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SECRET TREATIES: PRODUCER MURRAY KRUGMAN ON BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, THE DICTATORS & MORE

Anthony Petkovich·February 2, 2021

Murray Krugman was one-half of a dynamic duo (with Sandy Pearlman) that helped shape the sound of the Seventies, twirling knobs for both Blue Öyster Cult and (PKM fave) the Dictators. Krugman, unlike Pearlman, stayed mostly in the background, giving...

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DIARY OF A DAMNED SOUL: THE ENDURING INFLUENCE OF ARTHUR RIMBAUD

Ingrid Marie Jensen·February 1, 2021

It could be argued that the French poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) was the first punk. Instead of using music, he used language, to break open the possibility of derangement of the senses through words. His influence is seen in the...

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THE LONG NIGHT OF JOHN MARTYN

Fiona McQuarrie·January 28, 2021

Before his late-career decline, John Martyn was one of the most innovative figures in the British folk-rock firmament, a forerunner of, and influence on, the freak folk movement of the 1990s. One of the few friends and confidants of the...

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JOHN TAYLOR: STILL IN THE PLEASURE GROOVE WITH DURAN DURAN

Crispin Kott·January 27, 2021

John Taylor is the bass guitarist in Duran Duran, a band that stormed out of the New Romantic movement in the early ‘80s with a series of songs, albums and videos now considered classics. Duran Duran will release their 15th...

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RUBBERHEAD: AKRON’S LASTING IMPACT ON CHUCK STATLER, GODFATHER OF MUSIC VIDEO

JP Olsen·January 26, 2021

Chuck Statler started his long career in innovative and influential music video by collaborating with his classmates and fellow-pranksters at Kent State University, Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale of Devo. It all began with the landmark DEVO: In the Beginning...

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ONSTAGE, BACKSTAGE: PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL GRECCO CAPTURED BOSTON’S PUNK AND POST PUNK SCENES

Alan Bisbort·January 25, 2021

Michael Grecco picked the right time to be in Boston. As an undergrad at BU studying photojournalism, he began exploring the clubs of The Hub with his camera and was soon snapping on assignment from alternative and mainstream press venues....

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MARISKA VERES: BEYOND ‘VENUS’ AND SHOCKING BLUE

John Kruth·January 21, 2021

One scene in the miniseries The Queen’s Gambit was all it took to put the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, and the band’s sultry singer, Mariska Veres, back on the media map. You know the scene. The drunken dance-and-crash scene...

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SYLVAIN SYLVAIN: SLEEP BABY DOLL

James Marshall·January 20, 2021

Sylvain Sylvain was the secret weapon of the New York Dolls, the diplomat and cheerleader who held the band together and an underrated musician and songwriter. With his death last week, the world of rock ‘n’ roll lost a true...

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LET THE SUNSHINE IN: THE ENDURING MYTHS OF HAIR

Alan Bisbort·January 19, 2021

Aquarius, the astrological sign, begins tomorrow, Jan. 20, and runs through Feb. 19. It is generally regarded as the most humanitarian zodiac sign, presaging radical change and progress. This aspect of Aquarius was the underpinning of one of the most...

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LABEL CONSCIOUS: EXPLORING ‘LOST’ MUSIC OF THE 1970S

Chris Epting·January 18, 2021

One way to gauge the quality of older rock & roll recordings is by the label that released them. Ork Records, Spy Records, Stiff, Radar, ZE, ESP-Disk and on and on were all marks of if not guaranteed rock &...

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DON VAN VLIET AND FRANK ZAPPA: TWO PEAS IN A MISSHAPEN POD

Gary Lucas·January 14, 2021

Guitarist Gary Lucas found himself smack dab in the middle of two of America’s musical geniuses, Don ‘n’ Frank. Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa were boyhood chums whose fates were inextricably linked, for better or worse, richer or poorer, in...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: THE HOTTEST OF COLD CASES

Tony Mostrom·January 13, 2021

On January 15 1947, the body of a murder victim was found in a weedy, vacant lot in Los Angeles—the severed body of a beautiful young woman named Elizabeth Short, nicknamed the Black Dahlia. Her mutilated corpse has since launched...

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AS NEEDED FOR ANXIETY: RICHARD KERN’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHIC

Supervert·January 12, 2021

A unifying thread weaves through the work of ‘trangressive’ filmmaker and photographer Richard Kern. In this interview with his collaborator Supervert (Who’s Your Death Hero?), Kern describes that theme as “things just aren’t as good as they seem.” The kindred...

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LIFE AS A COSMOPOLITAN: GIRLS GONE GO-GO, NYC, 1977-‘82

Jamie K Sims·January 11, 2021

Jamie K. Sims studied music composition and dance at UNC, then moved to New York City in 1977, following hard in the heels of boyfriend Chris Stamey, who earlier had heard the siren call of Alex Chilton and Ork Records....

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Jack Kerouac based his muse/lover “Mardou Fox” in The Subterraneans on Alene Lee, a mixed race (Black/Cherokee) bohemian writer and intellectual who was a part of the NYC Beat circle of Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lucien Carr. Despite her intimate connection to these writers, the real Alene Lee is nowhere to be found in most accounts and biographies—partly due to her own reticence to speak. Erika Blair did some digging and presents a more rounded portrait of this fascinating woman. Read more!

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