THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL’S STEVE BOONE OPENS UP ABOUT THE INFAMOUS POT BUST THAT BROKE UP THE BAND Richie Unterberger·May 3, 2018Steve Boone, bass player for the ‘good time’ folk-rock band Lovin’ Spoonful, known for hits like “Do You...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·0 Comments
RUBE GOLDBERG: THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CARTOON MADMAN KNOWN FOR HIS CRAZY INVENTIONS Alan Bisbort·May 10, 2018Cartoonist Rube Goldberg’s crazy inventions still resonate in the age of smartphones. Goldberg was a Pulitzer Prize winner...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsCool People·1 Comment
SYLVIA PLATH: NO ESCAPING THE BELL JAR Mary Karmelek·June 26, 201855 years after the poet Sylvia Plath’s death, she continues to inspire books, songs, films and verse At...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleMary KarmelekPoetry·0 Comments
THE LATE GREAT JOHNNY ACE Burt Kearns·June 27, 2018Johnny Ace died at 25, allegedly during a game of Russian Roulette. The legend of his death not...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsHistoryMusiciansR.I.P.·1 Comment
EMBRYONIC JOURNEY: INTO THE LIGHT WITH JEFFERSON AIRPLANE’S JORMA KAUKONEN Benito Vila·August 27, 2018Jorma Kaukonen – founding member of Jefferson Airplane, co-founder of Hot Tuna, teacher, archivist, brilliant rock, folk and...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
STERLING SPEAKS! STERLING MORRISON’S LAST INTERVIEW WITH LEGS MCNEIL, 1995 Legs McNeil·October 11, 2018Sterling Morrison (1942-1995) was the guitarist for the Velvet Underground, appearing on all four studio albums that the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsLegs McNeilMusicians·1 Comment
GARY LEWIS, ‘JERRY’S KID,’ RUNS FOR HIS LIFE Michael Shelley·October 23, 2018Gary Lewis, Jerry Lewis’ son, learned the tricks of the sticks from Buddy Rich, grew up around the...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMichael Shelley·2 Comments
Glenn Mercer and The Feelies still ride those crazy rhythms Eric Davidson·October 31, 2018The Feelies singer/guitarist Glenn Mercer ruminates on the 30th anniversary of Only Life, his band’s classic album, which...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
DAVID BOX: THE OTHER ROCK & ROLL GENIUS FROM LUBBOCK Burt Kearns·November 7, 2018He joined the Crickets after Buddy Holly died in a plane crash, befriended Roy Orbison, toured with Dusty...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsHistoryMusicians·3 Comments
GETTING CRAZY WITH DERF SCRATCH OF FEAR Nora Novak·December 3, 2018The party never stopped for the legendary LA punk rocker, and drug companion of John Belushi. Though warned...All Please Kill Me PostsMusicians·0 Comments
MY BLOOMIN’ GROUPIE HEART AND THE STRUTS Pamela Des Barres·December 13, 2018Luke Spiller and the boys turn the clock back decades for Pamela Des Barres and their fans It’s...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansPamela Des Barres·7 Comments
WHO WAS KILLING THE COUNTRY STARS? STRINGBEAN, THE GRAND OLE OPRY MURDERS AND NASHVILLE’S DAYS OF FEAR Burt Kearns·December 19, 2018Lost in the shadows of the Watergate hearings and disco fever, four grisly murders riveted and terrified Music...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsCrimeHistoryMusicians·1 Comment
JAMES “THE HOUND” MARSHALL IS BACK ON THE AIR Fran Fried·January 4, 2019Having developed a rabid following for his groundbreaking decade-long show on WFMU—often imitated but never equaled thereafter—the Hound...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleFran FriedJames Marshall·0 Comments
A BUBBLING CAULDRON: THE ELECTRO-PSYCHEDELIC SAGA OF FIFTY FOOT HOSE Jim Allen·February 6, 20191960s Bay Area pioneers Fifty Foot Hose were too far out even for the hippies (think: Jefferson Airplane...All Please Kill Me PostsMusicians·1 Comment