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PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB, PART 3 (THE UK EDITION)

Sharon M. Hannon·March 22, 2018

PKM continues its series of seminal women in punk! This installment takes us into the explosion of the British punk scene with a look at musicians, designers, activists, journalists & photographers – including Siouxsie Sioux, Soo Catwoman, Poly Styrene, Caroline...

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THE NERVES: STAND BACK AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK

Paul Collins·March 21, 2018

Paul Collins, acclaimed drummer for power-pop icons The Nerves (best known for “Hanging on the Telephone”), The Breakaways, and The Beat reflects on the early days in this excerpt from his memoir. I pushed open the door with the big...

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GIRLSVILLE RECORDS’ “OUR VOLTAGE” FEATURES NEW TRACKS BY THE PRISTEENS & JOHN DWYER TO BENEFIT ANTI-RACIST ACTIVISM

Amanda Sheppard·March 20, 2018

Girlsville Records’ new compilation benefits anti-fascist, anti-racist activism and features The Pristeens, John Dwyer’s band Damaged Bug, Mr. Airplane Man, Atomic Suplex, UK Gold, Germhouse, among many others Chicago-based DIY label, Girlsville Records is your cool best friend who inspires...

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YOUNG MEN WITH OLD SOULS: BEECHWOOD AND THEIR LAND OF NOD!

Amy Haben·March 19, 2018

New York trio Beechwood forges their own raw pop-punk sound but also channels their love for Iggy and the Dolls through their music I met up with Gordon [Lawrence], Isa [Tineo], and Sid—who make up the rowdy New York City...

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THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, AND FIGHTING BACK!

PKM Editor·March 16, 2018

Inspired by the original Rock Against Racism movement in the UK, Love Music Hate Racism prepares for Anti-Racism Day demonstrations this weekend, as high school students in the U.S. take on the bigots and gun nuts To paraphrase that old...

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WATCH OLD FRIENDS DAVID BOWIE AND PETER FRAMPTON SEARCH FOR BEER IN MADRID

Mary Karmelek·March 15, 2018

Old schoolmates from Bromley, Bowie and Frampton go looking for fun in Madrid on the Glass Spider tour in 1987 When people think of other artists hanging out with David Bowie, they may think of Iggy or Lou Reed or...

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BOB BERT: THE VIEW FROM BEHIND THE DRUM KIT

James Marshall·March 14, 2018

Bob Bert talks to James Marshall about his prodigious 30+ year career playing with Pussy Galore, Sonic Youth, Bewitched, the Knoxville Girls, Action Swingers, Five Dollar Priest, Lydia Lunch’s Retrovirus, the Wolfmanhattan Project and many more A wise man (actually,...

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THE MACDOUGAL STREET BLUES

Valerie Simadis·March 13, 2018

MacDougal Street, once a cultural ground zero for the Village – the place where Hemingway and Pound drank, the Beats hung out, and where Dylan played his first gig, has lost another historic gem, with the closing of Monk Thrift...

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FAMOUS AUTHORS WHO WROTE FILTH!

Erika Blair·March 12, 2018

Erotica imprints such as Olympia Press gave many authors, including Fran Lebowitz, Diane di Prima and Roald Dahl early career boosts: writing pornography under pseudonyms that could make even the most uptight librarian blush One could say that smut began...

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TIPS ON LIVING FROM CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Alan Bisbort·March 9, 2018

Charles Bukowski, the “Dirty Old Man” of literature, died 24 years ago today. We bring you 24 or so reasons to revisit the master of literary disaster. Looking at the bookshelf in my office, I count 20 titles by Charles...

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MAE WEST: AMERICA’S FIRST SEX TERRORIST

Mary Werblin·March 8, 2018

Star of stage, screen and rock ‘n’ roll, the ‘blonde bombshell’ Mae West was praised by George Bernard Shaw, painted by Salvador Dali, photographed by Richard Avedon and bad-mouthed by every church lady in America “I climbed the...

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HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY TO STIV BATORS

Marina Lutz·March 7, 2018

When I was 14, my father accused me of being a whore and a drug addict. But I didn’t become a whore and a drug addict until I was 19. That’s when I lost my virginity to Stiv Bators, the...

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THE HISTORY OF SAMUEL L. JACKSON’S FAVORITE WORD AND ITS IMPACT ON POPULAR CULTURE

Benny Munday·March 6, 2018

Even though the all-purpose expletive has been diluted of its magic, it still helped propel jazz, blues, rock, punk and rap into the countercultural mix (see: Memphis Minnie, Miles Davis, MC 5, Gil-Scott Heron, David Peel and every hip-hop artist...

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JOHN LURIE ON ART, POLITICS, AND THE BEAUTY AND HORROR IN THIS LIFE

Todd McGovern·March 1, 2018

In his second interview with PKM, former Lounge Lizard and cult film star John Lurie talks about his painting, and new music by his alter ego Marvin Pontiac. It’s 2:00 p.m. on a Friday afternoon in New York City when...

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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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PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB, PART 3 (THE UK EDITION)

THE NERVES: STAND BACK AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK

GIRLSVILLE RECORDS’ “OUR VOLTAGE” FEATURES NEW TRACKS BY THE PRISTEENS & JOHN DWYER TO BENEFIT ANTI-RACIST ACTIVISM

YOUNG MEN WITH OLD SOULS: BEECHWOOD AND THEIR LAND OF NOD!

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, AND FIGHTING BACK!

WATCH OLD FRIENDS DAVID BOWIE AND PETER FRAMPTON SEARCH FOR BEER IN MADRID

BOB BERT: THE VIEW FROM BEHIND THE DRUM KIT

THE MACDOUGAL STREET BLUES

FAMOUS AUTHORS WHO WROTE FILTH!

TIPS ON LIVING FROM CHARLES BUKOWSKI

MAE WEST: AMERICA’S FIRST SEX TERRORIST

HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY TO STIV BATORS

THE HISTORY OF SAMUEL L. JACKSON’S FAVORITE WORD AND ITS IMPACT ON POPULAR CULTURE

JOHN LURIE ON ART, POLITICS, AND THE BEAUTY AND HORROR IN THIS LIFE

SAM CUTLER: LIFE WITH THE STONES, THE DEAD & OTHER WONDERFUL REPROBATES

ALL THE RAJ: HOW ‘NORWEGIAN WOOD’ UNLEASHED THE ‘INDIAN INVASION’

THE KNACK … AND HOW TO GET IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESCOTT NILES

POLY STYRENE: BREAKING DOWN THE BONDAGE

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