Helen Wrote…about Dead Clubs!!

Punk Rock Historian and Professional Consultant ~ Hudley Flipside Recently, a few of our Los Angeles Clubs have closed or are in the process of transforming. All generations or music scenes go through these changes. Owners and promoters come and go. Yet what is happening now seems as revolutionary as when the underground scene claimed … Continue reading Helen Wrote…about Dead Clubs!!

Tell Us the Truth

Sham 69 are playing around. Shows with good and bad reviews. As though my heart does not sense the beating heart of another comrade, from my youthful rebellion, who touches the soil of the land. Dancing around and around in my room like Rumpelstiltskin around a fire singing these simple words; “They don't understand no … Continue reading Tell Us the Truth

The waxing of the first full moon of Autumn

Every ritual comes forth out of the heat of inspiration! It echoes over the years and amplifies through nature and loved ones; some living and some dead! Does ritual get boring? Yes it can! Youngest son told me he had a surprise for me! I waited! He initiated an echo, a song again of memories, … Continue reading The waxing of the first full moon of Autumn

Belong Misdirected

We are twisted in soul because soul is by nature and of necessity in a tortuous condition...We might also be less threatened by the grotesque, horrible, and obscene , since, from the imaginal perspective, the bizarre would simple belong. ~ The Myth of Analysis, James Hillman Hudley The Jester I am watching an old film … Continue reading Belong Misdirected

Round-Up 30-minute Maniac

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside 2014 Post "...and those of you in the balcony can just rattle your jewelry." ~John Lennon Cause no one needs a fanzine anymore... Originally a 2014 post I was 56 and youngest son was 14. Now I am 64 and he is going to college … Continue reading Round-Up 30-minute Maniac

Leather Jacket bye bye !!

It never was mine, really. This mature Leather Jacket is ready for something different. I moved it around over the last thirty years. I embellished it throughout the early 1980s with the bands that inspired me. Something new is in the air. Time to be an organizer and let go of this Jacket. The kids … Continue reading Leather Jacket bye bye !!

A safety pin from the Punk Rock God !!

(New edit 3/17/2023) RIP Dix Denney The Weirdos at Cobalt Café (rip) Canoga Park, CA. Aug. 2014 “Such knowledge is beyond my reach. Where could I go from your Spirit, or escape your presence? If I ascend to heaven or descend to the depths, you are there. Even across the sea, your hand will guide … Continue reading A safety pin from the Punk Rock God !!

Big Boots and Dancing, and reading the book Generation X while trying to find Prince Buster’s 45s. RIP Terry Hall

Punk Rock Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside X-8, HUD and AL 1979 San Fransisco In this picture X-8 represents the original punks of Los Angeles. Who were creative, loud and in your face! 1977-79. Pete woke up on the Chinese New Year looking out of the hotel room window while a chicken’s head was … Continue reading Big Boots and Dancing, and reading the book Generation X while trying to find Prince Buster’s 45s. RIP Terry Hall

Mr. Fuck Gets Connubial

Punk Rock Humor and the girly girls…

Punk Rock Historian & Colleague and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside “And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five Today is a day of going back and falling into another time of my life. It happens a lot at … Continue reading Punk Rock Humor and the girly girls…

A jest of summer solstice drums!!

A promotional trashy subliminal Jester plot to share a little ridiculous joy in this troubled world!!! Happy Summer solstice.... As the world turns !!!

rebellious hit

At Starbucks the young woman behind the counter said, “I like your shirt!” “You like G.B.H.?” She gave me an intense look of inwardness. “Yes…like Minor Threat and…China White!” “Yup!” “No one listens to Punk anymore.” “Only the old punk folk!” I was referring to myself. She gave me a sheepish smile while giving me … Continue reading rebellious hit

Out Of School

A vinyl fanzine... At this time in punk rock history of the 1980s... life was moving fast. Projects at every corner. This kept us running before the wild-fire of punk rock, which was a passion that could not be controlled. So many individuals’ hands were in the multitude of projects that it was hard to … Continue reading Out Of School

Excerpt from My Punkalullaby~I thank her now !!

A sketch from Chapter Five "Old stucco house with wood floors and Mexican Marilyn Monroe next door: Issue 48-57." In Whittier California and at the time we lived in and old stucco house between two apartment buildings. The one on the left I knew no one and the one on the right is where she … Continue reading Excerpt from My Punkalullaby~I thank her now !!

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

1981 punk shot

I am cleaning up and organizing all my stuff from 5 different places into a few plastic containers. Pictures, art, writing and miscellaneous important stuff. The Punk Rock stuff goes somewhere special too. Here is a miscellaneous punk shot from 1981... we had a multitude of images like this in the Flipside office. Along with … Continue reading 1981 punk shot

The swale and the swirl of now.

“Do not lose heart: We were born for these times. One of the most important steps you can take to help calm the storm is to not allow yourself to be taken in a flurry of overwrought emotion or despair there by accidentally contributing to the swale and the swirl. Ours is not the … Continue reading The swale and the swirl of now.

2009 Flipside Reunion at the Scotland Yard Canoga Park

Picture by Bob Cantu. RIP Human.. Steve, Hud and Tony I woke up this morning with this image bringing a smile to my face. Friendship, integrity, and surprise always adds up to the best of feelings. I am standing with Human and Tony Malone, a Hollywood Street punk galore. Together they were part of the … Continue reading 2009 Flipside Reunion at the Scotland Yard Canoga Park

Soap Box # 1, This planet will never find peace….

“And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of … Continue reading Soap Box # 1, This planet will never find peace….

Egg sandwich

Everything but the kitchen sink, Sister Sallie and I use to get together and make egg sandwiches, coffee and talk. Mom used to hum in the kitchen, in the bathroom dad sang his little jazz hum. Once in the mist of hospital unconsciousness, he broke out in one of his heart-warming songs, bringing back a … Continue reading Egg sandwich