JAYNE COUNTY: I DON’T FIT IN ANYWHERE Jen B. Larson·January 27, 2020Jayne County set a pre-punk standard for outrageous rock & roll stage antics and regalia with her then...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsJen B. Larson·4 Comments
THE QUEEN OF THE AIR MEETS THE HOMICIDAL YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE Burt Kearns·January 22, 2020Circus performers were, in some ways, the punk rockers of their day, and nobody was more punk than...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsCool PeopleCrimeHistory·1 Comment
JOHN PEEL: HIS LIFE AND MUSICAL LEGACY Richie Unterberger·January 16, 2020So revered in the UK that he made the top 50 in a BBC poll of ‘Greatest Britons...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfHistoryRichie Unterberger·3 Comments
TELSTAR: THE SONG, AND THE FUTURE THAT NEVER WAS Charles Monagan·January 15, 2020Working feverishly in his North London studio in 1962, Joe Meek created the sound of the space age...All Please Kill Me PostsCharles MonaganHistory·3 Comments
POP EATS ITSELF: OR, NOT THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL Billy Hough·January 9, 2020Using The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again as his template, poet/playwright/performer Billy...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBilly HoughHistory·1 Comment
PHILADELPHIA’S SIGMA SOUND: THE STUDIO WHERE BOWIE FOUND HIS SOUL Richie Unterberger·January 7, 2020The Philadelphia recording studio Sigma Sound almost single-handedly defined the pre-Disco sound of the 1970s, with the smooth,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
THE TOP TEN PKM STORIES OF 2019 Alan Bisbort·December 27, 2019Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of shade-grown coffee with, uh, more coffee, and kick...All Please Kill Me PostsHistory·0 Comments
THE ROOTS OF ROCK RUN DEEPER THAN ROBERT JOHNSON Tony Mostrom·December 17, 2019Eric Clapton, rightfully, revered the mysterious Southern bluesman Robert Johnson and, because of that, some dubbed him the...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromHistory·5 Comments
MIDGE URE: FROM RICH KIDS TO ULTRAVOX TO SAVING THE WORLD Robert Gourley·December 12, 2019Co-founder (with Bob Geldof) of Band Aid and Live Aid, the multi-talented Glaswegian Midge Ure once turned down...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsRobert Gourley·0 Comments
KENNETH PATCHEN: REBEL POET AND ROMANTIC Alan Bisbort·December 11, 2019Poet, artist, performer, pacifist and visionary, Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was the closest thing America had to a William...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryPoetry·2 Comments
ESP-DISK’: THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS RECORD LABEL IN AMERICA Alan Bisbort·December 10, 2019ESP-Disk’, a record label started in New York in 1963 by Bernard Stollman, unleashed a sonic blast of...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsRecord Labels·1 Comment
MISS PAMELA: MEETING YOUR HEROES Pamela Des Barres·December 5, 2019The fearless Pamela Des Barres has met many of her own personal heroes, including Dylan, Zappa, Cohen, Nureyev,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryPamela Des Barres·3 Comments
LOOKING BACK AT 1973…AND THE ROOTS OF PUNK Andrew Grant Jackson·December 2, 2019On Tuesday, Thomas Dunne Books, a St. Martin’s imprint, releases 1973: Rock at the Crossroads, a deep 347-page...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·2 Comments
WELCOME TO THE TRIDENT: WHERE YOU COULD GET ANYTHING YOU WANT Benito Vila·November 25, 2019From its waterfront perch in Sausalito, the Trident’s clientele could see the San Francisco skyline and the Golden...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBest OfHistory·3 Comments