walkin' the walk
The artist formerly known as BarTel D'Arcy reminds me why I not only read Hit and Run, but still get Reason on paper with a bit on an anti-Islamic black-metal band in Beirut:
The band lives in and at least used to play in Beirut, so why hasn't some pious Lester Bangs managed to cap a thumbs-down review by, you know, murdering them? The only negative response of any note has been the inevitable "Against the Lebanon Anti-Islamic black metal 'Ayat' band" page on Facebook, which has a small number of followers (many with seemingly Christian names) and no content beyond the obvious: "Claimed to be the first 'Anti-Islamic Black Metal Band', they are not wanted in the Arab Islamic world."
Bonus H&R:
United Nations Names Iran to Commission on the Status of Women