THE MACDOUGAL STREET BLUES Valerie Simadis·March 13, 2018MacDougal Street, once a cultural ground zero for the Village – the place where Hemingway and Pound drank,...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryValerie Simadis·1 Comment
BORN TO BE BLUE: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHET BAKER Valerie Simadis·January 16, 2018A late career surge, aided by Elvis Costello and Bruce Weber’s 1989 documentary film Let’s Get Lost, put...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansValerie Simadis·1 Comment
TIM BUCKLEY: GOODBYE AND HELLO ALL OVER AGAIN Valerie Simadis·December 19, 2017Previously unreleased recordings will fill you with joy over the music’s beauty, and sadness over the early loss...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusiciansValerie Simadis·0 Comments
COSMIC THING: AN INTERVIEW WITH CINDY WILSON OF THE B-52’s Valerie Simadis·December 5, 2017Cindy Wilson talks about the early days of the B-52’s and playing with her late brother Ricky Wilson,...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansValerie Simadis·2 Comments
NINA SIMONE DID IT HER WAY Valerie Simadis·November 23, 2017“The High Priestess of Soul” shook audiences up, spoke truth to power, befriended Malcolm X, Elton John and...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansValerie Simadis·1 Comment
BEAUTIFUL IS BORING – BONES ROCKS LUDLOW HOUSE IN NYC Valerie Simadis·November 15, 2017The UK-based band, who played on and co-wrote Jeff Beck’s last album, impressed fans and producers alike at their...All Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansValerie Simadis·0 Comments
MARC BOLAN: A DANDY IN THE UNDERWORLD Valerie Simadis·November 13, 2017Forty years after his death in a car crash, fans still travel to England to pay homage to...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansValerie Simadis·0 Comments
PRETENDERS DRUMMER MARTIN CHAMBERS REMEMBERS GUITARIST JAMES HONEYMAN-SCOTT Valerie Simadis·October 17, 2017Interview with The Pretenders’ Drummer Martin Chambers on the early years of the band, their late guitarist James...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusiciansValerie Simadis·8 Comments
Sister Rosetta Tharpe Takes You Down By the Riverside Valerie Simadis·September 28, 2017Guitar wizard, rock & roll pioneer and gospel-blues giant Rosetta Tharpe was not tilting at windmills; she WAS...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansValerie Simadis·3 Comments
REMEMBERING JEANNE MOREAU PKM Editor·September 12, 2017Remembering Jeanne Moreau – the award-winning French femme fatale actress, singer, screenwriter and director, who recently passed away...All Please Kill Me PostsR.I.P.Valerie Simadis·0 Comments