Dean Jeffrey
@deanjeffrey.bsky.social
Pics of folk art, Americana, and abandonment. And sometimes my cat.
Really digging the reissue of the Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight, especially "Queen of Eyes," where they damn near out-Byrds the Byrds. #softboys #robynhitchcock
The Queen Of Eyes (2025 Remaster), by The Soft Boys
from the album Underwater Moonlight (45th ANNIVERSARY REMASTER)
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October 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Really digging the reissue of the Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight, especially "Queen of Eyes," where they damn near out-Byrds the Byrds. #softboys #robynhitchcock
Trying times, I know, but Happy Dock Ellis Day to all those who celebrate. #DockEllis #LSDNoNo
No Mas Presents: Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden
YouTube video by Victory Journal
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June 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Trying times, I know, but Happy Dock Ellis Day to all those who celebrate. #DockEllis #LSDNoNo
RIP David Thomas of Pere Ubu. Here's one of my faves performed by a combo of Pere Ubu and the David Letterman house band in 1991. #PereUbu #DavidThomas youtu.be/az5hpBtjEbo?...
Pere Ubu Oh Catherine Live
YouTube video by CheeseFoodProduct
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April 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
RIP David Thomas of Pere Ubu. Here's one of my faves performed by a combo of Pere Ubu and the David Letterman house band in 1991. #PereUbu #DavidThomas youtu.be/az5hpBtjEbo?...
Belated tribute to Clem Burke, one of the coolest drummers ever, from the Plimsouls 1998 comeback album, featuring, as Peter says, "Clem Burke going crazy on drums." #ClemBurke #Plimsouls #PeterCase
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The Plimsouls, Playing With Jack, featuring Clem Burke.
Davido, Eddie and I, with Clem Burke going crazy on drums. The Williams Brothers, Andrew and David, sing backups, the way they did on the original A Million Miles Away. Ethan Johns, (son of Glyn) e…
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April 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Belated tribute to Clem Burke, one of the coolest drummers ever, from the Plimsouls 1998 comeback album, featuring, as Peter says, "Clem Burke going crazy on drums." #ClemBurke #Plimsouls #PeterCase
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Thelonious Monk mural in Rocky Mount, NC, Monk’s birthplace. Put up in 2020 as part of a continuing series of murals of North Carolina musicians. #TheloniousMonk #NorthCarolina
April 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Thelonious Monk mural in Rocky Mount, NC, Monk’s birthplace. Put up in 2020 as part of a continuing series of murals of North Carolina musicians. #TheloniousMonk #NorthCarolina
I got to see Rockpile twice, I've heard a lot of live tapes, and I've seen a ton of videos, but my god, I don't think I've ever heard them sound this great. Dig especially "Switchboard Susan." Go Terry Williams! #rockpile #nicklowe #daveedmunds www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kSI...
Rockpile - Live At Rockpalast 1980 (Full Concert Video)
YouTube video by Repertoire Records
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March 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I got to see Rockpile twice, I've heard a lot of live tapes, and I've seen a ton of videos, but my god, I don't think I've ever heard them sound this great. Dig especially "Switchboard Susan." Go Terry Williams! #rockpile #nicklowe #daveedmunds www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kSI...
Happiest of birthdays to Robyn Hitchcock. I loved his book 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left. Mostly an evocative memoir of his boarding school days and his concurrent discovery of the pop music of the time. The couple of cameos by Brian Eno are particularly amusing.
March 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Happiest of birthdays to Robyn Hitchcock. I loved his book 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left. Mostly an evocative memoir of his boarding school days and his concurrent discovery of the pop music of the time. The couple of cameos by Brian Eno are particularly amusing.
I have one of those annoying car/iPhone combos where every time I reconnect the phone, it reverts my playlist to the first song alphabetically. Super glad I put Robyn Hitchcock's Black Snake Diamond Role on my phone, because now, at least, I get to start each day with the song "Acid Bird."
