TIGHTEN UP: ARCHIE BELL TAPS INTO A TIMELESS GROOVE Scott Schinder·December 22, 2020Like a much-needed vaccine of good-time dance music during the darkest days of 1968, Archie Bell’s “Tighten Up”...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansScott Schinder·0 Comments
DAVE ALVIN IS STILL BLASTING: ‘IF CHARLES BUKOWSKI OR RAYMOND CHANDLER HAD A BAND’ Noah Lekas·December 15, 2020In 1979, Dave and Phil Alvin formed the Blasters, a band that grew out of their love of...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
LUC SANTE: CHRONICLER OF NEW YORK’S ‘LOW LIFE’ Eric Davidson·December 14, 2020As a chronicler of New York’s underside and forgotten histories, Luc Sante walked straight out of the pages...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleEric DavidsonInterviews·0 Comments
SOUL MUSIC QUEENS: SUNG AND UNSUNG IN THE TIME OF ISOLATION Christine Ohlman·December 7, 2020The Queens of Soul, from Aretha to Dolly, will warm up any winter night, even during the coldest...All Please Kill Me PostsChristine OhlmanCool PeopleHistoryMusicians·0 Comments
ANDY WARHOL: THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #7 Billy Hough·December 4, 2020In a new biography this year, the New York Times art critic Blake Gopnik called Andy Warhol the...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBilly HoughCool PeopleHistoryThings You Should KnowVIDEO·0 Comments
BILLY HINSCHE HAS HAD A BLAST: FROM TEEN POP STARDOM TO THE BEACH BOYS Valerie Simadis·December 2, 2020While attending Good Shepherd Catholic School in Beverly Hills, Billy Hinsche befriended classmates Dino Martin and Desi Arnaz...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsValerie Simadis·2 Comments
ALL THINGS MUST PASS AT 50: GEORGE HARRISON’S INNER LIGHT SHINES ON John Kruth·November 26, 2020When George Harrison released his epic “triple album” on November 27, 1970, Beatle fans worldwide realized the gig...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryJohn KruthR.I.P.·0 Comments
LUX INTERIOR: WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU COME FROM? Ingrid Marie Jensen·November 23, 2020The Cramps’ frontman was impossible to miss, on or off stage, the perfect foil to his equally striking...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleIngrid JensenMusiciansR.I.P.·3 Comments
GOIN’ HOME WITH THE ROLLING STONES Tosh Berman·November 16, 2020Thinking about moving into your first home away from the family? Well, there was a time when even...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryPhotographyTosh Berman·1 Comment
‘RED FLAME’: KAREN ELSON, MODEL, MUSICIAN & MUSE Amy Haben·November 9, 2020Supermodel Karen Elson is no one-dimensional stick figure on a fashion runway. As her photo retrospective and memoir...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksCool PeopleFashionPhotography·0 Comments
SETTING THE NIGHT ON FIRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE DAVIS Gillian McCain·November 2, 2020Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear and, most recently, Set the Night on Fire:...All Please Kill Me PostsAriella ThornhillCool PeopleGillian McCainHistoryInterviews·2 Comments
POISON IVY OF THE CRAMPS: UNCROWNED QUEEN OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Ingrid Marie Jensen·October 27, 2020Poison Ivy Rorschach, lead guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer and sometime vocalist of one of the greatest bands in...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleIngrid JensenMusicians·12 Comments
MY BEST BUDDY NICK TOSCHES Austin Brookner·October 22, 2020Songwriter and musician Austin Brookner met writer Nick Tosches in 2008. The connection was Tosches’ words—both on the...All Please Kill Me PostsAustin BrooknerCool PeopleR.I.P.·0 Comments
BETTYE LAVETTE HAS HER OWN HELL TO RAISE! Michael Shelley·October 15, 2020With her powerful voice and magnetic personality, Bettye LaVette has had at least six different musical careers (and...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMichael Shelley·0 Comments