‘LIKE PUNK NEVER HAPPENED’: THE LEGACY OF THE NEW ROMANTICS AND ‘80S U.K. POP David Chiu·October 14, 2020Sweet Dreams, a new oral history by British journalist Dylan Jones, charts the musical about-face in the UK...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·0 Comments
MALCOLM MCLAREN: JEWISH MANAGER AS PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER Gary Lucas·October 13, 2020A new doorstopper-sized (900+ pages) biography of Malcolm McLaren by Paul Gorman got musician Gary Lucas thinking about...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·3 Comments
HARLEM OF THE WEST: SAN FRANCISCO’S FILLMORE DISTRICT Richie Unterberger·September 30, 2020Before the hippies swarmed in to reshape America’s counterculture—and before the city embarked on a disastrous urban renewal...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
AND IN THE END: A LOOK AT THE LAST DAYS OF THE BEATLES Benito Vila·September 24, 2020So much has been written and said about The Beatles that it’s rare when something fresh comes along....All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBooksHistoryInterviewsPhotography·0 Comments
THE GHASTLY ONE: JIMMY MCDONOUGH TALKS ABOUT ANDY MILLIGAN AND HIS TRANSGRESSIVE CINEMA Eric Davidson·July 30, 2020Jimmy McDonough is best-known for his exhaustive bios of Neil Young (Shakey), Tammy Wynette (Tragic Country Queen) and...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksEric DavidsonFilmInterviews·2 Comments
CHRIS FRANTZ: REMAINS IN LOVE Richie Unterberger·July 22, 2020The subtitle to Remain in Love, the new memoir by Chris Frantz, is “Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club,...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·0 Comments
JOHNNY THUNDERS IN COLD BLOOD PKM Editor·July 9, 2020In 1987, Nina Antonia published the first book about John Anthony Genzale (aka Johnny Thunders) (1952-1991). It was...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
THE INTREPID TRAVELLER: KEN BABBS ON THE MERRY PRANKSTERS, THE BEATS, THE DEAD, WOODSTOCK, AND MUCH MORE Gregory Daurer·July 1, 2020How did a basketball-playing Marine Corps lieutenant from Ohio become a driving force for the Merry Pranksters, an...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBooksCool PeopleGregory DaurerHistory·0 Comments
VISUALIZING MARC ALMOND: JAMIE MCLEOD’S CAMERA EYE Alan Bisbort·June 29, 2020Art photographer Jamie McLeod was a collaborator with and muse for the megastar Marc Almond (Soft Cell, Marc...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviewsPhotography·2 Comments
YOU CAN’T WIN: WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS AND THE REAL JACK BLACK Tony Mostrom·June 23, 2020Jack Black was a burglar, rambler, jailbird and writer whose lone published memoir, You Can’t Win (1926), was...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromBest OfBooksCrime·9 Comments
TORI AMOS ON RESISTANCE: CREATIVE OPPOSITION Amy Haben·June 22, 2020From her earliest days as a child piano prodigy and lounge player in Washington D.C. clubs, Tori Amos...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksCool People·1 Comment
LETTER TO A FIRST-TIME THOMAS PYNCHON READER Gary Lippman·June 9, 2020Thomas Pynchon, the great American novelist, may be best known for being invisible. (Although he did do a...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleGary Lippman·1 Comment
BASEBALL BOOKS AND MOVIES TO HELP MAKE IT THROUGH THIS SEASON Benito Vila·May 6, 2020A summer without baseball is cruel and unusual, and probably unconstitutional too. More to the point, it is...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBooksFilm·3 Comments
TEN GREAT NEW YORK CITY NOVELS Michael Friedman·May 3, 2020A shout out to our favorite city— New York—- and our favorite book reviewer, the poet and novelist...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksEditors' Picks·0 Comments