SPIT IN THE OCEAN: KEN KESEY’S FORGOTTEN BOOK SERIES Benito Vila·September 26, 2019Ken Kesey assembled his Merry Pranksters and other kindred spirits for one more, and final, prank—a semi-regular book...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBooksCool PeopleHistoryInterviews·2 Comments
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
WHEN JACK (KEROUAC) MET MAX (BODENHEIM) Paul Maher, Jr·September 2, 2019When the young Beat novelist (Kerouac) met the old bohemian poet (Bodenheim) in 1951, they were headed in...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·3 Comments
COMPLIMENTS OF CHICAGO’S STREETS Peter Pavia·August 21, 2019A visually stunning new book details the history, rise and fall of “social athletic clubs” in Chicago, before...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksPhotography·1 Comment
JERRY LEWIS, J.D. SALINGER & THE JEWISH HOLDEN CAULFIELD Burt Kearns·August 12, 2019There were once two men named Jerry: Salinger and Lewis. And one of them wrote a famous novel,...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksBurt KearnsFilmHistory·0 Comments
HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN: J.G. BALLARD IN THE 1970s Jeremy Reed·August 6, 2019The novelist J.G. Ballard created language so unique that, according to renowned poet and novelist Jeremy Reed, he...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·1 Comment
MY BOYS: STERLING LORD ON JACK KEROUAC, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI AND KEN KESEY Benito Vila·July 22, 2019The longtime publishing insider and agent Sterling Lord is still keeping the Beat flames burning for Kerouac, Ferlinghetti...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBest OfBooksHistoryNewsPublishing·3 Comments
POLY STYRENE REMEMBERED Amy Haben·July 15, 2019Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (1957-2011), aka Poly Styrene, was a punk pioneer in ways that are only now being...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksHistoryInterviewsMusiciansNews·5 Comments
VIVIEN GOLDMAN AND REVENGE OF THE SHE-PUNKS Eric Davidson·July 8, 2019From her pre-punk perch as a record company publicist and journalist in London, Vivien Goldman immersed herself in...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBooksEric DavidsonHistoryMusiciansNews·4 Comments
WARHOL, THE VELVETS, THE FUGS AND THE DOM Jan Błaszczak·June 21, 2019The Dom, a book recently published in Poland, covers the untold story of Lower East Side’s counterculture in...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·0 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
Zapped by Absurdity: Paul Krassner Can’t Stop Now Benito Vila·April 23, 2019One of the forefathers of underground culture and Free Speech advocate extraordinaire (who turned 87 on April 9),...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBooksCool PeopleNews·2 Comments
KURT VONNEGUT’S CRUSADE Alan Bisbort·March 21, 201950 years after the publication of the now literary (and film) classic Slaughterhouse-Five, our editor Alan Bisbort looks...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBooksCool PeopleInterviews·1 Comment
WHY THE RAMONES MATTER: A CONVERSATION WITH DONNA GAINES Harrison Connery·March 11, 2019Even as a teen hanging out on street corners in Queens, Donna Gaines was doing research for her...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviews·1 Comment