THE CHANGER AND THE CHANGED: A HISTORY OF THE WOMEN’S MUSIC MOVEMENT Fiona McQuarrie·October 14, 2019Long before legalized same-sex marriage became a reality and the #Metoo movement crashed the patriarchal gates, a women’s...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsFiona McQuarrieHistory·8 Comments
THE JOY OF DESOLATION: TAKING PUNK ROCK TO THE DESERT Richie Unterberger·October 16, 2019Putting on punk shows in Los Angeles in the early 1980s became near to impossible with the lack...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfDocumentary FilmFilmInterviews·1 Comment
NICO: THERE SHE GOES AGAIN, A MEDITATION ON DEATH, BEAUTY AND ARTISTRY Billy Hough·October 24, 2019Nico (Christa Paffgen) was many things to many different people, including Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Jim Morrison, Bob...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBilly HoughCool PeopleHistory·5 Comments
FACE IT: DEBBIE HARRY HAS HAD A HAPPY AND LUCKY LIFE Elizabeth Hand·November 13, 2019Elizabeth Hand, a much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, offers an appraisal of Debbie Harry’s new memoir and discovers that...All Please Kill Me PostsBook ReviewsBooksCool People·4 Comments
GARLAND JEFFREYS: THE KING OF IN BETWEEN Robert Gourley·December 3, 2019The talented singer, songwriter and performer was friends and collaborators with both Lou Reed and John Cale before...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·2 Comments
CAN’T FIND MY WAY HOME: OUR DRUG APOCALYPSE Benito Vila·January 28, 2020Punk’s holy trinity, if it has one, would be sex, drugs and rock & roll. For the past...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaCrimeHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
DO YOU RESPECT (ED) WOOD? A PRIMER ON THE ‘WORST DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME’ Tony Mostrom·April 8, 2020The real-life Edward D. Wood, Jr. was far more interesting than the character depicted by Johnny Depp in...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromFilmHistory·1 Comment
BEYOND 2-TONE WITH FISHBONE AND ANGELO MOORE Zack Kopp·April 21, 2020Fishbone was one of the most eclectic bands to come out of the LA punk scene, drawing on...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansZack Kopp·1 Comment
ROOM FOR JELLO: AN ORAL HISTORY OF FAULTY PRODUCTS RECORDS Eric Davidson·April 28, 2020Faulty Products was a small record label and distribution company with an outsized influence at a crucial time...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonHistoryRecord Labels·1 Comment
PRIVATE SORROW: REMEMBERING PHIL MAY OF THE PRETTY THINGS Valerie Simadis·May 28, 2020Phil May was one of the originators of the British rock sound of the 1960s: equal parts R&B,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.Valerie Simadis·1 Comment
THE STORY BEHIND DINO VALENTI’S HEY JOE AND LET’S GET TOGETHER Alan Bisbort·June 10, 2020This is a story about singer-songwriter Dino Valenti and two songs for which he has songwriting credit that...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusicians·2 Comments
FAT WHITE FAMILY’S LIAS SAOUDI ON BLM AND FINDING A MUSICAL WAY FORWARD Ingrid Marie Jensen·June 24, 2020The multi-ethnic South London-based Fat White Family has been called the ‘sonic equivalent of society coming unhinged.’ Their...All Please Kill Me PostsIngrid JensenInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
VISUALIZING MARC ALMOND: JAMIE MCLEOD’S CAMERA EYE Alan Bisbort·June 29, 2020Art photographer Jamie McLeod was a collaborator with and muse for the megastar Marc Almond (Soft Cell, Marc...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviewsPhotography·2 Comments
THE MEKONS: STILL THRIVING ON LOW EXPECTATIONS Mark Jacobson·June 30, 2020The punk-era holdouts The Mekons, originally from the UK but now scattered worldwide, were set to reunite to...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMark JacobsonMusicians·0 Comments