THE STORY BEHIND DINO VALENTI’S HEY JOE AND LET’S GET TOGETHER
This is a story about singer-songwriter Dino Valenti and two songs for which he has songwriting credit that...
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE
All the mothers of the world are showered with bowers of flowers and other sweet-smelling powders on Mother’s...
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A summer without baseball is cruel and unusual, and probably unconstitutional too. More to the point, it is...
BASIL WOLVERTON: AMERICA’S WEIRDEST ARTIST
Cartoonist Basil Wolverton (1909-1978) cast a large, if sometimes unrecognized, shadow over the underground comix of the 1960s...
MY OWN PRIVATE ORWELL
George Orwell died over 70 years ago. It would be hard to find another writer of his generation...
THE FEELIES: GLENN MERCER ON HIS BAND AND THOSE CRAZY RHYTHMS
The Village Voice, during punk’s heyday, called The Feelies “the best underground band in New York.” But, outside...
THE KING OF FUH: BRUTE FORCE MEETS THE BEATLES
Stephen Friedland began his music career in the early 1960s as an in-house songwriter for the BT Puppy...
ORK RECORDS: STARTING AN INDIE-ROCK REVOLUTION ONE SINGLE AT A TIME
What do Richard Hell, Television, the dBs, Alex Chilton, the Feelies, Cheetah Chrome, Lester Bangs and Mick Farren...
HIT LIST: ROCK & ROLL AS A GRAPHIC NOVEL
We love rock & roll, but learning how it’s produced, marketed and compromised for mass consumption is a...
DIANE NOOMIN: UNDERGROUND COMIX ARTIST GOES FROM TWISTED SISTER TO EMPOWERING WOMEN
As co-editor (with Aline Kominsky-Crumb) of the all-female Twisted Sisters Comics in the 1970s and 1980s, Diane Noomin...
PUNK ROCK HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUR FAVORITE RESIDENT PUNK
The elves at PleaseKillMe.com have been working 24/7 to spread Christmas cheer to those who cherish peace, love...
KENNETH PATCHEN: REBEL POET AND ROMANTIC
Poet, artist, performer, pacifist and visionary, Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was the closest thing America had to a William...
ESP-DISK’: THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS RECORD LABEL IN AMERICA
ESP-Disk’, a record label started in New York in 1963 by Bernard Stollman, unleashed a sonic blast of...
DYLAN THOMAS MEETS JOHN CALE: A TALE OF TWO WELSHMEN
Dylan Thomas died 66 years ago last Saturday. The Welsh poet is known as much for the theatrical...