THE TOP TEN MOST SHOCKING, BIZARRE, AND HISTORIC DEATHS OF ROCK & ROLL DRUMMERS ONSTAGE Burt Kearns·September 3, 2019One of the key jokes in Spinal Tap is the long line of drummers who met unfortunate ends,...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsMusiciansR.I.P.·1 Comment
GEORGE HODEL’S EXQUISITE CORPSE(S): BEYOND THE BLACK DAHLIA Zack Kopp·October 17, 2019Former LAPD detective and prolific true-crime author Steve Hodel has pursued the Black Dahlia murder for years. The...All Please Kill Me PostsCrimeHistoryInterviewsZack Kopp·1 Comment
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
LYDIA LUNCH’S WAR IS NEVER OVER Amy Haben·November 26, 2019As part of the No Wave group Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Lydia Lunch (nee Koch) made her...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenCool PeopleFilm·2 Comments
KENNETH PATCHEN: REBEL POET AND ROMANTIC Alan Bisbort·December 11, 2019Poet, artist, performer, pacifist and visionary, Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was the closest thing America had to a William...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryPoetry·2 Comments
TELSTAR: THE SONG, AND THE FUTURE THAT NEVER WAS Charles Monagan·January 15, 2020Working feverishly in his North London studio in 1962, Joe Meek created the sound of the space age...All Please Kill Me PostsCharles MonaganHistory·3 Comments
JAYNE COUNTY: I DON’T FIT IN ANYWHERE Jen B. Larson·January 27, 2020Jayne County set a pre-punk standard for outrageous rock & roll stage antics and regalia with her then...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsJen B. Larson·4 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
JOHN LEE HOOKER: THE KING OF THE BOOGIE Cree McCree·April 9, 2020Born in the Mississippi Delta, the son of a sharecropping pastor, John Lee Hooker absorbed the blues of...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
THE COCKETTES: CONJURING MAGICK IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD TO NYC Fayette Hauser·April 20, 2020The Cockettes were a “hippie theater group” formed in 1969 and based in and around Haight-Ashbury. The group...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
THE CHARLATANS’ TIM BURGESS IS THROWING A PARTY Crispin Kott·April 29, 2020To lift spirits and lessen isolation during this dark time, Tim Burgess of Manchester’s Charlatans has invited the...All Please Kill Me PostsCrispin KottInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
AN ORIGINAL LOUNGE LIZARD & ‘STRAY MAN’: STEVE PICCOLO Eric Davidson·May 11, 2020The Lounge Lizards, an uncategorizable musical assemblage that formed in 1978, blazed a trail parallel to, but separate...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
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
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