RICHARD THOMPSON: WHY DON’T THEY KNOW?
The supremely talented guitarist, writer and singer of both grimly funny and beautifully romantic songs, co-founder of Fairport...
Interviews
FREAK POWER!: WHEN HUNTER S. THOMPSON RAN FOR SHERIFF
In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado and came within 300 votes of...
SETTING THE NIGHT ON FIRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE DAVIS
Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear and, most recently, Set the Night on Fire:...
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...
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...
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...
BETTYE LAVETTE HAS HER OWN HELL TO RAISE!
With her powerful voice and magnetic personality, Bettye LaVette has had at least six different musical careers (and...
‘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...
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...
CARLA BLEY: LIFE GOES ON, SO DOES MUSIC
Composer, pianist and activist Carla Bley was, from an early age, a rebel, turning her back on music...
INSIDE FINGERED: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH FILMMAKER RICHARD KERN
Richard Kern’s Fingered (1988) is one of the masterpieces of the Cinema of Transgression movement. With bruising performances...
AND IN THE END: A LOOK AT THE LAST DAYS OF THE BEATLES
So much has been written and said about The Beatles that it’s rare when something fresh comes along....
JAMES WILLIAMSON AND DENIZ TEK: TWO TO ONE
When two major guitar wielders with the rock ‘n’ roll pedigrees of James “The Skull” Williamson and Deniz...