Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Don Waller, Mrs. Muddy Waters, Muddy Waters, Phast Phreddie--Backstage at the Roxy Theater, Hollywood, CA, 1978
Lux Interior, Poison Ivy, Phast Phreddie and Dave Alvin backstage somewhere--maybe the Starwood--a long time ago.
Phast Phreddie no longer writes the obituaries column for Goldmine Magazine. Some of the old ones can be found at Hot Platters (click on the "Grim Report" icon) in their unedited state. Also, he has started his own blog called The Decedent Activity Report . Check it out.
His DJ activities--and possibly a two-way dialog--can be found here:
The Boogaloo Omnibus
Phast Phreddie Patterson is also involved in these other fine myspace sites:
The Wang Dang Doodle
Subway Soul Club
The Love Supremes
Earl Bostic
Phast Phreddie & Thee Precisions
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Phast Phreddie can now be heard on the radio during Michael Shelley's program on WFMU (91.1 FM in NYC area, 90.1 FM upstate NY--show starts at 11:00 AM Eastern Time). Usually around 12:30 most Saturday afternoons, Michael calls Phast Phreddie and they take about five minutes to pay tribute to musicians who have recently passed away. The show can be heard over the internet here [WFMU] and it is archived here [Michael Shelley Show] .
Sometimes Phast Phreddie Patterson writes for the ARChive of Contemporary Music blog.
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Historical and scientific photographic proof:
Phast Phreddie in the KXLU record library circa 1982, photo by Gary Leonard.
Phast Phreddie at the ARChive of Contemporary Music, April 2007, photo by Marty Jourard.
Historical and scientific conclusion: Some things never change!