Spinning Tires with Mike Conley

Michael Conley 1959 to 2008, Band M.I.A. Photo by Kurt Porter 2/28/2023 I just got back from walking around the block in the rain. I love night walks, especially when they allow me to reflect on moments that have shaped my life, and tonight, I found my thoughts drifting to Mike. He was one punk … Continue reading Spinning Tires with Mike Conley

We can free Prometheus…ourselves !!

Prometheus Unbound, man is defined as “one harmonious soul of many a soul, whose nature is its own divine control.” ~ The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley edited, with introduction, by Carlos Baker. http://www.ancient.eu/Prometheus/ “… Poetry strengthens the faculty which is the organ of the moral nature of man [imagination] in the same manner … Continue reading We can free Prometheus…ourselves !!

FLopside editorial confusion…

Even "more than asshole" people make some good points... global economy or USA economy... this is a complicated and tricky question. Agendas are secretive and sensitive, profitable to some, political, debatable, and this is a fucking sucky editorial. Taxes vs corporations, taxes vs "WE the people", cheep labor in other countries and empty streets, no work … Continue reading FLopside editorial confusion…

aimless shadow words

My mind challenges me all the time. It is an endless crematorium of my accomplishments or desires to create. I must say it is a blessing that something else, inside me, does not listen to these aimless shadow words. No matter how dark the shadow appears, I ascend to the light of the occasion to … Continue reading aimless shadow words

…reaky deaky…

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside I have never been a record collector. I did have a little cheap tape recorder. I would record the music I liked, taken from a radio program, and play it over and over again. I duct-taped that little recorder on my bike and would play … Continue reading …reaky deaky…

Seek and You Shall Find !!

California Yucca picture taken in the San Fernando Valley, 2009 “She would be my teacher, helping me to learn to shatter the mirrors of self-importance and to laugh at the expectations or projections that others send my way. It was OK to be me once more.” ~ South Shield, Sacred Path Cards, Jamie Sams, 1990. … Continue reading Seek and You Shall Find !!

Suicide Squirrels

Bless them wild suicide squirrels they got a death wish. I see them dance the Distortion Dance of Death. Spring is so sweet today. The air honeyed with nectar and the birds are singing. Life can be heavenly, but I never lose sight of the shadow. It is important to keep goodness and our shadows … Continue reading Suicide Squirrels

Irrelativity

"...Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! I find comment 'bout my looks irrelativity, Think I'll go and have some fun, 'Cos it's all for free. I'm not searching for a reason to enjoy myself...," - Yardbirds Had one of those dreams of being back at the scene of the 1980s. A club morphed into a Golden Voice … Continue reading Irrelativity

A Green Song

Big Ma Ma golden green Mantis is my love for nature and she knows me!! On the tree in front of my office she comes to visit. My favorite colors are green and purple. Green is my favorite of these two colors. I have a green Fiat, tennis shoes and denim style jacket. I have green … Continue reading A Green Song

The Purple Cow Resturant

The Purple Cow I never saw a Purple Cow,I never hope to see one,But I can tell you, anyhow,I’d rather see than be one! by Gelett BurgessOther poems of BURGESS (14) I remember her old hands, and the way she had to slide down the stairs at my parent's home. My mother kept a special dresser … Continue reading The Purple Cow Resturant

On my mind.

Oft' my WordPress shelf on this green day before the spring equinox I pull a picture down. A rendering I captured of Dad Glad I did... His birthday was on the 2nd of December his Death March 17th... three years now gone? Once a day of dancing and drinking has taken a different tone. Even through grief ...faded with time... … Continue reading On my mind.

Lynn, She’s not there.

"We can meet Cain, Judas and Lucifer by being aware of our own desires to be false and to betray, to kill our brother and to kill ourselves, that our kiss has death in it and that there is a piece of the soul that will live forever cast out from both human and heavenly company." ~ Pg. 169 … Continue reading Lynn, She’s not there.

two- Flopside’s flopping atomic bomb exploding radiation forming trash Juke Box

"I am a product of Los Angeles Country," says Mr. Fuck. "Been around. I was left on the doorstep of a record store head-shop in the San Fernando Valley. I teethed on vinyl and breathed in herbs with my milk as a babe." SOng ONe SOng Two "My best girl Lame Faced Doll says she loves the … Continue reading two- Flopside’s flopping atomic bomb exploding radiation forming trash Juke Box

Zigzagging Towards Water and Waves

If the sirens sang I would not be afraid Today I am one of them Where the moon Meets the sea Shell greets the rock The hills leap Arching rounded Zigzagging towards water and waves. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/state-of-mind

Ann’s Tango

I was looking for a poem and watercolor image from about 20 something years ago. I was scanning through boxes, books and plastic boxes for a rose and an owl image. I looked in my black portfolio art books too. I think I am going to have to go through the big plastic boxes in my … Continue reading Ann’s Tango

Denizens

Before, the X-Files and Ancient Aliens theorists, we were blessed with Jacques Vallee and Whitley Strieber. If you notice, these two characters are not mentioned these days. I even forget about their books on my bookshelves. What I like best about Vallee is his respect for oral tradition. As a scientist, an astrophysicist, he is … Continue reading Denizens

A full circle, Magazine and Fanzine Covers

Punk Rock Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside. 1984 to 2016…and beyond…LOL “Hudley.” “We were mocking the mockery before these guys and the Chili Peppers (who happened to be on the back page of Flipside # 43 that we were on the cover of)! Where do you think they got the idea?” ~ Eric VonArab … Continue reading A full circle, Magazine and Fanzine Covers

Prepare my own paints

Hudley The Jester 2006 “I have a different idea of elegance. I don’t dress like a fop, it’s true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, threadbare scruples, or an insult that I haven’t washed away. I’m always immaculately clean, adorned with independence and … Continue reading Prepare my own paints

The She-Wolf

“The same story was told of a certain Irish Tribe in Ossory, who became wolf-people when attending their Yuletide feast, devouring the flesh of cattle as wolves, and afterward regaining their human shape.” Romulus and Remus She Wolf (Ancient Rome) Myths, fairy tales, children’s stories and scary stories seem to be just that. Yet if … Continue reading The She-Wolf

It is ok !!

San Fernando Mission 2012, Photo taken By Shyane Cornell Being alive we are all touched by many things. Music especially moves me. It is a powerful touch! I like all types of music. But what really touches my soul, my human condition is Jazz. It touches me and pulls me in to a connection with … Continue reading It is ok !!