G. GORDON LIDDY: REST IN PEACE (NOT) Legs McNeil·April 5, 2021G. Gordon Liddy was one of the memorable characters to emerge from the Watergate scandals. A former FBI...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsLegs McNeilPKM ArchiveUncool People·1 Comment
REVEREND GARY DAVIS: I AM THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD John Kruth·March 31, 2021Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972), guitar virtuoso and folk-blues giant, moved from Durham, N.C. to New York City, where...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsJohn KruthMusicians·0 Comments
AUTOMNE ZINGG: THE MANY STRINGS OF HER ART Amy Haben·March 29, 2021Automne Zingg is an artistic force. The New York City-based visual artist creates funny, surreal, psychedelic portraits and...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenArtCool PeopleInterviews·1 Comment
HUBERT SUMLIN: HOWLIN’ WOLF’S SECRET WEAPON Elliott Sharp·March 25, 2021As Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime guitarist, Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011) kept to the shadows, but his sweet, subtle, sophisticated leads...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
RICHARD HELL: THE PAST AND PRESENT OF DESTINY STREET James Marshall·March 24, 2021Richard Hell and the Voidoids are best-known for their debut album, the masterful Blank Generation (1977). Before completely...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsJames MarshallMusicians·4 Comments
NICK REYNOLDS: ALABAMA 3, THE SOPRANOS, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, SEX PISTOLS AND DEATH MASKS Gregory Daurer·March 17, 2021The resume of Nick Reynolds has many fascinating facets—son of the mastermind of The Great Train Robbery, abstract...All Please Kill Me PostsArtDocumentary FilmGregory DaurerInterviewsMusiciansTV·0 Comments
NANCY BARILE: HARDCORE WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB Jen B. Larson·March 16, 2021Nancy Barile was, along with countless other women in the city in the early 1980s, an integral part...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksGirl PowerInterviewsJen B. Larson·0 Comments
KID CONGO POWERS: DREAMING ABOUT LUX & POISON IVY, JEFFREY LEE PIERCE AND SEAN DELEAR Eric Davidson·March 15, 2021The genial former member of the Gun Club, the Cramps, Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds and a collaborator with...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleEric DavidsonHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
THE DICTATORS BACK TOGETHER! ANDY SHERNOFF TELLS ALL David Laing·March 4, 2021With their irreverent mix of ‘teengenerate’ sarcasm, three-chord garage rock, surf music and party-hearty stage antics, The Dictators...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfDavid LaingInterviewsMusicians·2 Comments
IT DON’T BOTHER ME: THE LEGACY OF BERT JANSCH Alan Bisbort·March 3, 2021From his earliest days in the folk clubs of Edinburgh—where he learned from greats like Davey Graham, Martin...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
CARTOONIST PETER BAGGE: BEYOND PUNK, GRUNGE AND HATE Eric Davidson·March 1, 2021Music defined the punk and grunge eras, but comics played an essential role, too. Cartoonist Peter Bagge, an...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBooksCool PeopleEric DavidsonInterviews·1 Comment
ELDRIDGE CLEAVER: A SOUL FOREVER ON ICE Richie Unterberger·February 25, 2021Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) was an enigma. The former Black Panther, revolutionary and author was also a murderer, rapist,...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryInterviewsRichie Unterberger·0 Comments
COOL TOWN: HOW ATHENS, GEORGIA CHANGED AMERICAN CULTURE Parke Puterbaugh·February 24, 2021In her book Cool Town, Grace Elizabeth Hale offers a history of the Athens, Georgia, music scene, how...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBooksInterviewsParke Puterbaugh·3 Comments
DAVID HENDERSON: BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT CO-FOUNDER AND THE ‘VOODOO CHILD’ John Pietaro·February 23, 2021David Henderson, poet, writer and voice, knew and worked with giants like Ornette Coleman, Langston Hughes, Sun Ra,...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsArtInterviewsJohn PietaroPoetry·0 Comments