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JAMES MARSHALL’S TEN GREAT PUNK ROCK TV MOMENTS!!!
James Marshall's list of Great Punk Rock on TV
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WEIRD AND WILD: THE B52’S, “ROCK LOBSTER!”
The song "Rock Lobster," was written by vocalist Fred Schneider and guitarist Ricky Wilson. The B52's self titled album featured the long version of this song and was released in 1979. Check out this wacky video for the song, complete with Fred donning harem pants and Kate Pierson in a beehive wig.
TIMES TALK WITH JIM JARMUSCH AND IGGY POP!
New Yorker's gathered together on 57th Street to witness a discussion with Iggy Pop and Jim Jarmusch hosted by the New York Times.
ANDY WARHOL AND EDIE SEDGWICK ON THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW!
Edie Sedgwick smokes and fiddles with her earrings while Andy plays a mute routine, whispering answers to the very fidgety socialite. Merv Griffin Show, 1965.
LEONARD COHEN’S FINAL MASTERPIECE “YOU WANT IT DARKER” WAS HIS PARTING GIFT
Leonard Cohen wasn't a regular at his local temple. He admittedly had moments of grace with a higher force but he lived much of his life as most of us do. He smoke, drank, and famously enjoyed the pleasures of the flesh. You could say he was a humanist whose higher power was love. Leonard practiced Zen Buddhism in Mount Baldy but always considered himself Jewish. He kept the practice of humility with him always. The people's poet, whether you knew him or not, his passing most likely pained you as if he was family. Even Bob Dylan had called the 82 year old musician, "No. 1 to my zero."
TOMORROW’S WTF PODCAST WITH MARC MARON: LEGS McNEIL and GILLIAN McCAIN
Stay tuned tomorrow (Thursday November 17th) for Marc Maron’s fabulous WTF Podcast interview with Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain in the coolest garage anywhere. “On Thursday the irascible Legs McNeil and his more level-headed writing partner, Gillian McCain, talk about...
“I LIKE ME TOO MUCH TO DIE!”- AN ALICE COOPER INTERVIEW FROM 1973!
Alice Cooper is one of the sweetest guys on earth. That's why it's hard to believe him when he talks about how 'dangerous' Alice is. Obviously, he's talking about his alter ego, but the sweet, and intelligent Vincent Furnier would never hurt a fly. That's probably why he acts out his dark fantasies on stage.
UNSEEN STOOGES PHOTOS BY MIKE BARICH
In celebration of today's release of Gimme Danger we are happy to be able to publish these unseen photos of the Stooges by photographer Mike Barich.
JOHNNY THUNDERS BASHES SPACELY OVER THE HEAD AT THE MUDD CLUB!
Johnny Thunders getting rough with Spaceley right before shredding on guitar at The Mudd Club in NYC. The club was located at 77 White Street in TriBeCa. This counterculture mecca was born in October of 1978 and housed many punk misfits of the underground scene until it's demise in 1983.
SSHH WITH BLONDIE AND SEX PISTOLS MEMBERS BENEFIT GIG!
It's just another Tuesday night in the Tribeca area of New York City. As I enter The Roxy Hotel's toasty Django Bar, I see a room full of familiar faces. Littered across the intimate space were a gaggle of elite rockers known to swim in the same circles as the uninhibited downtown crowd. Rock photographer's Bob Gruen and Mick Rock, Andy Rourke of The Smiths, Bob Bert of Lydia Lunch's Retrovirus, David Johansen, Chris Franz of the Talking Heads, among other notables.
GILLIAN MCCAIN AND LEGS MCNEIL ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF PLEASE KILL ME! (DOWNTOWN MAGAZINE NYC)
As authors of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History Of Punk, Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil influenced a lot of people on several levels. Now regarded as the best-selling book on punk rock of all time, Please Kill Me first and foremost described what the heyday of the New York City punk scene was like as according to people that were around it. It cleared up myths about key players in the scene, and also helped readers pick up on some of the era’s underappreciated characters.
ROWLAND S. HOWARD AND HIS SIX STRINGS THAT DREW BLOOD!
BY DAVEY FERCHOW As I drove along the coast I saw the honeyed sky of the sun trapped between a black layer above and below; it was a light that existed between a darkness that could not be ignored, as...
GHOST ON THE HIGHWAY: THE GUN CLUB AND JEFFREY LEE PIERCE!
BY GREGG FOREMAN The Gun Club were a Los Angeles based band who successfully fused punk and blues to create sounds of haunted, love lost highways. The band was started by Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Kid Congo Powers (later of...
DANNY FIELDS ON WFMU!
Danny Fields chats and programs music alongside filmmaker Brendan Toller, director of the documentary Danny Says.