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Rolling Stones at the Altamont Rock Festival at Livermore, Calif. Dec. 6, 1969 (AP Photo)

DANDELIONS AND DEAD FLOWERS: THE DISASTER AT ALTAMONT

Sharon M. Hannon·December 6, 2018

Fifty years ago, the hippie pipedream was said to come to an end at a race track 65 miles east of San Francisco, while the Stones played “Under My Thumb” and Hell’s Angels went on a spree of violence On...

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JIM MORRISON’S BROTHER IN LAW SPEAKS OUT

Zack Kopp·December 5, 2018

Alan Graham was married to Morrison’s sister Ann and has written a memoir about his friendship with Jim, another about his boyhood in Liverpool growing up around the corner from the Cavern Club, and a third about his work as...

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DESIGNING AND LIVING WITH LOU REED: AN INTERVIEW WITH SYLVIA REED

Eric Davidson·December 4, 2018

Sylvia Reed – Lou Reed’s ex-wife, art designer, manager, and reading partner – offers insights into the most productive period of Lou’s career Sylvia (Morales) Reed was Lou Reed’s wife, but she was also his integral creative half during arguably...

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John Densmore and Derf, photo courtesy of Nora Novak

GETTING CRAZY WITH DERF SCRATCH OF FEAR

Nora Novak·December 3, 2018

The party never stopped for the legendary LA punk rocker, and drug companion of John Belushi. Though warned off Derf by John Densmore of the Doors, Nora Novak jumped in with eyes wide open for a wild ride in the...

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TEN MORE GREAT BOOKS BY DRUNKS

Alan Bisbort·November 29, 2018

Another round of inebriated literature for the house, bartender! Early last year, PKM published an article called “The Ten Best Books By Drunks”. It has received hiccups of readership over the past year, generating comments, most recently from Richard Schober,...

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DONATO DI CAMILLO FOCUSES ON THE KRUSTIES

Burt Kearns·November 28, 2018

New York’s leading street photographer meets the Krusties, grunge-style, modern-day nomads All photos © by Donato Di Camillo You can find them in just about every major American city. Many are not much older than teenagers, huddled together, hanging out...

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NO WAY OUT FOR THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND!

Amanda Sheppard·November 27, 2018

Psychedelic Sixties’ Bay Area survivors the Chocolate Watchband cut their teeth on bills with the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead but went their own way with their heavier British Invasion sound over the past half century… and they have...

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HARVEY KURTZMAN AND HIS CRY FOR HELP!

Charles Monagan·November 26, 2018

The Mad genius (in more ways than one!) kept going after parting company with William Gaines, creating other bastions of enduring satire, cartoons and humor in the 1950s and 1960s, such as Humbug, Trump, and Help! Contributors included John Cleese,...

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Sonny Curtis(far right) and The Crickets

SONNY CURTIS: HE FOUGHT THE LAW AND HE WON

Michael Shelley·November 21, 2018

Sonny Curtis grew up with Buddy Holly, played in the Crickets and shaped the future of rock & roll. Then he just never stopped working, as part of the Everly Brothers’ band, session musician, and songwriter. Everybody from Bing Crosby, Joan...

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WOODY WOODMANSEY: THE LAST SPIDER FROM MARS

Robert Gourley·November 20, 2018

David Bowie’s drummer recalls his time with ‘Ziggy Stardust’, Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder and now pays tribute, with longtime Bowie associate Tony Visconti, in Holy Holy, touring in 2019 The last surviving member of The Spiders from Mars, drummer...

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WHEN PARTYING GOES TOO FAR: ROCK STARS’ WILD BEHAVIOR!

Amy Haben·November 19, 2018

The road to success is paved with excess, and these ten tales are ones the participants will never live down…nor should they! Slash had said, “Being a rock star is the intersection of who you are and who you want...

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Norman Mailer and Legs McNeil. Photo by Victor Bockris.

NORMAN MAILER MEETS THE RESIDENT PUNK, 1979

Legs McNeil·November 16, 2018

The great novelist had just published The Executioner’s Song—which would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize—when he sat down with Legs McNeil two days after they had attended a Ramones concert at CBGB. Mailer talks about his experiences with drugs,...

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REVENGE OF THE NERD? CURTIS ARMSTRONG IS NOT TRAPPED BY BOOGER!

Whitney Matheson·November 14, 2018

The genial actor and now memoirist talks rock ‘n’ roll, forgotten screenplays, David Foster Wallace and, yes, Booger Despite a 40-year career that encompasses tons of theater, film and TV roles, most people know Curtis Armstrong from his supporting parts...

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‘ZEN BASTARD’ PAUL KRASSNER HAS THE LAST LAUGH AND THE LAST WORD

Benito Vila·November 13, 2018

Publisher/editor of The Realist, satirist, comedian, Merry Prankster, Yippie co-founder, and compatriot of a who’s who of the counterculture is still shocking all the right people at age 86. In the first part of this long interview, he talks about...

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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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