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Riot Fest 2017 Headliners To Include Surprise Jawbreaker Reunion

Margo Tiffen·April 23, 2017

Riot Fest, the 12 year old punk, rock, and hip-hop festival has made waves with the announcement of their first set of performers for 2017. The 3-day festival will take place in Chicago’s Douglas Park from September 15-17. The lineup...

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Max’s Kansas City: 1976 – Peter Crowley Re-Issues the Pivotal Album

Margo Tiffen·April 22, 2017

Max’s Kansas City: 1976 to be re-released as Max’s Kansas City: 1976 & Beyond – Greatly expanded with unreleased tracks, rarities, detailed booklet and more Max’s Kansas City, the legendary nightclub and restaurant located at 213 Park Avenue South in New York City...

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IGGY’S SCARF: A MEMORY OF RONNIE TOAST BY CLEM BURKE

Amy Haben·April 21, 2017

Clem Burke fondly looks back at an encounter with his good friend and Blondie co-writer, Ronnie Toast, in this exclusive excerpt from his unpublished autobiography. It’s October 1980 and I’m in my loft on East 21st St. watching a video...

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JOHNNY ROTTEN: NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!

Legs McNeil·April 19, 2017

When Punk magazine writer, Mary Harron, went to England to interview Johnny Rotten in the autumn of 1976, she returned to New York infected with Sex Pistols Fever, convinced that she had seen the future. Before she went, Mary was...

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THE STRANGE PSYCHEDELIC WORLD OF MARTIN SHARP

Lisa Janssen·April 17, 2017

By Lisa Janssen Martin Sharp, who is referred to in various bios as pop artist, songwriter, cartoonist, et. al., was one of those figures who pop up in a few odd places at the right time, and make a bit of...

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Elvis Meets the Beatles - Art by Ally Cat

When The Beatles Met Elvis – An Oral History

PKM Editor·April 13, 2017

An Oral History of when the Beatles met Elvis Presley on August 27, 1965. By Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain.

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The Senders’ “Retour A L’Envoyeur” Revisited

Amanda Sheppard·April 13, 2017

The Senders are a hidden gem among the ruins of the early New York scene and a misunderstood gem, at that. As beloved stalwarts of CBGB’s and Max’s Kansas City, these guys have shared bills with The Heartbreakers, The Cramps,...

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Patti Smith Buys Childhood Home of Arthur Rimbaud

Todd McGovern·April 10, 2017

What is it about Rimbaud that strikes a chord with so many in the world of rock ‘n’ roll? Is it his reputation as a libertine? A scruffy rebel? The archetypal “L’Enfant terrible”? Perhaps no performer in rock music has been more influenced by Rimbaud than Patti Smith

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Deniz Tek at Cafe Nine -photo by Tom Hearn

Deniz Tek from Radio Birdman – Mean Old Twister Tour 2017

Todd McGovern·April 6, 2017

DENIZ TEK TOUR UPDATE: Check out our photo gallery of Deniz Tek at Cafe Nine on March 31 Deniz Tek has finished the USA dates for his Mean Old Twister 2017 tour. He’ll be playing Europe through April, tour dates...

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Happy Birthday Anne Waldman!

Lisa Janssen·April 5, 2017

In celebration of poet Anne Waldman’s birthday, April 2, 2017 One of my personal origin stories is of how I ended up at Naropa Institute. I was in art school, in a B.A. level English class and for one of...

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Joanne Kyger – In Memoriam

Lisa Janssen·March 31, 2017

RIP Poet Joanne Kyger (1934-2017), who passed away Wednesday, March 22 I once saw a clip of Jeff Bridges talking about Hal Ashby. He said, Hal had balls, “art balls,” to be specific. Joanne Kyger had “poetry balls.” She was utterly...

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A CONVERSATION WITH KINKS DRUMMER MICK AVORY!

Amy Haben·March 28, 2017

by Amy Haben - I was in London for the first time last Christmas. To my surprise, I ended up lounging with the Kinks drummer and his beautiful girlfriend at his longtime home in London. I was shocked at how down to earth and welcoming he was.

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Gillian McCain interview with The Monocle Weekly

PKM Editor·March 27, 2017

Gillian McCain was a featured guest in July on the popular show The Monocle Weekly. Tom Hall from Monocle 24, an internet radio station based out of London, interviewed Gillian about the 20th Anniversary of Please Kill Me: the Uncensored...

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The Further Recording Adventures of James Williamson 2016-17

James Marshall·March 23, 2017

When we last checked in with our hero, James “The Skull” Williamson, he had just begun his post-Stooges recording career with the Re-Licked LP and a wildly successful one-off live show at the Bootleg Theater in L.A. in January 2015....

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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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