CARLA BLEY: LIFE GOES ON, SO DOES MUSIC John Pietaro·September 29, 2020Composer, pianist and activist Carla Bley was, from an early age, a rebel, turning her back on music...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsJohn PietaroMusicians·0 Comments
TINA BELL’S HIDDEN LEGACY: THE BLACK WOMAN WHO CREATED THE SOUND OF GRUNGE Jen B. Larson·September 3, 2020In 1983, the Seattle band Bam Bam, fronted by a talented, elegant Black woman named Tina Bell, created...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryJen B. LarsonMusicians·26 Comments
REMEMBERING CAMERON AND THE LATE BOHEMIAN WORLD OF L.A. Tosh Berman·September 2, 2020Marjorie Cameron (1922-1995)—better known as ‘Cameron’—was a renegade even by the standards of L.A.’s various bohemian subcultures. An...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleR.I.P.Tosh Berman·2 Comments
GEORGE BARRIS & ED “BIG DADDY” ROTH: THE STONES VS. BEATLES OF ‘60s L.A. KAR KULTURE Tony Mostrom·August 31, 2020Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and George Barris created a new visual language that captured the unbridled spirit of...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromCool PeopleHistory·0 Comments
WALTER LURE: LAST MAN ROCKIN’ James Marshall·August 27, 2020The death earlier this week of Walter Lure, one of the original Heartbreakers, was yet another tough blow...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleJames MarshallR.I.P.·3 Comments
REMINDER RECORDS: JEREMY THOMPSON’S LOVE OF LOST RECORDS Eric Davidson·August 24, 2020After his first vinyl reissues label, Sing Sing Records, was laid to rest in 2014, Jeremy Thompson couldn’t...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleEric DavidsonRecord Labels·0 Comments
GAIL ANN DORSEY: LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER BOWIE Robert Gourley·August 20, 2020After two decades as a member of David Bowie’s band, Gail Ann Dorsey never put her bass guitar...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·0 Comments
VIKTOR TSOI: THE LEGEND OF RUSSIA’S GREATEST ROCK STAR LIVES ON Yuliya Abasheva·August 12, 2020Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Russia’s most beloved rock & roll star. When Viktor...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansR.I.P.·0 Comments
A NEW YORK CONVERSATION WITH BRIGID BERLIN (RIP) Gillian McCain·July 25, 2020When Brigid Berlin (a.k.a. Brigid Polk) died last Friday, we lost one of the last connections to New...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleGillian McCainHistoryInterviews·0 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
MISS PAMELA: BLAME IT ON ELVIS, DION AND THE RAINBOW ROCKERS Pamela Des Barres·July 20, 2020Pamela Miller was a boy-crazy teen from the San Fernando Valley whose head was permanently turned one summer...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryPamela Des Barres·10 Comments
MICHAEL ALAGO’S FABULOUS JOURNEY Sharon M. Hannon·July 14, 2020Brooklyn native Michael Alago was one of the good guys in the corporate music industry. As an A&R...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsSharon M. Hannon·1 Comment
MY OWN PRIVATE BASKETBALL DIARY: MEETING JIM CARROLL Chris Epting·July 6, 2020In 1983, when Chris Epting was at Boston’s Emerson College, he produced a cable access TV series on...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsPoetryVIDEO·4 Comments
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