PAMELA DES BARRES: COMING OF AGE AT ALTAMONT
We are happy to announce that Pamela Des Barres, bestselling author (I’m With the Band) and legendary rock...
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PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB, PART 3 (THE UK EDITION)
PKM continues its series of seminal women in punk! This installment takes us into the explosion of the...
THE NERVES: STAND BACK AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK
Paul Collins, acclaimed drummer for power-pop icons The Nerves (best known for “Hanging on the Telephone”), The Breakaways,...
THE MACDOUGAL STREET BLUES
MacDougal Street, once a cultural ground zero for the Village – the place where Hemingway and Pound drank,...
FAMOUS AUTHORS WHO WROTE FILTH!
Erotica imprints such as Olympia Press gave many authors, including Fran Lebowitz, Diane di Prima and Roald Dahl...
MAE WEST: AMERICA’S FIRST SEX TERRORIST
Star of stage, screen and rock ‘n’ roll, the ‘blonde bombshell’ Mae West was praised by George Bernard...
HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY TO STIV BATORS
When I was 14, my father accused me of being a whore and a drug addict. But I...
THE HISTORY OF SAMUEL L. JACKSON’S FAVORITE WORD AND ITS IMPACT ON POPULAR CULTURE
Even though the all-purpose expletive has been diluted of its magic, it still helped propel jazz, blues, rock,...
THE GREATEST ROCK & ROLL MOVIE NEVER MADE
In 1966, the Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull were set to create the soundtrack for and play youth...
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...
THE ADS THAT ATE DEMOCRACY
“We must either love each other, or we must die.” In 1964, two 60-second political TV spots forever...
GUT TERK: THE COOLEST OF THE COOL
Gut Terk – the legendary outlaw biker, Merry Prankster, Blue Cheer manager, poster and album cover artist and...
HARRY HOUDINI’S QUEST TO CONTACT HIS MOTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE
The Harry Houdini Séances: The world-famous magician was fixated on trying to contact his dead mother. After he...
DEAD MOON STILL RISING
The legendary Portland, Oregon band Dead Moon’s Fred and Toody Cole and Andrew Loomis were hugely influential in...