That's me on the left, with Blacktime's Lemmy Caution and the A Fistful Of Records crew pictured somewhere in Soho last weekend...

Howdy. I'm not long "aff the train" from London. Came home to several logistical problems with e-mail, etc. The modem is finally ready to give up the ghost methinks and the prognosis for a visit from the engineer is sketchy. That coupled with my mobile-phone challenged ways over the past couple of days has kind of made me seriously consider spurning this technology lark once and for bloody all. But anyway, that's the score for now. Wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't post into the bargain but let's hit publish and see shall I...

RIP: Sandy West.

Just got off the plane back from London and word reached me that Sandy West has passed away. This is sad news of course. Just this Saturday night I was enjoying London's Priscillas playin' at the Dirty Water Club, and was reminded once again how big an impact the Runaways had on the music scene and esp on girls wantin' to start a R&R band. Not that the Priscillas were direct clones or anything, just that they'd obviously took some cues from Sandy & Co. and found their own direction from there on...
I only got to see the Runaways once as a 13 year old, and you can probably imagine the impact that had on me...

Here's a bunch o' Youtube links:

Come On, Rock 'n' Roll, Cherry Bomb, Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin, All Right You Guys, American Night, Schooldays (on Dutch TV!), Queens Of Noise, California Paradise an I Love Playin' With Fire.

Update: There's a great Runaways history by Phast Phreddie Patterson on his Myspace page.