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'Please Kill Me' 20th anniversary edition & tour announced; 'Punk' talk happening at Queens Museum

Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain are putting out an expanded edition of their book ‘Please Kill Me’ for its 20th anniversary and celebrating on tour. Also, there’s a ‘Punk Magazine’ talk at the Queens Museum this weekend with co-founder/cartoonist John Holmstrom, photographr Roberta Bayley, and Blondie’s Chris Stein.

Punk Magazine 40th anniversary exhibit opening in NYC

The legendary Punk Magazine will be celebrated with a 40th anniversary exhibit at Howl! Arts in NYC (6 E. 1st St.) from January 14 to 30. The description reads: Join John Holmstrom and some of his brilliant collaborators a…

Grant Hart touring, speaking at JFK/NYC/OMG with Exene Cervenka & Legs McNeil (who wrote a Lou Reed tribute)

As you may know, Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü released his newest album, The Argument — one of the most well-received albums of his post-Dü career — earlier this year, and has been supporting it with some sh…

'The Best of Punk Magazine' book launch party in NYC; David Johansen playing Highline Ballroom

Launched in 1976, Punk magazine announced an exploding youth movement, a new direction in American counterculture. Punk was to magazines what the stage at CBGB was to music: the gritty, live-wired, throbbing center of the punk universe…

30 Seconds to Mars' JARED LETO rushed by fans, breaks nose

IS IT OK TO LAUGH? “Jared Leto suffered a broken nose after being trampled by his fans.” Apparently he didn’t have his baseball bat on him…