BEN REY: A NEW YORK PUNK INSTITUTION Larry Baumhor·September 8, 2020Inspired by his visits to Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s Let It Rock shop in London, Ben Rey...All Please Kill Me PostsFashionInterviewsLarry Baumhor·1 Comment
MY FAVORITE ALCHEMIST: AN HOMAGE TO HAL WILLNER Gary Lippman·September 10, 2020The release of Hal Willner’s final recorded project, Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex, got...All Please Kill Me PostsGary LippmanMusiciansR.I.P.·3 Comments
AND IN THE END: A LOOK AT THE LAST DAYS OF THE BEATLES Benito Vila·September 24, 2020So much has been written and said about The Beatles that it’s rare when something fresh comes along....All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBooksHistoryInterviewsPhotography·0 Comments
INSIDE FINGERED: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH FILMMAKER RICHARD KERN Supervert·September 28, 2020Richard Kern’s Fingered (1988) is one of the masterpieces of the Cinema of Transgression movement. With bruising performances...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmInterviews·2 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
‘LIKE PUNK NEVER HAPPENED’: THE LEGACY OF THE NEW ROMANTICS AND ‘80S U.K. POP David Chiu·October 14, 2020Sweet Dreams, a new oral history by British journalist Dylan Jones, charts the musical about-face in the UK...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·0 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
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
SETTING THE NIGHT ON FIRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE DAVIS Gillian McCain·November 2, 2020Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear and, most recently, Set the Night on Fire:...All Please Kill Me PostsAriella ThornhillCool PeopleGillian McCainHistoryInterviews·2 Comments
DIANE DI PRIMA: HER LIFE AS A BEATNIK AND WOMAN Lisa Janssen·November 6, 2020Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was a poet, artist, activist and teacher who navigated countercultural landscapes of both the...All Please Kill Me PostsLisa JanssenPoetryR.I.P.·1 Comment
PETER PERRETT: THE ONE AND ONLY Amy Haben·November 18, 2020As the leader of the Only Ones, a band that drew fans like Johnny Thunders, Richard Lloyd, and...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenInterviewsMusicians·5 Comments
LUX INTERIOR: WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU COME FROM? Ingrid Marie Jensen·November 23, 2020The Cramps’ frontman was impossible to miss, on or off stage, the perfect foil to his equally striking...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleIngrid JensenMusiciansR.I.P.·3 Comments
KRISTIN CASEY’S ROAD TO EXCESS: FROM SPEED PUNK TO ROCK CHICK, FROM DRUNK TO SOBRIETY Kristin Casey·December 1, 2020Kristin Casey’s life, from high school to today, has been the embodiment of William Blake’s adage: “the road...All Please Kill Me PostsHistory·3 Comments
LUC SANTE: CHRONICLER OF NEW YORK’S ‘LOW LIFE’ Eric Davidson·December 14, 2020As a chronicler of New York’s underside and forgotten histories, Luc Sante walked straight out of the pages...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleEric DavidsonInterviews·0 Comments