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MY BLOOMIN’ GROUPIE HEART AND THE STRUTS

Pamela Des BarresDecember 13, 2018

Luke Spiller and the boys turn the clock back decades for Pamela Des Barres and their fans It’s a very rare moment when I wish I was a young woman again. Sociologically, musically, spiritually, sexually, I spent my youth cavorting through the most e...

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DIGGIN’ WITH FREDDY DEBOE

Brendan TollerDecember 12, 2018

The soulful sax player is in much demand as an accompanist (for Charles Bradley, Sharon Jones, Lee Fields and James Hunter, among others) but he's equally at home fronting his own quartet. He rolled through New Haven recently, where PKM's Brendan Tol...

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Sal Maida (far left) with Milk ‘n’ Cookies

ADVENTURES WITH ROXY MUSIC, SPARKS, AND MILK ‘N’ COOKIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH SAL MAIDA

Valerie SimadisDecember 11, 2018

Hearing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan launched Sal Maida on a journey - to London in the Swinging Sixties, tenures with Roxy Music, Milk ’N’ Cookies, and Sparks and a long trek (with our very own Legs McNeil!) to the last Sex Pistols gig in Sa...

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FANTASY ARTIST KEN KELLY LIVES IN THE HOUSE THAT KISS BUILT

Priya PandaDecember 10, 2018

Ken Kelly, Frank Frazetta’s nephew, jumpstarted a career in art with a little help from Gene Simmons in 1975 and then became a household name By Priya Panda Never judge a book by its cover. Long Island-based artist Ken Kelly is happy that old ada...

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Rolling Stones at the Altamont Rock Festival at Livermore, Calif. Dec. 6, 1969 (AP Photo)

DANDELIONS AND DEAD FLOWERS: THE DISASTER AT ALTAMONT

Sharon M. HannonDecember 6, 2018

Forty-nine years ago, the hippie pipedream was said to come to an end at a race track 65 miles east of San Francisco, while the Stones played “Under My Thumb” and Hell’s Angels went on a spree of violence On December 6, 1969, roughly 300,000 people ...

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JIM MORRISON’S BROTHER IN LAW SPEAKS OUT

Zack KoppDecember 5, 2018

Alan Graham was married to Morrison’s sister Ann and has written a memoir about his friendship with Jim, another about his boyhood in Liverpool growing up around the corner from the Cavern Club, and a third about his work as "Captain Pink" with Larry...

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DESIGNING AND LIVING WITH LOU REED: AN INTERVIEW WITH SYLVIA REED

Eric DavidsonDecember 4, 2018

Sylvia Reed - Lou Reed's wife, art designer, manager, and reading partner - offers insights into the most productive period of Lou’s career Sylvia (Morales) Reed was Lou Reed’s wife, but she was also his integral creative half during arguably Lou’s ...

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John Densmore and Derf, photo courtesy of Nora Novak

GETTING CRAZY WITH DERF SCRATCH OF FEAR

Nora NovakDecember 3, 2018

The party never stopped for the legendary LA punk rocker, and drug companion of John Belushi. Though warned off Derf by John Densmore of the Doors, Nora Novak jumped in with eyes wide open for a wild ride in the 1980s “Run down to Gil Turner’s and g...

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TEN MORE GREAT BOOKS BY DRUNKS

Alan BisbortNovember 29, 2018

Another round of inebriated literature for the house, bartender! Early last year, PKM published an article called “The Ten Best Books By Drunks”. It has received hiccups of readership over the past year, generating comments, most recently from Ri...

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DONATO DI CAMILLO FOCUSES ON THE KRUSTIES

Burt KearnsNovember 28, 2018

New York's leading street photographer meets the Krusties, grunge-style, modern-day nomads All photos © by Donato Di Camillo You can find them in just about every major American city. Many are not much older than teenagers, huddled together, hang...

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NO WAY OUT FOR THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND!

