Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside "We become more characteristic of who we are simply by lasting into later years; the older we become, the more our true natures emerge." ~ James Hillman I was filled with a huge amount of energy today. So, I decided to clean my office bookshelves. … Continue reading Why I started my own publishing house, unique as my fingerprints.
Sun Bear
Only the last few weeks a memory came forth. Days on the east coast living in Rochester New York. Taking the bus to see my patients as a Home Health Aide. Trained through the Red Cross. There was a bus stop there where I would stop between buses. A coffee shop. It was small with … Continue reading Sun Bear
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Medea
Part of the Strong Women Postcards Series "Wise One," eponymous Mother Goddess of the Medes. Like Medusa and Metis, she was named from the Sanskrit concept of medha,"female wisdom." (1.) She was a fount of the feminine art of healing, and her name was related to "medicine." (2.) She could restore the dead to life … Continue reading Medea
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Fanzines go Haywire….
Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside March 1 2025 LA Zine Fest I was forced to come to this event by a fanatical fanzine person and his friend. Trust Fanzine and Razorcake. Jan Rohlk and Daryl Gussin were table sitting for fanatical music fanzines. While engaging Facebook, some friends’ posts brought … Continue reading Fanzines go Haywire….
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A poem by Hudley
Waning moon glowsI am the sound of the asphalt tiresIn the asphalt jungleI am the bees that humThe trees reach slightlyUp into the universeI am the universeI am the sparkling starI sail around the crescent moonI am the dirt and the oil.I am the rocks of theSanta Monica mountainsI am a pollutant.I inspire, I hopeI … Continue reading A poem by Hudley
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The Wounded Punkx Project
“Turn your wounds into wisdom” Slam pits, drugs, loud music, police and gang violence—these are just some of the struggles punks face in a chaotic world. Bands express these issues through their music, while journalists report on them. The Wounded Punkx Project exists to support punks who have been affected. “There is nothing stronger than … Continue reading The Wounded Punkx Project
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Flipside Video one through eleven.
Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside. Flipside Video was an out-of-control phenomenon. This is what I brought in from over the internet a few years ago. Videos without real narratives. I like to share real narratives. Some of you still have your originals. We at Flipside Video did a lot of … Continue reading Flipside Video one through eleven.
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Soul Friends & Reading
Hecate (or, The Night of Enitharmon's Joy) is a color print from around 1795 that depicts the witch Hecate, who gives a notable monologue questioning why she manipulated Macbeth. Enitharmon is a significant female character in William Blake's mythology, representing female domination and sexual restraints that limit artistic imagination. She is the emanation of Los, one of the Four Zoas, … Continue reading Soul Friends & Reading
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“Cosmology is a literary Art…”or why I have flaming red hair.
Today is Blake Off day. In celebration of William Blake’s Birthday. "Introverted intuition perceives all the background processes of consciousness with almost the same distinctness as extroverted sensation senses outer objects. For intuition, there for, the unconscious images attain to the dignity of things or objects." Pg. 23 Chapter Two The Supreme Introvert. Blake A … Continue reading “Cosmology is a literary Art…”or why I have flaming red hair.
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FLipside Video 11
All Doggy Style I do not know why this was excluded from my list. But today a memory popped up on Facebook. And so much in life has diminished my hold on what we did back in the day on Flipside Fanzine. A fanzine, records, and videos… it was a hell of a lot of … Continue reading FLipside Video 11
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Do engage your unique creative endeavors.
Yup my tirade is complete… The Circle Jerks Hollywood Palladium (Keith’s,70th BDay) in September. GBH at the Regent Theater in October. The Saints at The Teragram Ballroom in November. Is a gift of highest degree … don’t know if it can get better than this! My magical musical bucket-list … I am sure many other … Continue reading Do engage your unique creative endeavors.
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UFOs and cats against fascists.
Stop ICE Warehouse Detention Centers: Nat’l Day of Protest, April 25, 2026, “The archetypical mind, which represents the personality of the galaxy.”The Synchronicity Key, David Wilcock. Kitty cat extraterrestrial! And so, the best stories are created by truths folded into everyday events. As cleaning the lowest shelves next to the wood floor in my office. … Continue reading UFOs and cats against fascists.
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GBH at the Regent Theater
I was debating in my heart and mind whether I should write up a review of the show at the Regent Theater yesterday. October 16, 2025. No Banisters or security folding their fucking arms... As I do the usual routine things around the house today, last night’s adventure was swirling around my mind. All the … Continue reading GBH at the Regent Theater
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44 years ~ Lycanthropy & GBH
Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside GBH's first album Leather, Bristles, Studs and Acne was released on September 1, 1981. Over the past 44 years, I have been playing Lycanthropy on the first full moon of August, embracing the magic and allure of this mystical tradition. Each year, as the moon … Continue reading 44 years ~ Lycanthropy & GBH
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USE IT
Click on the image to order T-shirt. I had a weird experience with ChatGPT. I recently got pro. I use it as a tool. I call it Franky after Frankenstein’s monster. I wanted to superimpose a new t-shirt I designed on an image of me. It would not do it. As the statement was anti-Trump? … Continue reading USE IT
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Flashbacks and the Circle Jerks
Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside The bass sound was off all night at the Hollywood Palladium. A kind of thorn in my side I had to endure. Hey where is everybody? My transitional period moving away from Flipside and our staff, and small family hub… was between these two issues. … Continue reading Flashbacks and the Circle Jerks
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Cimaruta and Rue
No truth so sublime but it may be seen to be trivial to-morrow in the light of new thoughts.— Ralph Waldo Emerson My Rue plant. Magic courts us and surprises us sometimes. A place where it comes into your life. When the time is ripe. A past life comes a calling.’ When an old myth … Continue reading Cimaruta and Rue
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Electric Honey
The Omphalos of Delphi Reminds me of honey Bees A fragrant sweetness Memories of glorious days Humming rapture A drop of joyous A frequency alive Living in lost memories That come forth. tasting on the tip of my tongue. Delphi Archaeological Museum Announcement My new chapbook, Electric Honey, is currently available at Amazon. To support … Continue reading Electric Honey
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Slade, The Saints and Otis Redding
Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside I wanted more light in the kitchen corner. To light up the roses as well. I had to move the refrigerator next to it to put in an extension cord. That is the dynamo effect of light. You put light on anything and so forth … Continue reading Slade, The Saints and Otis Redding
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Women and Punk Rock Day. Bitchin’!
Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside Punkast Jessica Schwartz Professor of Musicology UCLA & Tequila Mockingbird https://open.spotify.com/episode/2X7CcZTTa2ecbIgs7OxBGr?si=tPqPGaRcSBK_s9CIE-XZHg 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 … Continue reading Women and Punk Rock Day. Bitchin’!
