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2-Tone Memories: Pauline Black and The Selecter

Robert Gourley·July 4, 2019

The Selecter, a vital part of the ska music revival in the late 1970s, are still keeping the beat alive. Pauline Black, one of the original vocalists in the band, talks with PKM about the original British scene that also...

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‘WHERE’S THE BAG, MR. KARDASHIAN?’: OR, HOW I EXPOSED O.J. SIMPSON’S ACCOMPLICE AND SET THE STAGE FOR A TV EMPIRE

Burt Kearns·July 3, 2019

Four weeks after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, a tabloid news producer made a discovery that stunned the world and turned a family name into a billion-dollar brand. Twenty-five years later, Burt Kearns tells the story...

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THE UNFORGETTABLE YARDBIRDS: DRUMMER JIM MCCARTY EXPLAINS IT ALL

Richie Unterberger·July 2, 2019

Though they lasted only five years, the Yardbirds reshaped rock, pop and blues. Through all the personnel changes—Clapton, then Beck, then Page—Jim McCarty was a stabilizing force in the band, along with guitarist Chris Dreja and vocalist Keith Relf. Richie...

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ON THE ROAD WITH BOB DYLAN, REVISITED: A ROLLING THUNDER REVUE STORY

Larry Ratso Sloman·July 1, 2019

Larry Sloman covered the Rolling Thunder Revue for Rolling Stone, and he got more than he bargained for, including his nickname “Ratso,” courtesy Joan Baez. He shares some amazing memories with PKM from his time in the front row of...

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PRIDE TV: THE QUIET GAY HEROES OF SIXTIES SITCOMS

Burt Kearns·June 28, 2019

The faces of these three actors were familiar to Baby Boomers raised on TV situation comedies. Their private lives were not. In a way, though, they helped to blaze trails for which they were never given credit. by Burt Kearns...

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MY OWN PRIVATE BRIAN (JONES)

Tosh Berman·June 27, 2019

When Tosh Berman’s father, renowned Los Angeles artist Wallace Berman (who was among the figures featured on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper’s album), brought home friends, they weren’t the run of the mill kind. Among those who frequented the...

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MOBY GRAPE: STILL SHINING IN THE SHADOWS

Jim Allen·June 26, 2019

This hard luck band was one of the originals of the 1960s Bay Area ‘sound’. At their peak, they were also one of the finest bands on the planet, in concert and on vinyl. The three-guitar lineup (Skip Spence, Jerry...

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THE DEATH OF SUPERFLY

Mark Jacobson·June 25, 2019

Frank Lucas, the Harlem dope-dealer who Denzel Washington made famous in American Gangster, is remembered by his friend, Mark Jacobson, the man who first told his story as “The Return of Superfly” in New York magazine and then stayed friends...

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DR. JOHN SEES BEYOND THE MEAT-WORLD: AN INTERVIEW

Chris Simunek·June 24, 2019

When Mac Rebennack died on June 6, we lost more than a musical force. We lost a “voodoo priest” who could see the big picture and focused his powers on bringing the earth back in balance. Chris Simunek met Dr....

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WARHOL, THE VELVETS, THE FUGS AND THE DOM

Jan Błaszczak·June 21, 2019

The Dom, a book recently published in Poland, covers the untold story of Lower East Side’s counterculture in the period of time just before the events in Please Kill Me, which inspired the writing of it. The author, Jan Błaszczak,...

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HERE’S WHY KAREN CARPENTER MATTERS

Alan Bisbort·June 20, 2019

The singing/drumming half of the 1970s’ hitmakers the Carpenters died at age 32 in 1983 of health issues related to anorexia. As popular as she was in her lifetime, Karen Carpenter has, according to a new book, Why Karen Carpenter...

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TOM PETTY AND ME: AN INTERVIEW WITH JON SCOTT

Valerie Simadis·June 19, 2019

Promo man extraordinaire Jon Scott has worked with The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Elton John, but he developed his closest friendship with the client he called “the future of rock ‘n’ roll,” Tom Petty. A quick decision and a hustler’s...

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WHEN BEBE MET IGGY

Bebe Buell·June 17, 2019

A bloody chance encounter in 1973, when The Stooges were in New York to play Max’s Kansas City, led to a lasting friendship between Bebe Buell and Jim Osterberg that included some highs and lows and near misses with tragedy....

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DR. JOHN: THE DOCTOR IS– FOREVER– IN

Christine Ohlman·June 17, 2019

Malcolm John Rebennack, November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019. Christine Ohlman, the “Beehive Queen,” pays tribute to her friend, Dr. John, who transcends the usual accolades and praise and went far beyond hip Dr. John, The Night Tripper Gris-Gris...

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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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