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
WHEN COMIX MET PUNK: ROBERT CRUMB’S “WEIRDO” Alan Bisbort·April 30, 2019Comics historian Jon B. Cooke has whipped up a Please Kill Me-like oral history of underground comix of...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooks·1 Comment
Lost and Found: Roy Harper Alan Bisbort·April 10, 2019In the best of all possible worlds, a man who has made music with the likes of Led...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
WHO WROTE EASY RIDER? Alan Bisbort·April 3, 2019On the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking film, which made a star of Jack Nicholson, rekindled the careers...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfFilm·2 Comments
LOST AND FOUND: SANDY DENNY Alan Bisbort·March 26, 2019Sandy Denny (1947-1978) had one of the most remarkable voices in British folk-rock as well as superior songwriting...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusicians·1 Comment