BJ PAPAS: FROM NY HARDCORE TO LA PUNK – SHE’S SHOT THEM ALL Sharon M. Hannon·November 6, 2019Photographer BJ Papas started out shooting the New York hardcore scene—bands like Agnostic Front, the Bad Brains and...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBest OfCool PeopleInterviewsPhotographySharon M. Hannon·0 Comments
ROGER C. REALE & RUE MORGUE: PUNK-POP PIONEERS BACK FROM THE DEAD Jim Allen·November 18, 2019Forty years ago, punk/power-pop disciple Roger C. Reale enlisted the aid of guitar wizards G.E. Smith, Jimmy McAllister...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
LOOKING BACK AT 1973…AND THE ROOTS OF PUNK Andrew Grant Jackson·December 2, 2019On Tuesday, Thomas Dunne Books, a St. Martin’s imprint, releases 1973: Rock at the Crossroads, a deep 347-page...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·2 Comments
PETER AARON OF THE CHROME CRANKS CELEBRATES CINCINNATI’S ‘UNDERGROUND SOUNDS’ Eric Davidson·December 4, 2019Peter Aaron moved to Cincinnati (aka ‘the Queen City,’ ‘Cinci-tucky’) from New Jersey as a teenager and quickly...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·2 Comments
DIANE NOOMIN: UNDERGROUND COMIX ARTIST GOES FROM TWISTED SISTER TO EMPOWERING WOMEN Alan Bisbort·January 14, 2020As co-editor (with Aline Kominsky-Crumb) of the all-female Twisted Sisters Comics in the 1970s and 1980s, Diane Noomin...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsArtBooks·0 Comments
CHIP TAYLOR: THE HAPPY GAMBLER Michael Shelley·March 26, 2020Chip Taylor followed an unorthodox path to late-career musical success. Though born and raised in tony Westchester County,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMichael Shelley·1 Comment
WERE WE ALL BRAINWASHED BY THE CIA WITH SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL? Joseph L. Flatley·April 14, 2020Did you know that LSD and hippies were invented by the CIA in the 1960s? No? Well, the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfHistoryJoseph L. FlatleyMusicians·15 Comments
WHAT IT IS: LYNDA BARRY AND THE WHY OF COMICS Alan Bisbort·April 23, 2020We can’t think of anyone more deserving of a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ than cartoonist Lynda Barry, who was...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBooksCool People·0 Comments
REMEMBERING VICTOR HAYDON: THE MASCARA SNAKE, FAST & BULBOUS Pamela Des Barres·April 30, 2020Pamela Des Barres’ life changed completely when she met Victor Haydon, first cousin to Don Van Vliet (Captain...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfPamela Des BarresR.I.P.·5 Comments
DENNIS HOPPER’S BLUE PERIOD: THE MAKING OF OUT OF THE BLUE (1980) David Stewart·May 4, 2020Dennis Hopper followed the success of Easy Rider (1969), which he directed and claims to have co-written, with...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfFilmHistory·1 Comment
SHOOTING STIV BATORS AND LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH Chris Epting·May 7, 2020When he was a senior at Boston’s Emerson College in 1982, Chris Epting was enticed by members of...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfFilmHistoryMusicians·0 Comments
REMEMBERING MICHAEL MCCLURE: THE REAL LIZARD KING Tosh Berman·May 12, 2020The late poet Michael McClure (1932-2020) was always associated with the original Beat circle of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Snyder,...All Please Kill Me PostsPoetryR.I.P.Tosh Berman·1 Comment
FAREWELL, GEM SPA: AN EAST VILLAGE INSTITUTION BITES THE DUST Larry Baumhor·May 18, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic is not just killing and sickening people; it’s decimating small businesses, some with storied histories....All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryLarry BaumhorR.I.P.·0 Comments
ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS: MONKEY FROM THE ADICTS SPEAKS Amy Haben·May 25, 2020Part of the first wave of punk bands in the U.K., the Adicts hit their stride in the...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments