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CHRIS CORNELL OF SOUNDGARDEN AND AUDIOSLAVE DEAD AT 52

Todd McGovern·May 18, 2017

Chris Cornell, lead vocalist of the Seattle-based band Soundgarden died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 17th after a show at Fox Theater in Detroit, Michigan. On Thursday, the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Cornell’s death as suicide by hanging. He was 52. Cornell’s...

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CHUCK BERRY IS DEAD, AND I AIN’T FEELIN’ TOO GOOD, EITHER…

PKM Editor·May 17, 2017

By Tim Stegall John Lennon famously once stated, “If you tried to give rock & roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry.’” Which means rock & roll was pronounced dead at 1:26 pm, March 18, 2017. This...

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THE PARIS REVIEW INTERVIEWS LEGS McNEIL AND GILLIAN McCAIN

PKM Editor·May 14, 2017

Paula Mejia’s article on Jean Stein and her greatest legacy, the narrative oral history, was just published in The Paris Review. Includes interviews with Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain Stein’s seismic approach to the oral history influenced a generation of authors....

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THE MOMENT JAMES OSTERBERG BECAME IGGY POP

Robyn Hale·May 11, 2017

Iggy Pop talks about getting his inspiration from the Blues – “You could play your own blues” Here’s a clip from the Please Kill Me Audio Archives of Iggy Pop talking about his time spent living in Chicago, hanging out with...

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My Visit to the Punk Dump – 1976

Tom Hearn·May 10, 2017

In 1976 Punk Magazine's three founders lived and worked in an old store front on 10th Avenue in NYC known by all as The Punk Dump. On a visit that summer, I took some pictures.

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Suicide: Martin Rev and Alan Vega photo © by Wayne Green

ALAN VEGA, SUICIDE’S MAIN MAN

Legs McNeil·May 8, 2017

An Oral History of Punk By Alan Vega as told to Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain. - Quite simply, Alan Vega revolutionized rock & roll. Along with his long-time collaborator, Marty Rev, their two-piece combo, Suicide was a band about thirty years ahead of their time.

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LISTEN TO BLONDIE’S NEW ALBUM, POLLINATOR

Margo Tiffen·May 5, 2017

Hear Pollinator, Blondie’s 11th studio album, out today, May 5, 2017 Blondie’s 11th album, Pollinator, is out now! Give it a listen below! Alongside band members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke, contributing musicians playing on Pollinator include David Sitek from...

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INTERVIEW WITH BLONDIE DRUMMER CLEM BURKE! (Part 1)

Amy Haben·May 4, 2017

Blondie drummer Clem Burke talks to PKM’s Amy Haben about fashion, his career in Blondie, playing with the Ramones and more I ran into Blondie drummer Clem Burke at a crowded show in the studio at Webster Hall last May....

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FUCK SHIT UP: THE COLLAGES OF TODD COLBY

Gillian McCain·May 4, 2017

Gillian McCain interviews poet and visual artist Todd Colby about his favorite artists and influences I met Todd Colby about 25 years ago when I was the program coordinator at the Poetry Project at St Marks Church. He is a fantastic...

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Hear Henry Hill Apologize to the City of Boston – PKM Exclusive!

Robyn Hale·May 2, 2017

Listen to pleasekillme.com’s exclusive, never-heard-before clip of mobster Henry Hill apologizing to the “good people of Boston” for his role in the ’70s Boston College Basketball scandal I’m a huge fan of the movie Goodfellas. In college, I actually had...

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Danny Fields Reflects On The Passing of David Peel

Todd McGovern·May 1, 2017

Music industry legend Danny Fields recently reflected on the beginning of his friend’s career, Lower East Side anarchist and musician David Peel, who died last month. “He was such an oddball phenomena, one of the great bursts of urban folk.”...

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Close to the Ledge with Crispin Glover

Legs McNeil·April 28, 2017

We’ve opened the vault to bring you Legs’ interview with Crispin, which originally appeared in a 1987 issue of SPIN magazine. WHAT, ME WORRY? It was the best bit of television since Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald. Only this...

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The Fugs song "Kill For Peace" and Sgt Barry Sadler and The Ballad of the Green Berets

Killing For Peace: The Case of Two Songs From The Vietnam Era

Alan Bisbort·April 25, 2017

We look back at two songs from the Vietnam War Era “Kill for Peace” and “Ballad of the Green Berets,” and the musicians who recorded them To the war makers, the Vietnam War, which was never formally declared, was the perfect...

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JOHNNY THUNDERS & ME BY PHILIPPE MARCADE

PKM Editor·April 25, 2017

Philippe Marcade, Senders lead singer, talks to Legs and Gillian about his memories of Johnny Thunders and the New York Dolls, Nancy Spungen, Sid Vicious, CBGB’s, Blondie, Richard Hell and more As told to Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain Art...

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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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CHRIS CORNELL OF SOUNDGARDEN AND AUDIOSLAVE DEAD AT 52

CHUCK BERRY IS DEAD, AND I AIN’T FEELIN’ TOO GOOD, EITHER…

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