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CHIP TAYLOR: THE HAPPY GAMBLER Michael Shelley·March 26, 2020Chip Taylor followed an unorthodox path to late-career musical success. Though born and raised in tony Westchester County,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMichael Shelley·1 Comment
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #1: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO Billy Hough·March 25, 2020Billy Hough tackles 1967’s “Velvet Underground & Nico” in 3 minutes Legs McNeil gave Billy Hough 3 minutes...All Please Kill Me PostsBilly HoughHistoryPKM TVThings You Should Know·0 Comments
HIS LIPS ARE SEALED: THE DEATH OF SONNY FRANZESE, NEW YORK’S LAST OLD SCHOOL MOBSTER Mark Jacobson·March 24, 2020When Sonny Franzese died last month at age 103, he was the last living remnant of the New...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCrimeHistoryMark Jacobson·8 Comments
FRIED & JUSTIFIED: INSIDE THE POST-PUNK YEARS (1978-98) WITH MICK HOUGHTON Richie Unterberger·March 17, 2020Mick Houghton came of age as a pop music ‘obsessive’ in the 1960s. By the 1970s, he was...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryInterviewsRichie Unterberger·0 Comments
LAUNCHING WARHOL AND POP ART: WALTER HOPPS AND HIS FERUS GALLERY Tony Mostrom·March 11, 2020As we enter a new Roaring Twenties, let’s recall two renegade art dealers who kickstarted modern art back...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromArtGalleriesHistory·0 Comments
MY OWN PRIVATE ORWELL Alan Bisbort·March 10, 2020George Orwell died over 70 years ago. It would be hard to find another writer of his generation...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleHistory·0 Comments
WINTER KILLS: HOW THE JFK ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY THEORIES DROVE A NATION INSANE Mark Jacobson·March 2, 2020Based on a novel by Richard Condon, the feature film Winter Kills (1979) reimagined the JFK assassination and...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistory·2 Comments
MOOGS, THEREMINS, AND LSD: LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE’S SUBVERSIVE PSYCHEDELIA Jim Allen·February 19, 2020While Hendrix, Morrison and Joplin were setting the musical tone for 1960s counterculture, Denver-based Lothar & The Hand...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·3 Comments
THE KING OF FUH: BRUTE FORCE MEETS THE BEATLES Alan Bisbort·February 18, 2020Stephen Friedland began his music career in the early 1960s as an in-house songwriter for the BT Puppy...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusicians·1 Comment
ORK RECORDS: STARTING AN INDIE-ROCK REVOLUTION ONE SINGLE AT A TIME Alan Bisbort·February 13, 2020What do Richard Hell, Television, the dBs, Alex Chilton, the Feelies, Cheetah Chrome, Lester Bangs and Mick Farren...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsArtHistoryInterviewsRecord Labels·1 Comment
THE LATE JOHNNY STRIKE: ONE FROM THE HEART Anthony Petkovich·February 6, 2020A close friend and cohort in chaos, Anthony Petkovich remembers Crime founding member Johnny Strike (Gary John Bassett)....All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusicians·1 Comment
LISA FANCHER: STEERING PUNK’S FINAL FRONTIER IN LA Tony Mostrom·February 3, 2020Often overlooked by punk history’s gatekeepers, Lisa Fancher’s venerable Frontier Records label is celebrating 40 years of important...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromBest OfHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
OUR FAVORITE PLAYGHOUL: VAMPIRA RISES AGAIN Eric Davidson·January 29, 2020Maila Nurmi, come on down! Mike Decay has turned his deep and abiding love for the now-iconic actress...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonHistoryInterviews·3 Comments
CAN’T FIND MY WAY HOME: OUR DRUG APOCALYPSE Benito Vila·January 28, 2020Punk’s holy trinity, if it has one, would be sex, drugs and rock & roll. For the past...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaCrimeHistoryInterviews·1 Comment