BACHIR ATTAR AND THE MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA John Kruth·September 14, 2020Though Brian Jones brought world-wide notice to these Moroccan master musicians in the early 1970s, their tradition goes...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryJohn KruthMusicians·1 Comment
NOBODY SPEAKS: GARY FARMER ON JIM JARMUSCH’S ‘DEAD MAN’ David Stewart·September 16, 2020Canadian-born, Native American actor Gary Farmer served as the moral conscience and spiritual center of Jim Jarmusch’s film...All Please Kill Me PostsDavid StewartFilmInterviews·0 Comments
FORTUNE RECORDS: THE ROSETTA STONE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL James Marshall·November 5, 2020Ten years in the making, a beautiful new book by Billy Miller and Michael Hurtt, Mind Over Matter:...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsJames MarshallMusiciansRecord Labels·1 Comment
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
TOM BAKER: DRINKING IT UP WITH JIM MORRISON PKM Editor·December 9, 2020Actor-filmmaker Tom Baker (1940-1982) befriended Jim Morrison in L.A. when he was a budding filmmaker and poet, at...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryLegs McNeilMusicians·1 Comment
FRANK ZAPPA: ALEX WINTER’S NEW FILM CAPTURES HIS GENIUS David Konow·December 21, 2020Today (Dec. 21, the first official day of winter) would have been Frank Zappa’s 80th birthday. Given how...All Please Kill Me PostsDocumentary FilmFilmHistoryInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
FOUR DEAD IN OHIO: GRAPHIC NOVELIST DERF BACKDERF REVISITS HIS LOCAL HISTORY Eric Davidson·December 23, 2020Derf Backderf, the Cleveland-based artist best known (until now) for his long-running strip “The City” and his graphic...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksEric DavidsonHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
FOXY LADY: HONORING PAM GRIER Mark Jacobson·December 24, 2020Originally written in 1975, at the height of the so-called “Blaxploitation-era”, this New York Magazine piece was recently...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleFilmHistoryMark Jacobson·0 Comments
JIMI HENDRIX IN MAUI: GOING FAR BEYOND RAINBOW BRIDGE Richie Unterberger·January 4, 2021We can’t think of any better person to ring in the new year at PKM than Jimi Hendrix....All Please Kill Me PostsDocumentary FilmHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger·3 Comments
MEET THE BEATLES WITH MILES: AN INTERVIEW BY LEGS MCNEIL Legs McNeil·January 7, 2021Miles (aka Barry Miles) had a front-row seat to the London underground scene of the 1960s, as a...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsLegs McNeilPKM Archive·1 Comment
RUBBERHEAD: AKRON’S LASTING IMPACT ON CHUCK STATLER, GODFATHER OF MUSIC VIDEO JP Olsen·January 26, 2021Chuck Statler started his long career in innovative and influential music video by collaborating with his classmates and...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmInterviewsVIDEO·1 Comment
DAVID HENDERSON: BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT CO-FOUNDER AND THE ‘VOODOO CHILD’ John Pietaro·February 23, 2021David Henderson, poet, writer and voice, knew and worked with giants like Ornette Coleman, Langston Hughes, Sun Ra,...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsArtInterviewsJohn PietaroPoetry·0 Comments
‘LUSTFUL AND PERVERTED DESIRES’: THE OZ TRIAL, LONDON, 1971 David Stewart·March 9, 2021Jim Anderson was one of three editors on trial for publishing OZ magazine, the now legendary psychedelic underground...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsCrimeDavid StewartHistory·0 Comments
BECOMING TWIGGY: THE FASHION MODEL AS POP STAR Ingrid Marie Jensen·March 10, 2021Hers was a face (and body) that launched a thousand quips but also made her the first fashion...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleFashionHistoryIngrid Jensen·1 Comment