STUDENT TEACHERS’ DRUMMER LAURA DAVIS-CHANIN CHRONICLES HER LIFE WITH BOWIE, BLONDIE AND THE 70S NYC ROCK SCENE
PKM talks to Student Teachers’ drummer Laura Davis-Chanin about her new memoir, The Girl in the Back: A Female...
1970’s
1970’s
SILK, SATIN AND VELVET: THE SECRET HISTORY OF GROUPIE CHIC BY PAMELA DES BARRES
Pamela Des Barres shares the origin story of her love of the thrift store treasure hunt, the goldmine...
TOM WOLFE: A TRIBUTE
Tom Wolfe forged a place in our collective consciousness for car enthusiasts, hippies, pilots, surfers, strippers and the monied...
There Must Be Some Kind of Way Outta Here – A Vietnam Soundtrack
These 10 Tunes Offer a Parallel Soundtrack to Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s PBS series The Vietnam War...
SCENE OF THE CRIME: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MUDD CLUB’S RICHARD BOCH
The Mudd Club in Tribeca had an art gallery curated by Keith Haring, performances by Ginsberg & Burroughs,...
INTERVIEW WITH BLONDIE DRUMMER CLEM BURKE! (PART TWO)
Blondie’s Clem Burke on touring with Iggy Pop, his favorite NYC clubs of the ‘70s, and his personal...
THE DAY DAVID BOWIE TURNED DJ FOR THE BBC
Listen to David Bowie’s playlist from a 1979 stint as DJ on the BBC! “Hello. This is David...
A LOOK BACK AT THE 1970 GOOSE LAKE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL!
The Stooges, MC5, Bob Seger, The Faces, Jethro Tull and Chicago all played at the Goose Lake International...
A BAD SEED: CATCHING UP WITH NICK CAVE SIDEMAN JIM SCLAVUNOS
Jim Sclavunos talks to PKM about his career playing with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, the Cramps,...
INTERVIEW WITH BLONDIE DRUMMER CLEM BURKE! (Part 1)
Blondie drummer Clem Burke talks to PKM’s Amy Haben about fashion, his career in Blondie, playing with the...
IGGY’S SCARF: A MEMORY OF RONNIE TOAST BY CLEM BURKE
Clem Burke fondly looks back at an encounter with his good friend and Blondie co-writer, Ronnie Toast, in...
MARC BOLAN DOCUMENTARY, ‘RIDE ON!’
Mystical man, Marc Bolan knew he wanted to be a star even as a child. John’s Children was...
ELVIS COSTELLO JOINS THE CIRCUS: A FANTASY!
Story and drawings by Legs McNeil. Originally published in the Nov 78 issue of Hit Parader “Ah,...
THE NEW YORK DOLLS PROVED THAT STAGE PRESENCE MATTERS!
When did rock n' roll get boring? The NY Dolls had it all. They dressed like a Susanne Somers workout tape on crack, they figured out that heavy bangs and layered hair can work well on guys, managed to get women hot while wearing heels, and played fun tunes to let your hair down to. Substance without style may be good on your record player, but what about the live show?