Women and Punk Rock Day. Bitchin’!

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant

Hudley Flipside

Punkast

Jessica Schwartz Professor of Musicology UCLA & Tequila Mockingbird

July 16 2025

Women and Punk Rock Day. Bitchin’!

Today is a punk rock-themed day, and I wanted to share a few interesting posts. After spending hours cooking in a hot kitchen, I finally checked my messages in my cool office and was pleased to find an interview and a book announcement.

Both are a thrill to me. Being included in the history of Punk Rock is bitchin’, also the women who helped influence an early scene is even more bitchin’. I feel a wonderful inclusion that makes me feel like I said, makes me feel bitchin’, and that is a goal in my senior life to feel as bitchin’ as I can.

One is an interview I did a while back with Jessica Schwartz Professor of Musicology UCLA, PUNKAST, who set up a punk conversation with me. Glory, glory Tequila Mockingbird set in on this one too.

Genny Schorr’s book, All Roads Lead to Punk, is now available for pre-order, eliciting an excited physical reaction from the writer.

Joanna Spock Dean (RIP) and Genny gave me a song to put on my LOS ANGELES FLIPSIDE FANZINE THE NARRATIVE DOCUMENTARY / FILM. EPEISODION TWO interview with Original Punk Staff Tory Paisley. (Jorge Torres) Has a PhD in Musicology from Cornell University. Associate Professor of Music at Lafayette College.

Featuring BACKSTAGE PASS’S song “Let me Show You Love.”

All Roads Lead To Punk – BOOK + 7″ record set by Genny Schorr

https://hozacrecords.com/…/pre-order-all-roads-lead-to…

LOS ANGELES FLIPSIDE FANZINE THE NARRATIVE DOCUMENTARY / FILM. EPEISODION ONE, TWO and THREE for free viewing on my YouTube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@HudleyFlipside

Books and Fanzines the first handheld devices.

“Outside these walls, Red, there’s a man that no living soul has ever seen face to face. He has a Social Security card and a Maine driver’s license. He’s got a birth certificate. Name of Peter Stevens. Nice, anonymous name.”

Pg. 74 ~ Stephen King’s Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.

1979 – 1989.

Writing about my art from the dark closet has been illuminating for me. I enjoy it so much. I see what is going on with festivals, museums, and art events is overwhelming. Not so much going on locally. So, I decided to create my own scene with what is around me from my business cave where cats are the CEO’s and purring advisors of highest degree.
Back in 2004 I was inspired to write about my years as a punk rock journalist. I reached out to publishers and others who seemed interested but were not. It was discouraging to say the least. All those people who I once supported were not as friendly.
So, I decided to Do It Myself with the gift, a culture we help create, at Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine. Yes, we implemented it into a very tight punk scene that was sincerely underground. Do It Yourself. That is what we did then and so I pulled that now well-known ideal forward with all of my optimistic first-hand projects.
Once it was staples, rubber cement and X-Acto knives. Even a stupid-fucking loud headache creating tele-type machine and God-awful wax machine for paste-up. Then the Xerox – Printers helped us and Hallelujah came the Smith Corona typewriter and the Commadore 64 and 128 computers. Later, the HP Laser Printer.
Now I have continued to evolve with the current technology. Using Amazon like we did the Xerox machine. Using top of the line Adobe Premiere Pro to create documentaries.
I learned as I went along… and not worried what the crowd thought. We never did it at Flipside Fanzine.
“No one told us what to do, we just did it and learned as we created.”
As one of the originals, DO It Yourself Punks, I can see so much has changed but reaching back to find that gift from Flipside washed away the need to publish with someone else. It is my just reward for holding my punk integrity proudly. Bringing it forward and creating again.
Here are the first four journals:
My Punkalullaby # 1, 2, 3 and 4. A Punk fanzine editor memoir:
A dedication to the Saints Issue.
Covers of the many Flipsides issue.
The Satire issue. ha ha….
The Tape Recorder Issue of Love!!
I printed these up with my computer and my HP Printer. Going back to a time of stapling and reuniting with the original way of DIY printing.
Since then, in 2019 I created my publishing house The Seminary of Praying Mantis Publishing and combined the four into a nice handheld book.
Sometimes the nicest things are in a nice handheld book. I am not talking Gideons’ International Bible either instead the Stephen King’s Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption handheld book. Which I recently purchased. Man, what a thrill. A sweet little number good with some suds.

Click on image to purchase.

“Old Man Bar” punks

Whiskey Pete’s Hotel and Casino is a place that mom and dad always tried to get me to go to. Yet the years I endured Vegas as a kid made me repugnant to go.

Ya thin red roast beef with horseradish sauce, and Roquefort cheese dressing on our salads was a way to make us happy. But did not hide the truth from us kids, it never masked the drunk dad or overindulgence of his gambling. Alone in Hotel rooms waiting for mom to find dad. The next day endearingly covering him with newspapers to keep him from a sunburn as he naps near the pool. We kids became happily lost as we swam in the beautiful blue pools sipping on Coca-Cola.

