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...
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LONDON’S OWN BOOTLEG BLONDIE!
by Amy Haben - I don't know about you, but I cringe when someone invites me to see a tribute band. So when my friend invited me to see Bootleg Blondie, (a Blondie tribute band) while in London, I wasn't sure how to feel.
THE HEARTBREAKERS WITH MEMBERS OF MC5, BLONDIE, AND THE REPLACEMENTS!
It was a tight squeeze for the Heartbreakers, L.A.M.F. show featuring original member Walter Lure, Tommy Stinson of the Replacements, Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Clem Burke of Blondie and guest stars jumping on stage.
TIMES TALK WITH JIM JARMUSCH AND IGGY POP!
New Yorker's gathered together on 57th Street to witness a discussion with Iggy Pop and Jim Jarmusch hosted by the New York Times.
SSHH WITH BLONDIE AND SEX PISTOLS MEMBERS BENEFIT GIG!
It's just another Tuesday night in the Tribeca area of New York City. As I enter The Roxy Hotel's toasty Django Bar, I see a room full of familiar faces. Littered across the intimate space were a gaggle of elite rockers known to swim in the same circles as the uninhibited downtown crowd. Rock photographer's Bob Gruen and Mick Rock, Andy Rourke of The Smiths, Bob Bert of Lydia Lunch's Retrovirus, David Johansen, Chris Franz of the Talking Heads, among other notables.
WHY ‘PLEASE KILL ME’ IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROCK BOOKS EVER! (MAXIM)
Twenty years ago, Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain published Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, a scabby inside-look at the wildly fun, incredibly seedy and at times terrifying underbelly of the 1970s New York City punk scene.
PUNK’S NOT DEAD: LEGS MCNEIL AND GILLIAN MCCAIN AND ‘PLEASE KILL ME!’ (L.A. TIMES)
They came not to bury punk but to praise it. 20 years ago, Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain published “Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” with Grove Press. The format was ingenious — no single person could lay claim to know the whole of the sprawling, anarchically creative, drug-riddled scene.
ROCKSTARS IN DRAG!
– BLUR (as Blondie) Who would have thought? David Bowie and Bono are gorgeous in drag! And Mick...
A CHAT WITH THE CREATOR OF THE LEMMY AND THE DAMNED DOCUMENTARIES!
I recently watched director Wes Orshoski's highly rated, gold certified, documentary simply titled, Lemmy on Netflix.
A CONVERSATION WITH MUSICIAN JIMMY AGNELLO ON LIFE IN ’70S NYC!
Jimmy was my first teacher, he had drummed for Blondie, gotten the musical approval of Lou Reed, and even had to stop Stiv Bators from hitting on his girlfriend.
KLAUS NOMI – RIDING THE NEW WAVE!
by Madeline Bocaro The transitional period between decades is always highly charged with the excitement of things to...
VINTAGE DOCUMENTARY ON THE CBGB’S SCENE!
"CBGB in 70's" on You Tube - Live shots of Blondie, The Dead Boys, and The Ramones are featured in this late 70's CBGB's documentary. Even though the commentator has a strange, infomercial voice and the speed is slightly off, the rare footage is intriguing enough to keep watching. The very articulate Ramones manager, Danny Fields describes them as "a great machine that went on time."
-Amy Haben
INTERVIEW WITH TERRY MCCOY OF ST. MARK’S BOOKS!
Amy Haben interviews one of the Founders of St. Mark's Books shortly before their 2016 closing.
A CONVERSATION WITH PUNK GLOBE’S GINGER COYOTE!
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