I Played the Snarky Role of Seth Word from: Mordy

I just spent the weekend in Bethany Beach in what could be considered the Jewish equivalent of The O.C. (or Laguna Beach for MTV fans). Beautiful beach house, loads of alcohol and a variety of personalities that would make for compelling television... if we could've rolled the cameras on Shabbos.

Which organizer of a major Jewish music event didn't listen to any Jewish music all weekend? The same one who played Rage Against the Machine, The Grateful Dead and sung along to the new Audioslave song. To be fair though, the new Audioslave song definitely has some creator/creation issues.

Hey hey I said
Near as I can figure
You gave me life now
Show me how to live

And not to stir up any more trouble than is needed, but which popular Jewish artist said he isn't playing Yidstock this year because his wife is due that weekend, but he is playing a different show a day or so before Yidstock? (Yeah. I'm not sure if I plan on going yet, either.)

In other news, Slate discusses the phenomenon of secular Jews fighting for certain aspects of Shabbat to be kept in Israel. And my pick for forum conversation of the week comes from Indie Jews where the question of being an Indie Jew, and specifically a Jewish Artist, is discussed.