When the frost melts and the spring sun starts to shine, the horn-rimmed and the pasty need release as much as anyone.
When in doubt, go to see any band from Scandinavia.
At this point in his life, my father was marching on the Pentagon and being jailed in defiance of his country.
This is not some liberal guilt trip, some nostalgia-sick rip, some thorny-crown-and-cross kick.
After a performance at New York City's Beacon Theater, Sigur Ros came back onstage to thunderous applause not once but three times.
In the heart of old Chatham County, buried under the thick darkness of forest glade, there lies a circle of dark infamy. It's called, in hushed tones and low moans, the Devil's Tramping Ground.
Virtually every Jew who makes aliyah to Israel will visit the ruins of Masada. Some of the Jewish applicants to this school probably wrote their application essays on the experience.