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INTERVIEW WITH TERRY MCCOY OF ST. MARK’S BOOKS!

Amy Haben·December 30, 2015

Amy Haben interviews one of the Founders of St. Mark's Books shortly before their 2016 closing.

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GETTING STONED WITH PATTI SMITH!

Legs McNeil·December 30, 2015

Legs McNeil's article at Vice.com with art by Brian Walsby

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MARIANNE FAITHFULL: A LIFE IN HAIR

Gillian McCain·December 29, 2015

by Gillian McCain Nothing short of impeccable. The bangs are the perfect length– which only can be maintained for about forty-eight hours. Oh, but what a glorious forty-eight hours!...

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MICK JAGGER: A LIFE IN CLOTHES

Gillian McCain·December 29, 2015

by Gillian McCain Early preppy. Shirt bought at Mark’s and Spencer. “Mick, it’s too small!” “Mom, it’s the look I’m going for! I can’t articulate it yet, but trust me, fifty years from now people on something called the world wide...

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HE DID IT HIS WAY – GOD BLESS LEMMY!

Amy Haben·December 29, 2015

Motörhead frontman Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister left this world on December 28, 2015 after a short battle with an aggressive cancer. The 70-year-old rocker had numerous health issues over the last two years, including a hematoma which led to a...

Everything is Filthy and We Love It

PKM Editor·December 28, 2015

The bands are getting dirty. The shows are getting messy. And we're loving every second of it. By Olivia Isenhart

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MY RUN IN WITH WARHOL SUPERSTAR IVY NICHOLSON!

Amy Haben·December 28, 2015

One particularly dead night in 2005 I was hunching over the bar at The Continental on St. Mark’s and 3rd Avenue, trying to endure some crappy band that was playing on stage. I pushed my earplugs in deeper and peered out the...

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90’S NYC CLUB KIDS ON DAYTIME TALK SHOWS!

Amy Haben·December 27, 2015

If you have ever seen the movie ‘Party Monster,’ than you know a bit about some of the famous NYC club kids. Especially James St. James and the once convicted killer, Michael Alig. These legendary artists made the city more...

THE SHAPE OF SOUND TO COME A.K.A. THE PHARMACY!!

Amy Haben·December 26, 2015

BY GREGG FOREMAN The Birthday Party, Tropicana Motel, L.A., late March 1983. Photo credit: © David Arnoff Many times , the bands and artists that help the “shape of sound to come” were never technically popular, nor did they sell...

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ROCK STARS WEARING GRANNY TAKES A TRIP!

Amy Haben·December 26, 2015

George Harrison and Patti Boyd In the mid-1960s, the expert tailor Freddie Hornik worked at Dandie Fashions in London, which was owned by multiple business partners that included Guinness heir, Tara Browne. They sold Saville-Row quality mod-like suits to fit the average...

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ANTI-XMAS SONGS FOR THE DOWN AND OUT!

Amy Haben·December 24, 2015

Shane ‘Santa’ MacGowan … ‘Happy Christmas yer arse / Pray God it’s our last’. Photograph: Andy Soloman/Rex Features The holidays are a very tricky time for most people. Whether it’s your drunk uncle spitting out racial slurs or your anorexic mother...

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GG ALLIN’S LAST DAY ON EARTH!

Legs McNeil·December 22, 2015

Legs McNeil's Vice column at VICE.COM about GG Allin's final days.

TOP TEN ROCK N’ ROLL XMAS SONGS!

Amy Haben·December 20, 2015

Let’s face it, it’s a very hard task to make a holiday song sound groovy. That’s one reason why rockers over the years have counted down the hours until they could escape their family and meet up with their friends...