I booked punk rock bowling in February. My first one. Then this nasty cold took me over. I keep waiting after two weeks for it to blow… but it is a nasty one. So, I had to cancel yesterday in order not to have to pay. I did and though I am part of the “Old Man Bar” punks… I will have to remember sweetly my punk days and watch from my safe place at home.

Here are a couple of funnies I did over the years, redundant, making fun of the punk scene… yes, I was willing to compromise and go to a really big show.

In truth my compromised perspective was not me… I would not have been happy at the punk rock Disneyland….

Making fun of punk bowlers “trophy whores” and bouncers or “Good Sherpas” … and all the stuff that is part of Big Punk Rock Las Vegas Style.

Lazy days for a Doodel advertisement.

A nostalgic and honest reminder of our youthful rebellion, our punk rock history.

Very proud of the books I produced and published. Now for sale through my publishing company The Seminary of Praying Mantis Publishing.

Going on six yeas now.

About the author, click on image below to go to her Author page on Amazon.

Flipside Video GOLDENVOICE Loop 1980s

So now this is for free viewing on my YouTube Channel at the end of the post.

Here’s a fun look back at the awesome bands that “Flipside Video” filmed at GOLDENVOICE shows in the ’80s. Gary Tovar hit me up to create a loop, and I just grabbed whatever was close by to pull together something super entertaining. It’s got that punk vibe that defined an entire era of music and artistic expression! Sure, the colors are all over the place and it’s a bit fuzzy sometimes with those crazy stage lights, but it totally sounds amazing, capturing the raw energy and chaotic essence of live performances.

You can really catch that youthful energy as the crowd bounces in unison, fists in the air, and the music blasts through the venue, creating an unforgettable atmosphere that still resonates today. Each band brought their unique flair, making the footage a true time capsule of punk rock’s vibrant history and the spirit of rebellion that thrived during those exhilarating times!

How it once was when we were a little more out of control and actually had a very tight scene. I am immensely proud of what is presented here as most likely my last creative endeavor to preserve the Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine narrative.

Flipside Video include Al Flipside, Pooch, Gus Hudson, Joe Henderson, Joy Akoi, and yours truly. Also, sidekicks Gary Indiana and John Crawford. A lot of work for the Flipside Crew. We often showed up early as the bands were sound checking, to leave after all the crowd had gone.

Yet to hang with the bands and the GOLDENVOICE crew contains some of my most endearing memories. Brought together via my home studio and long hours of editing. An emotionally rewarding experience for me…as punk rock needs to be.

It is a time when the punk scene still had the glamour and enthusiasm of a gleeful youth and was so charming. I miss the intimacy of this scene profoundly so. I know it can be found still and yes, I can still find it now and then. Be More than a witness, as we use to say….

Hudley Flipside

Produced by The Seminary of Praying Mantis Publishing

List of Bands on LOOP

Youth Brigade.

MDC

Big Boys

M.I.A

Toy Dolls

Suicidal Tendencies

Charged GBH

Heart Attack

Pariah

SUBHUMANS

Love Canal

UK SUBS

D.O.A.

Exploited

7 Seconds

Raszebrae

A cup for you drinking enjoyment… or T-shirt.

Click on Image to take you to my Tee Public Page.

Here it is for you viewing pleasure.

Happy Valentine Punkers Memorial Day

The Vandals. In Memory of “Stevo” and “Human”

Two punkers who were some of the best, a time to reflect on my youthful relationships and rebellion.

They are part of my, and maybe yours, DNA.

Happy happy Valentine’s Day !

Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine the Narrative Documentary / Film. Review

I had a dream once where I was in a small house with a hallway leading to doors. I assumed small bedrooms and such. I opened one of the doors to look in and was amazed to find a large theater with a stage. It was filled with people cheering, crying, and laughing.

I walked up the side aisle and found behind the stage a rough, rocky hole that led down into the underworld. It held all those creative feelings of the theater. Mystery, ahh and wonder. This is the world I entered with FilmFreeway.

The 4theatre’s logo symbolizes and fuels those same creative feelings of the theater. My documentary received the best documentary award for the 25th edition. It is a thrill to share in this newfound world! Thank you for acknowledging my work, grounding it, and making it real and sharing my work as well.

I am happy this is a time in my life that continuing with what I have a passion for, my creativity and the love of a scene and fanzine calls for some good acknowledgement.

I guess it is better than I think. I know I can, I know I can…

The Flipside Creation Narrative.

A Happy HUD… Hudley Flipside

Vein of Gold Enduring, The Flipside Fanzine Story.

I was thinking about what is left over from work done or from one’s own experience. This reflection often leads me to reminisce about a vivid scene from the Musical Film Paint Your Wagon, where a clever scheme is devised to gather all the gold that inevitably falls beneath the bars and saloons.

In this bustling world of miners, many suffer the unfortunate fate of losing their precious gold dust in the hustle and bustle of their daily lives. The image of them unknowingly parting with their hard-earned riches is striking, emphasizing how easy it is to overlook valuable aspects of our own experiences and endeavors.

