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VIOLENT FEMMES: NO NORMAL BAND

John Kruth·July 27, 2020

Born in the wake of a legendarily disruptive high school performance and culminating in a near riot at Carnegie Hall, Violent Femmes, the folk-rock-punk trio from Milwaukee forged a unique sound out of influences as disparate as rockabilly, Appalachian folk,...

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NIXON VS. KHRUSHCHEV: HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT IN THE KITCHEN, 1959

Alan Bisbort·July 22, 2020

Sixty-one years ago, on July 24, 1959, one of the greatest ever pieces of television propaganda was broadcast in both the U.S. and in the Soviet Union. Both sides in this so-called Cold War felt that they had won an...

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CHRIS FRANTZ: REMAINS IN LOVE

Richie Unterberger·July 22, 2020

The subtitle to Remain in Love, the new memoir by Chris Frantz, is “Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina”. He was the co-founder and drummer for the first named bands, and is the longtime partner of Tina Weymouth, the bassist...

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FAMILY GUY: THE LEGACY OF SPALDING GRAY

Benito Vila·July 21, 2020

When monologist-actor-writer-philosopher Spalding Gray departed this planet in 2004, he left behind timeless works like Swimming to Cambodia, Monster in a Box and many memorable film roles. He also left behind two sensitive and talented sons. Benito Vila lived near the...

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MISS PAMELA: BLAME IT ON ELVIS, DION AND THE RAINBOW ROCKERS

Pamela Des Barres·July 20, 2020

Pamela Miller was a boy-crazy teen from the San Fernando Valley whose head was permanently turned one summer day when a real live rock & roll band actually began to rehearse across the street. Like Sirens in reverse, she and...

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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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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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VIOLENT FEMMES: NO NORMAL BAND

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