HOW HOLLYWOOD HANDLED THE HIPPIES Jim Allen·June 11, 2020By the late 1960s, Hollywood had been infiltrated by psychedelia as a recreational pastime (pot, LSD, peyote were...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistory·0 Comments
GEORGE BARRIS & ED “BIG DADDY” ROTH: THE STONES VS. BEATLES OF ‘60s L.A. KAR KULTURE Tony Mostrom·August 31, 2020Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and George Barris created a new visual language that captured the unbridled spirit of...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromCool PeopleHistory·0 Comments
GARY LACHMAN (NEE VALENTINE): A NEW YORK ROCKER SAILS INTO THE MYSTIC Zack Kopp·October 6, 2020Who would have thought that a former bass player for Blondie would transform himself into one of the...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsZack Kopp·0 Comments
MY BEST BUDDY NICK TOSCHES Austin Brookner·October 22, 2020Songwriter and musician Austin Brookner met writer Nick Tosches in 2008. The connection was Tosches’ words—both on the...All Please Kill Me PostsAustin BrooknerCool PeopleR.I.P.·0 Comments
RICHARD THOMPSON: WHY DON’T THEY KNOW? John Kruth·November 4, 2020The supremely talented guitarist, writer and singer of both grimly funny and beautifully romantic songs, co-founder of Fairport...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsJohn KruthMusicians·0 Comments
SLIM GAILLARD & LORD BUCKLEY: JOINED AT THE HIP Alan Bisbort·November 12, 2020Bulee “Slim” Gaillard and Richard “Lord” Buckley not only helped Jack Kerouac locate his inner hipster, they influenced...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryMusicians·0 Comments
CHARLES BUKOWSKI’S LIFE AFTER DEATH Alan Bisbort·November 25, 2020Charles Bukowski worked at a pace that seems almost superhuman. Although he did not turn to writing full-time...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksPoetry·3 Comments
PLEASE READ ME: THE BEST OF 2020, PART II PKM Editor·December 30, 2020Keep that tankard of coffee warm because here’s another bracing batch of 2020’s top stories on Please Kill...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfPKM Archive·0 Comments
‘LUSTFUL AND PERVERTED DESIRES’: THE OZ TRIAL, LONDON, 1971 David Stewart·March 9, 2021Jim Anderson was one of three editors on trial for publishing OZ magazine, the now legendary psychedelic underground...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsCrimeDavid StewartHistory·0 Comments
HUBERT SUMLIN: HOWLIN’ WOLF’S SECRET WEAPON Elliott Sharp·March 25, 2021As Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime guitarist, Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011) kept to the shadows, but his sweet, subtle, sophisticated leads...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
THE STOOGES – PART 1: THE THREE CHORD TRAIN TO HELL James Marshall·June 30, 2017Some folks find their religion in church, me I found mine in the 99 cent record bin of...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfJames Marshall·6 Comments
BEFORE PUNK ROCK THERE WERE THE TROGGS! Amy Haben·January 23, 2016BY: AMY HABEN I remember buying the single of “Wild Thing” as a teen, from some discount bin...Amy Haben·0 Comments
FILMMAKER DON LETTS: THERE AND BLACK AGAIN Jennifer Otter Bickerdike·September 23, 2021Don Letts, filmmaker, musician and DJ, came of age during the original punk scene in London. Born in...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleDocumentary FilmFilmHistory·0 Comments
SKATE OR DIE!: PUNKS & ANARCHISTS AT FDR SKATEPARK Larry Baumhor·October 20, 2021Photographer and chronicler Larry Baumhor braved the slings and arrows and broken-glass-covered slopes of Philadelphia’s legendary FDR Skatepark....All Please Kill Me PostsLarry BaumhorPhotography·0 Comments
