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BORN TO BE BLUE: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHET BAKER

Valerie Simadis·January 16, 2018

A late career surge, aided by Elvis Costello and Bruce Weber’s 1989 documentary film Let’s Get Lost, put the ill-fated Chet Baker back on the musical map for new generations Chet Baker (1929-1988) once said, “I don’t know whether I’m...

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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY PLAYLIST

PKM Editor·January 15, 2018

Dr. King once said, “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” When Martin Luther King Jr. Day rolls around each year, media outlets wheel out all the usual speeches (“I Have...

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DAVID BYRNE GIVES US REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

Crispin Kott·January 11, 2018

The former Talking Heads frontman pushes his much-needed initiative “Reasons to Be Cheerful” at the New School in New York David Byrne, former Talking Heads frontman, longtime bicycling enthusiast, and Jack of a Great Many Trades brought his Reasons to...

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JANE SIBERRY CALLS ON THE ANGELS

Robert Gourley·January 10, 2018

A fiercely independent artist, Canadian singer/songwriter Jane Siberry pioneered the idea of fans self-determining what they pay for her music. She has pushed musical and D.I.Y. marketing boundaries for almost four decades. She talks to PKM about her recent album Angels...

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RICHARD HELL, MAN OF LETTERS

Alan Bisbort·January 9, 2018

Though known as a punk rock pioneer, Richard Hell picked up the pen long before he picked up the bass guitar. Richard talks to PKM about his upcoming retrospective at White Columns in New York, documenting his 50-year career in...

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JESUS LIZARD AT IRVING PLAZA!

Amy Haben·January 8, 2018

The Jesus Lizard – a fearsome foursome and one of Kurt Cobain’s favorite bands – rocked out the dirty old year in style As a teen of the 1990s, I really felt I was dealt a bum hand. My mother...

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HOW JACK KEROUAC FOUND HIS GROOVE

Alan Bisbort·January 5, 2018

Slim Gaillard and Lord Buckley helped the King of the Beats locate his inner hipster Before the Beats jumped into the musical deep end, two stand-up jazz artists greased the skids for them. One was Bulee “Slim” Gaillard (1916-1991), a...

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PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB, PART 2

Sharon M. Hannon·January 3, 2018

PKM profiles 10 more women who left their mark on punk, including a club owner, a photographer, a zine editor, a bandleader/bodybuilder, songwriters, musicians, and singers. The first installment of PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB featured only ten...

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DAVID BOWIE’S SON LAUNCHES THE DAVID BOWIE BOOK CLUB

Alan Bisbort·January 2, 2018

The second-best thing to a PKM Book Club would be a David Bowie Book Club. Since the former doesn’t exist, we recommend the latter. We can already see the rubber-band bracelets: WWDR (What would David read?) If you really want...

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PLEASE READ ME! PKM’s TOP 10 STORIES OF 2017

PKM Editor·January 1, 2018

A Lost Stooge, Punk Women Pioneers, Vampira, Ray Davies, Glen Matlock, Jim Sclavunos, Jack Kerouac, Danny Fields on David Cassidy, and so much more – don’t miss our most-read stories from this tumultuous year By the Please Kill Me Editors...

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THE RAMONES WIN THE STANLEY CUP!

PKM Editor·January 1, 2018

In a new tribute single by the hockey-loving Zambonis, Dee Dee scores the winning goal, with an assist from Joey By PKM editors To the Zambonis, the indie rock band from Connecticut, the world is a giant hockey rink. The...

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WOMEN MADE AMAZING MUSIC IN 2017–BUT WHO HEARD IT?

Mary Karmelek·December 28, 2017

Female artists were heavily represented on year-end critics’ lists, so why aren’t women getting the same level of airplay on radio? The year is winding down and, for many of us music nerds, that means snuggling up with a hot...

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THE BADDEST MOTHERS IN TV HISTORY

Mary Werblin·December 21, 2017

While A Bad Moms Christmas makes its holiday run at the movie box office, don’t forget about these bad moms who once ruled TV Land Admit it, you want June Cleaver. Even if you’re a woman, you want June Cleaver....

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UNDER PRESSURE: GAIL ANN DORSEY ON PLAYING BASS FOR DAVID BOWIE

Robert Gourley·December 20, 2017

Gail Ann Dorsey shared stages with Charlie Watts, Lenny Kravitz, Jane Siberry and Olivia Newton-John, but she was there for Bowie for nearly 20 years Disillusioned early on by working with record labels as a solo artist, bassist/vocalist Gail Ann...

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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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