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
MEDIUM COOL: HASKELL WEXLER’S HOT PROPHECY David Stewart·June 18, 2020The Oscar-winning cinematographer (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) Haskell Wexler turned his hand to film direction with Medium...All Please Kill Me PostsDavid StewartFilm·0 Comments
SCANDAL! THE 1927 CASE THAT JUMP-STARTED THE TABS! Alan Bisbort·July 7, 2020It had everything. Sex. Murder. Greed. Double Crossings. Sing Sing Prison. Electric Chairs. And at its center was...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsCrimeHistoryUncool People·1 Comment
MICHAEL ALAGO’S FABULOUS JOURNEY Sharon M. Hannon·July 14, 2020Brooklyn native Michael Alago was one of the good guys in the corporate music industry. As an A&R...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsSharon M. Hannon·1 Comment
NIXON VS. KHRUSHCHEV: HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT IN THE KITCHEN, 1959 Alan Bisbort·July 22, 2020Sixty-one years ago, on July 24, 1959, one of the greatest ever pieces of television propaganda was broadcast...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryUncool People·0 Comments
THE DAWNING OF AQUARIUS: AN L.A. ARTIST REVISITS THE 1960S Amy Haben·July 28, 2020The Sixties never died, at least not on the palette of Dawn Aquarius. Steeped in the music, lore,...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenArtInterviews·0 Comments
SOME LATE WORDS: ALLEN GINSBERG John Kruth·August 13, 2020Musician and writer John Kruth met with Allen Ginsberg two months before the great poet’s death. He was...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsJohn KruthPoetry·1 Comment