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ARCHITECT OF STARDOM: IRVING MILLS AND DUKE ELLINGTON

Tosh Berman·May 1, 2019

His “Elvis” was Duke Ellington, but he did far more than manage the careers of the Duke, Cab Calloway and Hoagy Carmichael. Irving Mills got his hand in every aspect of the music business—managing, publishing, recording and leading his own...

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WHEN COMIX MET PUNK: ROBERT CRUMB’S “WEIRDO”

Alan Bisbort·April 30, 2019

Comics historian Jon B. Cooke has whipped up a Please Kill Me-like oral history of underground comix of the late 1970s and 1980s. Specifically, he tells the history of Robert Crumb’s brainchild, Weirdo, through the voices of all those who...

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THE DEATH OF SGT. CARTER

Burt Kearns·April 29, 2019

Frank Sutton, who played the gruff sergeant foil to Jim Nabors’ country bumpkin Gomer Pyle, was a talented actor on screen, tube and stage. He lived and died, quite literally, for his profession as an actor, but there was a...

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STEALING STIV BATORS

Bebe Buell·April 25, 2019

Model and singer Bebe Buell fell into Stiv’s arms in the wake of her romances with Todd Rundgren, Rod Stewart and Elvis Costello. And they remained best friends to the end of his life. Bebe shares some happy and surprising...

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PODCASTING GOES PUNK

Whitney Matheson·April 24, 2019

‘Stay Free’ breaks up the predictable formula by taking its time telling the story of The Clash, narrated by Chuck D. Several other punk-related podcasts are worth checking out, including ones hosted by Jenny Eliscu and Henry Rollins, others devoted...

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Iggy Pop, Bare & Real: A Photographic Portrait by Paul McAlpine

Eric Davidson·April 24, 2019

As a preteen in Boston, Paul McAlpine was taking his camera to rock shows; by 1977, he went on tour with Iggy Pop and continued snapping him through the Blah Blah Blah tour in 1986. Those shots are featured in...

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Zapped by Absurdity: Paul Krassner Can’t Stop Now

Benito Vila·April 23, 2019

One of the forefathers of underground culture and Free Speech advocate extraordinaire (who turned 87 on April 9), Krassner has a new book, Zapped by the God of Absurdity (Fantagraphics), that takes aim at the Age of Donald Trump. Counterculture...

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Newly Released Bowie Demos Reveal a Never-Before-Heard “Space Oddity” and More

Richie Unterberger·April 22, 2019

A previously unreleased batch of demos from the late 1960s reveals David Bowie groping toward the sound, vision and alter egos he would later assume, and then mine, during his days as a superstar. Rock scholar Richie Unterberger deconstructs these...

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Bernard Fowler: 20 Feet From Jagger

Robert Gourley·April 18, 2019

After 30 years of vocal work with The Rolling Stones, Bernard Fowler is releasing an album of his unique interpretations of some of the band’s back catalog. He talks with Bob Gourley about his time with the Stones, his work...

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Linda Gail Lewis: The Killer’s Little Sister Gets Her Own Groove

Michael Shelley·April 17, 2019

She was driving a car at 11, married (for the first of 8 times) by 14 and joined her brother Jerry Lee Lewis on tour as a teen. She flirted with ‘60s pop stardom after recording a hit duet album...

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THE NEW GUYS: ROCK & ROLL REPLACEMENTS THAT WORKED

Darren Paltrowitz·April 16, 2019

Often a new band member replacing an original player has, despite fans’ worst fears, actually turned out for the better (think: Ringo Starr for Pete Best). Here are 12 other examples of happy endings, from AC/DC to the Sex Pistols....

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STANLEY DORFMAN: TOP OF THE POPS AND BEYOND

Amy Haben·April 15, 2019

The driving force behind the UK’s influential Top of the Pops (aka TOTP) TV program during its mid-1960s heyday, Stanley Dorfman relocated to the U.S. where he directed In Concert and made a ton of famous friends, including John and...

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EXITING ALTAMONT, ENTERING SUBURBIA: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BILL OWENS

Gregory Daurer·April 11, 2019

He viewed the mayhem of the 1969 Altamont concert from high up on a light tower and left before the Stones hit the stage, but by then Bill Owens had already captured the vibe of the event in some iconic...

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Lost and Found: Roy Harper

Alan Bisbort·April 10, 2019

In the best of all possible worlds, a man who has made music with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Nice, Paul McCartney, Ian Anderson, Peter Townshend, Keith Moon, Ronnie Lane, Chris Spedding, Alvin Lee and Kate Bush...

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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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WHEN COMIX MET PUNK: ROBERT CRUMB’S “WEIRDO”

THE DEATH OF SGT. CARTER

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