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SECOND GRACE: REMEMBERING NICK DRAKE Valerie Simadis·April 4, 2018Painfully shy, with an aesthetic that seemed to be from another time, Nick Drake’s stunning music was an...All Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansValerie Simadis·1 Comment
MURDER THEY ROCKED: 10 HARD ROCK SONGS ABOUT ACTUAL BLOODTHIRSTY DEEDS PKM Editor·July 13, 201810 metal and hard rock songs about real-life murderers, sociopaths, and sadists By Benjamin H. Smith Ever since...All Please Kill Me PostsCrime·1 Comment
THE SECOND LIFE OF ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HAIR METAL BANDS: MADAM X Steve Mullins·August 2, 2018One of the original “hair metal” bands, mentored by Rob Halford and managed by Don Arden (Small Faces,...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
MICK JAGGER’S SHADOW IS GONE Tosh Berman·August 10, 2018Christopher Gibbs, an aesthete and a man of wealth and taste, was as essential to the Rolling Stones’...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleFashionTosh Berman·1 Comment
THE GHOSTS OF ANDY WARHOL AND OTHER SCENE-MAKERS WERE ALWAYS LOST AND FOUND AT NYC’S FLEA MARKETS Larry Baumhor·August 22, 2018Comparisons of Warhol’s Factory to the Garage Antique Flea Market The flea markets in New York City were...All Please Kill Me PostsArtLarry Baumhor·0 Comments
SHOOTING THE BREEZE WITH THELMA AND THE SLEAZE Amy Haben·October 10, 2018LG, the frontwoman of Nashville’s Thelma and the Sleaze, talks to PKM about being a ‘child of the...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL AT 50: THE FILM & ERA-DEFINING SONG BY THE ROLLING STONES Richie Unterberger·November 8, 2018French film director Jean-Luc Godard believed that art was never finished. On the eve of his controversial film’s...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
NO WAY OUT FOR THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND! Amanda Sheppard·November 27, 2018Psychedelic Sixties’ Bay Area survivors the Chocolate Watchband cut their teeth on bills with the Jefferson Airplane and...All Please Kill Me PostsAmanda SheppardInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
JACK CASADY: THE BASS MAN SPEAKETH Benito Vila·June 11, 2019One of the most distinctive bass players in rock history, Jack Casady came to prominence with Jefferson Airplane,...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBest OfHistoryInterviewsMusiciansNews·5 Comments
JOHN SIMON’S MUSICAL LIFE: CHEAP THRILLS, BIG PINK & OTHER HEARSAY Richie Unterberger·July 17, 2019Producer and record industry insider, John Simon helmed some classic albums by Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin and the...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·0 Comments
THE TOP TEN MOST SHOCKING, BIZARRE, AND HISTORIC DEATHS OF ROCK & ROLL DRUMMERS ONSTAGE Burt Kearns·September 3, 2019One of the key jokes in Spinal Tap is the long line of drummers who met unfortunate ends,...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsMusiciansR.I.P.·1 Comment
OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD: CHUCK WEIN Pamela Des Barres·September 12, 2019Chuck Wein, after graduating Harvard, made his name as a promoter and filmmaker with Andy Warhol. By the...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryPamela Des Barres·3 Comments
THE ENDLESS SUMMER OF JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD, ARTIST AND PUZZLE MASTER Benito Vila·February 20, 2020John Van Hamersveld is an art-school-trained modernist with roots in the California surf culture who was set loose...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBenito VilaCool People·0 Comments