PUNK ROCK HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUR FAVORITE RESIDENT PUNK Alan Bisbort·December 16, 2019The elves at PleaseKillMe.com have been working 24/7 to spread Christmas cheer to those who cherish peace, love...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsGift Guide·1 Comment
KENNETH PATCHEN: REBEL POET AND ROMANTIC Alan Bisbort·December 11, 2019Poet, artist, performer, pacifist and visionary, Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was the closest thing America had to a William...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryPoetry·2 Comments
ESP-DISK’: THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS RECORD LABEL IN AMERICA Alan Bisbort·December 10, 2019ESP-Disk’, a record label started in New York in 1963 by Bernard Stollman, unleashed a sonic blast of...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsRecord Labels·1 Comment
DYLAN THOMAS MEETS JOHN CALE: A TALE OF TWO WELSHMEN Alan Bisbort·November 19, 2019Dylan Thomas died 66 years ago last Saturday. The Welsh poet is known as much for the theatrical...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansPoetry·1 Comment
ROBERT ALTMAN: THE SECRET HONOR OF EXILE Alan Bisbort·November 5, 2019A completely overlooked 1984 Robert Altman film, with an Oscar-caliber performance by Philip Baker Hall, is the perfect...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistory·0 Comments
WHEN NUBIA KICKED EGYPTIAN ASS Alan Bisbort·November 1, 2019Ancient Nubia Now, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is a game-changer. The exhibition, on view...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsArtEVENTS·1 Comment
WHEN THE RAT PACK JUMPED THE ROCK & ROLL SHARK Alan Bisbort·October 15, 2019Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., et al. did not loathe rock & roll just for the...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistory·2 Comments
THE NIGHT THEY BLEW UP DISCO Alan Bisbort·October 2, 2019Disco music had become so ubiquitous by 1979 that a backlash from fans of punk and rock &...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistory·1 Comment
FROM JFK TO THE X-FILES: THE GODFATHER OF MODERN CONSPIRACY Alan Bisbort·September 18, 2019If you wonder why people are planning to “Storm Area 51” or why there seems to be non-stop...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
ROD MCKUEN’S BLANK GENERATION Alan Bisbort·September 10, 2019Rod McKuen was labeled ‘The King of Kitsch’ by critics and “McGoon” by academics (a label that included...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleInterviewsNews·3 Comments
LOST AND FOUND: JACKSON C. FRANK Alan Bisbort·August 20, 2019Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Paul Simon, Sandy Denny, Al Stewart and others borrowed a few tunes (and whole...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistory·0 Comments
PHIL OCHS: BOUND FOR GLORY Alan Bisbort·July 31, 2019A driving force of musical dissent in the 1960s, Phil Ochs (1940-1976) and his musical legacy are ripe...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·4 Comments
ELLIOTT SMITH TURNS 50! Alan Bisbort·July 18, 2019His tragic death at age 34 has spun a mysterious web around Elliott Smith’s musical legacy and spawned...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
HERE’S WHY KAREN CARPENTER MATTERS Alan Bisbort·June 20, 2019The singing/drumming half of the 1970s’ hitmakers the Carpenters died at age 32 in 1983 of health issues...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusicians·3 Comments