EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: ROCK & ROLL WAS INVENTED IN WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY! – BY DEKE DICKERSON Deke Dickerson·June 12, 2019Deke Dickerson charts the birth of Rock & Roll music—as we know it—to the early 1950s, and a...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfDeke DickersonHistory·11 Comments
MY OWN PRIVATE BRIAN (JONES) Tosh Berman·June 27, 2019When Tosh Berman’s father, renowned Los Angeles artist Wallace Berman (who was among the figures featured on the...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansTosh Berman·3 Comments
THE UNFORGETTABLE YARDBIRDS: DRUMMER JIM MCCARTY EXPLAINS IT ALL Richie Unterberger·July 2, 2019Though they lasted only five years, the Yardbirds reshaped rock, pop and blues. Through all the personnel changes—Clapton,...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusiciansNewsRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
DON’T GIMME NO LIP, CHILD: THE ‘STRANGE EFFECT’ OF DAVE BERRY Fiona McQuarrie·July 16, 2019The UK hitmaker whose career began before The Beatles and still continues at age 80, was always one...All Please Kill Me PostsFiona McQuarrieHistoryMusicians·1 Comment
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
WHO WAS NILSSON? HARRY’S MYSTERIOUS EARLY YEARS Richie Unterberger·September 4, 2019Even while catching the ears of the Beatles, who cited him as their favorite American artist, and pitching...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
SPIT IN THE OCEAN: KEN KESEY’S FORGOTTEN BOOK SERIES Benito Vila·September 26, 2019Ken Kesey assembled his Merry Pranksters and other kindred spirits for one more, and final, prank—a semi-regular book...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBooksCool PeopleHistoryInterviews·2 Comments
JOHN PEEL: HIS LIFE AND MUSICAL LEGACY Richie Unterberger·January 16, 2020So revered in the UK that he made the top 50 in a BBC poll of ‘Greatest Britons...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfHistoryRichie Unterberger·3 Comments
DAVE FAULKNER WAS A VICTIM BEFORE HE WAS A HOODOO GURU Eric Davidson·January 23, 2020Punk from Down Under too often gets short shrift in chronicles from the 1970s. One of the punkest...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
ROOM FOR JELLO: AN ORAL HISTORY OF FAULTY PRODUCTS RECORDS Eric Davidson·April 28, 2020Faulty Products was a small record label and distribution company with an outsized influence at a crucial time...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonHistoryRecord Labels·1 Comment
VISUALIZING MARC ALMOND: JAMIE MCLEOD’S CAMERA EYE Alan Bisbort·June 29, 2020Art photographer Jamie McLeod was a collaborator with and muse for the megastar Marc Almond (Soft Cell, Marc...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviewsPhotography·2 Comments
IN THE LIMELIGHT: THE VISUAL ECSTASY OF NYC NIGHTLIFE IN THE ‘90S Cree McCree·October 20, 2020Steve Eichner was the photo king of NYC mega-clubs. He is also a chameleon who moved seamlessly through...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBooksGalleriesHistoryInterviewsPhotographyPHOTOS·0 Comments
BLOOD FEAST: THE STOMACH-TURNING CINEMA OF HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS Tony Mostrom·October 28, 2020A former English teacher and mail-order salesman from Detroit named Herschell Gordon Lewis saw an exploitable niche in...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromFilmHistory·1 Comment
JONI MITCHELL: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS Richie Unterberger·February 11, 2021Despite being regarded as one of her generation’s greatest singer-songwriters, Joni Mitchell labored in relative obscurity for years...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansRecord LabelsRichie Unterberger·0 Comments