Pat Thomas author
@patthomashistorian.bsky.social
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
- reissue producer / liner note writer for
Fire Records
Pinned
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
Sally Kirkland has left the earth
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sally Kirkland has left the earth
Mr. McCleery: You're not one of those agitators?
Benjamin: What?
Mr. McCleery: One of those outside agitators?
Benjamin: Oh no.
Mr. McCleery: I hate that. I won't stand for it.
Benjamin: What?
Mr. McCleery: One of those outside agitators?
Benjamin: Oh no.
Mr. McCleery: I hate that. I won't stand for it.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mr. McCleery: You're not one of those agitators?
Benjamin: What?
Mr. McCleery: One of those outside agitators?
Benjamin: Oh no.
Mr. McCleery: I hate that. I won't stand for it.
Benjamin: What?
Mr. McCleery: One of those outside agitators?
Benjamin: Oh no.
Mr. McCleery: I hate that. I won't stand for it.
One year ago today:
Lou Donaldson has died - I got his 1969 album Say It Loud! released on CD for the first time - Recorded for Blue Note with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist Jimmy Ponder, organist Charles Earland and drummer Leo Morris, the five songs on Say It Loud! are dynamically delicious
Lou Donaldson has died - I got his 1969 album Say It Loud! released on CD for the first time - Recorded for Blue Note with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist Jimmy Ponder, organist Charles Earland and drummer Leo Morris, the five songs on Say It Loud! are dynamically delicious
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One year ago today:
Lou Donaldson has died - I got his 1969 album Say It Loud! released on CD for the first time - Recorded for Blue Note with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist Jimmy Ponder, organist Charles Earland and drummer Leo Morris, the five songs on Say It Loud! are dynamically delicious
Lou Donaldson has died - I got his 1969 album Say It Loud! released on CD for the first time - Recorded for Blue Note with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist Jimmy Ponder, organist Charles Earland and drummer Leo Morris, the five songs on Say It Loud! are dynamically delicious
Only you know and I know
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Only you know and I know
Bobby Seale told me this many times -
I knew and embraced exactly what he meant
I knew and embraced exactly what he meant
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Bobby Seale told me this many times -
I knew and embraced exactly what he meant
I knew and embraced exactly what he meant
While discussing Allen Ginsberg’s iconic poem HOWL at City Lights books last week - I mentioned this album was one of its descendants
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
While discussing Allen Ginsberg’s iconic poem HOWL at City Lights books last week - I mentioned this album was one of its descendants
Muscle Shoals, Fame, Criteria
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Muscle Shoals, Fame, Criteria
November 9th, 1969
Rolling Stones
Oakland, California
Rolling Stones
Oakland, California
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
November 9th, 1969
Rolling Stones
Oakland, California
Rolling Stones
Oakland, California
Ad in the Village Voice, Sept. 24, 1970:
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Ad in the Village Voice, Sept. 24, 1970:
Backstage at the Last Waltz
Van Morrison consults with Robbie Robertson
Van Morrison consults with Robbie Robertson
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Backstage at the Last Waltz
Van Morrison consults with Robbie Robertson
Van Morrison consults with Robbie Robertson
Rob Stoner says:
Fifty years ago today we filmed scenes for Renaldo & Clara at the Dream Away Lodge in Becket, Massachusetts
Ken Regan photo
Fifty years ago today we filmed scenes for Renaldo & Clara at the Dream Away Lodge in Becket, Massachusetts
Ken Regan photo
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rob Stoner says:
Fifty years ago today we filmed scenes for Renaldo & Clara at the Dream Away Lodge in Becket, Massachusetts
Ken Regan photo
Fifty years ago today we filmed scenes for Renaldo & Clara at the Dream Away Lodge in Becket, Massachusetts
Ken Regan photo
“Let me sleep all night in your Soul Kitchen”
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Let me sleep all night in your Soul Kitchen”
What a journey its been from meeting Allen Ginsberg as a young nerd decades ago - to being a key part of keeping his legacy alive - tonight, I’ll be leading a team of merry pranksters at City Lights books discussing the 70th anniversary of the iconic poem HOWL.
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What a journey its been from meeting Allen Ginsberg as a young nerd decades ago - to being a key part of keeping his legacy alive - tonight, I’ll be leading a team of merry pranksters at City Lights books discussing the 70th anniversary of the iconic poem HOWL.
“Remember always, that most of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Remember always, that most of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Remember how the man used to leave you empty handed
always let you down - Remember when you were small
how people seemed so tall, always had their way
Remember, The Fifth of November!"
always let you down - Remember when you were small
how people seemed so tall, always had their way
Remember, The Fifth of November!"
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Remember how the man used to leave you empty handed
always let you down - Remember when you were small
how people seemed so tall, always had their way
Remember, The Fifth of November!"
always let you down - Remember when you were small
how people seemed so tall, always had their way
Remember, The Fifth of November!"
At times like this,
I miss Walter Cronkite
I miss Walter Cronkite
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
At times like this,
I miss Walter Cronkite
I miss Walter Cronkite
