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Heeb Issue #19The Wasted Issue
In turning The Simpsons’ Krusty the Clown (née Herschel Krustofski) into a golem, dripping obscenely in a bukkake of resin, New York-based sculptor Justin Lieberman hasn’t quite created a monster,
Waste Management
Newspaper and cardboard can be recycled, but toilet paper cannot. In an average lifetime, a single human being will flush 4,249 rolls of paper down the toilet—and that doesn’t take into account the
Kyketail, Anyone?
Tried everything to get the attention of that cute guy or girl all alone on the other side of the bar? Try buying them one of these Heeb signature sippers. After all, a conversation about your virulent
Don’t Get Fresh With Me
Stale challah is a versatile ingredient—without which the following recipes would fall as flat as another dough-bomb you know.
Stale Challah Croutons
Ingredients:
1 Stale Challah
Directions:
1.
The Chosen Ones
Proust, Kafka, Orwell. . .if hyper-intellectual 21st century geeks have their say, the name Joss Whedon will someday be right up there with those dead guys. Creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity
Riot Incorporated
In the druggy, angst-ridden, early ’90s, a band called Nirvana was catapulted to stardom and along with it, an outrageous, foul-mouthed rockerchick named Courtney Love. When the world first
Trail of Ashes
(excerpted from the original article)
In the summer of 1995, the Israeli version of the talk show This Is Your Life was taping its annual Rosh Hashana special at a studio in Neveh Ilan, a town just
Spoonful of Sugar
I almost don’t recognize Natasha Lyonne when she walks into SoHo’s Circa Tabac. Fifteen minutes late, she zooms right past me and I have to guess, “Natasha?” before she turns. “Shira!” she
Excessive Wear
Face it, dude, you’re a fucking mess. Your breath stinks, your hair is dishevelved and your clothes wreak of cigarette stench. Winter fashion even though the party’s so over.
Top photo:
On Carla
My Chemical Romance
I was high when I got the call. Shit, I’d been smashed for 24 hours, starting with the anesthesia, followed by Percocet and scores of Xanax. After the lumpectomy, I’d gone straight from surgery to
Music: I-LXXXIV
This winter, Pressed Wafer Press will publish the second, long-awaited prose collection by poet-delinquent August Kleinzhaler, a selection of music reviews written for the San Diego Reader. Known for
Actress Melissa Leo
Between the red hair and heartbreaking stare, you know you’ve seen Melissa Leo before, but you’re not quite sure where. Mabe her performance in 21 Grams? (Called “as good as it gets” by Manohla
Colby Bird
Colby Bird’s photographs and sculptures (featuring crack pipes, airplane alcohol bottles, and cocaine-smooth surfaces) lay bare a fascination with drug overindulgence and a kind of middleclass
Let’s Hear it for Grandpa!
Legendary cartoonist Bob Fingerman gives us a strip for the Wasted Issue. Click here to see the full comic.
The Adventures of a Jewish Hippie Festival Medic
It’s a hot, sweaty night in July during High Sierra Music Festival, a four-day music festival in Northern California’s remote Plumas County. The bass beats of trance and reggae nearly shake a






