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NEW YORK VS. BRITISH PUNKS IN PHOTOS!

Amy Haben·December 19, 2015

David Johansen of the New York Dolls and Richard Hell of Television backstage at CBGB. From White Trash Uncut by Christopher Makos, © 2014, published by Glitterati Incorporated New York punks in the mid 70’s were clearly inspired by their environment....

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A CONVERSATION WITH PUNK GLOBE’S GINGER COYOTE!

Amy Haben·December 18, 2015

By Amy Haben - The fabulous Ginger Coyote sat down with me at a Mexican restaurant in Silver Lake to discuss her legendary punk rock magazine, Punk Globe

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SONGS FOR UNSEEN WARHOL FILMS AT BAM!

Amy Haben·December 18, 2015

BY: AMY HABEN As one of many who adopted NYC as my home, I can say the city’s rich artistic culture was the inspiration for my migration from the west coast. Andy Warhol is an icon not only for developing...

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QUOTES BY FORMER STONES MANAGER ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM!

Amy Haben·December 18, 2015

Mick Jagger with Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham (left), London, 1964. (Photo by Terry O’Neill/Getty Images) Notorious rock & roll publicist and manager Andrew Loog Oldham started his musical career in 1963 doing PR for The Beatles. (His very...

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PLEASE KILL ME PRESENTS A Q & A WITH D.A. PENNEBAKER AT THE POETRY PROJECT, 1994 Part Two

Gillian McCain·December 16, 2015

This is part two of a transcription of a Q&A D.A. Pennebaker did at the Poetry Project in May of 1994.

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DOCUMENTARY ON FREDDIE MERCURY’S LOVE LIFE !

Amy Haben·December 16, 2015

(Queen onstage -Freddie Mercury and Brian May – Photo: Bob Gruen) I wish I could’ve had a conversation with Freddie Mercury. He was a such an interesting character. A stylish, handsome, bi-sexual boy with a cute overbite. He sang beautifully...

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SONGS THAT INSPIRED NICK CAVE!

Amy Haben·December 16, 2015

Iggy Pop & Nick Cave 1993 Nick Cave is my favorite person on the planet. When I think about it though, there wouldn’t be a Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds without the musicians that came before him. I...

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ANGELA BOWIE: THE PKM INTERVIEW 2

Gillian McCain·December 15, 2015

This is Part Two of the original interview Legs did with Angela Bowie for Please Kill Me. Part 1 is HERE L – How soon after the Stooges get to London, when they were doing the album, does it become...

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LYDIA LUNCH ON NYC’S NO WAVE SCENE!

Amy Haben·December 15, 2015

“New York City was the devil’s dirty litter box.” – Lydia Lunch Spitting vitriol to a room of fans in Detroit while taking about New York City’s corporate takeover, numbed out consumers, and the withered artistic community, Lydia extracts...

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GAIL HIGGINS: THE PKM INTERVIEW! -PART 1

Gillian McCain·December 14, 2015

This is Part One of the original interview that Legs did with Gail Higgins for Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. Gail’s Bio: In New York I worked in fashion and retail for major department stores like Gimbels and Barneys. I...

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WEIRD PAUL’S HOME MOVIES WITH RAMONES COMMENTARY FROM 1987!

Amy Haben·December 13, 2015

Weird Paul is one of my favorite guys on youtube. My childhood is relived through his home movies. Presenting vintage 80’s novelties like “Drive Yourself Crazy,” and “The Big Book Of Amazing Facts,” bring back fuzzy memories of being in...

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LEGENDARY TRAIN ROBBER RONNIE BIGGS!

Amy Haben·December 13, 2015

In 1963, a Royal Mail train heading to London from Glasgow was targeted by fifteen thugs. The gang was led by Bruce Reynolds and their plan involved changing the light ahead to red and cutting telephone lines, so when...

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JONATHAN RICHMAN: IN LOVE WITH THE MODERN WORLD!

PKM Editor·December 12, 2015

By Ernie Brooks, as told to Legs McNeil (Legs’ VICE.COM column) Ernie Brooks is a very likable fellow who was raised in New York and Connecticut by intellectual, liberal parents, which explains why he became a civil rights activist down South during...

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Crispin Hellion Glover: Clowny, Clown Clown

Todd McGovern·December 11, 2015

by Todd McGovern - In the early 1990s, I became obsessed with Crispin Hellion Glover. It was not so much his legendary appearance on Late Night With David Letterman, when he (or his alter-ego, Rubin Farr) came close to kicking Dave in the face with his black stacked boots.

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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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