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PKM TV EXPLORES THE HISTORY OF ST. MARK’S CHURCH IN NYC

Alan Bisbort·November 12, 2018

PKM TV is in the house, ya’ll! Well, actually, it’s in the church. St. Mark’s Church, to be more precise. Today, on PKM TV, we are lucky to have Mike Katz & Crispin Kott, authors of the Rock & Roll...

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A LOVE SUPREME: HOW JOHN COLTRANE CHANGED THE WORLD

Alan Bisbort·November 12, 2018

With a single night’s recording session and a 1965 album, “Trane” pointed the way toward a new consciousness not just in music but in all things. Jazz historian Ashley Kahn tells us how and why… Mention the word “jazz” in...

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DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM: THE RADIO BIRDMAN STORY

Amanda Sheppard·November 9, 2018

Australia’s proto-punk pioneers formed in 1974, were signed by Seymour Stein in 1977, and influenced a generation of Oz rockers by leading a DIY revolution in Sydney. Their story is recounted with gusto in a new documentary film. Amanda Sheppard...

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SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL AT 50: THE FILM & ERA-DEFINING SONG BY THE ROLLING STONES

Richie Unterberger·November 8, 2018

French film director Jean-Luc Godard believed that art was never finished. On the eve of his controversial film’s 50th anniversary reissue, Richie Unterberger talked to Tony Richmond, the cinematographer for Sympathy for the Devil (One Plus One) and, later, the...

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DAVID BOX: THE OTHER ROCK & ROLL GENIUS FROM LUBBOCK

Burt Kearns·November 7, 2018

He joined the Crickets after Buddy Holly died in a plane crash, befriended Roy Orbison, toured with Dusty Springfield, the Everly Brothers and the Searchers…and then died in exactly the same manner as Buddy Holly by Burt Kearns and Jeff...

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BEAUTIFUL, BLONDE, AND WEALTHY, THIS GERMAN CALL GIRL MET AN UNTIMELY END

Erika Blair·November 6, 2018

What’s Black, White, and Red All Over? A Mercedes, A Blonde Prostitute, and an Unsolved Murder. The tale of this young woman, murdered in 1957, spawned one of the biggest scandals in postwar Germany, involving prominent politicians and businessmen. Rosalie...

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The Day Lemmy Taught Me About Speed

Chris Simunek·November 5, 2018

Motörhead’s leader holds forth on the joys of the powder, the dangers of heroin, the need for a code of honor and the saving grace of rock & roll It was as incongruous a sight as you could hope to...

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LIFE IN FRANK ZAPPA’S PAD, 1968

Pauline Butcher Bird·November 1, 2018

For a bright and shining moment, the Laurel Canyon ‘log cabin,’ once belonging to Tom Mix, was home to Zappa, his family, his band and staff, and a crossroads to a musical who’s who. An assistant to Zappa tells all…...

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Glenn Mercer and The Feelies still ride those crazy rhythms

Eric Davidson·October 31, 2018

The Feelies singer/guitarist Glenn Mercer ruminates on the 30th anniversary of Only Life, his band’s classic album, which became the apex of ‘80s college rock Right around the last week of September, you feel/smell that little slight chill that suddenly...

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Elvis and President Richard Nixon, from The National Photo Archives

ELVIS IN THREE PICTURES

Alan Bisbort·October 30, 2018

It will be 50 years this December since Elvis Presley made his famous “comeback” on TV, and it has been more than 40 years since his death. The trajectory of The King’s career can be tracked in three iconic photographs,...

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Alice Cooper meets Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Amsterdam while they were both at the same hotel doing PR in 1974, By Barry Schultz.

ALICE COOPER: POULTRY IN MOTION

James Marshall·October 29, 2018

The press cried “fowl” when an innocent chicken was ravaged by a Canadian festival audience driven into a frenzy by beer, drugs and this relatively unknown rock band in 1969 September, 1969. Alice Cooper (Alice Cooper-vocals, Glen Buxton-lead guitar, Michael...

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IN THE VAN WITH MISS PAMELA: A WILD RIDE DOWN SUNSET STRIP AND LAUREL CANYON

Pamela Des Barres·October 25, 2018

Pamela des Barres takes you on a history-filled jaunt, co-starring Jim Morrison, Keith Moon, Led Zeppelin, Don Johnson, Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, that ends in the canyon that she calls “God’s Golden Backyard,” where “you could stick out your...

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Bruce Springsteen & Mike Ness - photo by Amy Haben

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND MIKE NESS, AN ODD COUPLE? NOT REALLY!

Amy Haben·October 24, 2018

At the Sea.Hear.Now Fest in Asbury Park last month, The Boss joined Social Distortion on stage and they brought down the house, just as Blondie had one night earlier A few weeks ago, I had been led into a back...

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GARY LEWIS, ‘JERRY’S KID,’ RUNS FOR HIS LIFE

Michael Shelley·October 23, 2018

Gary Lewis, Jerry Lewis’ son, learned the tricks of the sticks from Buddy Rich, grew up around the corner from the Beverly Hillbillies’ set, cut his teeth on rock & roll, was discovered at Disneyland, became an overnight hitmaker at...

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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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