March 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I have one of those annoying car/iPhone combos where every time I reconnect the phone, it reverts my playlist to the first song alphabetically. Super glad I put Robyn Hitchcock's Black Snake Diamond Role on my phone, because now, at least, I get to start each day with the song "Acid Bird."
So sorry to hear that the last Doll has left the stage. I got to see the New York Dolls exactly once, at Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on Friday, Dec. 14, 1973. Pic below on the cover of Hype fanzine is from that show. RIP David Johansen.
March 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So sorry to hear that the last Doll has left the stage. I got to see the New York Dolls exactly once, at Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on Friday, Dec. 14, 1973. Pic below on the cover of Hype fanzine is from that show. RIP David Johansen.
Elizabeth Cotten mural in Durham, NC, Cotten’s birthplace. Part of a series of murals of North Carolina musicians. A left-handed and self-taught guitarist and songwriter, Cotten performed at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival and won a Grammy in 1984 at the age of 91.
#ElizabethCotten #NorthCarolina
#ElizabethCotten #NorthCarolina
February 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Elizabeth Cotten mural in Durham, NC, Cotten’s birthplace. Part of a series of murals of North Carolina musicians. A left-handed and self-taught guitarist and songwriter, Cotten performed at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival and won a Grammy in 1984 at the age of 91.
#ElizabethCotten #NorthCarolina
#ElizabethCotten #NorthCarolina
Betty Davis mural in Durham, NC, Davis’s birthplace. Put up in 2020 in the UHill Walls project and as part of a continuing series of murals of North Carolina musicians.
#BettyDavis #NorthCarolina
#BettyDavis #NorthCarolina
February 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Betty Davis mural in Durham, NC, Davis’s birthplace. Put up in 2020 in the UHill Walls project and as part of a continuing series of murals of North Carolina musicians.
#BettyDavis #NorthCarolina
#BettyDavis #NorthCarolina
John Coltrane mural on the back wall of what was once the Hamlet Theatre in Hamlet, NC, Coltrane’s birthplace. Based on a photograph by Chuck Stewart and completed in 2020. The first of a continuing series of murals of North Carolina musicians.
#JohnColtrane #NorthCarolina
#JohnColtrane #NorthCarolina
February 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
John Coltrane mural on the back wall of what was once the Hamlet Theatre in Hamlet, NC, Coltrane’s birthplace. Based on a photograph by Chuck Stewart and completed in 2020. The first of a continuing series of murals of North Carolina musicians.
#JohnColtrane #NorthCarolina
#JohnColtrane #NorthCarolina
In the 70s and 80s South, my subscription to the Village Voice was a lifeline to the real world. The recent deaths of editor David Schneiderman and artist Jules Feiffer reminded me there’s an oral history of the Voice by Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social. Really looking forward to reading this.
January 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In the 70s and 80s South, my subscription to the Village Voice was a lifeline to the real world. The recent deaths of editor David Schneiderman and artist Jules Feiffer reminded me there’s an oral history of the Voice by Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social. Really looking forward to reading this.
Because nothing says Happy Holidays! like a giant aluminum dinosaur skeleton covered in Christmas lights. At Benton & Sons Fabrication in Pikeville, NC.
December 25, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Because nothing says Happy Holidays! like a giant aluminum dinosaur skeleton covered in Christmas lights. At Benton & Sons Fabrication in Pikeville, NC.
