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author of “Allen Ginsberg: Material Wealth”and “Listen Whitey! Sounds of Black Power” and “Did It! Jerry Rubin” - reissue producer / liner note writer for Fire Records

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · Apr 18

I have a new book coming via Fantagraphics Press - a visual & oral history of Barney Rosset - Grove Press - Evergreen Review magazine 1957-1973:Bernadette Devlin, Germaine Greer, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Amiri Baraka, Eldridge Cleaver, Tim Leary, Dennis Hopper, Jean Genet, etc

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 5h

48 years ago today -
this changed my world -
then I went back and heard Low
this particular LP used
Bowie, Eno, Fripp and Visconti skills perfectly
later I heard La Düsseldorf, Neu, Cluster
and realized where David picked up a few tricks - nevertheless, this is its own genius

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 7h

Last night in London
‘Famous James’ of the Waterboys played keyboards all night in tribute to Bob Andrews of The Rumour

Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 22h

Chatting with Graham Parker about Kerouac and Ginsberg - he’s a big fan

Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 23h

Graham Parker, Brinsley Schwartz, Martin Belmont, Nick Lowe, Famous James, et al at a soundcheck they’re doing for a gig this evening

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 1d

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mcpeakes will ya go lassie go

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 1d

“The first soul music I heard was the McPeake Family” - Van Morrison

Listen to the link below in comments

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 1d

43 years ago this month, ‘Wild Things Run Fast’ was released. An extremely underrated album - long overdue for fresh praise.

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats

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Bob Dylan with Dennis Hopper, Arlo Guthrie, Melvin Van Peebles, Melanie and Dave Van Ronk at a concert for Chilean President Salvador Allende and Victor Jara, NYC, 1974.
photo by Ray Stubblebine.

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 2d

Three years ago today,
Standing at the actual site of Bloody Sunday -
very moving museum here - reminded me of visiting Kent State

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Ah, ugh

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She’s gone…..

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50 years ago today
First ever episode

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I like to dream,
Right between the sound machine
On a cloud of sound I drift in the night
Any place it goes is right

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Eldridge Cleaver and His Wife, Kathleen, Algeria, 1970⁠

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 3d

We all know Danny Goldberg for his remarkable music business trajectory - but last night at Book Soup, it was about something more important- his social justice / civil liberties work!
An educational and inspiring discussion.
Catch him in NYC and DC soon