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
THE STOOGES – PART 1: THE THREE CHORD TRAIN TO HELL James Marshall·June 30, 2017Some folks find their religion in church, me I found mine in the 99 cent record bin of...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfJames Marshall·6 Comments
BORDER RADIO: THE LONG RIDE OF AN L.A. CULT CLASSIC Kurt Voss·May 31, 2021Director Kurt Voss (Down and Out with The Dolls, Ghost on the Highway) got his start after film...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleFilmHistory·0 Comments
LOU REED AND VACLAV HAVEL, 1990: WHEN THE VU FUELED THE VELVET REVOLUTION Ingrid Marie Jensen·June 2, 2021Lou Reed visited Czechoslovakia in 1990, months after the country was freed from Soviet rule. The writer and...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryIngrid JensenMusicians·1 Comment
KATHY VALENTINE: ALL SHE EVER WANTED Amy Haben·March 16, 2020Kathy Valentine was born with a rock ‘n’ roll heart, so it was no surprise to find herself...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksCool PeopleInterviewsMusicians·2 Comments
MY OWN PRIVATE ORWELL Alan Bisbort·March 10, 2020George Orwell died over 70 years ago. It would be hard to find another writer of his generation...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleHistory·0 Comments