The Lamar Theater in Memphis appears briefly in the 1989 Jim Jarmusch film "Mystery Train." It's also where a print of "Deep Throat" was seized, leading to Harry Reems' 1976 federal obscenity conviction (which was reversed the following year). #memphis #mysterytrain #deepthroat
December 15, 2024 at 6:08 PM
The Lamar Theater in Memphis appears briefly in the 1989 Jim Jarmusch film "Mystery Train." It's also where a print of "Deep Throat" was seized, leading to Harry Reems' 1976 federal obscenity conviction (which was reversed the following year). #memphis #mysterytrain #deepthroat
Painting by Lamar Sorrento. Part of the Big Star tribute wall at Mortimer's, the Memphis restaurant opened by Chris Bell's sister Sara in 1981. #bigstar #lamarsorrento #chrisbell #alexchilton
December 11, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Painting by Lamar Sorrento. Part of the Big Star tribute wall at Mortimer's, the Memphis restaurant opened by Chris Bell's sister Sara in 1981. #bigstar #lamarsorrento #chrisbell #alexchilton
A 12-foot tall concrete dog at George Morris's Gotno Farm, a now sadly demolished folk art environment in Raleigh. The dog statue was saved and is now out behind the offices of Preservation NC. As far as I know, the rest of Morris's sculptures were trashed.
November 24, 2024 at 6:53 PM
A 12-foot tall concrete dog at George Morris's Gotno Farm, a now sadly demolished folk art environment in Raleigh. The dog statue was saved and is now out behind the offices of Preservation NC. As far as I know, the rest of Morris's sculptures were trashed.
When I adopted Johnny, the rescue said he was a female senior cat. His first vet visit confirmed that he wasn't, in fact, female. His subsequent behavior has convinced me that he's not old, either. Now I don't even think he's a cat. Not afraid of the vacuum cleaner.
November 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM
When I adopted Johnny, the rescue said he was a female senior cat. His first vet visit confirmed that he wasn't, in fact, female. His subsequent behavior has convinced me that he's not old, either. Now I don't even think he's a cat. Not afraid of the vacuum cleaner.
Roadside sign by coal miner turned evangelical folk artist Harrison Mayes. The other side of the sign says, "Prepare to meet God." On old Route 1 near Moncure, NC
November 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Roadside sign by coal miner turned evangelical folk artist Harrison Mayes. The other side of the sign says, "Prepare to meet God." On old Route 1 near Moncure, NC
When I adopted Maryanne, the rescue listed her as a senior female from a hoarder situation. At her first vet appt the doc looked at her tail end longer than expected before saying "Maryanne's a boy. She has a penis but no testicles so was fixed." Now his name is Johnny. Short for Johnson, of course.
November 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM
When I adopted Maryanne, the rescue listed her as a senior female from a hoarder situation. At her first vet appt the doc looked at her tail end longer than expected before saying "Maryanne's a boy. She has a penis but no testicles so was fixed." Now his name is Johnny. Short for Johnson, of course.
When I moved to NC in 1997, the triumvirate of folks artists, at least as far as I was concerned, was Vollis Simpson, Henry Warren, and Clyde Jones. Only Clyde is still with us, and he's definitely slowed down. But most yards in his town of Bynum have at least one of his chainsaw-carved critters.
November 20, 2024 at 2:50 PM
When I moved to NC in 1997, the triumvirate of folks artists, at least as far as I was concerned, was Vollis Simpson, Henry Warren, and Clyde Jones. Only Clyde is still with us, and he's definitely slowed down. But most yards in his town of Bynum have at least one of his chainsaw-carved critters.
Another reason to live in (or visit) North Carolina—the towering folk art whirligigs in downtown Wilson built by Vollis Simpson, some up to 60 feet tall. They used to be in a pasture next to Simpson's house in nearby rural Lucama but were moved to Wilson beginning in 2000.
November 19, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Another reason to live in (or visit) North Carolina—the towering folk art whirligigs in downtown Wilson built by Vollis Simpson, some up to 60 feet tall. They used to be in a pasture next to Simpson's house in nearby rural Lucama but were moved to Wilson beginning in 2000.
One of the things I love most about North Carolina—all of the folk art (or outsider art or whatever you want to call it). This is Shangri-La, a miniature stone village of 27 structures built by Henry Warren between 1968 and 1977.
November 18, 2024 at 12:07 AM
One of the things I love most about North Carolina—all of the folk art (or outsider art or whatever you want to call it). This is Shangri-La, a miniature stone village of 27 structures built by Henry Warren between 1968 and 1977.