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MOONAGE DAYDREAM: MAGGI RONSON REMEMBERS HER BROTHER MICK

Amy HabenDecember 9, 2019

Maggi Ronson was in awe of her big brother, Michael “Mick” Ronson. Long before he became world famous as Bowie’s sidekick guitarist, Mick Ronson was in the Rats, a band from their hometown of Hull that would later morph into the Spiders From Mars. Am...

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MISS PAMELA: MEETING YOUR HEROES

Pamela Des BarresDecember 5, 2019

The fearless Pamela Des Barres has met many of her own personal heroes, including Dylan, Zappa, Cohen, Nureyev, Brando, Dion, Prince, McCartney, Harrison, Starr and Hutchence. Some experiences were better than others but all proved to be revealing an...

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PETER AARON OF THE CHROME CRANKS CELEBRATES CINCINNATI’S ‘UNDERGROUND SOUNDS’

Eric DavidsonDecember 4, 2019

Peter Aaron moved to Cincinnati (aka ‘the Queen City,’ ‘Cinci-tucky’) from New Jersey as a teenager and quickly found kindred punk-rock spirits. In 1988, he revved up a band called the Chrome Cranks which cut its collective teeth in Cincy, then moved...

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GARLAND JEFFREYS: THE KING OF IN BETWEEN

Robert GourleyDecember 3, 2019

The talented singer, songwriter and performer was friends and collaborators with both Lou Reed and John Cale before embarking on a solo career that has spanned more than four decades. Though the biracial Brooklyn native ended his live music career wi...

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LOOKING BACK AT 1973…AND THE ROOTS OF PUNK

Andrew Grant JacksonDecember 2, 2019

On Tuesday, Thomas Dunne Books, a St. Martin’s imprint, releases 1973: Rock at the Crossroads, a deep 347-page dive into that year’s music biz and music scene by Andrew Grant Jackson. In the excerpt below--kindly offered to PKM by the author and St. ...

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SWANS DIVE AGAIN: MICHAEL GIRA, SACRIFICE AND TRANSCENDENCE

Amanda SheppardNovember 27, 2019

The legendary musical outfit Swans—a revolving cast of inspired players centered around Michael Gira—has resurfaced with a new album, Leaving Meaning, and an upcoming 2020 tour. In his conversation with Amanda Sheppard, Gira covers much of the ground...

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LYDIA LUNCH’S WAR IS NEVER OVER

Amy HabenNovember 26, 2019

As part of the No Wave group Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Lydia Lunch (nee Koch) made her early mark on the NYC scene at around the same time the punk movement was getting started. After her short-lived group Eight Eyed Spy disbanded, she embarked on...

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WELCOME TO THE TRIDENT: WHERE YOU COULD GET ANYTHING YOU WANT

Benito VilaNovember 25, 2019

From its waterfront perch in Sausalito, the Trident’s clientele could see the San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge. The club/restaurant was “a trippy space ship” whose passengers just happened to be a Who’s Who of rock & roll (the Sto...

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MILES DAVIS: A CONCERTO OF CONVERSATION WITH DAVID AMRAM

Paul Maher, JrNovember 21, 2019

The public saw one Miles Davis (1926-1991) but his fellow musicians caught rare glimpses of the real person. David Amram, composer, musician and raconteur, stayed close to the legendary trumpeter from the mid-1950s until the end of his life. He share...

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SHOT IN THE DARK: THE PUNK PHOTOGRAPHY OF DAVID ARNOFF

Eric DavidsonNovember 20, 2019

Born and raised in Cleveland, photographer David Arnoff was dragged by his family to Los Angeles as a teenager. Luckily, he brought a darker “Rust Belt” sensibility to sunny SoCal and began taking shots of the local rock scene before, during and afte...

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DYLAN THOMAS MEETS JOHN CALE: A TALE OF TWO WELSHMEN

Alan BisbortNovember 19, 2019

Dylan Thomas died 66 years ago last Saturday. The Welsh poet is known as much for the theatrical readings of his own poems as he is for his prodigious drinking. What isn’t really appreciated, perhaps, is how much of an influence the Welshman had on t...

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ROGER C. REALE & RUE MORGUE: PUNK-POP PIONEERS BACK FROM THE DEAD

Jim AllenNovember 18, 2019

Forty years ago, punk/power-pop disciple Roger C. Reale enlisted the aid of guitar wizards G.E. Smith, Jimmy McAllister and Mick Ronson and drummer Hilly Michaels (Sparks) to create two minor masterpieces of rock & roll madness. But then…nothing ...

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THEE BIRD MAN: RIC OCASEK

Bebe BuellNovember 14, 2019

Ever since Ric Ocasek died two months ago (on Sept. 15), Bebe Buell has been trying to process the loss of one of her dearest friends and the guiding force of her own musical career. Even while Ocasek was steering The Cars to success (and into the Ro...

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FACE IT: DEBBIE HARRY HAS HAD A HAPPY AND LUCKY LIFE

Elizabeth HandNovember 13, 2019

Elizabeth Hand, a much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, offers an appraisal of Debbie Harry’s new memoir and discovers that the Blondie icon is really ’the girl next door’ who just happened to influence a legion of musical progeny. Hand also suggests...

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SLM1975 on MISS PAMELA: MEETING YOUR HEROESI met Brian May (Queen), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Pete Townshend (The Who), Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits), Cozy Powell (Rainbow, Black Sabbath), Neil Murray (Black Sabbath, Whitesnake), Mark Hudson...
John Battles on CYNTHIA PLASTER CASTERPleasant overview of a sometimes misunderstood , but much loved Rock icon in her own right.
D Brown Dangerhouse Records on LOOKING BACK AT 1973…AND THE ROOTS OF PUNKAnd we all know that nothing ever happened outside of the NY purview of Sy Stein and (pukes in trashcan) the ever so talented Piggy Smith and who can forget TELEVISION. And all the rest of the... real... punks... at... the... Mudd Club... and of course Lon-dahn. Nothing ever happened

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MISS PAMELA: MEETING YOUR HEROES

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MOONAGE DAYDREAM: MAGGI RONSON REMEMBERS HER BROTHER MICK

MISS PAMELA: MEETING YOUR HEROES

PETER AARON OF THE CHROME CRANKS CELEBRATES CINCINNATI’S ‘UNDERGROUND SOUNDS’