A JAUNT THROUGH HAUNTED NEW ENGLAND
Take a stroll with us through some of the spookiest, most haunted locations in New England; including a...
History
BEFORE AND BEYOND GOTH: THE DARK SIDE OF ROCK & ROLL
This Halloween, let your playlist reflect the fact that rock & roll has always been permeated with occult...
BLOOD FEAST: THE STOMACH-TURNING CINEMA OF HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS
A former English teacher and mail-order salesman from Detroit named Herschell Gordon Lewis saw an exploitable niche in...
WILLIAM GREFE’: MASTER OF GRINDHOUSE CINEMA
Florida cult-film director William Grefe’ (‘Gruh-fay’) turned low-budget filmmaking into a sort of folk art in the ‘60s...
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY: THE ORIGINAL LINDA LAFLAMME REMEMBERS
It’s A Beautiful Day, with their soaring, unforgettable “White Bird,” were an anomaly among bands of the San...
IN THE LIMELIGHT: THE VISUAL ECSTASY OF NYC NIGHTLIFE IN THE ‘90S
Steve Eichner was the photo king of NYC mega-clubs. He is also a chameleon who moved seamlessly through...
TULI KUPFERBERG: THE RIGHT-NOW ART AND WORDS OF A FUG
By the time Tuli Kupferberg formed the Fugs with Ed Sanders in 1964, he was already a longtime...
‘LIKE PUNK NEVER HAPPENED’: THE LEGACY OF THE NEW ROMANTICS AND ‘80S U.K. POP
Sweet Dreams, a new oral history by British journalist Dylan Jones, charts the musical about-face in the UK...
MALCOLM MCLAREN: JEWISH MANAGER AS PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER
A new doorstopper-sized (900+ pages) biography of Malcolm McLaren by Paul Gorman got musician Gary Lucas thinking about...
‘PUB ROCK’ WAS MORE THAN A LABEL
Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood) and Dave Tice (Buffalo, Count Bishops) talk to PKM and give us the scoop...
I FOUGHT THE LAW: FROM SONNY CURTIS TO THE CLASH
Sonny Curtis threw down a musical gauntlet known as “I Fought The Law” in 1958 and a legion...
NICO ICON AND THE BOHEMIAN, OR, HOW TO WALK A WOLF THROUGH PARIS
Carlos De Maldonado-Bostock was identified as a “bohemian” in the credits of the documentary film Nico Icon (1995),...
GARY LACHMAN (NEE VALENTINE): A NEW YORK ROCKER SAILS INTO THE MYSTIC
Who would have thought that a former bass player for Blondie would transform himself into one of the...
BEAT SURRENDER: RECLAIMING THE LEGACY OF LUCIEN CARR
Lucien Carr wasn’t just the person who brought Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs together in...