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DIVINE HORSEMEN RIDE AGAIN: CHRIS D & JULIE CHRISTENSEN SPEAK TO PKM

Eric Davidson·July 15, 2020

A hot new single, ‘Mystery Writers,’ by Divine Horsemen arrives this Friday. Chris “D” Desjardins, formerly of L.A. punk band the Flesh Eaters, reunites with Julie Christensen, X drummer DJ Bonebrake, Peter Andrus, Doug Lacy and Bobby Permanent for “Mystery...

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LOUD FAST WORDS WITH SOUL ASYLUM’S DAVE PIRNER

Todd McGovern·July 15, 2020

Soul Asylum was part of a contingent of Minneapolis bands, with the Replacements and Hüsker Dü, that altered the rock & roll landscape. Founding member Dave Pirner still leads a formidable version of the band, which just released a new...

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MICHAEL ALAGO’S FABULOUS JOURNEY

Sharon M. Hannon·July 14, 2020

Brooklyn native Michael Alago was one of the good guys in the corporate music industry. As an A&R executive for Elektra Records, he didn’t just sign artists like Metallica, John Lydon and Nina Simone; he befriended them. Prior to that,...

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SLANT 6: STRAIGHT OUTTA WASHINGTON, D.C. IN THE ’90S

Eric Davidson·July 13, 2020

Catching some wind from the Riot Grrrl Movement but sailing mostly on their own, the all-female trio Slant 6 created a sound—minimalist garage rock influenced by everyone from Blondie, Wire, the Breeders and the Gories to the Kinks and Ramones—that...

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JOHNNY THUNDERS IN COLD BLOOD

PKM Editor·July 9, 2020

In 1987, Nina Antonia published the first book about John Anthony Genzale (aka Johnny Thunders) (1952-1991). It was a time when the rock ‘n’ roll establishment had turned its collective back on the former New York Dolls guitarist. She got...

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DADDY COOL: AUSTRALIA’S UNSUNG ROCK & ROLL GREATS

David Laing·July 8, 2020

Influenced by the Mothers of Invention, Daddy Cool quickly soared to the top of Australia’s charts, then blistered the USA on three tours, supporting Captain Beefheart and Little Feat, earning plaudits from Kim Fowley, Marc Bolan, Elton John (“Crocodile Rock”...

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SCANDAL! THE 1927 CASE THAT JUMP-STARTED THE TABS!

Alan Bisbort·July 7, 2020

It had everything. Sex. Murder. Greed. Double Crossings. Sing Sing Prison. Electric Chairs. And at its center was a “femme fatale” from Queens named Ruth Snyder. The lurid details of the murder plot and trial of Ruth Snyder and her...

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MY OWN PRIVATE BASKETBALL DIARY: MEETING JIM CARROLL

Chris Epting·July 6, 2020

In 1983, when Chris Epting was at Boston’s Emerson College, he produced a cable access TV series on which he interviewed “artists I was crazy about.” High on the list was poet-rock’n’roller Jim Carroll, whom he caught backstage before and...

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HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT: UNRAVELING A MYSTERY

Jim Powell·July 2, 2020

Jeff Krulik and John Heyn’s 1986 film Heavy Metal Parking Lot has become an unlikely cult classic. In less than 20 minutes, the film—culled from footage taken in a parking lot outside a DC-area venue where Judas Priest was playing—captured...

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THE INTREPID TRAVELLER: KEN BABBS ON THE MERRY PRANKSTERS, THE BEATS, THE DEAD, WOODSTOCK, AND MUCH MORE

Gregory Daurer·July 1, 2020

How did a basketball-playing Marine Corps lieutenant from Ohio become a driving force for the Merry Pranksters, an emcee for the Grateful Dead, farmer, novelist, publisher and raconteur? The ageless Ken Babbs talks with PKM’s Gregory Daurer about how he’s...

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THE MEKONS: STILL THRIVING ON LOW EXPECTATIONS

Mark Jacobson·June 30, 2020

The punk-era holdouts The Mekons, originally from the UK but now scattered worldwide, were set to reunite to record their 23rd album. Then COVID-19 hit, and they went to Plan B. Plan B resulted in Exquisite, the aural equivalent of...

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VISUALIZING MARC ALMOND: JAMIE MCLEOD’S CAMERA EYE

Alan Bisbort·June 29, 2020

Art photographer Jamie McLeod was a collaborator with and muse for the megastar Marc Almond (Soft Cell, Marc and the Mambas, solo artist) for 20 years. In that time, McLeod helped visually shape Almond’s public image, fusing his pop star...

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JONI MITCHELL: A RECKLESS DAUGHTER’S BRILLIANT JOURNEY

Scott Schinder·June 25, 2020

Joni Mitchell was a “folk singer” for two years, but she has been an artistic badass for more than half a century since then. Her pioneering work and enduring influence over the decades are, however, often reduced to that early...

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FAT WHITE FAMILY’S LIAS SAOUDI ON BLM AND FINDING A MUSICAL WAY FORWARD

Ingrid Marie Jensen·June 24, 2020

The multi-ethnic South London-based Fat White Family has been called the ‘sonic equivalent of society coming unhinged.’ Their raucous onslaught is leavened with humor and social commentary, as seen in the titles of their albums (Champagne Holocaust, Serf’s Up) and...

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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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DIVINE HORSEMEN RIDE AGAIN: CHRIS D & JULIE CHRISTENSEN SPEAK TO PKM

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MICHAEL ALAGO’S FABULOUS JOURNEY

SLANT 6: STRAIGHT OUTTA WASHINGTON, D.C. IN THE ’90S

JOHNNY THUNDERS IN COLD BLOOD

DADDY COOL: AUSTRALIA’S UNSUNG ROCK & ROLL GREATS

SCANDAL! THE 1927 CASE THAT JUMP-STARTED THE TABS!

MY OWN PRIVATE BASKETBALL DIARY: MEETING JIM CARROLL

HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT: UNRAVELING A MYSTERY

THE INTREPID TRAVELLER: KEN BABBS ON THE MERRY PRANKSTERS, THE BEATS, THE DEAD, WOODSTOCK, AND MUCH MORE

THE MEKONS: STILL THRIVING ON LOW EXPECTATIONS

VISUALIZING MARC ALMOND: JAMIE MCLEOD’S CAMERA EYE

JONI MITCHELL: A RECKLESS DAUGHTER’S BRILLIANT JOURNEY

FAT WHITE FAMILY’S LIAS SAOUDI ON BLM AND FINDING A MUSICAL WAY FORWARD

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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