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
REMEMBERING CAMERON AND THE LATE BOHEMIAN WORLD OF L.A. Tosh Berman·September 2, 2020Marjorie Cameron (1922-1995)—better known as ‘Cameron’—was a renegade even by the standards of L.A.’s various bohemian subcultures. An...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleR.I.P.Tosh Berman·2 Comments
EWOLF: LIVING IN A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD Eric Davidson·September 15, 2020A Detroit-based photographer who was also in the hardcore punk trio Angry Red Planet, Ewolf began documenting the...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonHistoryMusiciansPhotography·2 Comments
HOLLY KNIGHT: BUSTING OUT OF SPIDER’S WEB Chris Epting·September 21, 2020Known for hits she later wrote for Tina Turner (“Better Be Good to Me”), Pat Benatar (“Love is...All Please Kill Me PostsChris EptingInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
WEEGEE: NEW YORK’S FIRST PUNK PHOTOGRAPHER Alan Bisbort·September 22, 2020Arthur Fellig (1899-1968), aka Weegee, was a hustler, carny barker and photojournalist all rolled into one rotund, cigar-chomping...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsArtCrimeHistoryPhotography·0 Comments
HARLEM OF THE WEST: SAN FRANCISCO’S FILLMORE DISTRICT Richie Unterberger·September 30, 2020Before the hippies swarmed in to reshape America’s counterculture—and before the city embarked on a disastrous urban renewal...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
BEAT SURRENDER: RECLAIMING THE LEGACY OF LUCIEN CARR Catherine de Leon·October 5, 2020Lucien Carr wasn’t just the person who brought Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs together in...All Please Kill Me PostsHistory·7 Comments
BEFORE AND BEYOND GOTH: THE DARK SIDE OF ROCK & ROLL Catherine de Leon·October 29, 2020This Halloween, let your playlist reflect the fact that rock & roll has always been permeated with occult...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·4 Comments
THE CRANBERRIES: NO NEED TO ARGUE Robert Gourley·November 24, 2020A new expanded reissue of this Irish band’s second album, No Need To Argue (1994), is a reminder...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·0 Comments