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KEITH RELF: WHEN A YARDBIRD FLEW SOLO

Richie Unterberger·June 4, 2020

Though the guitarists for The Yardbirds got all the ink, the band’s other four members—bassist Paul Samwell-Smith, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist (and later bassist) Chris Dreja, and vocalist Keith Relf—stood on equal footing with Clapton, Page and Beck. Relf,...

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VISUALIZING ROKY & THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS

Eric Davidson·June 3, 2020

The music of the Texas garage band 13th Floor Elevators needs little introduction to PKM readers. They were among the first bands to collectively hitch their wagon to LSD, even coining the term “psychedelic rock”. But there was a visual...

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FATHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE

Alan Bisbort·June 1, 2020

All the mothers of the world are showered with bowers of flowers and other sweet-smelling powders on Mother’s Day. And, of course, as Abe Lincoln put it, it is altogether fitting and proper that we do this. But what do...

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PRIVATE SORROW: REMEMBERING PHIL MAY OF THE PRETTY THINGS

Valerie Simadis·May 28, 2020

Phil May was one of the originators of the British rock sound of the 1960s: equal parts R&B, psychedelia and hard-driving rock & roll. He fronted The Pretty Things, a band that, with a break here or there, could have...

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FRED WILLARD WAS FOREVER YOUNG: AND REALLY REALLY OLD

Burt Kearns·May 27, 2020

For 60 years, Fred Willard made us laugh playing the same character, from early comedy club gigs with Vic Greco and appearances on Steve Allen’s and Ed Sullivan’s shows to countless appearances on David Letterman’s and Jimmy Kimmel’s shows. And...

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UNMASKED: THE PHANTOM SURFERS’ JOHNNY BARTLETT HANGS TEN

Anthony Petkovich·May 26, 2020

San Francisco’s longest surviving (and only masked!) instrumental surf band, The Phantom Surfers, have been riding the various musical waves since 1988, in that time amassing an international following while carrying the torch for surf music. They name check Dick...

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ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS: MONKEY FROM THE ADICTS SPEAKS

Amy Haben·May 25, 2020

Part of the first wave of punk bands in the U.K., the Adicts hit their stride in the 1980s and never looked back. Still active and still sporting garb from the rack of Clockwork Orange, the Adicts played in New...

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JOHN DOE: X MARKS THE SPOT

Robert Gourley·May 21, 2020

One of the breakout bands from L.A.’s original punk scene, X has just released ALPHABETLAND, its first album with the original lineup since 1985. The album arrives on the 40th anniversary of their debut, Los Angeles, and is as fresh and...

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LITTLE RICHARD: THE ORIGINAL PUNK

Parke Puterbaugh·May 20, 2020

Rock ‘n’ roll lost one of its true originals last week, when Richard Penniman, the incomparable Little Richard, shuffled off this mortal coil. He was one of the few remaining entertainment figures of any medium or musical genre who was...

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ESCAPE FROM VIETNAM: AN ISLAND OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMBAT ZONE

David Stewart·May 19, 2020

At the height of the Vietnam War, a renegade monk created a haven for peace on an island in the middle of the Mekong Delta. Deserters from all sides of the conflict found refuge there. Among those who regularly visited...

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FAREWELL, GEM SPA: AN EAST VILLAGE INSTITUTION BITES THE DUST

Larry Baumhor·May 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is not just killing and sickening people; it’s decimating small businesses, some with storied histories. Few Lower East Side businesses had a more storied history than Gem Spa, the home of egg creams and countercultural rebellion. Everyone...

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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #4: BRIAN ENO

Billy Hough·May 14, 2020

When “Eno is God” started appearing in spray paint all over NYC in the 70’s, most people were mystified. Those who were not, however, were familiar with the small-in-stature, huge-in-output genius behind Roxy Music’s otherworldly sound, David Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy” and...

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SAVAGE IMPRESSIONS: BRUCE LICHER & INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS

Richie Unterberger·May 13, 2020

Bruce Licher’s rise to the top of post-punk graphic design began in 1980 as a means to package the music for his own bands, Project 197 and Savage Republic. Gradually, his “handmade” style—out of the ordinary, eye-catching graphics created on...

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REMEMBERING MICHAEL MCCLURE: THE REAL LIZARD KING

Tosh Berman·May 12, 2020

The late poet Michael McClure (1932-2020) was always associated with the original Beat circle of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Snyder, Ferlinghetti but he was so much more than that to Tosh Berman, who saw him as the rightful heir to Jim Morrison....

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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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