EASY RIDER PUSHES 50: TIME TRAVEL WITH TERRY SOUTHERN Nile Southern·July 23, 2019As Nile Southern remembers his father on the eve of the 50th birthday of Easy Rider, the screenplay...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistoryNews·1 Comment
CHARLES MANSON’S SUMMER OF HATE Tony Mostrom·August 9, 2019Fifty years ago, an ex-con, wannabe rock star named Charles Manson channeled all the paranoia, fear and hatred...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryUncool People·1 Comment
LOST AND FOUND: JACKSON C. FRANK Alan Bisbort·August 20, 2019Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Paul Simon, Sandy Denny, Al Stewart and others borrowed a few tunes (and whole...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistory·0 Comments
PAT IRWIN: SHARING JOY WITH THE B-52’S, RAYBEATS, 8 EYED SPY AND BEYOND Valerie Simadis·September 17, 2019A founding member of The Raybeats and 8 Eyed Spy, Pat Irwin had his roots in jazz and...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansValerie Simadis·0 Comments
SPIT IN THE OCEAN: KEN KESEY’S FORGOTTEN BOOK SERIES Benito Vila·September 26, 2019Ken Kesey assembled his Merry Pranksters and other kindred spirits for one more, and final, prank—a semi-regular book...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBooksCool PeopleHistoryInterviews·2 Comments
WHEN JACK KEROUAC HAD HIS CRACK-UP Paul Maher, Jr·October 8, 2019Spiraling down a silo of despair and drunkenness in the wake of his On The Road/Dharma Bums celebrity...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBooksHistoryPaul Maher·4 Comments
WHEN NUBIA KICKED EGYPTIAN ASS Alan Bisbort·November 1, 2019Ancient Nubia Now, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is a game-changer. The exhibition, on view...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsArtEVENTS·1 Comment
CHARLEY PLYMELL: OUTLAW POET & ORIGINAL PUNK Benito Vila·January 6, 2020Poet, publisher, provocateur and people-connector, Charley Plymell is, like fellow Midwesterner Ed Sanders, a floater among contingents of...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBest OfInterviewsPoetry·4 Comments
THE QUEEN OF THE AIR MEETS THE HOMICIDAL YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE Burt Kearns·January 22, 2020Circus performers were, in some ways, the punk rockers of their day, and nobody was more punk than...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsCool PeopleCrimeHistory·1 Comment
PENELOPE SPHEERIS: FILMING ROCK & ROLL Nora Novak·February 5, 2020Penelope Spheeris jolted the cinema world with her debut feature The Decline of Western Civilization in 1981, a...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfFilmInterviewsNora Novak·2 Comments
THE LATE JOHNNY STRIKE: ONE FROM THE HEART Anthony Petkovich·February 6, 2020A close friend and cohort in chaos, Anthony Petkovich remembers Crime founding member Johnny Strike (Gary John Bassett)....All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusicians·1 Comment
JAH WOBBLE: TUNED TO THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE Robert Gourley·March 19, 2020A school mate of John Lydon’s, Jah Wobble (John Wardle) was still a teenager when he joined Public...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·0 Comments
ROOM FOR JELLO: AN ORAL HISTORY OF FAULTY PRODUCTS RECORDS Eric Davidson·April 28, 2020Faulty Products was a small record label and distribution company with an outsized influence at a crucial time...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonHistoryRecord Labels·1 Comment
CREEM RISES TO THE TOP AGAIN Alan Bisbort·August 17, 2020Scott Crawford’s widely-acclaimed documentary film CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll Magazine has brought renewed attention, even reverence,...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviews·2 Comments