Gary Lachman - Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult https://www.patreon.com/posts/gary-lachman-by-139935811 A memoir of magic, rock and roll, and becoming who you are • Traces the author’s journey from bassist and founding member of Blondie to writer on consciousness and the esoteric tradition • Explores his involvement in Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way, Crowley’s Thelema, and his relationship with the bestselling author Colin Wilson • Reveals how an early love of comic books, science fiction, and fantasy led him to the esoteric tradition Not many members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are also recognized authorities on the western inner tradition. Gary Lachman is. In 1978, Blondie released the top-ten hit, “(I am Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear.” Gary Lachman (then Gary Valentine) had written the song for his girlfriend after the series of shared dreams and telepathic experiences they had. Thus started his life-long obsession with the potentials of consciousness. In this memoir, Gary recounts how he went from being a successful rock and roller to a writer on consciousness and the western inner tradition. He shares encounters with rockers such as the Ramones, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and also Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg. Living with Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein on New York’s Bowery, a block from the birthplace of punk rock, CBGB, Gary discovered occultism via a follower of Aleister Crowley. Post rock and roll, Gary’s occult studies brought him to the Golden Dawn, Manly P. Hall, Gnosticism, and a stint in Crowley’s O.T.O. He details his time in the Fourth Way, including a visit to the site of Gurdjieff’s Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France, and his years studying philosophy and literature and working as a Science Writer, while managing a famous metaphysical bookshop at the height of the New Age. Excursions to Stonehenge, Avebury, and Glastonbury in search of ley lines, and pilgrimages to Colin Wilson’s home in Cornwall, are a few of the highlights of this introspective, humorous account of a nascent writer’s struggle from rock and roll to individuation.https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DSV388DQ?s=amazon-pharmacy&keywords=gary+lachman&dib_tag=se&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&language=en_US&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ajVnikZk1ASD2hB_yHGOgRG_r4K8f8taQBQ0HwerNGR8hsoBx-57ZOXf2sRbxjQz8yA30dx2n31MJf3TzM5jNHz-qQOTv9LS6Ga-ShpN_BxrjY5h5PUB8HjlPCT0q0ofkNxp9ODOz-g69c7C0iXoNyRbkTSLhqE4J03_9JfWywRUIaJML6mHFvns8RuWWgqFAW-MZrgn-deX2Vp7Q07ebIYjNTFRcqnCHIFMScHYZ5s.iLrGGK9ug-lzo6k_YYa2AjrvERIc3A9tgEOGKmMw1kI&sr=1-1&linkCode=gg2&linkId=6aef75cf230578f430e169ea896108b9&tag=theopprep-20

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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 26, 1936.
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Project Renewal holding a community meeting on the Bowery tomorrow night EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City.

The #ProjectRenewal #KentonHallShelter at 333 #Bowery, which will replace the #AFICShelter for adult families, is shown here.
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Instead, intake for single men will move to the #ThirdStreetShelter at 8 E. 3rd (where it used to be before Bellevue), and for adult families to #KentonHall at 333 #Bowery.

Theater Review (NYC): ‘Silver Manhattan’ – Jesse Malin Rocks in His Off-Broadway Debut - Blogcritics The Bowery today isn't what it was in the grubby halcyon days of the '70s and '80s. CBGB is long gon

Theater Review (NYC): ‘Silver Manhattan’ – Jesse Malin Rocks in His Off-Broadway Debut. "In this autobiographical musical... the music and the narrative combine to clutch at the soul." Jon Sobel has our review:
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Tattoo Flash By Ed Smith Bowery NYC, Liberty (1910s)...
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CBGB Toilet – An unforgettable, glorified place 🫣

Photo by Chris Stein, late October 2006, two weeks after the club's final closure and the start of demolition work.

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In #FEBRUARY 1910
Breadline in the bowery, February 1910.
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Photograph by George Grantham Bain (1865-1944)
George Bain Collection/LOC.