Amanda SheppardNovember 27, 2018

Psychedelic Sixties’ Bay Area survivors the Chocolate Watchband cut their teeth on bills with the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead but went their own way with their heavier British Invasion sound over the past half century... and they have a ...

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HARVEY KURTZMAN AND HIS CRY FOR HELP!

Charles MonaganNovember 26, 2018

The Mad genius (in more ways than one!) kept going after parting company with William Gaines, creating other bastions of enduring satire, cartoons and humor in the 1950s and 1960s, such as Humbug, Trump, and Help! Contributors included John Cleese, T...

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TAV FALCO: UTOPIAN ANARCHIST IN CUBAN HEELS

Todd McGovernNovember 23, 2018

Tav Falco is a musician, photographer, filmmaker, and writer, who has led the psychedelic rock group Panther Burns since 1979. Todd McGovern talks to Tav about his new album Cabaret Of Daggers, growing up in rural Arkansas, Memphis' cultural undergro...

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Sonny Curtis(far right) and The Crickets

SONNY CURTIS: HE FOUGHT THE LAW AND HE WON

Michael ShelleyNovember 21, 2018

Sonny Curtis grew up with Buddy Holly, played in the Crickets and shaped the future of rock & roll. Then he just never stopped working, as part of the Everly Brothers’ band, session musician, and songwriter. Everybody from Bing Crosby, Joan ...

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✨Erin✨ on MY BLOOMIN’ GROUPIE HEART AND THE STRUTSfantastic interview! Thank you for sharing! I love the quote “This band doesn’t need smoke and mirrors, props or fireworks. Luke is a flesh and blood Roman Candle.” I’ve had more fun at their shows than any other I’ve been to and it’s true, they have so much stage presence
Matt on FANTASY ARTIST KEN KELLY LIVES IN THE HOUSE THAT KISS BUILTAwesome article. Great piece of art and music history.
What’s taking so long? on THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME HATES WOMEN!Stevie Nicks - great solo career. Same with Tina Turner. Great pop rockers going back to the late 1960s - Cher, Tina Turner, Olivia Newton-John, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, and Carly Simon. New Wave artists like The Go-Gis, The Eurythmics, The Bangles, and Cyndi Lauper. Country rockers like EmmyLou Harris,
Whitey Black on DICK GREGORY, COMEDIAN AND ACTIVIST, DIES AT 84Dick Gregory to heckling redneck conventioners at Chicago's Playboy Club: Where you fellows from? Alabama? I LOVE Alabama! So much that I spent 35 years in Alabama one weekend!

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MY BLOOMIN’ GROUPIE HEART AND THE STRUTS

DIGGIN’ WITH FREDDY DEBOE

ADVENTURES WITH ROXY MUSIC, SPARKS, AND MILK ‘N’ COOKIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH SAL MAIDA

FANTASY ARTIST KEN KELLY LIVES IN THE HOUSE THAT KISS BUILT

DANDELIONS AND DEAD FLOWERS: THE DISASTER AT ALTAMONT

JIM MORRISON’S BROTHER IN LAW SPEAKS OUT

DESIGNING AND LIVING WITH LOU REED: AN INTERVIEW WITH SYLVIA REED

GETTING CRAZY WITH DERF SCRATCH OF FEAR

TEN MORE GREAT BOOKS BY DRUNKS

DONATO DI CAMILLO FOCUSES ON THE KRUSTIES

NO WAY OUT FOR THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND!

HARVEY KURTZMAN AND HIS CRY FOR HELP!

TAV FALCO: UTOPIAN ANARCHIST IN CUBAN HEELS

SONNY CURTIS: HE FOUGHT THE LAW AND HE WON

MY BLOOMIN’ GROUPIE HEART AND THE STRUTS

DIGGIN’ WITH FREDDY DEBOE

ADVENTURES WITH ROXY MUSIC, SPARKS, AND MILK ‘N’ COOKIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH SAL MAIDA