I created this page because I was tired of thinking about and seeing my friends only in my head. I wanted this page to look at and share because I am blessed with some truly amazing special cherished friends. This website would not exist without them. They have and are keeping my spirit alive.

What they all have in common: energetic, vibrant, powerful, strong, brilliant, wise, sensitive, caring, sharing, funny, hard-working and not so coincidentally, all avidly involved in punk. I either met them in those early heady punk days or if too young, they immersed themselves so deeply, they could have been one of us.

The are all actively creating art, music, writing, interior design, theatre, movies and lives vital and important to our culture.

Don't miss Alice at any of her live shows. Watching her in Stay at Home Bomb is like being transported back to our early punk days. Watch my website and hers for some amazing shots of Alice. She really set the tone for early LA punk style, on and off-stage, and for being so sweet. That's why I find "Violence Girl" and her reputation as an aggressive performer to be such an interesting contrast to the woman I've known. She knows when to assert herself and when to be the loving, accepting, shining presence we love.

Alice (and Greg) have given me so much strength, always encouraging me to believe in myself and my photos, and not let the past affect my present or future. Lesson learned!

JB encouraged me to believe in my dreams and my photos when my life was in the pits. She reached out to me and never stopped encouraging me with just a few choice words. I look forward to sharing new tips I learned in Dreamweaver. Then hopefully working on another website about my big dream: a punk archive/database and exhibits. Rosemarie, JB and I have so much fun together! Can't wait til this holiday season is over so we can hang at Heidi's Blue Space and Rosemarie's incredible home. Sisterhood is powerful and fun!!

She took me under her wing – I will never forget going to the thrift shop next to Bomp Records in early spring, 1977, and gave me tips about looking punk. Putting wild makeup on me at Farrah, Exene and John's apartment behind Circus Book aka "Adult Books" that spring. Calling me at 3 am and going on and on about Tommy Gear's cheekbones. I don't know if I told her he was gay, but that wouldn't stop her! Pounding on the glass doors up in San Francisco with Randy Kaye and the door opened so they could see Iggy, later bragging about bagging Iggy (me too, Plez). She didn't let the stitches in her chin from falling over/on the balcony outside the Germs' apartment around the corner from my place stop her from kissing him, no matter how much it hurt. Oh I need a Pleasant page, and an Alice page, and that will come.

Pleasant is the funniest belly dance teacher, a great entertainer with Velvet Hammer, acted in Firecracker (awaiting US release), writer, editor, painter, and one of the most beautiful women to ever walk this earth. Wait til I post some pix. Pleasant Puss, oh, we had so much fun! How I treasure knowing Pleasant! What a joyful, lusty, vivacious, life-affirming woman! Start at http://www.d-filed.com/pleasantgehman.html. However, it would be cool if she credited ME as the photographer who shot her and Exene in the shower that's floating around the net. Credit where credit it due. It's one of my all-time fave pix.