One song to the next pulls me

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside One song to the next pulls me... I coined the word punk@lullaby. It means that the whole time I was in the punk rock scene, from beginning to end, it was all about a song. One song to the next pulled me though the scene. … Continue reading One song to the next pulls me

Don’t eat the flowers….

“The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.” ― Carlos Castañeda Datura, New wave chicken and the Bell Creek part of the LA River... The white and lavender-tinted, trumpet-shaped bloom of the Sacred Datura promises a fairyland of delicate beauty, moths, butterflies, long-tongued bees, hummingbirds and magical moonlit … Continue reading Don’t eat the flowers….

Mysteries Solved

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside Deaths occur that take on broad eerie symbolism in the collective pages of social history – think about the passing of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison in 1970 and 1971, or of Kurt Cobain in 1994. Or remember the Kent State massacre? Or … Continue reading Mysteries Solved

Slippers and Bath Robe…

I do hold in my mind and heart the dignity of what women, as Gloria Steinem, brought to the table. I was trying hard to bite my tongue on this one. Yet, I cannot. Because he was a big part of my growing up. A culture that is dying out and being replaced by another. … Continue reading Slippers and Bath Robe…

Zapotec Café FUNDRAISER & TELETHON

Delicious, desirous, deliciously! 2017: Sep 23 at 4 PM to Sep 24 at 1 AM It is a golden green cool morning in the San Fernando Valley. The feel of autumn is delightful to my soul. The earth in cold to my feet. A clean fresh feeling is in the air. There is a Café … Continue reading Zapotec Café FUNDRAISER & TELETHON

What Noisy Cats We Are…

Lewis McAdams: In those days cool was a survival mechanism. I made a mistake. I thought the cover was of Bob Mould of Husker Du but instead is Ed Crawford, aka ed fROMOHIO from Firehose. Thanks goes to We Got Power: David Markey. Makes sense to me… Big Frank asked Al if I was on … Continue reading What Noisy Cats We Are…

another useless doodle that may make it into the trash..Flopside Comics Suck…

"President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room." ~Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. (OR my bottom... I mean button.... is bigger than yours.)

Symbols that educate

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Then are dreamt of in your philosophy. – Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio Cerberus https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/educate/

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…

The Daily “FUCK” Gazette Vol. Two , Number Three. Love me some Transgender !!

Mr. Fuck...Who is Mr. Dump's Trophy Whore ? President Dump Issues transgender directive... My eldest son said this, "Whatever! Now if he starts the draft again I can just say I am transgender." I was blank-faced and said, "Ha, Ha, Ha.... brilliant!" Pink Hat Mr. Fuck ... got a hard on for you Mr. Dump! … Continue reading The Daily “FUCK” Gazette Vol. Two , Number Three. Love me some Transgender !!

The circle dance…

“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing c.1786 William Blake 1757-1827 Presented by Alfred A. de Pass in memory of his wife Ethel 1910 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N02686 Upon the wall in our bedroom is a large print from … Continue reading The circle dance…

Stop being a sap !

There are lots of pros and cons about the past solar eclipse. I think it is cool. I did not go to see it. There are plenty of beautiful images online to see. I can think of eclipses in my life though. One of them was Joe Strummer. His voice had an eclipse on my … Continue reading Stop being a sap !

An unrecognized alien

You’ll have to get out of these little boxes, you know, physics on my left and psychology on my right, you can’t do that, you cannot do that in dealing with UFOs. What I’m saying is you cannot do that anymore in dealing with astrophysics. The problem that scientists have today is that time and … Continue reading An unrecognized alien

Publications for reading pleasure…

Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 Celebration I hope you enjoy the coming eclipse. If you are already there or travel the journey to get there...If you need some reading material while waiting or after it is over and back to normal life... here is my stuff for your reading pleasure.... here is some eclipse … Continue reading Publications for reading pleasure…

The Daily “FUCK” Gazette Vol. Two , Number 1. Good Vibrations.

Flopside comics is proud to continue on the next volume of ten editions of "FUCK" Gazettes. "Fart News" is the smelly echo of the word that is heard around the world. Volume two number one is a reflective piece of fart journalism. A dualistic pause from the past into the present political drama! Yes, here … Continue reading The Daily “FUCK” Gazette Vol. Two , Number 1. Good Vibrations.

The Daily “FUCK” Gazette Vol. One , Number 10. Last Shot…

Mr. SHIt's political collage above but I think he got the generations mixed up with the song from the musical Hair... but I think he gets it... his eyes are open. A Flopside Comic...

My Punkalullaby Journal Four

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. ~Hermann Hesse My Punkalullaby Journals, one through four, are now included in one paperback book for sale at Amazon. Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine is … Continue reading My Punkalullaby Journal Four

A share or portion

Today I will snack on black beans. Cooked up with fresh Anaheim green peppers and onions. Also some fresh cabbage with olive oil , honey and hot sauce. Alongside this are small sweet potatoes baked with honey, salt & pepper and Mrs. Dash's lemon hot spice. Reflecting this summer in my cave I am researching … Continue reading A share or portion

Astraea: “Iam redit et virgo, redeunt Saturnia Regna”

“I know what is mine to hold, what is mine to judge, and what is mine to release.” A layperson’s study of William Blake and other reflections…. “The darkness of our world Is not knowing and understanding; Light can only come, when we Make it our business to find it.” ~ Socrates ca. 470-399 B.C. … Continue reading Astraea: “Iam redit et virgo, redeunt Saturnia Regna”

The Daily “FUCK” Gazette Vol. One , Number 7

Polarized situation that is confusing on both sides... yet there is something going on behind closed doors. The Swamp Hotel, Trump D.C. outpost... is not telling us what is happening. No schedules and secret green doors. "I can't recall" and propaganda on both sides. Again this is how we the people are being polarized.