Bob Guccione

Black History Month Memphis, Tennessee How Ike Turner Invented Rock ‘n Roll. Because he did This is part of our series of places where Black History happened Ike Turner wasn’t born in a crossfire hurricane, but he more or less died in one. He passed away ... See more

PORTFOLIO Simen Johan is a surrealist who makes very magical photographic images Simen Johan was born in 1973 in the most northern part of Norway, in Kirkenes, on the peninsula jutting into the Barents Sea. Incidentally, the town is one of the places in S... See more

AWESOME FILM FESTIVAL ALERT! CREDO 23 spits in the milk of your AI Film festivals, if not exactly a dime a dozen, are nonetheless plentiful. For every TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) and Sundance — and that sponsor-baccanalia called The Tribeca... See more

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE It may sound counter-intuitive, but Mejdi’s tours to some of the most troubled spots on the planet are the most fun you could ever have Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian who was born in Jerusalem, and Scott Cooper, who is Jewish and born i... See more

ONE OF OUR OWN Staff writer Daniel Scheffler has not one but two podcasts. He’s a podcasting fiend Daniel travels the world constantly and tirelessly — he’s traveling right now. I haven’t actually checked that, but the odds are just so overwhelmingly in f... See more