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KINKY 101: LIFE ADVICE FROM DOMINATRIXES

Fiona McQuarrieJanuary 20, 2020

Financial journalist Lindsay Goldwert saw parallels between the work of dominatrixes and how all the rest of us live our lives. So, she went straight into the cage with the lionesses, so to speak, to find out if any of this was true. And, indeed, it ...

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JOHN PEEL: HIS LIFE AND MUSICAL LEGACY

Richie UnterbergerJanuary 16, 2020

So revered in the UK that he made the top 50 in a BBC poll of ‘Greatest Britons of all time,’ John Peel (1939-2004) shaped popular culture in ways that Americans may never know or understand. As a pirate radio deejay, a band manager, promoter and che...

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TELSTAR: THE SONG, AND THE FUTURE THAT NEVER WAS

Charles MonaganJanuary 15, 2020

Working feverishly in his North London studio in 1962, Joe Meek created the sound of the space age and a tribute to the first global communications satellite, Telstar. Charles Monagan describes how the song perfectly captured the arrival of JFK, the ...

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DIANE NOOMIN: UNDERGROUND COMIX ARTIST GOES FROM TWISTED SISTER TO EMPOWERING WOMEN

Alan BisbortJanuary 14, 2020

As co-editor (with Aline Kominsky-Crumb) of the all-female Twisted Sisters Comics in the 1970s and 1980s, Diane Noomin is one of the pioneering women cartoonists of her generation. Though she continues to publish her comic art, Noomin has been a ment...

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ARTIST RALPH STEADMAN CELEBRATES HUNTER S. THOMPSON AND THE BIRTH OF GONZO

Gregory DaurerJanuary 13, 2020

Without the visuals by longtime collaborator Ralph Steadman, Hunter S. Thompson may have never gone full ‘gonzo.’ It is hard, in fact, to think about Thompson without recalling Steadman's extraordinary, warped, nightmarish and beautiful renderings. S...

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POP EATS ITSELF: OR, NOT THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL

Billy HoughJanuary 9, 2020

Using The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again as his template, poet/playwright/performer Billy Hough patches together a quilt that covers the body of work created by the elusive Andy Warhol, the man who is ‘everywhere and nowhere,’ ...

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CITY OF CORNERS: A CONVERSATION WITH NYC POET JOHN GODFREY

Stacy SzymaszekJanuary 8, 2020

John Godfrey has been a poetic presence in the East Village of New York City for the past half century. He has mentored generations of younger poets, been an integral part of the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church almost since its founding in 1966. ...

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PHILADELPHIA’S SIGMA SOUND: THE STUDIO WHERE BOWIE FOUND HIS SOUL

Richie UnterbergerJanuary 7, 2020

The Philadelphia recording studio Sigma Sound almost single-handedly defined the pre-Disco sound of the 1970s, with the smooth, soulful outpourings of the O’Jays, Stylistics, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Spinners and Billy Paul. Sigma’s sound ...

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Charley Plymell eating with William Burroughs. Lawrence, Kansas. Photo by Allen Ginsberg. Courtesy: Allen Ginsberg Estate/Stanford University Libraries.

CHARLEY PLYMELL: OUTLAW POET & ORIGINAL PUNK

Benito VilaJanuary 6, 2020

Poet, publisher, provocateur and people-connector, Charley Plymell is, like fellow Midwesterner Ed Sanders, a floater among contingents of kindred spirits, from the Beats to the hippies to the punks and back again. Publisher of William S. Burroughs a...

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PKM BEST OF THE REST FOR 2019

PKM EditorDecember 30, 2019

Since our readers have been more nice than naughty this year, we are presenting a second helping of good cheer, with another Top 10. Or, to paraphrase Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap, our Top Eleven (through 20) stories for 2019. PRIDE TV: THE QUIET...

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THE TOP TEN PKM STORIES OF 2019

Alan BisbortDecember 27, 2019

Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of shade-grown coffee with, uh, more coffee, and kick back with Please Kill Me’s Top 10 stories of 2019…starring Jack Casady and his magic bass, the truly trippy tales of the Trident (where you could get ...

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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ‘SHOWGIRLS’…BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

Jeffery ConwayDecember 18, 2019

Jeffrey McHale’s You Don’t Nomi, a documentary about his obsession with the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, was recently screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. The poet Jeffery Conway, another Showgirls obsessive, interviewed Jeffrey McHale for P...

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THE ROOTS OF ROCK RUN DEEPER THAN ROBERT JOHNSON

Anthony MostromDecember 17, 2019

Eric Clapton, rightfully, revered the mysterious Southern bluesman Robert Johnson and, because of that, some dubbed him the father of rock 'n' roll. Anthony Mostrom, who also admires Johnson, nonetheless offers a point-by-point refutation of that lat...

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PUNK ROCK HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUR FAVORITE RESIDENT PUNK

Alan BisbortDecember 16, 2019

The elves at PleaseKillMe.com have been working 24/7 to spread Christmas cheer to those who cherish peace, love and understanding (and a Bronx cheer to those who don’t). We aren’t saying that the gifts listed in our guide are the perfect items for th...

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Joe Shmo on JOHN PEEL: HIS LIFE AND MUSICAL LEGACYTo be fair , John was an opportunist and in the right place at the right time from his employment in Texas to his tenure at the Beeb. He appealed to white boys who lived in the suburbs and the wide open spaces , many of whom didn't have access
Marina Lutz on HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY TO STIV BATORSThanks Alicia! Maybe 2020 they will pay me to write something else. Meanwhile you can watch my film at https://themarinaexperiment.com/ - I'm making a new doc this year.
Marina Lutz on HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY TO STIV BATORSThank you Tomas! I will, if they pay me!

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