Please Kill Me : Voices from the Archives

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Two one-hour, stand-alone documentaries explore an America that birthed the new order of today.
The stories of these bands are more than music, they’re the cultural evolution of America.

Two one-hour, stand-alone documentaries explore an America that birthed the new order of today.
The stories of these bands are more than music, they’re the cultural evolution of America:

the end of the 60s,
the ferment of the 70s,
Watergate to the Women’s Movement.

The Please Kill Me Archive, compiled 20 years ago, is presented by the original interviewers, NY Times best-selling authors and music historians Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil. It is hosted by Michael des Barres.
Produced by Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil
Written by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain and Michael des Barres
Executive producer Jonathan Marder
Associate producer Jon Ehrens (WHYY) and Robyn Hale
Mixed and edited Jon Ehrens (WHYY)


2 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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The music of the Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, and The New York Dolls and others the others were meeting fierce resistance in the US. W...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KDUR, Prairie Public, KMXT, KALH and more


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 56:32
  • Purchases: 35
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How the Warhol 60s morphed into the Punk 70s and marginalized inhabitants of a near-bankrupt New York City changed 20th century culture and influen...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KDUR, Prairie Public, KMXT, KISU and more


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:17
  • Purchases: 37