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...
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"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 · yesterdayGood 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...
Psychopathia Sexualis by Lenny Bruce youtu.be/uTB8LYisi60 Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, who passed on this date in 1966.
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Not exactly "Banned in Boston." More like "Busted in Denver"...San Francisco Mime Troupe members arrested in Mile High City after a performance in 1966. From the Rocky Mountain Collegian (CSU Fort Collins), September 29, 1966...
A school district spokeswoman in Colorado has an amusing and probably fairly accurate slide show presentation that likens reporters to cats. The Durango Herald covered it and how reporters navigate PIOs, spokespeople, comms pros, and spin doctors these days: www.durangoherald.com/articles/new...
Houston, we have a Rahsaan...Rahsaan Roland Kirk at LaBastille in Houston, August 3-12 1972:
If you're a Warren Zevon fan you'll know that his favourite crime writer Ross McDonald visited him when he was in the dregs of addiction to give him a pep talk but this account of their meeting is a rivetting & haunting read that adds mystery to the anecdote: kevin6ca.substack.com/p/lew-archer...
LEW ARCHER AND THE EXCITABLE BOY
Earlier this year I read two excellent crime novels written by Newton Thornburg – To Die in California (1973) and Cutter and Bone (1976) – both of them set in Santa Barbara, California.
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Head (shop) on over! A psychedelic Oat Willie's ad from August 1969 in Austin's underground paper the Rag (perhaps before they began incorporating cartoon characters in their promotions)...
GREGORY EGO'S PHOTOS: "If today's your birthday"...you might have been Jerry Garcia or Jim Carroll. Who knew they shared the same month and day? (For Deadheads: McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, 12/1/92. For Jim Carroll aficionados: Lions Lair, Denver, 8/20/02.)
𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬! 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬! Just what the hell was Nixon building at the White House!? August 1, 1972: 54 non-unionized years ago...Nixon welcomed the Carpenters to the White House.
"Devo Summer Fashions." From Damage, August/September 1979:
John Lee Hooker in conversation with Studs Terkel studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/joh... BROADCAST: Oct. 21, 1971 DURATION: 00:31:50
"Warning: Choking Hazard." Yeah, I almost get the tiny ball into the 50, but I choke and only wind up with 10 points...
