‘Toy Porno,’ the video the Frogs made for Kurt Cobain
Dennis Flemion, Mark Arm, Kurt Cobain, and Jimmy Flemion (via Matador) When Everett True recalls watching “videos of puppet sex created by insane Midwest band…
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William S. Burroughs on the cut-up technique and meeting Samuel Beckett & Bob Dylan
“It’s the stink of death, citizens!” (Photo by Peter Hujar) This hour-long BBC Radio special opens with “Old Lady Sloan,” the Mortal Micronotz’ interpretation of…
Killer early footage of Wendy O. Williams and The Plasmatics tearing up CBGB
A recently uploaded video features some of the earliest footage of Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics, performing March 1st, 1979 at CBGB, doing their…
Comic books & science fiction: ‘Flying Saucer Attack’ collects the Rezillos’ complete recordings
Sire’s “Plundering the Vaults” reissue series got to the Rezillos in 1993, as if in karmic compensation for my first year of high school math…
Coming soon: An unreleased movie about San Francisco punks CRIME from 1978
via oicVintage CRIME fans rejoice! San Francisco’s first and only rock and roll band starred in a never-released movie filmed during June of 1978, and…
‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’: Mick Jones’ last performance with The Clash at the Us Festival
Steve Wozniak may have co-founded Apple, but it was his notorious “US Festival” that makes him one of the greatest rock promoters of our time.…
The superstars of Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’
The Portuguese release of ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ (via Discogs) In 1993, the BBC documentary series Arena devoted four episodes to “Tales of Rock…
Crucial punk doc ‘DOA: A Right of Passage’ FINALLY restored for a hi-def DVD release
If you’re anything like me—and since you clicked on this to begin with I’d expect there are decent enough odds that you’re more or less…
You too can own a promotional Ramones ‘switchblade’ from 1977!
In January 1977 the Ramones released album number two, entitled Leave Home. It was another high-quality slab of straight-ahead punk in the acknowledged Ramones style.…
Glenn Danzig’s hand-painted Misfits gloves can be yours — opening bid $10K
Glenn Danzig, pictured here wearing the hand-painted gloves that could be yours if you’ve got $10K+ burning a hole in the pocket of your leather…