SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE: DOA’S JOEY KEITHLEY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Amy HabenFebruary 19, 2021 Against all odds, Joey “Shithead” Keithley, DOA frontman and longtime activist, won election to city council in his Canadian hometown in 201... ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenCool People1 Comment 1
HARLEM OF THE WEST: SAN FRANCISCO’S FILLMORE DISTRICT Richie UnterbergerSeptember 30, 2020 Before the hippies swarmed in to reshape America’s counterculture—and before the city embarked on a disastrous urban renewal (or 'redevelopm... All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger2 Comments 3
TORI AMOS ON RESISTANCE: CREATIVE OPPOSITION Amy HabenJune 22, 2020 From her earliest days as a child piano prodigy and lounge player in Washington D.C. clubs, Tori Amos has met resistance but never backed do... All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksCool People1 Comment 3
LHASA DE SELA MATTERS Fiona McQuarrieNovember 11, 2019 Beautiful but uncategorizable music flowed through Lhasa de Sela (1972-2010), whose itinerant, off-the-grid childhood with spiritually-incli... All Please Kill Me PostsBooksFiona McQuarrieInterviewsMusicians0 Comments 1
FROM MINUTEMEN TO MISSINGMEN: MIKE WATT AND FRIENDS CARRY ON Amanda SheppardOctober 29, 2019 Mike Watt is the Dale Carnegie of rock & roll. He has made more friends and influenced more people than any living bass man, collaborati... All Please Kill Me PostsAmanda SheppardCool PeopleInterviewsMusicians2 Comments 2
THE FOREVER CHANGES OF ARTHUR LEE & LOVE Tony MostromSeptember 30, 2019 Love were poised to be bigger than their Elektra label mates—and friendly Sunset Strip rivals—the Doors, but trouble and darkness followed t... All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromCool PeopleHistoryMusicians5 Comments 4
MICHAEL CHAIKEN: MAKING BOB DYLAN’S ARCHIVE COME ALIVE James MarshallJanuary 15, 2019 The Dylan Archive curator’s road to Tulsa was paved with good obsessions, such as free jazz, Godard, the Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker, Norman Ma... All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBob DylanHistoryInterviewsJames Marshall2 Comments 3
NEWS FLASH: EAST GERMAN PUNKS TORE DOWN THE BERLIN WALL! Alan BisbortSeptember 26, 2018 In his incendiary new book Burning Down the Haus, Tim Mohr documents the “secret history of punk rock under the dictator” and inspires hope ... ActivismAlan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryInterviews0 Comments 2
CELEBRATING JIM BOUTON: THE BAD BOY OF BASEBALL Benito VilaJune 13, 2018 Known as ‘The Bulldog,’ former New York Yankee Jim Bouton pissed off The Establishment with his tell-all book Ball Four, and went on to a ca... All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBooksCool PeopleHistory0 Comments 2
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, AND FIGHTING BACK! PKM EditorMarch 16, 2018 Inspired by the original Rock Against Racism movement in the UK, Love Music Hate Racism prepares for Anti-Racism Day demonstrations this wee... ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsNews0 Comments 0
SOUNDMAN CONFIDENTIAL: FRANK X. GALLAGHER ON TALKING HEADS, RAMONES, PLASMATICS AND MORE May 27, 2021
