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EST 1917

sex drugs and rock n’ roll

The early ‘80s were an exciting time in New York’s music scene, and a young Jewish woman stood at the center of it all. Ruth Polsky was a prominent club promoter on the vanguard of the coolest new post-punk and New Wave music, introducing America to legendary bands like The Smiths and New Order at some […]

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Before the Red Hot Chili Peppers made it big with hits like “Under The Bridge” and “Give It Away,” they were playing Los Angeles dive bars to a devoted local fan base. And their guitarist was Hillel Slovak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Af9L0M4C8 He was born in Haifa, Israel and moved to the U.S. with his family when he […]

Polish Bar, a recent movie starring Judd Hirsch, Meat Loaf, and Richard Belzer (the Law and Order guy) is packed with the drama of what the filmmakers call Chicago’s “ludicrous underbelly”: money, drugs, sex, religion, bar fights, thievery, family schisms. It’s emotionally disturbing—and hard to look away. Reuben, played by Vincent Piazza, is a troubled yet well-intentioned guy who works in […]

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