Stephen K. Peeples Productions

09/20/2024

Wonder if anyone will see this if I don't buy an ad.

Here's a list of memorable music that has enriched my existence in my time on this planet, or at least from 1951 to 2020.

09/18/2024

The late great Merry Prankster Ken Kesey was born on this day 1935 in La Junta Colorado. Probably best known for is novel “One Flew over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” it was his legendary Acid Test parties down the SF peninsula in La Honda with the house band The Warlocks which he and fellow pranksters hosted after their return from the cross country trip on their dayglo painted school bus called “Furthur” (popularized in Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test), that solidly launched the psychedelic 60s. The Warlocks in short order would change their name to the Grateful Dead...

Ken Kesey on Allen Ginsberg:
“Back in (19)66 or (19)67, we took the bus up to Berkeley for Vietnam Day. The day before the big rally, the Hell’s Angels said they were going to protest Vietnam Day by pounding the s**t out of the protestors, and they were serious. Since we kind of knew the Angels, we went over to Oakland, to Sonny Barger‘s house. Ginsberg went with us, right into the lion’s mouth with his little cymbals. Ching, ching ching. And he just kept talking and being his usual absorbing self. Finally they said, “OK, OK, We’re not going to beat up the protesters’. When he left, one of the Angels, Terry the Tramp, says, “That q***r little k**e ought to ride a bike. From then on, he had a pass around the Angels. They had let all the other Angels know. “He’s a dude worth helping out”. They were absolutely impressed by him and his courage.”

(photo: Ken Kesey, New York City, November 1985, by Allen Ginsberg)

***rdeadheads

09/06/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAD!!! Henry Diltz Photography Henry Diltz Here's the online edition of "Unpainted Faces," his book of B&W classics from 2011, which includes by bio of and Q&A with Henry.

Henry Diltz, the official photographer at Monterey Pop and Woodstock, talks about "Unpainted Faces," his book of iconic black & white photos.

09/03/2024

On 9/4, 1980, Tom Waits and Elektra/Asylum's new editorial director sat down in his "One From the Heart" writing room at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios to talk about his new album, "Heartattack and Vine," with Henry Diltz and his camera casually capturing the scene.

Stephen K. Peeples conducted a Tom Waits interview about "Heartattack and Vine" on the set of "One from the Heart" at Zoetrope Sept. 4, 1980.

08/31/2024

So in 5 minutes on Faceplant, I have been tagged in 3 tshirt offers, one for a car, another for a tiny house. There are a dozen friend requests from people I don't know and I'm not accepting anyone because they look sketchy. Yesterday I saw a crypto plug on a friend's site, and called him (remember talking to people on the phone?), and he told me his entire profile got cloned, FB ignored him, he's hired an attorney and they've contacted the FBI, but no action. Bots are blocking perfectly innocent posts and the bad s**t runs rampant. FB chokes my posts linking to stories on my website because I don't buy ads. About done.

08/31/2024

Unboxing Vol. III:

NYA contains the complete archives of Neil Young. The site is designed for a chronological exploration of artist output including music, books, films, & videos. Music is streamed in high-res with Xstream by NYA. A living document, NYA is always being updated with new information, content and news.

08/25/2024

My friend Todd Everett's Faceplant account has been hacked. He's not selling anything. This platform is wack.

08/15/2024

Just posted:

A 50th anniversary reissue of the eponymous 1974 debut album by Bob Neuwirth will be reissued on vinyl and CD on Sept. 27, 2024.

07/12/2024

woo-woo!

Mick Jagger no longer sings a sinister lyric from “Sympathy for the Devil.” Why not?

07/11/2024

After nearly 20 years as The Signal’s award-winning chief photojournalist and photo editor, Dan Watson officially retired on Saturday, June 15, and the Santa Clarita City Council and the SCV Press Club marked the milestone at City Hall on Tuesday night. Story by Stephen K. Peeples, former Signal staff writer and online editor (front page and A3).

City Council honors his two decades covering the community By Stephen K. Peeples For The Signal After nearly 20 years as The Signal’s award-winning chief photojournalist and photo editor, Dan Watson […]

06/28/2024

The night after Kinky Friedman finished recording “The Loneliest Man I Ever Met,” between the epic floods of spring 2015, the Texas-based singer-songwriter, humorist, entrepreneur, and raconteur played the rough mixes for a couple of visitors to Echo Hill -- Boyd Elder Artlaw and me.

Texas singer-songwriter Kinky Friedman lands at McCabe's in Santa Monica on tour backing his new album, 'The Loneliest Man I ever Met.'