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POP EATS ITSELF: OR, NOT THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL

Billy Hough·January 9, 2020

Using The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again as his template, poet/playwright/performer Billy Hough patches together a quilt that covers the body of work created by the elusive Andy Warhol, the man who is ‘everywhere...

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CITY OF CORNERS: A CONVERSATION WITH NYC POET JOHN GODFREY

Stacy Szymaszek·January 8, 2020

John Godfrey has been a poetic presence in the East Village of New York City for the past half century. He has mentored generations of younger poets, been an integral part of the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church almost...

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PHILADELPHIA’S SIGMA SOUND: THE STUDIO WHERE BOWIE FOUND HIS SOUL

Richie Unterberger·January 7, 2020

The Philadelphia recording studio Sigma Sound almost single-handedly defined the pre-Disco sound of the 1970s, with the smooth, soulful outpourings of the O’Jays, Stylistics, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Spinners and Billy Paul. Sigma’s sound was as distinctive as...

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Charley Plymell eating with William Burroughs. Lawrence, Kansas. Photo by Allen Ginsberg. Courtesy: Allen Ginsberg Estate/Stanford University Libraries.

CHARLEY PLYMELL: OUTLAW POET & ORIGINAL PUNK

Benito Vila·January 6, 2020

Poet, publisher, provocateur and people-connector, Charley Plymell is, like fellow Midwesterner Ed Sanders, a floater among contingents of kindred spirits, from the Beats to the hippies to the punks and back again. Publisher of William S. Burroughs and Herbert Huncke;...

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PKM BEST OF THE REST FOR 2019

PKM Editor·December 30, 2019

Since our readers have been more nice than naughty this year, we are presenting a second helping of good cheer, with another Top 10. Or, to paraphrase Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap, our Top Eleven (through 20) stories for 2019....

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THE TOP TEN PKM STORIES OF 2019

Alan Bisbort·December 27, 2019

Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of shade-grown coffee with, uh, more coffee, and kick back with Please Kill Me’s Top 10 stories of 2019…starring Jack Casady and his magic bass, the truly trippy tales of the...

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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ‘SHOWGIRLS’…BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

Jeffery Conway·December 18, 2019

Jeffrey McHale’s You Don’t Nomi, a documentary about his obsession with the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, was recently screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. The poet Jeffery Conway, another Showgirls obsessive, interviewed Jeffrey McHale for PKM. In 1995, the...

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THE ROOTS OF ROCK RUN DEEPER THAN ROBERT JOHNSON

Tony Mostrom·December 17, 2019

Eric Clapton, rightfully, revered the mysterious Southern bluesman Robert Johnson and, because of that, some dubbed him the father of rock ‘n’ roll. Anthony Mostrom, who also admires Johnson, nonetheless offers a point-by-point refutation of that latter opinion herein: ...

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PUNK ROCK HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUR FAVORITE RESIDENT PUNK

Alan Bisbort·December 16, 2019

The elves at PleaseKillMe.com have been working 24/7 to spread Christmas cheer to those who cherish peace, love and understanding (and a Bronx cheer to those who don’t). We aren’t saying that the gifts listed in our guide are the...

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MIDGE URE: FROM RICH KIDS TO ULTRAVOX TO SAVING THE WORLD

Robert Gourley·December 12, 2019

Co-founder (with Bob Geldof) of Band Aid and Live Aid, the multi-talented Glaswegian Midge Ure once turned down an offer to join what became the Sex Pistols. Alas, he has carved out a perfectly respectable career as a member The...

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KENNETH PATCHEN: REBEL POET AND ROMANTIC

Alan Bisbort·December 11, 2019

Poet, artist, performer, pacifist and visionary, Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was the closest thing America had to a William Blake. He was, in the words of biographer Larry Smith, the ‘Rebel Poet of America,” influencing the likes of Henry Miller, young...

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ESP-DISK’: THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS RECORD LABEL IN AMERICA

Alan Bisbort·December 10, 2019

ESP-Disk’, a record label started in New York in 1963 by Bernard Stollman, unleashed a sonic blast of free-form rock ‘n’ roll, free jazz, ur-freak-folk, poetry, and experimental music until the end of the decade, a blast that would leave...

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MOONAGE DAYDREAM: MAGGI RONSON REMEMBERS HER BROTHER MICK

Amy Haben·December 9, 2019

Maggi Ronson was in awe of her big brother, Michael “Mick” Ronson. Long before he became world famous as Bowie’s sidekick guitarist, Mick Ronson was in the Rats, a band from their hometown of Hull that would later morph into...

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MISS PAMELA: MEETING YOUR HEROES

Pamela Des Barres·December 5, 2019

The fearless Pamela Des Barres has met many of her own personal heroes, including Dylan, Zappa, Cohen, Nureyev, Brando, Dion, Prince, McCartney, Harrison, Starr and Hutchence. Some experiences were better than others but all proved to be revealing and a...

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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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