It raises intriguing questions about the opportunities we may be missing, the hidden gold beneath the surface that we often disregard or take for granted. This clever scheme not only serves as a means to accumulate wealth but also a reminder that sometimes prosperity is found in the forgotten corners of our lives, a smart way to get rich or collect from what is unknowingly or unsparingly left behind.

That is what it is like for me now as I gather my Flipside Fanzine gold that is dissected all over the place. I know I will never get rich from my gossamer shining memories or documentation of a scene during my youthful rebellion, but it seems to go on shimmering everywhere. It has a real story and narrative that I still gather.

I cannot put back together the vein of gold enduring as a solid experience that was documented but I can try and show my story, the Flipside Fanzine story, as it happened, and this is important to me. I can be a magnet pulling the gold of Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine towards me and alchemize the authentic narrative to share. A richness like gold that will endure.

Over 40 years celebration, Rodney on the ROQ vinyl band compilation. Vol. 1-3

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Hudley Flipside

Maybe a cliché or fuck up, or glitch will be found… my burning tears… always found in an honest Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine project or on a vinyl record played too many times….

My celebration today…

A Hudley Flipside Editorial

Rodney on the ROQ vinyl band compilation. Vol. 1-3

Issue 21

Flipside Fanzine 21

December 1980

Brooke Shields – Introduction

Agent Orange – Bloodstains

Adolescents – Amoeba

Circle Jerks – Wild In The Streets

U.X.A. – Tragedies

Klan – Pushin’ Too Hard

Black Flag – No Values

Rik L Rik – The Outback

Crowd – Right Time

David Microwave – I Don’t Want To Hold You

The Nuns – Wild

Fender Buddies – Furry Friend

Vidiots – Laurie’s Lament

Simpletones – T.V. Love

New York, Surprise! – Is That All There Is?

Issue 28

Flipside Fanzine 28

November 1981

Target 13 – Rodney on the ROQ

Social Distortion – 1945

Shattered Faith – Right Is Right

Black Flag – Rise Above

Minutemen – Search

Redd Kross – Burn Out

CH3 – You Lie

Agent Orange – Mr. Moto

Red Rockers – Dead Heroes

Unit 3 + Venus – B.O.Y.S.

The Stepmothers – Where Is the Dream

Gleaming Spires – Are You Ready For the Sex Girls

The Little Girls – The Earthquake Song

Levi and The Rockats- Ready to Rock

Twisted Roots – Snaked

Geza X – We Need More Power

Issue 35

Flipside Fanzine 35

November 1982

Kent State – Radio Moscow

Ill Repute – Clean Cut American Kid

J.F.A. – Preppy

Channel 3 – Seperate Peace

Catch 22 – Stop The Cycle

Pariah – Up To Us

Red Scare – Streetlife

No Crisis – She’s Into The Scene

Rudi – Crimson

Unit 3 with Venus – Pajama Party

Bangles – Bitchen Summer (Speedway)

Action Now – Try

Signals – Gotta Let Go

Gayle Welch – Day Of Age

Radio Music – Johnny Angel / New Dance

David Hines – Land Of 1,000 Dances

Rodney On The ROQ Volume One, Two and Three.

Rodney On the ROQ Volume One, Two and Three. (1980s)

Flipside Fanzine Inserts.

Looking back on the covers of these three compilations brings a smile to my face. Picture this: “Young girls on the covers” – it was definitely an uncomfortable experience for me! However, I am excited to say that we experienced a wonderful evolution with the arrival of Flipside and Gasatanka Records.

Flipside / Gasatanka Records and just Flipside Records in the vibrant 1980s era, we witnessed a creative surge that was both exciting and transformative. The label, which was eventually formed later, resonated deeply with all of us at Gasatanka and Flipside, capturing the essence of the underground music scene. This connection fostered a sense of community and innovation, allowing us to explore eclectic sounds and foster talent that challenged the norms of the time. Through collaboration and a shared vision, we aimed to elevate music that truly embodied the spirit of artistic freedom and expression that defined that remarkable decade.

…. Hudley Flipside

History of Flipside Records.

https://hudleyflipside.com/category/flipside-records-1980s

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Having a Bit of Fun Video A Happy Celebration of Time Shared on this weird planet…

“But how do you thank someone

Who has taken you from crayons to perfume?

It isn’t easy, but I’ll try

If you wanted the sky

I would write across the sky in letters

That would soar a thousand feet high

“To sir [s], with love.”

That crazy Godzilla Punk Rock Night Club in Sun Valley is where I first saw GBH’s – Leather, Bristles, Studs and Acne spray painted on the wall.

I was then in search and found the vinyl and became a fanatic. 44 years now for me.

The album City Babys Revenge is one of the best sounds of punk rock! The band and songs are phenomenal. A forty-year celebration. I got the vinyl from Zed Records of Long Beach and played it loads. Yet seeing (Charged) GBH live was just the best experience I had as a young punk bird. They still thrill me as an old crone owl.

A hardy band that still tours around the world and I think they are indestructible. I really do!

Colin Abrahall

A bit of history in front of Perkins Palace Pasadena mid 1980s.