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
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
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
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
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
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
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ROCK & ROLL RECORD? DEKE DICKERSON SAYS IT’S ‘ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK’ Deke Dickerson·June 14, 2019In Part 1, Deke Dickerson lays out his belief that the template of Rock & Roll was forged by...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfDeke DickersonHistory·8 Comments
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
BEST (AND WORST) SUPPORTING ROCKERS Crispin Kott·June 7, 2019Rock stars turn up in the unlikeliest of places, even on the silver screen. While some musicians have...All Please Kill Me PostsCrispin KottFilmMusicians·6 Comments
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
MICHAEL CHAIKEN: MAKING BOB DYLAN’S ARCHIVE COME ALIVE James Marshall·January 15, 2019The Dylan Archive curator’s road to Tulsa was paved with good obsessions, such as free jazz, Godard, the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBob DylanHistoryInterviewsJames Marshall·2 Comments
WHO WAS KILLING THE COUNTRY STARS? STRINGBEAN, THE GRAND OLE OPRY MURDERS AND NASHVILLE’S DAYS OF FEAR Burt Kearns·December 19, 2018Lost in the shadows of the Watergate hearings and disco fever, four grisly murders riveted and terrified Music...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsCrimeHistoryMusicians·1 Comment