On January 7th, he dutifully donned a black skull-cap for a reverential photo-opportunity with Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual leader of the powerful Shas party.

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In Dallas, he sold 523 black flags emblazoned with a skull and crossbones and "No Shoes Nation, " the title of the 2013 tour.

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His bald head is radiant, his skull capacious, and the black hair at his temples resembles nothing so much as the laurel leaves that used to wreathe the heads of victorious Roman generals.

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Naima had already changed out of her house galabia and into the hard fabric of her black dress, a veil wrapped tightly around her head, revealing the delicate shape of her skull.

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"Falling Cars and Junkyard Dogs" (Soft Skull Press) is a collection of autobiographical vignettes illustrated by the author's own black-and-white photographs, which, like his music, evoke a vanishing America.

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