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PHILLIPPE MARCADE: Where everything opened up
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MY FAVORITE ROCK & ROLL CULT, THE SOURCE FAMILY!
The Source Family were a spiritual, meditation-based hippie cult and rock band from the early seventies out of L.A. Run by Father Yod, the long, white-haired, bearded former marine and speed addict, who decided to put down the black beauties...
THE BIGGER & STIFFER THE BETTER: FOUND PHOTOS OF 60s BOUFFANTS
© 2015 PLEASE KILL ME’S FOUND PHOTOS FROM THE COLLECTION OF GILLIAN MCCAIN...
THE SHOCKING LIVE TELEVISION SUICIDE OF A NEWS ANCHOR!
Local Floridian news station WXLT-TV went down in history one dark day in 1974. The ABC affiliate’s anchor, Christine Chubbuck, was brilliant, beautiful, and successful. On the outside she seemed lucky… On the inside she was miserable, suffering from major...
Jim Carroll on Warhol’s Factory
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10 Best Opening Lines
By Alan Bisbort -
As Ward Cleaver always said, “Boys, you never get a second chance to make a first impression”.
“All right, Curly, enough’s enough. You can’t eat the Venetian blinds. I just had them installed on Wednesday.”
Jack Nicholson, as the private eye Jake Gittes, says this to open Chinatown (1974), arguably the finest film noir film of them all.
“THE REAL BLOW UP” – DOCUMENTARY ON THE SWINGING SIXTIES!
Grace Coddington in 1966 Photo: Eric Swayne Jean Shrimpton, Vidal Sassoon, Veruschka, Twiggy, and more! A look back at the motivation of the photographers and models of swinging London. -Amy Haben...
A TRAILBLAZER OF NYC NIGHTLIFE: GOODBYE ANITA SARKO
Anita Sarko and Johnathan Marder at “Danny Says” screening on Sept. 22, 2015. It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of our friend Anita Sarko. It was only a little over a month ago that the stunning...
Pam Brown on Lou Reed
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BOOK REVIEW: The First Rock & Roll BODYGUARD
Book Review by Gillian McCain of "The First Rock ‘n’ Roll BODYGUARD" by Alf Weaver with Robert Ashton - If Alf Weaver was still with us (R.I.P) he would be the guy I would want watching my back. Because he’s watched them all, and had “a few good laughs” doing so. Growing up in London, he was friends with the Kray Twins, and kind of fell into the rock & roll business when he started working for a limousine company.
NYC NO WAVE DOCUMENTARY – BLANK CITY!
photo by Godlis Blank City makes you stumble over the rubble filled blocks of 70’s New York City while you’re checking to see if your wallet is still in your back pocket. Young artists like Nick Zedd, Richard Kern and...
DETROIT: FROM MOTOWN TO THE STOOGES – BBC DOCUMENTARY!!
Motor City’s Burning: Detroit From Motown to the Stooges In the early 60s, Motown broke through racial barriers and put Detroit’s music scene on the map. By the late 60’s, bands like The Stooges and MC5 ravaged Detroit with punk...
ROCK & ROLL ZINE: TEENAGE NEWS!
BY AMY HABEN I just received my copy of San Francisco based zine ‘Teenage News’ Issue #2, in the mail. Created by Gus Bernadicou, this B&W 87 page magazine is chock full of interviews and pictures of all of your...
Johnny Ramone on Halloween with The Stooges
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