Penny Candies

The author expresses nostalgia for a vibrant street atmosphere where people interacted and shared flowers, reflecting on a time when they enjoyed simple pleasures like penny candies, oblivious to any lurking darkness. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley during the 1960s was wild. All the corner streets were filled with hitchhiking youths. Carrying incense … Continue reading Penny Candies

The past memorizes everything…

The wild ways of being young, Not caring about anything, No reflection or ambition, Blind eye gratification, Lacking ways more brilliant, Dirt in toes, Grassy butt, Bloody elbow and broken weeds. Wild, wild, wild wonder. I am using voice recognition. It’s a bit slow but I think it will get better. I like talking and … Continue reading The past memorizes everything…

Slash and Flipside on ROQ late 1970s

Punk Rock Historian, Colleague and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside "Records.....Records....and Records !!!!!" ~ Mike Vallejo If you lived as a teen in the late '70s or during the '80s you were most likely riding the original wave or skating the rebellious cement of the original punk rock scene in some way, shape or form. Mike … Continue reading Slash and Flipside on ROQ late 1970s

wilds of youth

Winter is often a time to reflect as the fire burns. In a year I will be a senior citizen and like my mom told me, "I may be old on the outside... but I still feel young on the inside!" I still yell the rebel call now and then too! So What?! Punk nostalgia … Continue reading wilds of youth

All About A Song, Indeed a Fool Am I

1976 – 1977 Son of Sam I miss dancing at clubs. The Mind Shaft in Calabasas CA was a great little spot to dance. It was a small tree fort type bar with a dance area and small stage for the usual loser cover bands. We drank outside before entering because we were under age. … Continue reading All About A Song, Indeed a Fool Am I

Irrelativity

"...Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! I find comment 'bout my looks irrelativity, Think I'll go and have some fun, 'Cos it's all for free. I'm not searching for a reason to enjoy myself...," - Yardbirds Had one of those dreams of being back at the scene of the 1980s. A club morphed into a Golden Voice … Continue reading Irrelativity

All About A Song – A friend in an old 45.

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside Connecting up with the mythos of the film/book and theme song made my struggle in the world of rock & roll and journalism seem strangely important. I identified strongly with all of the female characters from Jacqueline Susann’s book. Where else was I to find … Continue reading All About A Song – A friend in an old 45.

Snap shots in our heart

"For [Aleister] Crowley, who was a painter himself, the artist ranked above the magician on the totem pole of illuminism, and he considered poetry and art as precious tools for transmutimg one's innermost psychic visions..." Pg. 92 Wormwood Star, Spencer Kansa Cats and me ...always !! 1970s Magic is fleeting as is a synchronicity. In contrast to … Continue reading Snap shots in our heart

Equilibrium and Sparks

"This he [she] feels, is my proper vocation, this is the optimum, the law, the life for me to live. Here I find the degree of equilibrium, safety, calm and leisure which I need, or here I find the challenge, passion, fight, and hardship with which my soul's energy expires." ~ Pg. 256 Par. 1, … Continue reading Equilibrium and Sparks

cock-horses

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross. To see a fine lady upon a white horse, With rings on her fingers, And bells on her toes. She shall have music, Wherever she goes. ~ Nursery rhyme Watching “That '70s Show” with the teenage son last night took me back when I was actually a teenager … Continue reading cock-horses

All About a song IV: All together now!!

There is a fresh graffiti / slang near the front of my home. I posted an image of it on Facebook. I just wanted to see the reaction that I would get when I asked others how they read it. This graffiti / slang takes me back to the 1970s. When the graffiti was usually … Continue reading All About a song IV: All together now!!

A Cold Wind in August

A Cold Wind in August (1961) is a low-budget independent film directed by Alexander Singer and adapted from the eponymous novel by Burton Wohl. The film stars a Lola Albright as a mentally unbalanced burlesque show stripper in her thirties who becomes involved in a torrid romance with a 17-year-old boy played by Scott Marlowe … Continue reading A Cold Wind in August

Similar to a near death experience and nuclear weapons or B Movies rule!!

The Flight That Disappeared (1961) Written by Ray Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054881/ Just a good old B movie with a profound message to us present day earthlings from the masters of the cosmos. They may be speaking to you!!! A transcontinental flight from Los Angeles to Washington DC, carrying three top scientists, unexplained begins a climb … Continue reading Similar to a near death experience and nuclear weapons or B Movies rule!!

A high standard

Music is about good character, loyalty, good friendship and integrity. Rock & Roll is more than goo goo eyes and stupid sluts with wet panties. Rock & Roll is a revolution of words and style. Yes, this is a high standard…so be it!! While growing up my home had a lot of musical diversity around … Continue reading A high standard

Flopside Comics : Sickholy Friday Easter flashback

While the Fuck family was sitting around the table wondering if they would be doing easter eggs this year, and wondering who would be the bunny to hand out the candy, a comic good friday flashback came to Mr. Shit's mind. He has punkarama dementia and is not on the up and up. "I think … Continue reading Flopside Comics : Sickholy Friday Easter flashback

Ichabod Crane in a 1960s straight legged suite, A bow to Saturn and Jupiter…

1960s straight legged pant suit. As we approach this year’s Aquarius celebration of Saturn and Jupiter both in 0 degrees Aquarius 2020 December 21st, I think back upon a time of my life when this song from the musical Hair was immensely popular. I have been watching the two planets hang together over the last … Continue reading Ichabod Crane in a 1960s straight legged suite, A bow to Saturn and Jupiter…

A Terrible Threat

Punk Rock Historian, COLLEAGUE and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside "Walk on the Wild Side" is a Lou Reed song from his 1972 second solo album Transformer. David Bowie produced it. The song received wide radio coverage, despite its touching on taboo topics such as transsexualism, drugs, male prostitution, and oral sex. In the United States, RCA released the single using an edited version of the … Continue reading A Terrible Threat

I hate flash backs…

I hate flash backs or Sunday daydreams. I still get them. I just pressed my finger against some leftover fried shrimp crumbs on a large frying pan. The flash was intense. It was back in the 70s. My best friend Lynn and I use to go to H. Salt Fish & Chips. We would walk … Continue reading I hate flash backs…

She is a good girl who breaks away from her family to find a kind of freedom.

Looking For Mr. Goodbar, The real deal 1970s flick!! jdbrecords.blogspot.com Theresa: I'm alone, I'm not lonely. I'm depressed - you're depressing me. Memories fade. I know the theater was on Ventura Blvd in the San Fernando Valley. Was it in Tarzana no I think it was further out in Sherman Oaks. I believe it was … Continue reading She is a good girl who breaks away from her family to find a kind of freedom.

A “Cinderella Liberty” is Navy jargon for a pass that runs out at midnight…

At that time in my life I never looked at the possibility of poverty and prostitution as a way for a woman to be independent. John Baggs Jr.: Would you call yourself a “Champagne cocktail-sippin’, cock-teasin’, downtown barroom whore? Maggie Paul: [bursting into tears] Second generation! We saw this film in 1973. We applied the usual antics of youth … Continue reading A “Cinderella Liberty” is Navy jargon for a pass that runs out at midnight…