CITY OF CORNERS: A CONVERSATION WITH NYC POET JOHN GODFREY Stacy Szymaszek·January 8, 2020John Godfrey has been a poetic presence in the East Village of New York City for the past...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsPoetryStacy Szymaszek·0 Comments
HIT LIST: ROCK & ROLL AS A GRAPHIC NOVEL Alan Bisbort·January 21, 2020We love rock & roll, but learning how it’s produced, marketed and compromised for mass consumption is a...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviews·0 Comments
CAROL KAYE: THE BOSS OF THE BASS GUITAR Michael Shelley·February 12, 2020Carol Kaye started as a jazz solo guitarist, working the club scene of 1950s LA, when she was...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleInterviewsMichael ShelleyMusicians·16 Comments
LAUNCHING WARHOL AND POP ART: WALTER HOPPS AND HIS FERUS GALLERY Tony Mostrom·March 11, 2020As we enter a new Roaring Twenties, let’s recall two renegade art dealers who kickstarted modern art back...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromArtGalleriesHistory·0 Comments
BASIL WOLVERTON: AMERICA’S WEIRDEST ARTIST Alan Bisbort·March 31, 2020Cartoonist Basil Wolverton (1909-1978) cast a large, if sometimes unrecognized, shadow over the underground comix of the 1960s...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsArtBest OfHistory·1 Comment
THE END OF THE GAME: REMEMBERING PETER BEARD Gary Lippman·April 27, 2020Capturing photographer, adventurer, author, wildlife preservationist and international playboy Peter Beard (1938-2020) in words is like catching lightning...All Please Kill Me PostsGary LippmanPhotographyR.I.P.·0 Comments
THE INTREPID TRAVELLER: KEN BABBS ON THE MERRY PRANKSTERS, THE BEATS, THE DEAD, WOODSTOCK, AND MUCH MORE Gregory Daurer·July 1, 2020How did a basketball-playing Marine Corps lieutenant from Ohio become a driving force for the Merry Pranksters, an...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBooksCool PeopleGregory DaurerHistory·0 Comments
HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT: UNRAVELING A MYSTERY Jim Powell·July 2, 2020Jeff Krulik and John Heyn’s 1986 film Heavy Metal Parking Lot has become an unlikely cult classic. In...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfDocumentary FilmFilmHeavy MetalInterviews·1 Comment
MY OWN PRIVATE BASKETBALL DIARY: MEETING JIM CARROLL Chris Epting·July 6, 2020In 1983, when Chris Epting was at Boston’s Emerson College, he produced a cable access TV series on...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsPoetryVIDEO·4 Comments
A NEW YORK CONVERSATION WITH BRIGID BERLIN (RIP) Gillian McCain·July 25, 2020When Brigid Berlin (a.k.a. Brigid Polk) died last Friday, we lost one of the last connections to New...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleGillian McCainHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
NICO ICON AND THE BOHEMIAN, OR, HOW TO WALK A WOLF THROUGH PARIS Gary Lippman·October 7, 2020Carlos De Maldonado-Bostock was identified as a “bohemian” in the credits of the documentary film Nico Icon (1995),...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmGary LippmanHistory·0 Comments
DAVID GODLIS: HISTORY IS MADE ON THE STREETS Eric Davidson·November 17, 2020Photographer David Godlis is one of the foremost chroniclers of downtown NYC in the 1970s. His unique, flashless...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBooksEric DavidsonInterviewsPhotography·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
ALICE BAG: AN L.A. PUNK LEGEND Lucretia Tye Jasmine·January 5, 2021Alicia Armendariz (aka Alice Bag) is a Los Angeles punk legend, not just for her groundbreaking first band...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsLucretia Tye JasmineMusicians·0 Comments