Rapture : Walking the Dog

Punk Rock Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside "When I had journeyed half of our life’s way, I found myself within a shadowed forest, For I had lost the path that does not stray.” ~ Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy. William Blake's Illustrations For Dante's Divine Comedy (1826) The rhythm and blues, rock and punk … Continue reading Rapture : Walking the Dog

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…

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

Pat Fear back to black.

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside Pat Fear “There are two kinds of people in the world, people who are in White Flag and all those who wish they were.” He is rascal, part of the youthful scene that we punks were made from! Those microbial bats of Rock & … Continue reading Pat Fear back to black.

Trash Babes

Beyond Me: Daily Prompt: Fight or Flight

Personify a black hole... Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change~ Sephen Hawkins I had the most bizarre feeling yesterday while watching one of son's history channels together. The same feeling when I was about to give birth to him 12 years ago and how I became one with fight or flight: OK, I … Continue reading Beyond Me: Daily Prompt: Fight or Flight

The Paisley Underground

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside. Posted on 6 Apr 2013 The Three O’ Clock are playing at the Glass House tonight in Pomona CA. which is more than an hour and 7 minutes from where I live, but with traffic much more on the way there. This means if I … Continue reading The Paisley Underground

We’re going down the pub: Looking through the sly seductive eyes of Joe Jughead one of The Static Age guys & Jimmy Pursey

http://www.TheeStaticAge.com It was a wonderful time… I miss it. Like anytime there are endless stories to be shared. Below is an older review, I retrieved for Jimmy Pursey’s birthday. The small clubs, pubs, and dark corners or up-front-and-personal. I don’t think I will be coming out of my cave anytime soon. I will be doing … Continue reading We’re going down the pub: Looking through the sly seductive eyes of Joe Jughead one of The Static Age guys & Jimmy Pursey

10 year Anniversary issue of Flipside Fanzine Table of Contents.

My wish is to re-publish this issue as a musical historical document of early Punk Rock...for current and future generations. It was so much work. We did it all with our commodore computer 128..Makes me proud !! Dream come true...Chick Image to Purchase For Sale now.. Hudley Flipside author page at this easy to remember url! https://t.co/n16dd9LPBb via @amazon Click on images below and order … Continue reading 10 year Anniversary issue of Flipside Fanzine Table of Contents.

THE BLACK WIDOWS

Lately, while diving around in my car I have been listening to a CD by the evil BLACK WIDOWS... "All instrumental, all original, all evil"... And I love them. Their songs have a nice edge of surf meets dance and beyond. I would compare them to the band The Venturas but THE BLACK WIDOWS are better. I would … Continue reading THE BLACK WIDOWS

Rock and Roll Punkalullaby

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside Happy Birthday Jimi Hendrix TO Speak… During the 1980s, the column “Rock & Roll Punkalullaby” in Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine inspired my love for writing and creative self-expression, serving as a wild stage that celebrated the rebellious spirit of the original punk rock scene. Each … Continue reading Rock and Roll Punkalullaby

Where Musicians and Writers Collide: Publicity

I finished my Flipside Punk Rock memoir about two years ago. There are so many books coming out about the punk rock days of the late 70's and 1980's. I just feel a bit jaded at this point. All the revival and nostalgia... I got over it about three years ago as well. I am … Continue reading Where Musicians and Writers Collide: Publicity