Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego
@gregoryego.bsky.social
Writer of articles, songs, a novel. Photographer. Denver, Colorado USA
Some of the 18 Book Covers for The late great author Robert Anton Wilson, that I designed for his daughters Publishing Company Hilaritas Press. I grew up in the 80's reading these books so when asked it was a no brainer. amoeba: www.theestateovcreation.com Hilaritas Press: www.hilaritaspress.com
"I learn about my environment by listening to KPFK." August 1965 ad in the Los Angeles Free Press...
While flipping through issues of underground papers like the Berkeley Barb, one encounters crass--sometimes amusing--illustrations within ads for sex businesses. This artwork stands out as the most fanciful I've seen. (Illustrator "RCM"?) From the Berkeley Barb, July 30-Aug. 5, 1976...
A Robert Mapplethorpe photo of woefully underappreciated poet and musician Barbara Barg (barbarabarg.com). The song "Zoom Golly" by Homer Erotic, featuring Barg on vocals: youtu.be/sKXHsbfaCbg
While flipping through issues of underground papers like the Berkeley Barb, one encounters crass--sometimes amusing--illustrations within ads for sex businesses. This artwork stands out as the most fanciful I've seen. (Illustrator "RCM"?) From the Berkeley Barb, July 30-Aug. 5, 1976...
"Move Over New York." Franken and Davis on the cover of the Los Angeles Free Press, August 1977. Article on "Compulsive Sex" in the same issue...
"Move Over New York." Franken and Davis on the cover of the Los Angeles Free Press, August 1977. Article on "Compulsive Sex" in the same issue...
The Odyssey of Peter Stampfel...With the Holy Modal Rounders' existence "tenuous" at best, Stampfel takes the stage with Antonia instead of Steve Weber. Broadside, August 4, 1965...
A Robert Mapplethorpe photo of woefully underappreciated poet and musician Barbara Barg (barbarabarg.com). The song "Zoom Golly" by Homer Erotic, featuring Barg on vocals: youtu.be/sKXHsbfaCbg
Sideways Zappa...Ad for Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention at UCLA, August 7, 1971. Cal Schenkel wacko artwork. From the Los Angeles Free Press...
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Resonance #18: A portrait of Denver late-80s fringe
By the mid-1980s, Denver was starting to get on the map for second- & third-tier touring bands, driven primarily by the string of label-supported New Wave and Post Punk bands booked into the Rainb...
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Getty@gettymuseum.bsky.social · 4d agoWhat's a surfboard doing in Getty's collection? 🏄♂️ gty.art/3RsDROQ Acquired in 2024 as part of Raymond Pettibon's extensive archive of drawings, skate decks, punk show flyers, and more, the surfboard illuminates the artist's Hermosa Beach roots and legacy of defiance.
"Black Sabbath are a little more violent than most groups who contend to play hard rock. Songs to them seem to be a series of riffs with words which only darken a bright day -- 'Paranoid.'" -- Jim Girard. From the Scene [Northern Ohio], July 1971...
Fee Waybill! Grace Slick! Chinga Chavin! Gay rights! Physical exercise! From the Berkeley Barb August 5-11, 1977...
The Odyssey of Peter Stampfel...With the Holy Modal Rounders' existence "tenuous" at best, Stampfel takes the stage with Antonia instead of Steve Weber. Broadside, August 4, 1965...
"And I always thought they were wimps." From the article "Meal and Melee Mark 10th Annual Krishna Festival." Berkeley Barb, July 30-Aug. 5, 1976...
It doesn't get much better than this — a thrilling CBGB double bill in the summer of ‘78: Richard Hell & the Voidoids and the Feelies. Listen in.
Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
Richard Hell & the Voidoids + The Feelies - CBGB, New York City, July 1 / July 2, 1978 We've been hanging out a lot at CBGB lately — and why not? It's a cool place to hang out. Today, we've got...
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Fee Waybill! Grace Slick! Chinga Chavin! Gay rights! Physical exercise! From the Berkeley Barb August 5-11, 1977...
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Two Punk Legends Help Revive a Cult Band’s Archive (Gift Article)
The Cramps introduced the world to “psychobilly” and turned Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye into fans. Now the duo is part of an effort to bring the music back.
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Mark Yarm@markyarm.bsky.social · 6d agoGood morning! For the @nytimes.com, I interviewed these two, plus Kid Congo Powers and more, for a story on the Cramps. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/a...
"And I always thought they were wimps." From the article "Meal and Melee Mark 10th Annual Krishna Festival." Berkeley Barb, July 30-Aug. 5, 1976...
I was supposed to see the Blue Angels when I was a kid. But a couple planes crashed and pilots died, so they cancelled... fighterjetsworld.com/air/blue-ang...
