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 !!

SOYAL and Just Take Five….

SOYAL http://www.radioclash.com/archives/2005/12/19/bah-humbug/ Atheists, Winter Solstice celebrations, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Native Americans, Nova Romans, Wiccans, Neo-pagans, Zoroastrians... As a religious studies major the more, I study religions and their particular cultures the more I realize that the further back one goes in time to study these religions it all comes down to an image of … Continue reading SOYAL and Just Take Five….

Seldom Forgotten

"1940 is the year when we approach the meridian of the first star in Aquarius. It is the premonitory earthquake of the New Age." We see how Jung considered earthly occurrences in a cosmic context, with an eye toward the approach of the Age of Aquarius, which was supposed to come after the Age of … Continue reading Seldom Forgotten

Sociology of Punk Rock Presentation for Whittier College

Punk rock Memorial Day… this is one of my first presentations and it just happened to be at Whittier college. I presented this at Whittier College, a place that holds special significance, as it is in celebration of the very roots where Flipside was created and published. Nestled within the little sleepy town of Whittier, … Continue reading Sociology of Punk Rock Presentation for Whittier College

egos

I read in one of my books that shy and introverted people tend to blossom on the internet. Also that it is women over 40 that made the Kindle come alive and become so successful. I am part of those statistics and I don't mind. It is a vortex vertex... in and out. Taking it … Continue reading egos

All about A song ‘Tis the People

2015 Current Political Message from "we the people"... 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ~ Thomas Paine ** Tis the song that keeps on giving. Always fresh and always politically correct. The youthful beauty of … Continue reading All about A song ‘Tis the People

Generation songs…

"Without the awareness of the archetypal in the behavior which gives meaning to the madness, there is nothing left but the secular nomina of psychiatry and comparative sociology" ~James Hillman Watercolor by Hudley If one is caught in the 'worlds woe' and madness remember the above quote. And try to find out what it means. … Continue reading Generation songs…

A day In a Dame’s Life

Serenity, discernment and to know the difference. The Serenity Prayer God [Goddess] grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change;courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference. Our Kitty Flash Today I'm approaching this day not so personally or with much expectations! I've called on my visionary allies in … Continue reading A day In a Dame’s Life

Random Pick Book day is Sunday; “shape the raw creative vision.”

http://lakesarasota.blogspot.com/2009/08/water-moccasin-or-water-snake.htmlOn this Super Full Moon in Pisces where my emotions take over every little hair on my body. I think the long hand of mantis is pulling randomly. A green-golden flash pulls forth a book dusty on the shelve. Portraits and Observations The Essays of Truman Capote. The book is opened to A Voice from … Continue reading Random Pick Book day is Sunday; “shape the raw creative vision.”

Chaos’s beam of light too!

Random book day again is Sunday, but we know that Blue moon has spread her chaos on our life like mayonnaise on a crisp piece of toast. Crunchy and delicious....choke, choke cough; need some hot coffee to get it down. Ya you know what I'm talkin' bout !! So today I whirled around the living … Continue reading Chaos’s beam of light too!

Sunday Is Random pick and random read day….“gigs and flyers!”

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. ~Arthur Koestler Humid and a belly filled with coffee on a Sunday while kids are playing their games; I find that I am OK! I look to see that the cats are OK too. Youngest is silent as oldest is screaming at his friends as … Continue reading Sunday Is Random pick and random read day….“gigs and flyers!”

Book Reading of The Day Randomly, Every Sunday !!

Sunday hot Sunday is here. Too hot to handle and no fun at all so Mantis looked over to the nearest book on the nearest shelf. One that holds a few Rock & Roll numbers if only indirectly. A Gofuckyerself Press paperback book called MOSQUITOES & WHISKY by Chris Walter tumbled into the green claws. … Continue reading Book Reading of The Day Randomly, Every Sunday !!

The Most Interesting Woman Alive…

Medusa, she really ain’t no monster!!

Gorgon / Medusa figure, on a pot from the Aegean Island of Melos (4). CA. 1500 BCE. British Museum , London . ( Gimbutus 1989, p. 208, fig. 328) (3) The Perseus story was invented to account for the appearance of Medusa's face on Athene's Aegis (1), inherited from the pre-Hellenic period when Athene was … Continue reading Medusa, she really ain’t no monster!!

Noticing women

“(During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage) Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?' Mae West: 'On the contrary, your Honor, I was doin' my best to conceal it.’ ” ~ Mae West quotes Noticing women my age and what they are doing as I … Continue reading Noticing women

“The Electromagnetic Hypothesis of Olfaction”

Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant Hudley Flipside "What a wicked web we weave /When governments deceive/And I wanna believe....../I gotta believe/Conspiracy theory abound/But the truth is under ground,/I wanna believe I wanna believe/I gotta believe" ~ GBH I have a suspicion, and I believe that Colin Abrahall wrote the lyrics to the … Continue reading “The Electromagnetic Hypothesis of Olfaction”

Jean’s Sour Cream Beans

here was a woman in my mother's life. A girlfriend to her father. She was mentioned now and then, if only indirectly. This woman had a big influence in my life as well. My maternal grandmother died when my mother was young. Later came Jean who was my grandfather's longtime girlfriend. They never married. I … Continue reading Jean’s Sour Cream Beans