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Shirley Manson, Debbie Harry & Exene Cervenka

LUCK BE A LADY: X, GARBAGE AND BLONDIE IN CONCERT

Laurie Lindeen·July 27, 2017

PleaseKillMe.com contributor Laurie Lindeen ventures into casino country for Exene Cervenka, Shirley Manson, and Debbie Harry. Three legendary front women backed by extraordinary bands. In the age of Trump’s war on women, I’ll not comment on age or appearance because...

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Link Wray. Photo by Bruce Steinberg courtesy linkwray.com / Kino Lorber.

RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD

Todd McGovern·July 26, 2017

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World is a new documentary that focuses on the contributions of Native Americans in rock & roll, including Link Wray, Robbie Robertson, Jimi Hendrix and many more. Rock & Roll, like most things American, originated as an...

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MY FAVORITE GADABOUT #3: GAY PRIDE EDITION, JOSEPH HANSEN

Lisa Janssen·July 26, 2017

Lisa Janssen profiles another favorite Gadabout – Joseph Hansen: author, radio personality, community theater actor, tv show writer, beloved writing teacher, poet, editor & gay rights activist. Joseph Hansen (7/19/1923 – 11/24/2004) Joseph Hansen was not a Gadabout in the classic...

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JOHNNY THUNDERS’ BIRTHDAY BASH!

Amy Haben·July 24, 2017

“You wanna hear the one about junkies or the one about Chinese rocks?” – Walter Lure of the Heartbreakers laughs into the microphone with a heavy New York accent. All photos by Amy Haben We have gathered at Bowery Electric...

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Summer Drink Series – Keith Richards

Todd McGovern·July 21, 2017

Keith Richards’ Nuclear Waste There is perhaps no one more legendary for rock & roll debauchery than Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, notorious for his days as a junkie and juicehead. “Booze and pills and powder, you’ve got to...

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WAR PIGS: OZZY OSBOURNE IN NUREMBERG, GERMANY

Legs McNeil·July 20, 2017

Legs McNeil has a bizarrely profound experience with Ozzy Osbourne in Nuremberg, Germany, in the same stadium where Leni Riefenstahl made her epic Nazi propaganda film, Triumph of the Will. It’s amazing to me how many real-life Spinal Tap moments...

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A BAD SEED: CATCHING UP WITH NICK CAVE SIDEMAN JIM SCLAVUNOS

Amy Haben·July 19, 2017

Jim Sclavunos talks to PKM about his career playing with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, the Cramps, Grinderman, Lydia Lunch, his creative growth as an artist, and living in NYC when it was dangerous I’m waiting in a hotel...

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Oscar-Winning Actor Martin Landau Dies at 89

Todd McGovern·July 18, 2017

Martin Landau, who won the 1994 Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best-Supporting Actor for his portrayal of an elderly, drug-addicted Bela Lugosi in the Tim Burton film, “Ed Wood” passed away in Los Angeles on July 15. He was...

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Horror Film Legend George Romero Dies at 77

Todd McGovern·July 17, 2017

Famed horror film director George A. Romero died on Sunday, July 16 in Toronto. The New York Times cited a Romero family statement as saying he died after “a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer.” Mr. Romero was 77....

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STOP THE PRESSES!

Todd McGovern·July 17, 2017

Once a month, we’ll collect and deliver the stories you may have missed! A quiet summer Friday afternoon in New York’s East Village. I’d just come from Ray’s Candy Store, where I’d ordered a large vanilla egg cream. Down the...

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SUMMER DRINK SERIES – NIAGARA

Todd McGovern·July 14, 2017

Niagara, artist and singer for Destroy All Monsters & Dark Carnival reveals her favorite summer drink Favorite Summer Drink: Absinthe Recipe: Absinthe with an Absinthe chaser Music Accompaniment: “Hmmm something horribly Baroque like Syd Barrett. If it’s not Baroque…fix it.” https://youtu.be/W5Ky2ZB7vWY...

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Ramones - July 1976 - photo by Tom Hearn

MY FIRST RAMONES SHOW

Tom Hearn·July 13, 2017

From the moment they came out and Joey Ramone announced, “Good evening– We’re the Ramones– and you’re a Loudmouth baby you’d better shut it up!” I was transfixed. Lucky for me I had a camera. The first time I saw...

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Question Mark & The Mysterians publicity photo 1966

96 TEARS: QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS

Legs McNeil·July 12, 2017

Bobby Balderrama is a wonderful guy who started one of the greatest punk bands ever: Question Mark & the Mysterians, otherwise known as the humans who wrote and performed “96 Tears” back in 1966. The piercing organ riff, bare-bones vocal track,...

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ROCK IS DEAD THEY SAY… LONG LIVE ROCK!

Amy Haben·July 10, 2017

NYC Rocker Dave Tudi’s Pleasure Motel, with Chorizo, and Twisty Cats at Berlin Bar. They say rock & roll is dead in NYC. Move to L.A. they say, there’s a big scene there. While I do think that L.A. has tons...

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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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LUCK BE A LADY: X, GARBAGE AND BLONDIE IN CONCERT

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MY FAVORITE GADABOUT #3: GAY PRIDE EDITION, JOSEPH HANSEN

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