BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: TRUTH, JUSTICE & BUFFY’S WAY Benito Vila·February 17, 2021Born on the Piapot Plains Cree First Nation Reserve in Saskatchewan, Buffy Sainte-Marie was raised by adoptive parents...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaCool PeopleInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
THE LOST TESTAMENT OF SAM BUTERA: THE RISE & FALL OF ‘THE WILDEST SHOW IN VEGAS’ Burt Kearns·February 16, 2021Sax player and arranger Sam Butera was ‘Keith Richards to Louis Prima’s Mick Jagger’ once he joined the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusicians·6 Comments
JONI MITCHELL: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS Richie Unterberger·February 11, 2021Despite being regarded as one of her generation’s greatest singer-songwriters, Joni Mitchell labored in relative obscurity for years...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansRecord LabelsRichie Unterberger·0 Comments
SKULL FORMING: TIM WRIGHT AFTER PERE UBU Elliott Sharp·February 8, 2021Years ago, the celebrated composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp got to know and perform with Tim Wright, the...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansR.I.P.·2 Comments
SECRET TREATIES: PRODUCER MURRAY KRUGMAN ON BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, THE DICTATORS & MORE Anthony Petkovich·February 2, 2021Murray Krugman was one-half of a dynamic duo (with Sandy Pearlman) that helped shape the sound of the...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
THE LONG NIGHT OF JOHN MARTYN Fiona McQuarrie·January 28, 2021Before his late-career decline, John Martyn was one of the most innovative figures in the British folk-rock firmament,...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksFiona McQuarrieHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
JOHN TAYLOR: STILL IN THE PLEASURE GROOVE WITH DURAN DURAN Crispin Kott·January 27, 2021John Taylor is the bass guitarist in Duran Duran, a band that stormed out of the New Romantic...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCrispin KottInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
RUBBERHEAD: AKRON’S LASTING IMPACT ON CHUCK STATLER, GODFATHER OF MUSIC VIDEO JP Olsen·January 26, 2021Chuck Statler started his long career in innovative and influential music video by collaborating with his classmates and...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmInterviewsVIDEO·1 Comment
AS NEEDED FOR ANXIETY: RICHARD KERN’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHIC Supervert·January 12, 2021A unifying thread weaves through the work of ‘trangressive’ filmmaker and photographer Richard Kern. In this interview with...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBooksGalleriesInterviewsPhotography·0 Comments
MEET THE BEATLES WITH MILES: AN INTERVIEW BY LEGS MCNEIL Legs McNeil·January 7, 2021Miles (aka Barry Miles) had a front-row seat to the London underground scene of the 1960s, as a...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsLegs McNeilPKM Archive·1 Comment
ALICE BAG: AN L.A. PUNK LEGEND Lucretia Tye Jasmine·January 5, 2021Alicia Armendariz (aka Alice Bag) is a Los Angeles punk legend, not just for her groundbreaking first band...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsLucretia Tye JasmineMusicians·0 Comments
FOUR DEAD IN OHIO: GRAPHIC NOVELIST DERF BACKDERF REVISITS HIS LOCAL HISTORY Eric Davidson·December 23, 2020Derf Backderf, the Cleveland-based artist best known (until now) for his long-running strip “The City” and his graphic...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksEric DavidsonHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
FRANK ZAPPA: ALEX WINTER’S NEW FILM CAPTURES HIS GENIUS David Konow·December 21, 2020Today (Dec. 21, the first official day of winter) would have been Frank Zappa’s 80th birthday. Given how...All Please Kill Me PostsDocumentary FilmFilmHistoryInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
ROSE SIMPSON: LIFE IN THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND Richie Unterberger·December 17, 2020The Incredible String Band was best-known as the vehicle for the otherworldly talents of Mike Heron and Robin...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·0 Comments