JOHN LURIE ON ART, POLITICS, AND THE BEAUTY AND HORROR IN THIS LIFE
In his second interview with PKM, former Lounge Lizard and cult film star John Lurie talks about his...
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THE KID WHO RECORDED THE FIRST PUNK ROCK RECORD (AND INFLUENCED SURF GUITAR)
Deke Dickerson charts the path of the energetic & talented 13-year-old hillbilly named Larry Collins, who recorded the...
GUT TERK: THE COOLEST OF THE COOL
Gut Terk – the legendary outlaw biker, Merry Prankster, Blue Cheer manager, poster and album cover artist and...
DEAD MOON STILL RISING
The legendary Portland, Oregon band Dead Moon’s Fred and Toody Cole and Andrew Loomis were hugely influential in...
HEDY LAMARR: THE ECSTASY GIRL
The stunningly beautiful ‘bombshell’ actress Hedy Lamarr starred in the first nude scene in 1933 and was branded...
LINK WRAY, INVENTOR OF THE POWER CHORD, SNUBBED AGAIN
Guitar maestro Deke Dickerson pays homage to ‘the Godfather of the Power Chord’ and shames the Hall of...
BORN TO BE BLUE: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHET BAKER
A late career surge, aided by Elvis Costello and Bruce Weber’s 1989 documentary film Let’s Get Lost, put...
DAVID BYRNE GIVES US REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
The former Talking Heads frontman pushes his much-needed initiative “Reasons to Be Cheerful” at the New School in...
RICHARD HELL, MAN OF LETTERS
Though known as a punk rock pioneer, Richard Hell picked up the pen long before he picked up...
HOW JACK KEROUAC FOUND HIS GROOVE
Slim Gaillard and Lord Buckley helped the King of the Beats locate his inner hipster Before the Beats...
YAYOI KUSAMA: AN ART PHENOMENON IN CHELSEA
People are lining up around the block to see this 88-year-old Japanese woman’s strange and beautiful work I...
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NINA SIMONE DID IT HER WAY
“The High Priestess of Soul” shook audiences up, spoke truth to power, befriended Malcolm X, Elton John and...
MOE TUCKER: ON THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Maureen Tucker had a front row seat to punk rock history being conceived before her very eyes. An...
STEWART COPELAND STANDS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SWEET SPOT
The legendary drummer and composer rides the river of music from The Police to Gizmodrome, while also scoring...