THE LATE GREAT JOHNNY ACE Burt Kearns·June 27, 2018Johnny Ace died at 25, allegedly during a game of Russian Roulette. The legend of his death not...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsHistoryMusiciansR.I.P.·1 Comment
THE QUEEN OF THE AIR MEETS THE HOMICIDAL YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE Burt Kearns·January 22, 2020Circus performers were, in some ways, the punk rockers of their day, and nobody was more punk than...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsCool PeopleCrimeHistory·1 Comment
THE DEATH OF COUNTRY DICK MONTANA & THE BALLAD OF DAN MCLAIN Burt Kearns·November 12, 2019Once described as ‘half Waylon and half Johnny Rotten,’ Dan McLain was a mortal drummer from San Diego...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleHistoryR.I.P.·1 Comment
FRED WILLARD WAS FOREVER YOUNG: AND REALLY REALLY OLD Burt Kearns·May 27, 2020For 60 years, Fred Willard made us laugh playing the same character, from early comedy club gigs with...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleR.I.P.·1 Comment
MU TUNC: THE DIRECTOR OF TURKEY’S FIRST PUNK MOVIE. OR, THE FALL OF EASTERN CIVILIZATION Burt Kearns·June 5, 2019Filmmaker Mu Tunc describes his film, Arada, as “Liquid Sky meets The Decline of Western Civilization,” which, of...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsFilmHistoryInterviewsNews·1 Comment
BEATLES, STONES, SINATRA & BEYOND: TERRY O’NEILL TALKS ABOUT HIS COOL ICONIC IMAGES Burt Kearns·February 19, 2019Legendary British photographer Terry O’Neill started out shooting the Beatles and the Stones as struggling young bands in...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleInterviewsPhotography·0 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
SHE SHOT ANDY WARHOLS: THE DIRTY LIFE & CRIMES OF DOROTHY PODBER Burt Kearns·May 20, 2019She called it ‘performance art’ when, in 1964, she casually strolled into Andy Warhol’s Factory, pulled out a...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsHistory·2 Comments
THE DEATH OF SGT. CARTER Burt Kearns·April 29, 2019Frank Sutton, who played the gruff sergeant foil to Jim Nabors’ country bumpkin Gomer Pyle, was a talented...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleTV·12 Comments
THE TOP TEN PKM STORIES OF 2019 Alan Bisbort·December 27, 2019Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of shade-grown coffee with, uh, more coffee, and kick...All Please Kill Me PostsHistory·0 Comments
DONATO DI CAMILLO FOCUSES ON THE KRUSTIES Burt Kearns·November 28, 2018New York’s leading street photographer meets the Krusties, grunge-style, modern-day nomads All photos © by Donato Di Camillo...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsCool PeoplePhotography·0 Comments
THE LOST TESTAMENT OF SAM BUTERA: THE RISE & FALL OF ‘THE WILDEST SHOW IN VEGAS’ Burt Kearns·February 16, 2021Sax player and arranger Sam Butera was ‘Keith Richards to Louis Prima’s Mick Jagger’ once he joined the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusicians·6 Comments
PLEASE READ ME: THE BEST OF 2021, PART I PKM Editor·December 22, 2021Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of coffee, tea and/or antibiotics, and kick back with Please...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansPKM Official 10 Best Lists·0 Comments
COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY: THE TOP 10 PKM STORIES OF 2018 PKM Editor·December 26, 2018Kick back with a cup of coffee and dive into Please Kill Me’s Top 10 stories of 2018…...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansPKM Official 10 Best Lists·0 Comments