It had everything. Sex. Murder. Greed. Double Crossings. Sing Sing Prison. Electric Chairs. And at its center was a “femme fatale” from Queens named Ruth Snyder...
Art photographer Jamie McLeod was a collaborator with and muse for the megastar Marc Almond (Soft Cell, Marc and the Mambas, solo artist) for 20 years. In that ...
This is a story about singer-songwriter Dino Valenti and two songs for which he has songwriting credit that defined the Sixties. It also stars Edie Sedgwick, Ji...
All the mothers of the world are showered with bowers of flowers and other sweet-smelling powders on Mother’s Day. And, of course, as Abe Lincoln put it, it is ...
We can’t think of anyone more deserving of a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ than cartoonist Lynda Barry, who was awarded one late last year. Her distinctive blend of ...
Cartoonist Basil Wolverton (1909-1978) cast a large, if sometimes unrecognized, shadow over the underground comix of the 1960s and punk graphics of the 1970s an...
George Orwell died 70 years ago. It would be hard to find another writer of his generation who had as profound an influence on, and prophetic accuracy about, th...
The Village Voice, during punk’s heyday, called The Feelies “the best underground band in New York.” But, outside of some tracks for Ork Records and a single (“...
Stephen Friedland began his music career in the early 1960s as an in-house songwriter for the BT Puppy record label in New York, penning hits for Chubby Checker...
What do Richard Hell, Television, the dBs, Alex Chilton, the Feelies, Cheetah Chrome, Lester Bangs and Mick Farren all have in common? They released singles on ...
We love rock & roll, but learning how it’s produced, marketed and compromised for mass consumption is a bit like learning how sausage is made or cloth diape...
As co-editor (with Aline Kominsky-Crumb) of the all-female Twisted Sisters Comics in the 1970s and 1980s, Diane Noomin is one of the pioneering women cartoonist...
Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of shade-grown coffee with, uh, more coffee, and kick back with Please Kill Me’s Top 10 stories of 2019…starring J...
The elves at PleaseKillMe.com have been working 24/7 to spread Christmas cheer to those who cherish peace, love and understanding (and a Bronx cheer to those wh...
Alan Bisbort is the Editor of PleaseKillMe.com, as well as a freelance writer and a collage artist. He’s the author of numerous books, including Beatniks: A Guide to an American Subculture and Rhino’s Psychedelic Trip.
