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LOST AND FOUND: SANDY DENNY

Alan BisbortMarch 26, 2019

Sandy Denny (1947-1978) had one of the most remarkable voices in British folk-rock as well as superior songwriting skills, but her darker impulses got the best of her, cutting short a promising career at age 31. Still, her work with Fairport Conventi...

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LOOKING FOR STIV BATORS

Eric DavidsonMarch 25, 2019

In his fifth documentary, filmmaker Danny “Looking for Johnny” Garcia takes a deep dive into the life and legacy of the Dead Boys front man. Included in STIV is some rare footage and lore about Stiv’s surprising career before and after the Dead Boys,...

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KURT VONNEGUT’S CRUSADE

Alan BisbortMarch 21, 2019

50 years after the publication of the now literary (and film) classic Slaughterhouse-Five, our editor Alan Bisbort looks back on some of his personal encounters with Vonnegut, and speaks to the author of a new oral biography, Kurt Vonnegut Remembered...

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THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY

Chris MartinMarch 20, 2019

Using poetry to reach troubled kids, Chris Martin found a portal into one of his more difficult cases by focusing on Ted Berrigan, Gary Snyder, William Blake, heaven and hell For the last fifteen years, I have been working with students with special...

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KENNETH PITT: THE ARCHITECT WHO TURNED DAVID JONES INTO DAVID BOWIE

Tosh BermanMarch 19, 2019

Bowie’s first manager was an old school, former publicist for Sinatra, Ellington, Jerry Lee Lewis and Manfred Mann, but he was also a gentleman who provided his protégé a wide canvas on which to later create Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke a...

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The Monkees during a television special in 1969

THE IMMORTAL MONKEES!

Crispin KottMarch 18, 2019

Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith carry on, despite the loss of Davy Jones and, most recently, Peter Tork. Their current tour is a tribute to lost friends, a celebration of their “Good Times!” in the present day, and a reminder that the Rock &am...

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PAMELA DES BARRES: SEARCHING FOR TOMORROW

Pamela Des BarresMarch 14, 2019

After a blush of success with her all-girl group the GTOs and a role in Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, our Miss Pamela found herself slogging down the slippery slope of showbiz, enduring gropings from lechers, casting calls that went nowhere, a bit part i...

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LOST AND FOUND: KAREN DALTON

Alan BisbortMarch 13, 2019

Though she has been dead for more than a quarter-century, Karen Dalton, a staple of the Greenwich Village folk scene, had the sort of voice that still haunts those of us who love music in the margins. Woodstock, New York after, say, 1965 was a place...

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SIDEWINDER: THE MURDER OF LEE MORGAN

Burt KearnsMarch 12, 2019

The jazz trumpeter extraordinaire was a prodigy who inherited the musical mantle of Clifford Brown, as well as the latter’s untimely and tragic end. It’s a story of drugs, redemption, jealousy and rage that came to a head next to the stage at New Yor...

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WHY THE RAMONES MATTER: A CONVERSATION WITH DONNA GAINES

Harrison ConneryMarch 11, 2019

Even as a teen hanging out on street corners in Queens, Donna Gaines was doing research for her career in sociology. But then four guys from Queens, The Ramones, turned her world upside down and she was never the same. Generations of fans have found...

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WHAT DOES REGRET MEAN?: INSIDE THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS

Amy HabenMarch 8, 2019

Being punk rebels in Texas, with a name guaranteed to ban them from all God-fearing media outlets, qualifies the Butthole Surfers for the next edition of Profiles in Courage. But, alas, they have their own book now, filled with firsthand accounts of ...

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JOHN CALE : THE MIDWIFE OF PUNK ROCK

Billy HoughMarch 7, 2019

It is Billy Hough’s passionate belief that our musical world would be a different place if this brilliant Welshman hadn’t collided with Lou Reed, Nico, Jonathan Richman, Patti Smith, Iggy and the Stooges, and so many others. So you could make the ar...

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DEKE DICKERSON: MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR!

Alan BisbortMarch 6, 2019

Because he’s so good on the guitar, the Missouri native’s million other hats are often overlooked in the shuffle: writer, archivist, collector of weird albums, vintage automobiles and musical equipment (including a quadruple-necked guitar), preservat...

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THE BIRTH OF GONZO AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY

Alan BisbortMarch 5, 2019

Hunter S. Thompson became a known quantity with the publication of Hell’s Angels (1967), but it wasn’t until he teamed up with Ralph Steadman for the first time that true gonzo journalism was born. A new Last Gasp publication, Who Killed Hunter S. Th...

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William K on Mariann Marlowe: A Living Legend in the East VillageI'll definitely go to Enz next time I'm in town and I love Marianne too. Woke up this morning with a song in my head: years ago some fellows and myself would deejay occasionally on a sunday night in town. My meagre record collection (vinyl, yes, it was that long
william fretz on Mariann Marlowe: A Living Legend in the East VillageWhat a refreshing half hour away from the political BS of the day. As a group shop antique dealer in the early middle sixties we found that the dealers in the Village loved what we had to offer, so we took a Saturday and went to the village dropping off
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Alicia on HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY TO STIV BATORSOh, I love Stiv. That was sweet of him to take you out, even with his dick-in-box trick. Class Stiv 😂 Great article! Would love to read more of your work.

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