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DEBRA TATE: THE PKM INTERVIEW!

Gillian McCain·November 21, 2017

Gillian interviews Debra Tate at the release of her book "Sharon Tate Recollection" about her late sister.

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MOE TUCKER: ON THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

Legs McNeil·November 21, 2017

Maureen Tucker had a front row seat to punk rock history being conceived before her very eyes. An average high school girl from Levittown, Long Island, her life was saved by rock ‘n’ roll when she heard the Rolling Stones...

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THANKSGIVING IS FOR TURKEYS – TOMMY WISEAU’S THE ROOM

Alan Bisbort·November 20, 2017

PKM Is Proud To Announce The First Recipient Of Our Annual Turkey Award, Celebrating Epic Artistic Disasters, Goes To Tommy Wiseau’s The Room Thanksgiving without a turkey would be like Festivus without an airing of grievances. That big goofy bird...

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NEIL YOUNG’S FREE ONLINE MUSIC ARCHIVE IS COMING DEC 1ST

Todd McGovern·November 17, 2017

Every song ever recorded by the Canadian singer-songwriter will be made available at the Neil Young Archives – along with info, videos, press clippings and memorabilia Neil Young has announced that on Dec. 1 he will launch a digital archive...

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STEWART COPELAND STANDS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SWEET SPOT

Robert Gourley·November 16, 2017

The legendary drummer and composer rides the river of music from The Police to Gizmodrome, while also scoring films and writing concertos Interview by Robert Gourley Stewart Copeland rose to fame as the drummer for The Police, but from the...

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BEAUTIFUL IS BORING – BONES ROCKS LUDLOW HOUSE IN NYC

Valerie Simadis·November 15, 2017

The UK-based band, who played on and co-wrote Jeff Beck’s last album, impressed fans and producers alike at their showcase gig in NYC It was a Thursday night at the Ludlow House on New York’s Lower East Side and an important...

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LISTENING TO YOU I GET THE MUSIC

Alan Bisbort·November 14, 2017

How Groovy Gurus and Other Avatars of Enlightenment Shaped the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Who and others On Jan. 13, 1968, an episode of the Mel Books-Buck Henry spy spoof Get Smart aired that captured an easily satirized aspect...

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MARC BOLAN: A DANDY IN THE UNDERWORLD

Valerie Simadis·November 13, 2017

Forty years after his death in a car crash, fans still travel to England to pay homage to T.Rex’s leader Marc Bolan (1947-1977) was the lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the glam rock group T.Rex. In the 1970s, the...

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THE LOST STOOGE: CHASING THE GHOST OF DAVE ALEXANDER

Todd McGovern·November 9, 2017

Dave Alexander was one of the founding members of the Stooges. He was full of contradictions: shy and mysterious, with a fast car and an unquenchable thirst for cheap beer and liquor. Ron Asheton described him as “way ahead of...

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WHEN BLACK POWER WAS FIRST IN BLOOM – THE SOUNDS OF REVOLUTION

Alan Bisbort·November 8, 2017

Long before hip-hop commodified rebellion, and as early as 1964, artists like Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Nina Simone, Les McCann, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield and James Brown were sending out warning signals. In Raoul Peck’s...

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RAY DAVIES NEVER WANTED TO BE A SINGER

Legs McNeil·November 7, 2017

Former head Kink waxes eloquent about his mom and dad, Village Green Preservation Society, the Beatles, Keith Richards, “Madame” Jagger, Rod Stewart and the Queen Mother’s teeth by Legs McNeil and Stacey Asip-Kneitschel In 2009, Ray Davies toured America to promote...

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BIKINI KILL REUNITE FOR THE RAINCOATS BOOK LAUNCH

Mary Karmelek·November 6, 2017

Book launch in NYC draws a reunion performance by Bikini Kill, a reappearance by Palmolive and “A Fairytale in the Supermarket” By Mary Karmelek Saturday night, an event celebrating the launch of Jenn Pelly’s new book on the Raincoats’ debut...

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THE PANDORAS: A LOOK BACK, A LOOK AHEAD

Amanda Sheppard·November 6, 2017

The all-female garage punk group The Pandoras emerged from LA’s underground scene in the 1980s, and they just keep on emerging by Amanda Sheppard In the early 1980s, the stripped-down, fuzzed-up rawness of the mid-1960s began to re-emerge from L.A.’s...

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PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB

Sharon M. Hannon·November 2, 2017

Women played major roles as musicians, writers, photographers, artists, clothing designers…and still do By Sharon M. Hannon A picture of a woman got me into punk. As I stood there, holding a copy of Patti Smith’s just-released Horses album—the one...

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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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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

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DEBRA TATE: THE PKM INTERVIEW!

MOE TUCKER: ON THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

THANKSGIVING IS FOR TURKEYS – TOMMY WISEAU’S THE ROOM

NEIL YOUNG’S FREE ONLINE MUSIC ARCHIVE IS COMING DEC 1ST

STEWART COPELAND STANDS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SWEET SPOT

BEAUTIFUL IS BORING – BONES ROCKS LUDLOW HOUSE IN NYC

LISTENING TO YOU I GET THE MUSIC

MARC BOLAN: A DANDY IN THE UNDERWORLD

THE LOST STOOGE: CHASING THE GHOST OF DAVE ALEXANDER

WHEN BLACK POWER WAS FIRST IN BLOOM – THE SOUNDS OF REVOLUTION

RAY DAVIES NEVER WANTED TO BE A SINGER

BIKINI KILL REUNITE FOR THE RAINCOATS BOOK LAUNCH

THE PANDORAS: A LOOK BACK, A LOOK AHEAD

PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB

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

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