UNMASKED: THE PHANTOM SURFERS’ JOHNNY BARTLETT HANGS TEN Anthony Petkovich·May 26, 2020San Francisco’s longest surviving (and only masked!) instrumental surf band, The Phantom Surfers, have been riding the various...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
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
VIOLENT FEMMES: NO NORMAL BAND John Kruth·July 27, 2020Born in the wake of a legendarily disruptive high school performance and culminating in a near riot at...All Please Kill Me PostsJohn KruthMusicians·1 Comment
KATIE JANE GARSIDE SAILS AGAIN Amanda Sheppard·August 11, 2020British singer-songwriter, one-time Riot Grrrl, and Daisy Chainsaw and Queenadreena frontwoman, Katie Jane Garside, is back with her...All Please Kill Me PostsAmanda SheppardInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
JESSIE MAE HEMPHILL: HANGIN’ WITH ‘THE SHE-WOLF OF COMO’ Cree McCree·August 26, 2020A five-time W.C. Handy award-winner and the fourth generation of a venerable musical family, Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923-2006),...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansR.I.P.·4 Comments
Other Books by Gillian McCain PKM Editor·December 30, 2012Other books authored or co-authored by Gillian McCain: TILT by Gillian McCain RELIGION by Gillian McCain UPSIDE DOWN...·0 Comments
ALLAN SHERMAN: WEIRD AL’S FOUNDING ‘FADDAH’ Scott Schinder·April 14, 2021Allan Sherman, a pudgy TV game show producer, dominated the pre-Beatles record charts with a string of hit...All Please Kill Me PostsComedyCool PeopleHistoryScott SchinderTV·1 Comment
SAM COOKE: EPITOME OF COOL Benito Vila·April 29, 2021 Sam Cooke is back in the spotlight with the release One Night in Miami, a feature film set...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaCool PeopleFilmHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL – 10 WAR MOVIES TO WATCH ON MEMORIAL DAY PKM Editor·May 28, 2018In honor of Memorial Day, PKM salutes our soldiers with a set of films that we feel capture...All Please Kill Me PostsFilm·0 Comments
VONG CO: GUITAR SOUNDS FROM VIETNAM TO THE U.S. Elliott Sharp·June 1, 2021After the Vietnam War, refugees from Southeast Asia began making their way to the U.S. These new citizens...All Please Kill Me PostsArtHistoryMusicians·0 Comments
DAVID GREENBERGER: BEYOND DUPLEX PLANET Alan Bisbort·June 7, 2021What began in 1979 for David Greenberger as a D.I.Y. newsletter for the residents at a Boston nursing...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBooksCool PeopleDocumentary Film·0 Comments
ROGER MCGUINN: A NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHER FINDS PEACE Larry Ratso Sloman·September 16, 2019Roger McGuinn, as a founding member and guiding force of The Byrds, had a huge impact on rock...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfHistoryInterviewsLarry “Ratso” SlomanMusicians·7 Comments
ELLEN FOLEY: BRINGING NEW MEANING TO THE WORD ‘VERSATILE’ Jim Allen·September 28, 2021Ellen Foley might have the most eclectic resume in rock ‘n’ roll. She’s not just a solo artist...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleFilmInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY: HAMLET WITH A GUITAR Daniel Bowen·November 23, 2021Alternately ignored and vilified by the Soviet authorities during his short lifetime, singer, actor, poet and drunkard Vladimir...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeoplePoetry·0 Comments