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
LISTENING TO YOU I GET THE MUSIC Alan Bisbort·November 14, 2017How Groovy Gurus and Other Avatars of Enlightenment Shaped the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Who and others...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryTV·0 Comments
ONSTAGE, BACKSTAGE: PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL GRECCO CAPTURED BOSTON’S PUNK AND POST PUNK SCENES Alan Bisbort·January 25, 2021Michael Grecco picked the right time to be in Boston. As an undergrad at BU studying photojournalism, he...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksGalleriesPhotography·2 Comments
A CHAT WITH THE CREATOR OF THE LEMMY AND THE DAMNED DOCUMENTARIES! Amy Haben·August 3, 2016I recently watched director Wes Orshoski's highly rated, gold certified, documentary simply titled, Lemmy on Netflix. All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenDocumentary FilmFilmInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
A LOOK AT PUNK, METAL, EXTREME MUSIC AND MENTAL HEALTH David Konow·November 10, 2021Musicians of all stripes suffer from mental health issues, just like everyone else on this planet. However, they...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHeavy MetalMusiciansPunk·0 Comments
GOODBYE MICHAEL NESMITH: AN ENTRY FROM MY DIARY James Grauerholz·December 14, 2021James Grauerholz, the bibliographer and literary executor of William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), was the late writer’s friend, intimate...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.·0 Comments