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BUST AN ATTITUDE: THE MAGAZINE THAT IS FIERCE, FUNNY, AND PROUD TO BE FEMALE

Amy HabenMay 29, 2019

As the groundbreaking women’s lifestyle magazine and website enter their 26th year, the nation lurches toward some dystopian sexist right-wing fantasy. Happily, the same hip, humorous and honest spirit that has kept BUST going still prevails. PKM’s A...

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TAV FALCO: UTOPIAN ANARCHIST IN CUBAN HEELS

Todd McGovernMay 29, 2019

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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BOSTON’S NERVOUS EATERS ARE STILL HUNGRY

Eric DavidsonMay 28, 2019

Coming out of the pre-punk Boston rock & roll scene, Nervous Eaters were as tight and professional as any working band around, with links to Willie “Boom Boom” Alexander and legendary blues harp player Tony Cagnina and regular gigs at The Rat. Th...

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WORD JAZZ: THE MAGIC VOICE OF KEN NORDINE

Michael ShelleyMay 27, 2019

Though often associated with the Beat Generation, Ken Nordine operated on his own wavelength, part absurdist humor, part poetry, part jazz. His real gift was that mellifluous voice, heard on a weekly radio program for more than 40 years, on albums of...

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PETER LAUGHNER: AN UNFINISHED LIFE

Todd McGovernMay 23, 2019

Cleveland's vital and unsung punk scene would not be complete without a chapter on Peter Laughner. Laughner, who died in 1977 at the age of 24, co-founded legendary bands Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu, among others. An amazing singer and songwri...

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Q: WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT NOISE? A: XTC!

Amanda SheppardMay 22, 2019

Mark Fisher explores the unique appeal of XTC’s musical legacy in What Do You Call That Noise?: An XTC Discovery Book. PKM’s Amanda Sheppard talked to Fisher about the book, the band and their brilliant creative core of Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding...

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JOHNNY THUNDERS: THE RAVEN BOY

Bebe BuellMay 21, 2019

When she first saw Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls, Bebe Buell thought of him as a “charismatic ball of fire with the best hair in rock n' roll”. She stayed in touch with him over the years, despite his well-documented decline into drug depende...

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SHE SHOT ANDY WARHOLS: THE DIRTY LIFE & CRIMES OF DOROTHY PODBER

Burt KearnsMay 20, 2019

She called it ‘performance art’ when, in 1964, she casually strolled into Andy Warhol’s Factory, pulled out a handgun and shot a bullet through four paintings of Marilyn Monroe, then strolled back outside. This wasn’t Dorothy Podber’s only claim to i...

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THE POETRY PROJECT LEAVES THE LIGHTS ON

Stacy SzymaszekMay 17, 2019

For 52 years, poets have gathered at this public forum in and around the Bowery, to read, listen, learn and inspire. The first ‘church’ of verse, located at 131 East 10th Street, has recently had a changing of the guard, but the transition has been s...

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TOUCHED BY MARLON BRANDO

Pamela Des BarresMay 16, 2019

After the heady days of the GTOs and a break up with Don Johnson, our Pamela became fixated on/with Marlon Brando and began writing him love letters and leaving messages on his answering machine. One night, he picked up the phone and…read on! Thes...

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JANET HOUSDEN: STRAIGHT OUTTA SOUTH BAY PUNK

Robin CraneMay 15, 2019

A fixture in the earliest days of the LA area punk scene, Janet Housden played drums with Redd Kross and was a member of several other bands, while also appearing in classic cult films. A great storyteller, she has weathered recent health storms and ...

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ROCK & ROLL: IS ‘MAKING IT’ A THING ANYMORE?

Harrison ConneryMay 14, 2019

With Spotify, Bandcamp, iTunes, Facebook, YouTube, and personal blogs, it has never been easier to make music and get it out to the public. The flip side of that is this: It has never been harder to make money off that music. Ask any working rock &am...

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DESTINATION: SISTER TOWN

Brendan TollerMay 13, 2019

Katie and Annie Dolan combine their comedy and musical skills with their super-fandom to create a destination where NRBQ’s Terry Adams is mayor, John Sebastian is nature photographer, Spongebob’s Tom Kenny is tour guide, Howe Gelb is dogcatcher and...

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NEVER IDLE IDOL: NIKKI CORVETTE JUST KEEPS ROLLING

Eric DavidsonMay 9, 2019

Nikki imagined the Corvettes to be the Shangri-meet-The-Ramones—bubblegum punk, for lack of a better term. Her longevity, kindred spirits (from Blondie and the Dolls to the Stooges and the Dead Boys) and tireless devotion to rock & roll has paved...

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Paul Skinupski on HERE’S WHY KAREN CARPENTER MATTERSThis looks like a marvellous book and the author clearly ' gets ' the magic of Karen. She had that wonderful quality to her voice that Chet Baker and Nick Drake had as did Hank Williams and Billie Holiday. With regards to their normalcy you have to remember that even
Deke Dickerson on WHAT WAS THE FIRST ROCK & ROLL RECORD? DEKE DICKERSON SAYS IT’S ‘ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK’I agree with you on that one! Everybody's gonna have their own opinion on this one, but we see eye to eye on the Midnighters....
jamie on WHAT WAS THE FIRST ROCK & ROLL RECORD? DEKE DICKERSON SAYS IT’S ‘ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK’Nice article. Speculation about the 1st rnr song is pretty pointless, but I guess Rock Around th e Clock has it's place because it's the 1st to hit critical mass.
Caddy Rowland on WHEN BEBE MET IGGYWhat a lovely tribute to Jim Osterberg Bebe wrote. I can feel the love and warmth she has for him. Thank you for writing this, Bebe. And I hope Jim never wears a shirt while performing. It wouldn't be right. He's a beautiful warrior showing us to be proud at