IN THE VAN WITH MISS PAMELA: A WILD RIDE DOWN SUNSET STRIP AND LAUREL CANYON Pamela Des Barres·October 25, 2018Pamela des Barres takes you on a history-filled jaunt, co-starring Jim Morrison, Keith Moon, Led Zeppelin, Don Johnson,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeoplePamela Des Barres·4 Comments
IT’S ALIVE! THE RAMONES! Ed Stasium·January 2, 2019Legendary producer Ed Stasium recorded The Ramones It’s Alive 41 years ago at the Rainbow Theatre in London...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleDanny FieldsEd StasiumHistory·4 Comments
SUN RA: NEVER A PART OF THIS PLANET Alan Bisbort·January 8, 2019Sun Ra, “one of the strangest artists that America has ever produced” was once on the cover of...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
MICHAEL CHAIKEN: MAKING BOB DYLAN’S ARCHIVE COME ALIVE James Marshall·January 15, 2019The Dylan Archive curator’s road to Tulsa was paved with good obsessions, such as free jazz, Godard, the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBob DylanHistoryInterviewsJames Marshall·2 Comments
A RIOT OF THEIR OWN: THE FIRST GENERATION OF FEMALE ROCK BANDS Jim Allen·January 17, 2019It didn’t start with the Runaways or the Go-Go’s. 60s bands like Ace of Cups, She, The Girls,...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusicians·6 Comments
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY: A DRUNK’S REDEMPTION Alan Bisbort·February 26, 2019Time to raise a celebratory, non-alcoholic toast because Sweet Adversity by Donald Newlove (one of PKM’s “Best Books By...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviews·0 Comments
WHY THE RAMONES MATTER: A CONVERSATION WITH DONNA GAINES Harrison Connery·March 11, 2019Even as a teen hanging out on street corners in Queens, Donna Gaines was doing research for her...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviews·1 Comment
Janne Robinson: This Poet Will Never be Well Behaved Benito Vila·May 6, 2019The Canadian poet and surfer has ridden a wild wave from loner iconoclast to ‘woman of distinction,’ influencing...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaInterviewsPoetry·0 Comments
WORD JAZZ: THE MAGIC VOICE OF KEN NORDINE Michael Shelley·May 27, 2019Though often associated with the Beat Generation, Ken Nordine operated on his own wavelength, part absurdist humor, part...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMichael ShelleyNewsR.I.P.·4 Comments
2-Tone Memories: Pauline Black and The Selecter Robert Gourley·July 4, 2019The Selecter, a vital part of the ska music revival in the late 1970s, are still keeping the...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansNewsRobert Gourley·0 Comments
POLY STYRENE REMEMBERED Amy Haben·July 15, 2019Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (1957-2011), aka Poly Styrene, was a punk pioneer in ways that are only now being...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksHistoryInterviewsMusiciansNews·5 Comments
THE DEATH OF COUNTRY DICK MONTANA & THE BALLAD OF DAN MCLAIN Burt Kearns·November 12, 2019Once described as ‘half Waylon and half Johnny Rotten,’ Dan McLain was a mortal drummer from San Diego...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleHistoryR.I.P.·1 Comment
LOOKING BACK AT 1973…AND THE ROOTS OF PUNK Andrew Grant Jackson·December 2, 2019On Tuesday, Thomas Dunne Books, a St. Martin’s imprint, releases 1973: Rock at the Crossroads, a deep 347-page...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·2 Comments
HIS LIPS ARE SEALED: THE DEATH OF SONNY FRANZESE, NEW YORK’S LAST OLD SCHOOL MOBSTER Mark Jacobson·March 24, 2020When Sonny Franzese died last month at age 103, he was the last living remnant of the New...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCrimeHistoryMark Jacobson·8 Comments