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
ROLLING STONE: LIFE AND DEATH OF BRIAN JONES Gary Lucas·September 7, 2020The acclaimed guitarist Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, Gods and Monsters, Lou Reed, et al.) has long...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfDocumentary FilmFilmMusicians·5 Comments
FREAK POWER!: WHEN HUNTER S. THOMPSON RAN FOR SHERIFF Gregory Daurer·November 3, 2020In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado and came within 300 votes of...All Please Kill Me PostsDocumentary FilmGregory DaurerHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
MANK: THE MAN WHO CREATED CITIZEN KANE David Stewart·December 3, 2020A new Netflix film, Mank, directed by David Fincher, focuses attention on the career of Herman J. Mankiewicz....All Please Kill Me PostsDavid StewartFilmHistory·0 Comments
LABEL CONSCIOUS: EXPLORING ‘LOST’ MUSIC OF THE 1970S Chris Epting·January 18, 2021One way to gauge the quality of older rock & roll recordings is by the label that released...All Please Kill Me PostsChris EptingHistoryPodcastsRecord Labels·2 Comments
BLOOD & GUTS: LIFE & DEATH AS A FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR Amy Haben·February 3, 2021The plots of Forensic Files, the CSI franchise, Endeavour, The Fall—and all these other popular TV shows and...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenCool PeopleCrime·0 Comments
NANCY BARILE: HARDCORE WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB Jen B. Larson·March 16, 2021Nancy Barile was, along with countless other women in the city in the early 1980s, an integral part...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksGirl PowerInterviewsJen B. Larson·0 Comments
WELCOME TO THE TRIDENT: WHERE YOU COULD GET ANYTHING YOU WANT Benito Vila·November 25, 2019From its waterfront perch in Sausalito, the Trident’s clientele could see the San Francisco skyline and the Golden...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBest OfHistory·3 Comments
THE ZONE IN BETWEEN: 1.5 – A HIDDEN ROCK & ROLL GENRE-PART TWO Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann·April 23, 2021In the second and third installments, presented here together, Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann track how the genre...All Please Kill Me PostsArtHistoryMusicians·5 Comments
HEARTBREAKERS: THUNDERS VS. PETTY; OR, WHAT’S IN A NAME? Roxanne Fontana·April 28, 2021Johnny Thunders and Tom Petty would seem to have little in common other than the names of their...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.·8 Comments