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THE DEATH OF SGT. CARTER

Burt Kearns·April 29, 2019

Frank Sutton, who played the gruff sergeant foil to Jim Nabors’ country bumpkin Gomer Pyle, was a talented actor on screen, tube and stage. He lived and died, quite literally, for his profession as an actor, but there was a...

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STEALING STIV BATORS

Bebe Buell·April 25, 2019

Model and singer Bebe Buell fell into Stiv’s arms in the wake of her romances with Todd Rundgren, Rod Stewart and Elvis Costello. And they remained best friends to the end of his life. Bebe shares some happy and surprising...

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Linda Gail Lewis: The Killer’s Little Sister Gets Her Own Groove

Michael Shelley·April 17, 2019

She was driving a car at 11, married (for the first of 8 times) by 14 and joined her brother Jerry Lee Lewis on tour as a teen. She flirted with ‘60s pop stardom after recording a hit duet album...

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THE NEW GUYS: ROCK & ROLL REPLACEMENTS THAT WORKED

Darren Paltrowitz·April 16, 2019

Often a new band member replacing an original player has, despite fans’ worst fears, actually turned out for the better (think: Ringo Starr for Pete Best). Here are 12 other examples of happy endings, from AC/DC to the Sex Pistols....

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DAVID GODLIS: THE STREET PHOTOGRAPHER AT CBGB

Eric Davidson·April 4, 2019

Because he brought a street photographer’s eye to the party, Godlis captured New York’s early punk scene at its most raw and humane. His shots of the CBGB scene are some of the most interesting on record, but Godlis continued...

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Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider

WHO WROTE EASY RIDER?

Alan Bisbort·April 3, 2019

On the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking film, which made a star of Jack Nicholson, rekindled the careers of Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda, and proved again that Terry Southern was the catalyst that made this cinematic experiment work, it...

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KURT VONNEGUT’S CRUSADE

Alan Bisbort·March 21, 2019

50 years after the publication of the now literary (and film) classic Slaughterhouse-Five, our editor Alan Bisbort looks back on some of his personal encounters with Vonnegut, and speaks to the author of a new oral biography, Kurt Vonnegut Remembered. Fifty...

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The Monkees during a television special in 1969

THE IMMORTAL MONKEES!

Crispin Kott·March 18, 2019

Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith carry on, despite the loss of Davy Jones and, most recently, Peter Tork. Their current tour is a tribute to lost friends, a celebration of their “Good Times!” in the present day, and a reminder...

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THE BIRTH OF GONZO AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY

Alan Bisbort·March 5, 2019

Hunter S. Thompson became a known quantity with the publication of Hell’s Angels (1967), but it wasn’t until he teamed up with Ralph Steadman for the first time that true gonzo journalism was born. A new Last Gasp publication, Who...

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JEREMY REED: RUINED BY POETRY

Gillian McCain·March 4, 2019

British writer and provocateur extraordinaire talks about some wild sidetrips his literary career has taken, how he has managed to write his numerous books by hand and his love of groundbreaking literature by Anne Sexton, J.G. Ballard, William S. Burroughs,...

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PETER STAMPFEL: THE LAST HOLY MODAL ROUNDER TELLS ALL

Benito Vila·February 27, 2019

At 80, the tireless and talented fiddle, banjo and guitar player, Ur-punk provocateur, former Rounder, Fug, devotee of Harry Smith, Spike Jones, Pete Seeger, Little Richard and the Beats, is recording songs for every year of the 20th century, playing...

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BEATLES, STONES, SINATRA & BEYOND: TERRY O’NEILL TALKS ABOUT HIS COOL ICONIC IMAGES

Burt Kearns·February 19, 2019

Legendary British photographer Terry O’Neill started out shooting the Beatles and the Stones as struggling young bands in the early 60s, and went on to create iconic portraits of Frank Sinatra, Elvis, David Bowie, Brigitte Bardot, The Who, Eric Clapton,...

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Joan Jett and Lita Ford of The Runaways, at The Whisky Aug. 1977

JENNY LENS: AN L.A. PUNK PIONEER

Sharon M. Hannon·February 12, 2019

When Jenny Lens took her camera into the heart and soul of the Los Angeles punk scene, she felt like she was riding on a comet. During that time, her photographs appeared everywhere, among which were iconic shots of The...

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CHRIS STEIN: HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC POINT OF VIEW

Eric Davidson·February 7, 2019

With his camera eye, Blondie’s guitarist offers a fresh angle on the city where he grew up and the punk scene he documented, in his new book. In a candid conversation with Eric Davidson, he recalls the times when NYC...

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Jack Kerouac based his muse/lover “Mardou Fox” in The Subterraneans on Alene Lee, a mixed race (Black/Cherokee) bohemian writer and intellectual who was a part of the NYC Beat circle of Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lucien Carr. Despite her intimate connection to these writers, the real Alene Lee is nowhere to be found in most accounts and biographies—partly due to her own reticence to speak. Erika Blair did some digging and presents a more rounded portrait of this fascinating woman. Read more!

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THE DEATH OF SGT. CARTER

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THE NEW GUYS: ROCK & ROLL REPLACEMENTS THAT WORKED

DAVID GODLIS: THE STREET PHOTOGRAPHER AT CBGB

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THE BIRTH OF GONZO AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY

JEREMY REED: RUINED BY POETRY

PETER STAMPFEL: THE LAST HOLY MODAL ROUNDER TELLS ALL

BEATLES, STONES, SINATRA & BEYOND: TERRY O’NEILL TALKS ABOUT HIS COOL ICONIC IMAGES

JENNY LENS: AN L.A. PUNK PIONEER

CHRIS STEIN: HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC POINT OF VIEW

SAM CUTLER: LIFE WITH THE STONES, THE DEAD & OTHER WONDERFUL REPROBATES

ALL THE RAJ: HOW ‘NORWEGIAN WOOD’ UNLEASHED THE ‘INDIAN INVASION’

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