PETER LAUGHNER: AN UNFINISHED LIFE Todd McGovern·May 23, 2019Cleveland’s vital and unsung punk scene would not be complete without a chapter on Peter Laughner. Laughner, who...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusiciansNarrative Oral HistoryNewsTodd McGovern·5 Comments
2-Tone Memories: Pauline Black and The Selecter Robert Gourley·July 4, 2019The Selecter, a vital part of the ska music revival in the late 1970s, are still keeping the...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansNewsRobert Gourley·0 Comments
MY BOYS: STERLING LORD ON JACK KEROUAC, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI AND KEN KESEY Benito Vila·July 22, 2019The longtime publishing insider and agent Sterling Lord is still keeping the Beat flames burning for Kerouac, Ferlinghetti...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBest OfBooksHistoryNewsPublishing·3 Comments
PHIL OCHS: BOUND FOR GLORY Alan Bisbort·July 31, 2019A driving force of musical dissent in the 1960s, Phil Ochs (1940-1976) and his musical legacy are ripe...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·4 Comments
JERRY LEWIS, J.D. SALINGER & THE JEWISH HOLDEN CAULFIELD Burt Kearns·August 12, 2019There were once two men named Jerry: Salinger and Lewis. And one of them wrote a famous novel,...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksBurt KearnsFilmHistory·0 Comments
LYDIA LUNCH: PATHOLOGICAL TRUTH TELLER Jen B. Larson·November 7, 2019After 42 years of performance art, music, photography and so much more, Lydia Lunch has seemingly put it...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusicians·0 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
BRIAN JONES: A DEGREE OF MURDER Richie Unterberger·February 17, 2020Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones’ troubled but gifted guitarist and blues maven, made a few attempts to find...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
MOOGS, THEREMINS, AND LSD: LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE’S SUBVERSIVE PSYCHEDELIA Jim Allen·February 19, 2020While Hendrix, Morrison and Joplin were setting the musical tone for 1960s counterculture, Denver-based Lothar & The Hand...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·3 Comments
HEAVY RAIN: THE EXODUS OF LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY Amanda Sheppard·February 25, 2020If there was a Mount Rushmore for reggae, Lee “Scratch” Perry’s would be one of faces carved on...All Please Kill Me PostsAmanda SheppardInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
WINTER KILLS: HOW THE JFK ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY THEORIES DROVE A NATION INSANE Mark Jacobson·March 2, 2020Based on a novel by Richard Condon, the feature film Winter Kills (1979) reimagined the JFK assassination and...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmHistory·2 Comments
MICHAEL ALAGO’S FABULOUS JOURNEY Sharon M. Hannon·July 14, 2020Brooklyn native Michael Alago was one of the good guys in the corporate music industry. As an A&R...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsSharon M. Hannon·1 Comment
TINA BELL’S HIDDEN LEGACY: THE BLACK WOMAN WHO CREATED THE SOUND OF GRUNGE Jen B. Larson·September 3, 2020In 1983, the Seattle band Bam Bam, fronted by a talented, elegant Black woman named Tina Bell, created...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryJen B. LarsonMusicians·26 Comments
I FOUGHT THE LAW: FROM SONNY CURTIS TO THE CLASH Scott Schinder·October 8, 2020Sonny Curtis threw down a musical gauntlet known as “I Fought The Law” in 1958 and a legion...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryScott Schinder·0 Comments