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EARL SLICK: SIDEMAN AND SOLO ARTIST

Robert Gourley·October 5, 2021

When guitarist Mick Ronson left David Bowie’s band, Earl Slick was summoned to fill that role, as best he could. It turned out he did it quite well; in fact, he worked with Bowie, on record and stage, for the...

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CANDY CLARK: THE ACTRESS WHO FELL TO EARTH

Anthony Petkovich·October 4, 2021

On the 45th Anniversary of the film The Man Who Fell to Earth, actress Candy Clark fondly recalls working with David Bowie and director Nicolas Roeg, as well as Robert Mitchum and David Lynch. She also describes how she rescued...

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DENNIS HOPPER & DORIS DAY: THE ODDEST COUPLE

Cree McCree·September 30, 2021

In 1989, journalist Cree McCree had the unusual, almost surreal, experience of conducting face to face interviews—within a 48-hour period—with both the one-time bad boy of Hollywood and its perpetual Girl Next Door, Dennis Hopper and Doris Day, respectively. Prodded...

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JEAN COCTEAU: THE POET AS PROPHET

Ingrid Marie Jensen·September 29, 2021

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was the original boundary pusher. No creative urge was safe from his efforts. He was many things—a poet, playwright, artist, clothes and set designer, choreographer, filmmaker, opium addict, memoirist and self-mythologizer. But most importantly he pushed the...

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ELLEN FOLEY: BRINGING NEW MEANING TO THE WORD ‘VERSATILE’

Jim Allen·September 28, 2021

Ellen Foley might have the most eclectic resume in rock ‘n’ roll. She’s not just a solo artist with a commanding voice and a tough new album (Fighting Words), she has worked with such luminaries as girl-group legend Ellie Greenwich,...

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RON TURNER’S LAST GASP: WEIRD & WONDERFUL COMIX SINCE 1970

Benito Vila·September 27, 2021

Ron Turner may be the last (gasp) of the original underground comics publishers still going strong. His Last Gasp imprint, established in San Francisco in 1970, has published a Who’s Who of 1960s’ pioneers (R. Crumb, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez,...

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FILMMAKER DON LETTS: THERE AND BLACK AGAIN

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike·September 23, 2021

Don Letts, filmmaker, musician and DJ, came of age during the original punk scene in London. Born in England to Jamaican parents, Letts was always one of the few persons of color in what he, in this interview with Jennifer...

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BUCK OWENS: THE COUNTRY LINK TO CALIFORNIA TWANG

Bob Pomeroy·September 22, 2021

Buck Owens (1929-2006), legendary singer, guitarist and country music entertainer, has never really gotten his due as an influence on rock & roll. For a brief window of time, before the Beatles turned the record industry on its head, the...

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LABELLE: THE TRIO THAT BROKE ALL THE MOLDS

Fiona McQuarrie·September 21, 2021

Labelle, the trio of Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, turned the music world on its head, with their seamless vocalizing (honed singing doo wop in Philadelphia in the 1960s), wild ‘Space Deco’ costumes and extravagant stage shows. Their...

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ROBERT DOWNEY SR.: FAREWELL TO AN UNDERGROUND FILM LEGEND

David Stewart·September 20, 2021

When Robert Downey Sr.’s Putney Swope was released in 1969, America didn’t know what hit her. A surrealistic satire, the film hit all of America’s sore spots: racism, consumerism, political and corporate corruption, and Downey became a hero to the...

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MARTIN BARRE STANDS UP: JETHRO TULL AND BEYOND

Anthony Petkovich·September 9, 2021

For an impressive span of over five decades, Martin Barre and Ian Anderson were the two constant presences in Jethro Tull. Anderson’s voice, flute and songwriting shaped the band’s vision but Barre’s stellar guitar work was the essential ingredient for...

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SONNY VINCENT: AN ORIGINAL PUNK SPIRIT, STILL INTACT

Adam Ganderson·September 8, 2021

As a teen runaway on the streets of New York, Sonny Vincent drifted to the kindred spirits in the punk scene. His original band, Testors, played CBGB and Max’s, and attracted a following before disbanding in 1981, at which point...

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MADE IN THE UK: PHOTOGRAPHER JANETTE BECKMAN

Amy Haben·September 7, 2021

After documenting the punk and post-punk scenes in the UK, Janette Beckman moved to New York in time to shoot the burgeoning rap and hip hop scenes, as well as gang life in East L.A. Amy Haben caught up with...

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IT’S THE TIME OF THE SEASON FOR COLIN BLUNSTONE & THE ZOMBIES

Valerie Simadis·September 6, 2021

The Zombies were part of the first British Invasion, along with the Beatles, the Stones, et al. What made them stand out were the delicate vocals by Colin Blunstone on hits like “She’s Not There,” “Tell Her No,” and “Time...

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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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EARL SLICK: SIDEMAN AND SOLO ARTIST

CANDY CLARK: THE ACTRESS WHO FELL TO EARTH

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JEAN COCTEAU: THE POET AS PROPHET

ELLEN FOLEY: BRINGING NEW MEANING TO THE WORD ‘VERSATILE’

RON TURNER’S LAST GASP: WEIRD & WONDERFUL COMIX SINCE 1970

FILMMAKER DON LETTS: THERE AND BLACK AGAIN

BUCK OWENS: THE COUNTRY LINK TO CALIFORNIA TWANG

LABELLE: THE TRIO THAT BROKE ALL THE MOLDS

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