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Fowley on Rock-Hall Snub
How unfair is it that Joan Jett got nominated for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame before her first band, the Runaways, did? I’ve been debating this question with a few people in the weeks since this year’s ballot … Continue reading
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Sandy West, Mermaid
Before Sandy Pesavento became Sandy West, Runaways drummer, she was a Huntington Beach surfer. Continue reading
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"Wild Thing" Honored
Every year Da Capo Books honors the previous year’s best pop criticism in the anthology Best Music Writing, edited by Daphne Carr. Continue reading
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RIP Poly Styrene
Poly Styrene was not afraid to be an outsider among outsiders. She sang the anthem of the weekend warrior: “I am a poseur and I don’t care.” Long before litcrits and rockcrits got obsessed with the subject, the woman born … Continue reading
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Sandy West Story
For the last few months I have been living with the memory of one of rock’s great drummers, Sandy West. I hope I have honored her — the good and the bad and the brave and the tragic adventure of … Continue reading
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