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MANK: THE MAN WHO CREATED CITIZEN KANE

David Stewart·December 3, 2020

A new Netflix film, Mank, directed by David Fincher, focuses attention on the career of Herman J. Mankiewicz. Citizen Kane, for which he wrote the screenplay (and earned the film’s only Academy Award), is now considered THE great American film...

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BILLY HINSCHE HAS HAD A BLAST: FROM TEEN POP STARDOM TO THE BEACH BOYS

Valerie Simadis·December 2, 2020

While attending Good Shepherd Catholic School in Beverly Hills, Billy Hinsche befriended classmates Dino Martin and Desi Arnaz Jr. The trio bonded over music, practiced in Lucille Ball’s garage and at Dean Martin’s mansion. Eventually signed by Frank Sinatra to...

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KRISTIN CASEY’S ROAD TO EXCESS: FROM SPEED PUNK TO ROCK CHICK, FROM DRUNK TO SOBRIETY

Kristin Casey·December 1, 2020

Kristin Casey’s life, from high school to today, has been the embodiment of William Blake’s adage: “the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” From her days as a teen outcast in San Diego and Amarillo to her...

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STEAL THIS NATION: REMEMBERING ABBIE HOFFMAN

Alan Bisbort·November 30, 2020

The life and times of Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), troublemaker, fugitive activist, writer and countercultural icon, have continued to resonate over the decades since his death in 1989, most recently in the Netflix film The Trial of the Chicago 7. On...

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ALL THINGS MUST PASS AT 50: GEORGE HARRISON’S INNER LIGHT SHINES ON

John Kruth·November 26, 2020

When George Harrison released his epic “triple album” on November 27, 1970, Beatle fans worldwide realized the gig was up, that no band was big enough to hold this man and his vision back. Fifty years later, All Things Must...

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CHARLES BUKOWSKI’S LIFE AFTER DEATH

Alan Bisbort·November 25, 2020

Charles Bukowski worked at a pace that seems almost superhuman. Although he did not turn to writing full-time until he was nearly 40—and despite his well-documented personal excesses—he wrote so much that his publisher Black Sparrow Press (now part of...

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THE CRANBERRIES: NO NEED TO ARGUE

Robert Gourley·November 24, 2020

A new expanded reissue of this Irish band’s second album, No Need To Argue (1994), is a reminder (as if we needed it) of the terrible loss of Dolores O’Riordan in 2018. The album featured their mega-hit “Zombie,” and the...

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LUX INTERIOR: WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU COME FROM?

Ingrid Marie Jensen·November 23, 2020

The Cramps’ frontman was impossible to miss, on or off stage, the perfect foil to his equally striking partner in life and music, Poison Ivy Rorschach. Ingrid Jensen reflects on what made the former Erick Lee Purkhiser, a suburban boy...

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AC/DC: THE GENESIS OF THE BAND, AND THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE THAT MADE THEM

David Laing·November 19, 2020

With the release of their latest album, Power Up, we explore how AC/DC were shaped by the Australian rock scene, and how the hard-rocking band in turn helped shape it. Melbourne’s David Laing looks at precursors like Billy Thorpe &...

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PETER PERRETT: THE ONE AND ONLY

Amy Haben·November 18, 2020

As the leader of the Only Ones, a band that drew fans like Johnny Thunders, Richard Lloyd, and Keith Richards, Peter Perrett was a musical force on the London scene of the late 1970s. After a few rocky, drug-filled, drug-fueled...

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DAVID GODLIS: HISTORY IS MADE ON THE STREETS

Eric Davidson·November 17, 2020

Photographer David Godlis is one of the foremost chroniclers of downtown NYC in the 1970s. His unique, flashless nighttime black-and-white shots of the punk scene’s fringes and environs are now part of our collective history. In his handsome new book,...

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GOIN’ HOME WITH THE ROLLING STONES

Tosh Berman·November 16, 2020

Thinking about moving into your first home away from the family? Well, there was a time when even the members of the Rolling Stones had to go through that rite of passage. A new collection of photographs by Gered Mankowitz,...

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SLIM GAILLARD & LORD BUCKLEY: JOINED AT THE HIP

Alan Bisbort·November 12, 2020

Bulee “Slim” Gaillard and Richard “Lord” Buckley not only helped Jack Kerouac locate his inner hipster, they influenced the work of other writers and musicians, including Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Lenny Bruce, George Harrison and John Lennon. The stage antics and poetic...

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DAMNED IF YOU DO: PAUL GRAY IS BACK INTO THE WORLD

Eric Davidson·November 11, 2020

The Damned have traveled far beyond their UK punk roots over the decades, fueled by humor and refreshingly free of affectations. Bassist Paul Gray (ex of pub rock greats Eddie & the Hot Rods) was with them for their transitional...

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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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MANK: THE MAN WHO CREATED CITIZEN KANE

BILLY HINSCHE HAS HAD A BLAST: FROM TEEN POP STARDOM TO THE BEACH BOYS

KRISTIN CASEY’S ROAD TO EXCESS: FROM SPEED PUNK TO ROCK CHICK, FROM DRUNK TO SOBRIETY

STEAL THIS NATION: REMEMBERING ABBIE HOFFMAN

ALL THINGS MUST PASS AT 50: GEORGE HARRISON’S INNER LIGHT SHINES ON

CHARLES BUKOWSKI’S LIFE AFTER DEATH

THE CRANBERRIES: NO NEED TO ARGUE

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AC/DC: THE GENESIS OF THE BAND, AND THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE THAT MADE THEM

PETER PERRETT: THE ONE AND ONLY

DAVID GODLIS: HISTORY IS MADE ON THE STREETS

GOIN’ HOME WITH THE ROLLING STONES

SLIM GAILLARD & LORD BUCKLEY: JOINED AT THE HIP

DAMNED IF YOU DO: PAUL GRAY IS BACK INTO THE WORLD

SAM CUTLER: LIFE WITH THE STONES, THE DEAD & OTHER WONDERFUL REPROBATES

ALL THE RAJ: HOW ‘NORWEGIAN WOOD’ UNLEASHED THE ‘INDIAN INVASION’

THE KNACK … AND HOW TO GET IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESCOTT NILES

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