THE POETRY PROJECT LEAVES THE LIGHTS ON Stacy Szymaszek·May 17, 2019For 52 years, poets have gathered at this public forum in and around the Bowery, to read, listen,...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsNewsPoetry·0 Comments
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
HERE’S WHY KAREN CARPENTER MATTERS Alan Bisbort·June 20, 2019The singing/drumming half of the 1970s’ hitmakers the Carpenters died at age 32 in 1983 of health issues...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusicians·3 Comments
DON’T GIMME NO LIP, CHILD: THE ‘STRANGE EFFECT’ OF DAVE BERRY Fiona McQuarrie·July 16, 2019The UK hitmaker whose career began before The Beatles and still continues at age 80, was always one...All Please Kill Me PostsFiona McQuarrieHistoryMusicians·1 Comment
BE KIND TO ME: THE MUSIC AND ART OF MICHAEL HURLEY Gregory Daurer·August 7, 2019Michael Hurley could be called the godfather, or grandfather, of ‘freak-folk” but the Oregon-based singer, songwriter, artist and...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusiciansNews·4 Comments
WHO WAS NILSSON? HARRY’S MYSTERIOUS EARLY YEARS Richie Unterberger·September 4, 2019Even while catching the ears of the Beatles, who cited him as their favorite American artist, and pitching...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
LHASA DE SELA MATTERS Fiona McQuarrie·November 11, 2019Beautiful but uncategorizable music flowed through Lhasa de Sela (1972-2010), whose itinerant, off-the-grid childhood with spiritually-inclined parents allowed...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksFiona McQuarrieInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
MIDGE URE: FROM RICH KIDS TO ULTRAVOX TO SAVING THE WORLD Robert Gourley·December 12, 2019Co-founder (with Bob Geldof) of Band Aid and Live Aid, the multi-talented Glaswegian Midge Ure once turned down...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsRobert Gourley·0 Comments
WINTER KILLS: HOW THE JFK ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY THEORIES DROVE A NATION INSANE Mark Jacobson·March 2, 2020Based on a novel by Richard Condon, the feature film Winter Kills (1979) reimagined the JFK assassination and...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistory·2 Comments
BODY SLAM: PRO WRESTLING VS. ROCK & ROLL, A CAGE MATCH Fiona McQuarrie·March 4, 2020The influence of professional wrestling on the music industry has seldom been examined. Consider, for starters, the rock...All Please Kill Me PostsFiona McQuarrieMusicians·1 Comment
PETER TOWNSHEND, KEN RUSSELL & TOMMY THE MOVIE 45 YEARS LATER David Stewart·April 15, 2020The Who’s 1969 double-album Tommy is generally considered the first ‘rock opera’ (cases could, of course, be made...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistory·4 Comments
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
DIVINE HORSEMEN RIDE AGAIN: CHRIS D & JULIE CHRISTENSEN SPEAK TO PKM Eric Davidson·July 15, 2020A hot new single, ‘Mystery Writers,’ by Divine Horsemen arrives this Friday. Chris “D” Desjardins, formerly of L.A....All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
SUNSHINE WALKERS: KIMBERLEY REW & LEE CAVE-BERRY Fiona McQuarrie·August 4, 2020After stints in the Soft Boys (with Robyn Hitchcock) and Katrina and the Waves, Kimberley Rew has pursued...All Please Kill Me PostsFiona McQuarrieMusicians·0 Comments