BLOOD NOT SO SIMPLE: CHARLES HARRELSON, WOODY’S DAD David Stewart·July 29, 2020Charles Harrelson, father of the actor Woody Harrelson, was a card hustler, a self-proclaimed “hit man” and a...All Please Kill Me PostsDavid StewartHistoryUncool People·1 Comment
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
NIXON VS. KHRUSHCHEV: HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT IN THE KITCHEN, 1959 Alan Bisbort·July 22, 2020Sixty-one years ago, on July 24, 1959, one of the greatest ever pieces of television propaganda was broadcast...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryUncool People·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
SCANDAL! THE 1927 CASE THAT JUMP-STARTED THE TABS! Alan Bisbort·July 7, 2020It had everything. Sex. Murder. Greed. Double Crossings. Sing Sing Prison. Electric Chairs. And at its center was...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsCrimeHistoryUncool People·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
JONI MITCHELL: A RECKLESS DAUGHTER’S BRILLIANT JOURNEY Scott Schinder·June 25, 2020Joni Mitchell was a “folk singer” for two years, but she has been an artistic badass for more...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansScott Schinder·0 Comments
HOW HOLLYWOOD HANDLED THE HIPPIES Jim Allen·June 11, 2020By the late 1960s, Hollywood had been infiltrated by psychedelia as a recreational pastime (pot, LSD, peyote were...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistory·0 Comments
THE STORY BEHIND DINO VALENTI’S HEY JOE AND LET’S GET TOGETHER Alan Bisbort·June 10, 2020This is a story about singer-songwriter Dino Valenti and two songs for which he has songwriting credit that...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusicians·2 Comments
KEITH RELF: WHEN A YARDBIRD FLEW SOLO Richie Unterberger·June 4, 2020Though the guitarists for The Yardbirds got all the ink, the band’s other four members—bassist Paul Samwell-Smith, drummer...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
ESCAPE FROM VIETNAM: AN ISLAND OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMBAT ZONE David Stewart·May 19, 2020At the height of the Vietnam War, a renegade monk created a haven for peace on an island...All Please Kill Me PostsDavid StewartHistory·0 Comments
FAREWELL, GEM SPA: AN EAST VILLAGE INSTITUTION BITES THE DUST Larry Baumhor·May 18, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic is not just killing and sickening people; it’s decimating small businesses, some with storied histories....All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryLarry BaumhorR.I.P.·0 Comments
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #4: BRIAN ENO Billy Hough·May 14, 2020When “Eno is God” started appearing in spray paint all over NYC in the 70’s, most people were mystified....All Please Kill Me PostsBilly HoughCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansThings You Should Know·2 Comments
SHOOTING STIV BATORS AND LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH Chris Epting·May 7, 2020When he was a senior at Boston’s Emerson College in 1982, Chris Epting was enticed by members of...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfFilmHistoryMusicians·0 Comments