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
PETER AARON OF THE CHROME CRANKS CELEBRATES CINCINNATI’S ‘UNDERGROUND SOUNDS’ Eric Davidson·December 4, 2019Peter Aaron moved to Cincinnati (aka ‘the Queen City,’ ‘Cinci-tucky’) from New Jersey as a teenager and quickly...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·2 Comments
BRIAN JONES: A DEGREE OF MURDER Richie Unterberger·February 17, 2020Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones’ troubled but gifted guitarist and blues maven, made a few attempts to find...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
LITTLE RICHARD: THE ORIGINAL PUNK Parke Puterbaugh·May 20, 2020Rock ‘n’ roll lost one of its true originals last week, when Richard Penniman, the incomparable Little Richard,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.·0 Comments
JOHN DOE: X MARKS THE SPOT Robert Gourley·May 21, 2020One of the breakout bands from L.A.’s original punk scene, X has just released ALPHABETLAND, its first album with...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·1 Comment
TORI AMOS ON RESISTANCE: CREATIVE OPPOSITION Amy Haben·June 22, 2020From her earliest days as a child piano prodigy and lounge player in Washington D.C. clubs, Tori Amos...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksCool People·1 Comment
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
MICHAEL ALAGO’S FABULOUS JOURNEY Sharon M. Hannon·July 14, 2020Brooklyn native Michael Alago was one of the good guys in the corporate music industry. As an A&R...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsSharon M. Hannon·1 Comment
MY FAVORITE ALCHEMIST: AN HOMAGE TO HAL WILLNER Gary Lippman·September 10, 2020The release of Hal Willner’s final recorded project, Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex, got...All Please Kill Me PostsGary LippmanMusiciansR.I.P.·3 Comments
NICO ICON AND THE BOHEMIAN, OR, HOW TO WALK A WOLF THROUGH PARIS Gary Lippman·October 7, 2020Carlos De Maldonado-Bostock was identified as a “bohemian” in the credits of the documentary film Nico Icon (1995),...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmGary LippmanHistory·0 Comments
BETTYE LAVETTE HAS HER OWN HELL TO RAISE! Michael Shelley·October 15, 2020With her powerful voice and magnetic personality, Bettye LaVette has had at least six different musical careers (and...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMichael Shelley·0 Comments
HANGING WITH GHOSTS: ADELE BERTEI ON PETER LAUGHNER Richie Unterberger·November 10, 2020Peter Laughner is one of those ‘what could have been’ rock & roll stories, and nobody knew that...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
SOUL MUSIC QUEENS: SUNG AND UNSUNG IN THE TIME OF ISOLATION Christine Ohlman·December 7, 2020The Queens of Soul, from Aretha to Dolly, will warm up any winter night, even during the coldest...All Please Kill Me PostsChristine OhlmanCool PeopleHistoryMusicians·0 Comments
ALICE BAG: AN L.A. PUNK LEGEND Lucretia Tye Jasmine·January 5, 2021Alicia Armendariz (aka Alice Bag) is a Los Angeles punk legend, not just for her groundbreaking first band...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsLucretia Tye JasmineMusicians·0 Comments