BACKSTAGE AT CAFE NINE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT, STARRING ROBERT GORDON Legs McNeil·July 25, 2018Legs McNeil interviews Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding at Cafe Nine just before they play a sold-out show....All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsLegs McNeilMusicians·0 Comments
THE MC5’S WAYNE KRAMER TALKS ABOUT THE HARD STUFF Todd McGovern·September 3, 2018Fifty years after the recording of the MC5’s first album Kick Out the Jams and the riots at the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansTodd McGovern·1 Comment
ANDY WARHOL TURNS THE TABLES ON THE MEDIA Mary Karmelek·September 11, 2018In his interactions with the media, the famous artist and provocateur offered only what enhanced his persona, not...All Please Kill Me PostsArtMary KarmelekVIDEO·1 Comment
I WAS A ROADIE FOR THE REPLACEMENTS AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE: BILL SULLIVAN ON HIS BOOK, “LEMON JAIL” Todd McGovern·September 17, 2018Roadie Bill Sullivan takes you into the madness of touring with The Replacements in “Lemon Jail” “I was...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsTodd McGovern·1 Comment
READ ME: THE LAST WISH OF JOHNNY STRIKE Zack Kopp·October 2, 2018Johnny Strike was a San Francisco punk pioneer and leader of the band Crime. A fixture at Mabuhay...All Please Kill Me PostsBooks·2 Comments
A LOVE SUPREME: HOW JOHN COLTRANE CHANGED THE WORLD Alan Bisbort·November 12, 2018With a single night’s recording session and a 1965 album, “Trane” pointed the way toward a new consciousness...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
TEN MORE GREAT BOOKS BY DRUNKS Alan Bisbort·November 29, 2018Another round of inebriated literature for the house, bartender! Early last year, PKM published an article called “The...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooks·0 Comments
LED ZEPPELIN: DID THEY, OR DIDN’T THEY, PLAY? Alan Bisbort·January 18, 2019Filmmaker Jeff Krulik, auteur of Heavy Metal Parking Lot, has created a gripping film about a Led Zeppelin...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistoryMusicians·0 Comments
KURT VONNEGUT’S CRUSADE Alan Bisbort·March 21, 201950 years after the publication of the now literary (and film) classic Slaughterhouse-Five, our editor Alan Bisbort looks...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBooksCool PeopleInterviews·1 Comment
LOOKING FOR STIV BATORS Eric Davidson·March 25, 2019In his fifth documentary, filmmaker Danny “Looking for Johnny” Garcia takes a deep dive into the life and...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonFilmInterviews·1 Comment
WHEN COMIX MET PUNK: ROBERT CRUMB’S “WEIRDO” Alan Bisbort·April 30, 2019Comics historian Jon B. Cooke has whipped up a Please Kill Me-like oral history of underground comix of...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooks·1 Comment
ARCHITECT OF STARDOM: IRVING MILLS AND DUKE ELLINGTON Tosh Berman·May 1, 2019His “Elvis” was Duke Ellington, but he did far more than manage the careers of the Duke, Cab...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryTosh Berman·0 Comments
HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN: J.G. BALLARD IN THE 1970s Jeremy Reed·August 6, 2019The novelist J.G. Ballard created language so unique that, according to renowned poet and novelist Jeremy Reed, he...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·1 Comment
ENTERING FREAK CITY: HANGING OUT WITH HARRY CREWS Gary Lippman·October 21, 2019The hardnosed, hard-living Southern writer once dubbed himself ‘Freak City’ and, despite a lifestyle (booze, drugs, fistfights, etc.)...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksGary Lippman·1 Comment