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
HOW HOLLYWOOD HANDLED THE HIPPIES, PART II: BIKERS, BAD TRIPS, LOVE-INS Jim Allen·February 9, 2021Hollywood brass had discovered bikers long before the hippies (see Brando in The Wild One, 1953) but they...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistoryVIDEO·0 Comments
HEDI SLIMANE: THE DESIGNER WHO HAS RESURRECTED ROCK ‘N’ ROLL GLAMOUR Ingrid Marie Jensen·February 22, 2021French clothing designer and photographer Hedi Slimane has turned the menswear world upside down by using rock ‘n’...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleFashionIngrid Jensen·3 Comments
CARTOONIST PETER BAGGE: BEYOND PUNK, GRUNGE AND HATE Eric Davidson·March 1, 2021Music defined the punk and grunge eras, but comics played an essential role, too. Cartoonist Peter Bagge, an...All Please Kill Me PostsArtBooksCool PeopleEric DavidsonInterviews·1 Comment
BAT OUT OF HELL: THE REAL JIM STEINMAN Sylvie Simmons·May 17, 2021When Jim Steinman died in April, the only thing most people knew about him was Meat Loaf. Specifically,...All Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansR.I.P.Sylvie Simmons·2 Comments
ROBERT JOHNSON: THE LEGEND VS. THE MAN VS. THE DEVIL Tony Mostrom·May 20, 2021There’s Robert Johnson the country blues legend and Robert Johnson the man and somewhere in the mix is...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromCool PeopleHistoryMusicians·2 Comments
AMERICAN MASSACRE: TULSA 1921 Alan Bisbort·May 24, 2021One hundred years ago, the deadliest white-on-black crime in U.S. history took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Not only...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryUncool People·0 Comments