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THE JOY OF DESOLATION: TAKING PUNK ROCK TO THE DESERT

Richie Unterberger·October 16, 2019

Putting on punk shows in Los Angeles in the early 1980s became near to impossible with the lack of venues and police harassment of those events that did manage to find one. So a young promoter, Stuart Swezey, took bands...

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WHEN THE RAT PACK JUMPED THE ROCK & ROLL SHARK

Alan Bisbort·October 15, 2019

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., et al. did not loathe rock & roll just for the sound of the music. At some point, they realized that rock & roll signaled the end of an era when they ruled...

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THE CHANGER AND THE CHANGED: A HISTORY OF THE WOMEN’S MUSIC MOVEMENT

Fiona McQuarrie·October 14, 2019

Long before legalized same-sex marriage became a reality and the #Metoo movement crashed the patriarchal gates, a women’s music movement existed under radar of mainstream and even the punk rock scenes going back to the 1970s. Bolstered by performers like...

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DEBBIE HARRY AND CHRIS STEIN AMONG FRIENDS

Amy Haben·October 10, 2019

Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein appeared at The Town Hall with the band’s visual artist, Rob Roth, to celebrate the launch of Debbie’s memoir, Face It, and to reminisce about their love affair with New York City. Amy Haben...

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ALLAN ARKUSH ON WORKING WITH LOU REED, MALCOLM McDOWELL AND LEE VING ON CULT CLASSIC ‘GET CRAZY’

Eric Davidson·October 9, 2019

Director Allan Arkush Remembers the Madness of Making the 1983 Cult Classic Rock & Roll Comedy Get Crazy (1983), a film that unfairly stands in the shadows of his Rock and Roll High School. Eric Davidson talked to Arkush about...

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WHEN JACK KEROUAC HAD HIS CRACK-UP

Paul Maher, Jr·October 8, 2019

Spiraling down a silo of despair and drunkenness in the wake of his On The Road/Dharma Bums celebrity as ‘king of the Beats’, Jack Kerouac longed for a safe haven. Poet/publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti heeded the call, loaning Kerouac his cabin...

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BRIAN WILSON & THE ZOMBIES: GREATS FROM ’68

Crispin Kott·October 7, 2019

Despite recent medical setbacks, Brian Wilson has returned to the road, with a stellar band (that includes Al Jardine and son, and Blondie Chaplin). His frailty, however, has never been more obvious, and painful to watch, begging the question from...

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SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO BRINGS BACK SPOOK SHOW MUSIC: ‘YOU MAY DIE OF FRIGHT!’

Eric Davidson·October 3, 2019

Just in time for Halloween, classic (and not so classic) horror film music rises from the grave on Something Weird Video’s new compilation, Spook Show Spectacular A-Go-Go. With the help of Lower East Side punk veteran Howie Pyro (the Blessed,...

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THE NIGHT THEY BLEW UP DISCO

Alan Bisbort·October 2, 2019

Disco music had become so ubiquitous by 1979 that a backlash from fans of punk and rock & roll was inevitable. They did not, however, envision something as insane as Disco Demolition Night, which took place in Chicago’s Comiskey Park...

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JABBERJAW: WHEN AN L.A. CLUB CREATED ITS OWN SCENE

Lucretia Tye Jasmine·October 1, 2019

What started as an all-ages coffee bar and acoustic venue in 1989 turned into a must-play showcase for local and out of town bands. Jabberjaw’s roster included L7, Bikini Kill, Iggy Pop, Elliott Smith, Hole, Beck, and many others. In...

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THE FOREVER CHANGES OF ARTHUR LEE & LOVE

Tony Mostrom·September 30, 2019

Love were poised to be bigger than their Elektra label mates—and friendly Sunset Strip rivals—the Doors, but trouble and darkness followed them by the end of the decade. Anthony Mostrom recalls how, at age 9, he stood awestruck upon encountering...

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SPIT IN THE OCEAN: KEN KESEY’S FORGOTTEN BOOK SERIES

Benito Vila·September 26, 2019

Ken Kesey assembled his Merry Pranksters and other kindred spirits for one more, and final, prank—a semi-regular book series that contained pieces of his unfinished novel about his beloved grandmother, and contributions from a who’s who of the counterculture. Benito...

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CURATOR MARC H. MILLER: PULLING THE PUNK PIECES TOGETHER

Eric Davidson·September 25, 2019

Though the Ramones exhibition at the Queens Museum in 2016 gained Marc H. Miller a wider audience, he was instrumental in framing the punk scene as an total art movement, organizing a seminal Punk Art Show in Washington D.C. in...

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MARTIN ATKINS: BREAKING OUT OF PIL’S METAL BOX

Robert Gourley·September 24, 2019

Joining Public Image Ltd during the making of Metal Box, drummer Martin Atkins stayed through three albums and then played with Nine Inch Nails, Killing Joke and Ministry. Not content with just playing, Atkins started a record label (with 350...

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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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