Ace Harlyn Original 1940s Vintage Bowery Tattoo Flash Sheet...
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Ace Harlyn Original 1940s Vintage Bowery Tattoo Flash Sheet...
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Ace Harlyn Original 1940s Vintage Bowery Tattoo Flash Sheet...
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Daytime scene on a cold winter day on a street in a large city, facing a residential neighborhood with vacant lots at the end of the block; the surrounding buildings, most of them residential and former tenement buildings, are thoroughly covered in graffiti throw-ups - some of which are very old; graffiti writers from today and yesterday coexist on the walls, including "CNONE", "WAYDA", and "Dipset" (perhaps linked to the Harlem collective "The Diplomats" from the late nineties and early two-thousands); several pedestrians walk down the sidewalk, oddly all walking north, bundled up against the cold weather; a thin veil of clouds is moving across the bright blue sky.

New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
36°F (2° C), partly cloudy.
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Daytime scene on a sidewalk in a large city, facing a long wall of storefront - all for the same small business; the appliance retailer has been in business for one hundred and eight years and, although it is outside of business hours and most of the rollup cages are shut, it has a beautiful array of vintage signs all across its extra large storefront; most of the signs say "Gringer", the store's name, but others advertise that they offer General Electric brand appliances like "air conditioners" and "color TVs"; above the store, the wall of the building is covered with metal fire escapes.

Daytime scene on a sidewalk in a large city, facing a storefront for a small business; the appliance retailer has been in business for one hundred and eight years and, although it is outside of business hours and most of the rollup cages are shut, it has a beautiful array of vintage signs all across its extra large storefront; most of the signs say "Gringer", the store's name, but others advertise that they offer General Electric brand appliances like "air conditioners" and "color TVs"; this section of storefront has some large words painted on the metal rollup door - "YORKERS" and "DONT" - presumably part of some larger message; above the store, the wall of the building is covered with metal fire escapes.

New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
47°F (8° C), partly cloudy.
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Daytime scene on a cloudy winter day in a large city, facing across a narrow, busy street where there is a traffic jam; on the other side, past the cars, taxi cabs, and buses, a group of old buildings of various ages and styles stands against the gray sky; mostly built of bricks, none of the buildings are particularly large, but the tallest one stands out because of a beautiful and colorful graffiti throw taking up the entire width of the building - about twenty metres; the throw is yellow outlined in purple and has a design reminiscent of the Wild Style - with the sharp angles and unique approach to connecting the letters.

New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
51°F (11° C), cloudy.
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Daytime scene on a street corner in a large city, facing toward the opposite corner where a brick, mid-rise, mixed-use building that is covered with a variety of graffiti; some of the graffiti appears very old and features writers such as Onone, Wiz, and Jet, all of whom were writing since long time ago; at the ground level of this building there is a popular nursery, Da Hing Florist; the nursery is open, but in this scene they look closed because all of the glass enclosure is shut because it is a bit cold out; down the street, there is a small, bright yellow building that is an authentic Chinese restaurant; although this is not "officially" Chinatown, it is close enough, just not as congested; the sky in the distance is blue with some passing clouds which would soon be replaced by many more clouds.

New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
47°F (8° C), partly cloudy.
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Apache Harry (Harry Allen Warren), Another Bowery Tattoo Artist. 1937 Magazine Shot...
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Daytime scene in the Little Italy neighborhood of a large city, facing upward from the street level toward the top of a large, historical landmark building; the neoclassical architecture of the now defunct Bowery Savings Bank is clad in Indiana limestone and features among its many details a pediment sculpture couple of sexy ladies accompanied by their miniature lion pets, and a large clock that does not work at all; across the frieze of the abandoned national and city landmark, some graffiti writers have added some mid-quality throwies and tags; at the front of the Corinthian pediment, the bank's name is carved and on the wall, a built-in plaque feature commemorates the competition of the building in roman numerals - "MDCCCXXXIV" - or eighteen-thirty-four in English; the sky is mostly blue but there are some passing clouds.

New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
34°F (1° C), partly cloudy.
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Ed Greenwood, Tattooed by Charlie Wagner and Lew Alberts, Cabinet Card Photograph by William Ettlin, Ettlin’s Portraits, 17 Chatham Square, New York, ca. 1903...
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Elmer Getchell Tattooing Otto Schmidt, Photograph by William Ettlin, 17 Chatham Square, New York. (L) New York Tribune Illustrated Supplement, October 26, 1902....
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Close Up Of Charlie Wagner's Work On The Bowery 1937...
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Charlie Wagner At Work On The Bowery 1937...
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Lower East Side, 1979 © Mason Resnick

From 50 years of Street Photography. All photos available as signed, numbered prints. Feel free to message me if you're interested.

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