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ANDY WARHOL AND THE BEATS IN DENVER: A CONVERSATION WITH MARK SINK

Zack KoppJuly 29, 2019

Denver photographer, street artist and gallery owner Mark Sink talks about the Andy Warhol he knew, the one without masks or disguises. He offers some surprising revelations about the artist, and his distant link to Jack Kerouac, in conversation with...

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MEEKSVILLE UK: JOE MEEK, ARCHITECT OF STARDOM

Tosh BermanJuly 25, 2019

The legendary record producer and sound engineer Joe Meek (1929-1967) was a Freakbeat pioneer, an influence on everyone from Eno and Pink Floyd to any number of movie soundtrack composers. His greatest legacy, the other-worldly sound he achieved on h...

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RIPPED JEANS: FROM KATE HEPBURN TO IGGY POP

Ingrid JensenJuly 24, 2019

Where would rock & roll be without blue jeans? More specifically, without ripped blue jeans. That is, blue jeans that came by their rips honestly, by long and hard wear. Cases in point: Joey Ramone and Iggy Pop....

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EASY RIDER PUSHES 50: TIME TRAVEL WITH TERRY SOUTHERN

Nile SouthernJuly 23, 2019

As Nile Southern remembers his father on the eve of the 50th birthday of Easy Rider, the screenplay Terry co-wrote, he finds sharp parallels between 1969’s political landscape and today’s. Terry Southern’s vision of America in Easy Rider still resona...

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MY BOYS: STERLING LORD ON JACK KEROUAC, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI AND KEN KESEY

Benito VilaJuly 22, 2019

The longtime publishing insider and agent Sterling Lord is still keeping the Beat flames burning for Kerouac, Ferlinghetti and Kesey. PKM's Benito Vila spent a memorable day in New York with the 99-year-old prince of letters, the man to whom Jack Ker...

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ELLIOTT SMITH TURNS 50!

Alan BisbortJuly 18, 2019

His tragic death at age 34 has spun a mysterious web around Elliott Smith’s musical legacy and spawned a cult following that sometimes seems to miss the point of why his songs have such enduring appeal. As his 50th birthday approaches, let’s clear th...

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JOHN SIMON’S MUSICAL LIFE: CHEAP THRILLS, BIG PINK & OTHER HEARSAY

Richie UnterbergerJuly 17, 2019

Producer and record industry insider, John Simon helmed some classic albums by Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin and the Band (including Music from Big Pink), among others, and then embarked on a solo recording career. Richie Unterberger talked to Simon ab...

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DON’T GIMME NO LIP, CHILD: THE ‘STRANGE EFFECT’ OF DAVE BERRY

Fiona McQuarrieJuly 16, 2019

The UK hitmaker whose career began before The Beatles and still continues at age 80, was always one hit away from worldwide fame. As it was, Berry became a star in Europe after covering a song by a young Ray Davies, “This Strange Effect.” He was infl...

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POLY STYRENE REMEMBERED

Amy HabenJuly 15, 2019

Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (1957-2011), aka Poly Styrene, was a punk pioneer in ways that are only now being fully appreciated. As the leader of X-Ray Spex, hers was one of the few “black” faces and voices on the scene. Her daughter, Celeste Bell, ha...

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TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS: KEITH MOON & WAYLON JENNINGS

Pamela Des BarresJuly 11, 2019

Could any two musicians appear to be more different than the solidly grounded country music "outlaw" Waylon Jennings and The Who's manic, sometimes maniacal drummer, Keith Moon? Pamela Des Barres found something to love in each of these men and remem...

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BOY HOWDY: BRINGING CREEM TO THE SCREEN

Brendan TollerJuly 10, 2019

CREEM magazine started with little more than an attitude, a love of the best and most barbaric rock & roll, and a staff of true believers. It became the number two consumer music magazine to Rolling Stone but had a more profound impact on everyth...

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MY NIGHT WITH ANNABELLE: A HAUNTING TALE

Robyn HaleJuly 9, 2019

Steeped in paranormal lore, PKM’s Robyn Hale attended an advanced screening of Annabelle Comes Home in, of all places, Salem, Massachusetts. Ooooooooo, spooky! This horror film features the creepiest resident of the dollhouse, a creature so demon-pos...

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VIVIEN GOLDMAN AND REVENGE OF THE SHE-PUNKS

Eric DavidsonJuly 8, 2019

From her pre-punk perch as a record company publicist and journalist in London, Vivien Goldman immersed herself in the sounds that most moved her--reggae and then punk--and began making music of her own. She was the author of the first books on Bob M...

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2-Tone Memories: Pauline Black and The Selecter

Robert GourleyJuly 4, 2019

The Selecter, a vital part of the ska music revival in the late 1970s, are still keeping the beat alive. Pauline Black, one of the original vocalists in the band, talks with PKM about the original British scene that also included The Specials, The Be...

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Paul Skinupski on COMPLIMENTS OF CHICAGO’S STREETSThat was fascinating , those cards should be in the Smithsonian.
Georganne on GARY PANTER: LIFE AFTER PUNK & PEE WEEAnother wasted opportunity to find out how he thinks, the real mojo that distinguishes him & sets an unreachable bar for his contemporaries. Instead we get the same old about who he knows and what they were like. I was hoping this fascination w celebrity had run its self into
Craig Regala on GARY PANTER: LIFE AFTER PUNK & PEE WEENice work. That just post 60s period is super interesting. I learned most of what I know from Forced Exposure, Curt Schreiber. There's a guy in Columbus that was poking around Jim Shepherds legacy to see if. He could pull a movie out if it. I thibk one of the
Paul Skinupski on MY BOYS: STERLING LORD ON JACK KEROUAC, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI AND KEN KESEYI'm guessing the Gerald Nicosia interview was pulled for legal reasons. I really enjoyed the article , loads of stuff I didn't know and came back for seconds to find it missing. I bought Memory Babe when it came out , it still stands as the best biography on Ti

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