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TAKE MY MOTHER IN LAW…PLEASE: CAROL O’SHAUGHNESSY

Alan BisbortNovember 25, 2021

Thanksgiving is the best holiday on the calendar. It’s a non-denominational, non-political, non-threatening time when we ponder things for which we are most grateful. The only thing that can go wrong at Thanksgiving is gastronomical in nature. ...

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‘OUR KID’: MIKE MCCARTNEY CAPTURES THE EARLY BEATLES ON FILM

Richie UnterbergerNovember 24, 2021

Paul McCartney’s younger brother, Michael, had a front row seat during the early days of the Quarrymen and the Beatles. He also had the smarts and talent to pick up a camera and capture the musical magic and gritty energy of Liverpool in the early 1...

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VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY: HAMLET WITH A GUITAR

Daniel BowenNovember 23, 2021

Alternately ignored and vilified by the Soviet authorities during his short lifetime, singer, actor, poet and drunkard Vladimir Vysotsky (1938-1980) was called, during his lifetime, ‘the Bob Dylan of the Soviet Union” and now, forty years after his ...

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DENIS KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: UNDERGROUND COMIX PIONEER KEEPS ON TRUCKIN’

Alan BisbortNovember 22, 2021

By Alan Bisbort Denis Kitchen is, in my view, the Stan Lee of underground comix. While Lee’s Marvel Comics was cranking out Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, et al, Kitchen—at his Wisconsin-based Krupp Comics and Kitchen Sink imprints—w...

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THE GUN CLUB DOWN UNDER

Patrick EmeryNovember 18, 2021

Gun Club, led by the mercurial Jeffrey Lee Pierce, were booked for a month-long tour of Australia in late 1983. However, two members of the band quit just before takeoff at the LA airport, leaving Pierce to more or less to go it alone with ...

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ISABELLE EBERHARDT: RIMBAUD’S ‘DAUGHTER’

Ingrid JensenNovember 17, 2021

Patti Smith championed her, Paul Bowles translated her writings into English, but Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) may be best remembered for her embrace of personal and artistic freedom. Spiritual heiress to Arthur Rimbaud—some dubious rumors say...

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UTOPIA PARKWAY: THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF JOSEPH CORNELL

Alan BisbortNovember 16, 2021

Artist, filmmaker and writer Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was a mystery when he was alive and continues to mystify fifty years after his death. Best known as the “box artist,” he made assemblages that defy categorization but seem to resonate with ...

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RUTH UNDERWOOD: A MOTHER OF INVENTION

Ingrid JensenNovember 15, 2021

An integral part of Frank Zappa’s band the Mothers of Invention, Ruth Underwood stayed mostly in the background on stage and in the studio, filling the sound with her indispensable contributions on marimba, harp, xylophone, vibraphone and drums....

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TEA IN THE SAHARA WITH PAUL BOWLES

Ken KrayeskeNovember 11, 2021

While a college student on a semester abroad in Spain, Ken Krayeske made a quixotic trip to Morocco to find Paul Bowles. Actually, the trip started six months earlier when he stumbled on a copy of Bowles’ The Sheltering Sky and fell under its sp...

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A LOOK AT PUNK, METAL, EXTREME MUSIC AND MENTAL HEALTH

David KonowNovember 10, 2021

Musicians of all stripes suffer from mental health issues, just like everyone else on this planet. However, they are more likely NOT to seek help, fearing that meds would tamp down their creativity and, in most cases, not having any health insurance...

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CHANNELING EDIE SEDGWICK

Amy HabenNovember 9, 2021

Mazda Isphahan, a talented animation and performance artist from Kraków, Poland, has made an Instagram splash with her uncanny resemblance to Edie Sedgwick, the tragic icon from Warhol’s Factory days. She has recently made an animated film about...

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CHASING DOWN THE WANDERER: THIRTY MINUTES WITH DION

Benito VilaNovember 8, 2021

Dion DiMucci is rock ‘n’ roll’s ageless wonder. In his 80s now, he continues to amaze and inspire us with new material and new takes on old material. Norton Records released his Kickin’ Child “lost” album in 2017, KTBA released Blues With Friend...

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JOHN LURIE AND THE HISTORY OF BONES

Todd McGovernNovember 4, 2021

Writer, musician, actor and artist John Lurie is at the center of many indelible images from a certain time and place in NYC’s music and film history: fronting his band the Lounge Lizards, Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law, a...

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KIRA ROESSLER: THE ROAD FROM BLACK FLAG

Robert GourleyNovember 3, 2021

Playing bass for Black Flag (1983-85) was just the start of an impressive and eclectic resume that has found her, most recently, working as dialogue editor on Game of Thrones, and part of the sound editing team that won an Academy Award for Mad ...

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The Plasmatics, fronted by the unmatchable Wendy O. Williams, may have been the most misunderstood rock ‘n’ roll band ever. Conceived as all of the following: performance art, social comment, consumer culture satirists, and rock ‘n’ roll band; the Plasmatics were impossible to categorize, falling somewhere between punk rock and Kiss/Alice Cooper (both bands were fans), their shows were a legendary as they were terrifying, featuring chainsaws, hammers, exploding cars and TV sets. PKM’s Adam Ganderson speaks with former ‘Matics Wes Beech and Richie Stotts and revisits the legacy of W.O.W. Read more!

Pluto on 10 ROCK BANDS YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF BUT SHOULD DEFINITELY CHECK OUTAmazing list! Thanks for sharing. Way too many sites with “top 10” lists full of radio fluff/garbage. These bands you have listed are real and raw. Love it!
roger steinbrink on RUTH UNDERWOOD: A MOTHER OF INVENTIONHow about the Rock'N'Roll hall Of Fame for this lady? Oh, I forgot, they don't pander to true musical genius.
James Mitchell on RUTH UNDERWOOD: A MOTHER OF INVENTIONI was fortunate enough to witness Ruth's incomparable musicianship live a few times. She deserves her place in the pantheon of cross genre magnificence, and she stood out as a woman who rose above any potential criticism one might offer. I found her stage presence both mesmerizing and breath taking.

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JOHN LURIE AND THE HISTORY OF BONES

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TAKE MY MOTHER IN LAW…PLEASE: CAROL O’SHAUGHNESSY

‘OUR KID’: MIKE MCCARTNEY CAPTURES THE EARLY BEATLES ON FILM

VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY: HAMLET WITH A GUITAR

DENIS KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: UNDERGROUND COMIX PIONEER KEEPS ON TRUCKIN’

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