Tag Archives: Tom Robbins
Cowpunkgirl Blues
Trying to sneak in a few more birthday notices before the year’s up, 2016 marks the 40th birthday of Tom Robbins’ Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. It’s also the 30th birthday of John Cale’s third album which borrowed its title from Robbins’ novel. Cale’s Cowgirls is a live record/time capsule that captures the New York [...]
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Tagged CBGB, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, John Cale, New York, Patti Smith Group, punk, Tom Robbins
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Tom Robbins on the Moon
They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps, and according to author Tom Robbins’ Wiki page, he’s kept his company very well, indeed… Robbins was a friend of Terence McKenna,[20] whose influence appears evident in a couple of his books. A main character (Larry Diamond) in Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas [...]
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Tagged LSD, memoir, Terence Mckenna, The Purpose of the Moon, Tibetan Peach Pie, Timothy Leary, Tom Robbins
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