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MARY ELLEN MARK: IN MEMORIAM

Larry BaumhorApril 20, 2018

Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) was a world-renowned photographer and social documentarian with an eye and a soul that captured the brutality of humanity, transforming them into mesmerizing angels On May 25, 2015 sadness enveloped the world as Mary Elle...

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DANNY FIELDS: HIS RAMONES

Crispin KottApril 19, 2018

Danny Fields talks about his years managing the Ramones, the stories behind the stunning photographs featured in his newly re-released book My Ramones, why pink is a punk color, and the rules for being in a 'kissy pic' When I talked to Danny Fields,...

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P.F. SLOAN: LET’S LIVE FOR TODAY

Michael ShelleyApril 18, 2018

P.F. Sloan was a great songwriter known for hits like "Eve of Destruction" and "Secret Agent Man”. In a 3-year period, he wrote 30 chart records and recorded 250 songs. Yet in the midst of his success, he disappeared, and was not heard from for decad...

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DUNCAN HANNAH: COLLAGE BOY

Brendan TollerApril 17, 2018

Pages from artist Duncan Hannah's 20th Century Boy: Notebooks of the Seventies vividly capture a time when DIY artists and musicians roamed an affordable Manhattan and punk was on the soundtrack I wonder if I have emphysema. I wo...

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THE MANY LIVES OF ANAIS NIN

Mary KarmelekApril 16, 2018

Anaïs Nin's diaries told of an independent, bohemian woman on a sensual and artistic journey - carousing with expats in Paris in the 30s and Greenwich Village’s artistic milieu in the 40s - but was much of it a type of performance art? Secretly finan...

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10 POETRY CLASSICS THAT BREAK ALL THE RULES

Michael FriedmanApril 12, 2018

In honor of National Poetry Month, poet Michael Friedman highlights ten ‘under-the-radar’ poetry classics, which break all the rules of verse (and that is a good thing) Don’t might be there Be there ―Ted Greenwald, Jumping the Line What is ...

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BP FALLON: A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ZELIG

Amy HabenApril 11, 2018

BP Fallon's music career started at the Beatles' Apple Records, which led to publicity work for T. Rex, Thin Lizzy and Led Zeppelin, managing Ian Dury, and finally his own music, most recently with BP & the Bandits. BP recounts a few of his many ...

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CYNTHIA PLASTER CASTER

Lucretia Tye JasmineApril 10, 2018

Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Wayne Kramer, Dennis Thompson, Richard Lloyd, Jello Biafra are ‘members’ of Super Groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster’s special rock ‘n’ roll cast, as she looks back on her life in the fast lane By Lucretia Tye Jasmine Intr...

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THE HORROR! THE HORROR! ORSON WELLES’ HEART OF DARKNESS

Alan BisbortApril 9, 2018

Orson Welles' ambitious movie version of Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness could have been the greatest American film never made Orson Welles' artistic ambitions were as large as his appetites for wine, women and food. Though he le...

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ARE WE NOT DEVO?

Benny MundayApril 5, 2018

DEVO creator, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist and conceptual genius Gerald Casale’s ideas about human de-evolution, which grew out of his firsthand witnessing of the Kent State massacre in 1970, are more pertinent than ever Like many rock ...

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SECOND GRACE: REMEMBERING NICK DRAKE

Valerie SimadisApril 4, 2018

Painfully shy, with an aesthetic that seemed to be from another time, Nick Drake's stunning music was an inspiration to many, including John Cale, Paul Weller, Kate Bush and Robert Smith. Although Drake sold very few albums during his short life, he ...

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HUNTER S. THOMPSON VS THE HELLS ANGELS

Alan BisbortApril 3, 2018

After Thompson's first book, Hell’s Angels, was published, his publicity junket led to some bizarre and downright blood-boiling TV Hunter S. Thompson was not the famous gonzo journalist in September 1966 when his first book Hell's Angels: The S...

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MICHAEL DES BARRES DOES DYLAN

PKM EditorApril 2, 2018

Michael Des Barres reconnects with his rock & roll muse on “Gotta Serve Somebody” with a little help from Clem Burke, Paul Ill and Loren Molinare By PKM Editors When Bob Dylan released “Gotta Serve Somebody” as a single in 1979, the song (and...

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JOHNNY RAMONE TALKS BASEBALL

Jay HaleMarch 29, 2018

As the 2018 baseball season kicks off, we take you back to Spring of 2002, as lifelong NY Yankees fan Johnny Ramone talks baseball with a rival Red Sox fan, and leaves him with a few words he will never forget Listen: Jay Hale talks baseball with Jo...

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THE MANY LIVES OF ANAIS NIN

10 POETRY CLASSICS THAT BREAK ALL THE RULES

BP FALLON: A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ZELIG

CYNTHIA PLASTER CASTER

THE HORROR! THE HORROR! ORSON WELLES’ HEART OF DARKNESS

ARE WE NOT DEVO?

SECOND GRACE: REMEMBERING NICK DRAKE

HUNTER S. THOMPSON VS THE HELLS ANGELS

MICHAEL DES BARRES DOES DYLAN

JOHNNY RAMONE TALKS BASEBALL

MARY ELLEN MARK: IN MEMORIAM

DANNY FIELDS: HIS RAMONES

P.F. SLOAN: LET’S LIVE FOR TODAY

DUNCAN HANNAH: COLLAGE BOY

THE MANY LIVES OF ANAIS NIN