, Sammy Davis, Jr. became a Jew. The
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Dropping the bomb scripture at your Bar Mitzvah
Friday night we'll be drinkin' Manishewitz Goin' out to terrorize Goyim Stompin' shagitz, screwin' shiksas As
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Don't Fear the Rockdots
By Spencer Ackerman Blue Öyster Cult gave a lot to rock. The music was a blend of eerie metal, sci-fi, evil
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David Brooks on 50 Cent
Photo courtesy David Brooks. What’s the first album you bought? When? Why? My first record was a Jackson 5 song called
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Any Major Dude
By Rabbi Justin David Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you, my friend, Any minor world that breaks
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And the Dreidel Will Rock
By David Segal Since the dawn of distortion, men have fronted metal bands for simple reasons, like sex, drugs, and the joy
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A One for the Money, a Two for the Money
By Eli Attie Photo courtesy Michael Wylie. It’s quite possible that Kiss, rock and roll’s P.T. Barnum equivalent, is
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A Night in the Life
By Al Aronowitz, z”l Writers, historians, and journalists like to report that it was Bob Dylan who introduced the Beatles to