Tattoo therapy

While at Sam Ash music store (RIP), to pick up some sheet music with youngest Son, a worker there said something to me, “Does that hurt?’ I looked down at my arm and held it as if to see if it did. I then remembered the tattoos there. “No!” “When you got them didn’t, … Continue reading Tattoo therapy

Now is the season of the peach blossoms

Walking into a dark tomb of betrayals and the unforgiven, she sweeps away dust from broken promises and looks through an ancient window at a vast wasteland. A pink light suddenly appears, full of warmth and rhythm, revealing a stage, a balance scale, and a strange God emerging from peach blossoms. Family, friends, and enemies … Continue reading Now is the season of the peach blossoms

Furlong Moll

She spent her time wrapped around wise guys or a big cheese bimbo.This is where she got her forecasts. Playing the races and ditching the dogs is where she was keen on...a real bearcat! Her tic-tack-toes pivoted the dance floor as she kicked her heals up. No panties yet lots of lace; pink, black and … Continue reading Furlong Moll

All about a song III

Mike Ness’s voice vibrates in that special part of my heart where youth affirms its hold on my yesterday. From punk on the street to a band of fame and glory. Stinky barf alleys, clubs, radio to free download to my website. Not just me but a handful, a scene, a generation. This song … Continue reading All about a song III

Intelligent life forms

Nature & humanity intelligence By Hudley Somatic Sophia “I have become so dense, so filled with information and thoughts and expectations, the natural world has a difficult time finding a way in.” ~ Pg 154 The Body and Movement In Analysis ~ Cedrus Monte While cleaning the garage out I focused on a perfect dandelion … Continue reading Intelligent life forms

All About A Song: Very Very, Wild Wild…

Hudley Flipside | Punk Rock Colleague • Historian • Archivist I resurrected this old post because it is a good story about the history of a song. As I am beholding to many. Posh Boy, Mike (ZED) and Steve (ZED), KROQ, Rodney Bingenheimer and the early Flipside Fanzine Crew and all of those nobody punks … Continue reading All About A Song: Very Very, Wild Wild…

Teaching Nature politics

Youngest son at the Museum Today I awoke with a lecture on my tongue. The kids are home on winter break. I am experiencing my normal winter blues. What came to mind was something a profession said to me years ago, "Don't take on someones else's karma." He is a Jungian therapist and Buddhist priest. … Continue reading Teaching Nature politics

Helen Wrote…about Dead Clubs!!

Hudley Flipside | Punk Rock Colleague • Historian • Archivist 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 … Continue reading Helen Wrote…about Dead Clubs!!

Hate talking

Recently in an interview. I was asked many questions about days long gone by. I found that one question, yes one, I responded to in a round about way. I found myself floating above my brain. Releasing words which were coming out of my mouth. I looked at the interviewer and he had an in-depth … Continue reading Hate talking

Tomorow is the last day of Ophiuchus

Nov./29 to December/17 He takes the venom of the snake to heal the evil darkness of the world. I known we need him around!! Public domain image.. Also known as Asclepias raised by Chiron. He is known as the Serpent Bearer, and the 13th constellation of the zodiac. Beliefs aside, astrologer, astronomer, mystic or atheist; he … Continue reading Tomorow is the last day of Ophiuchus

A desperate Woman… Sherlock Holmes !!

In Middle School, which we called Jr. High School in the 1970s, there was a teacher. The lights came on when I was in Jr. High School. Peer pressure was as two giant wedges clamping in on me. This teacher woke me up from the dreadful shadow world of bell bottoms and grunge looking guys. … Continue reading A desperate Woman… Sherlock Holmes !!

“Life is too short…” I’ll find myself some wings!”

Mantis Pledge"However the psychology of the individual corresponded to the psychology of the nation, and only the transformation of the attitude of the individual could bring about cultural renewal" ~ Jung Getting older makes time faster. Cars seem to race around the neighborhood faster. Red fire trucks, and alarms ringing, race faster. Around and around … Continue reading “Life is too short…” I’ll find myself some wings!”

“unreal reality”

Astrological Reading for October...via a Few quotes of "Abraxas" Pluto is beyond any ego and does remarkable things and 'not so good' things... "This is a god whom ye knew not, for mankind forgot it. We name it by its name Abraxas. It is more indefinite still than god and devil." “…we name god Helios … Continue reading “unreal reality”

Attribution to the Dead and their whispers of life !

Hudley Art Having a romp with your man the night before, and driving on a foggy morning the next day while listening to Jazz; takes orgasm to a whole new level!! Time can be very strategic!! Life more precious as loved ones fade into the dark unknown. Courting the underworld and also that dark place … Continue reading Attribution to the Dead and their whispers of life !

Pushing the envelope !!

I look back on this adventure and it was a time of remarkable change for many of us... as a woman it was for me. “I am struck by the fact that more than 50 million women will have achieved menopause by 2013.” ~ Susun S. Weed "Plan B" Haggus Society opening reception as artists … Continue reading Pushing the envelope !!

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 Worthy Life

"Heads Will Roll" Coagula Curatorial Curated by Kelly Tompson Reception 974 Chung King Rd. Los Angeles This consciousness simply happens--as moments of synchronicity happen, as symbol happen...We know from both Plato and Jung thit its health is its psychological integrity and that eros is the integration factor which binds, holds together, and conjoins opposites" … Continue reading A Worthy Life