ROBERT ALTMAN: THE SECRET HONOR OF EXILE Alan Bisbort·November 5, 2019A completely overlooked 1984 Robert Altman film, with an Oscar-caliber performance by Philip Baker Hall, is the perfect...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistory·0 Comments
DAVE FAULKNER WAS A VICTIM BEFORE HE WAS A HOODOO GURU Eric Davidson·January 23, 2020Punk from Down Under too often gets short shrift in chronicles from the 1970s. One of the punkest...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
CAROL KAYE: THE BOSS OF THE BASS GUITAR Michael Shelley·February 12, 2020Carol Kaye started as a jazz solo guitarist, working the club scene of 1950s LA, when she was...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleInterviewsMichael ShelleyMusicians·16 Comments
FREDERICK WISEMAN: THE DIRECTOR WHO MAKES THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY Benito Vila·March 25, 2020At age 90, Frederick Wiseman is one of those living American masters who would, in a better world,...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaDocumentary FilmInterviews·2 Comments
SHOOTING STIV BATORS AND LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH Chris Epting·May 7, 2020When he was a senior at Boston’s Emerson College in 1982, Chris Epting was enticed by members of...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfFilmHistoryMusicians·0 Comments
A NEW YORK CONVERSATION WITH BRIGID BERLIN (RIP) Gillian McCain·July 25, 2020When Brigid Berlin (a.k.a. Brigid Polk) died last Friday, we lost one of the last connections to New...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleGillian McCainHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
REMEMBERING CAMERON AND THE LATE BOHEMIAN WORLD OF L.A. Tosh Berman·September 2, 2020Marjorie Cameron (1922-1995)—better known as ‘Cameron’—was a renegade even by the standards of L.A.’s various bohemian subcultures. An...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleR.I.P.Tosh Berman·2 Comments
HARLEM OF THE WEST: SAN FRANCISCO’S FILLMORE DISTRICT Richie Unterberger·September 30, 2020Before the hippies swarmed in to reshape America’s counterculture—and before the city embarked on a disastrous urban renewal...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
I FOUGHT THE LAW: FROM SONNY CURTIS TO THE CLASH Scott Schinder·October 8, 2020Sonny Curtis threw down a musical gauntlet known as “I Fought The Law” in 1958 and a legion...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryScott Schinder·0 Comments
‘LIKE PUNK NEVER HAPPENED’: THE LEGACY OF THE NEW ROMANTICS AND ‘80S U.K. POP David Chiu·October 14, 2020Sweet Dreams, a new oral history by British journalist Dylan Jones, charts the musical about-face in the UK...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·0 Comments
THE CRANBERRIES: NO NEED TO ARGUE Robert Gourley·November 24, 2020A new expanded reissue of this Irish band’s second album, No Need To Argue (1994), is a reminder...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·0 Comments
AS NEEDED FOR ANXIETY: RICHARD KERN’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHIC Supervert·January 12, 2021A unifying thread weaves through the work of ‘trangressive’ filmmaker and photographer Richard Kern. In this interview with...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBooksGalleriesInterviewsPhotography·0 Comments
THE LONG NIGHT OF JOHN MARTYN Fiona McQuarrie·January 28, 2021Before his late-career decline, John Martyn was one of the most innovative figures in the British folk-rock firmament,...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksFiona McQuarrieHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
JONI MITCHELL: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS Richie Unterberger·February 11, 2021Despite being regarded as one of her generation’s greatest singer-songwriters, Joni Mitchell labored in relative obscurity for years...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansRecord LabelsRichie Unterberger·0 Comments