Mark, Rick, Charlotte & Tim in Arizona: Mark Hamilton, Rick McMurray & Tim...

When: March 2005 Where: Tempe, Arizona And: I had known about Ash since fairly early on (1995) when the company that I worked for compiled the Angus movie soundtrack. That album featured two Ash tracks, “Jack Names the Planets” and “Kung Fu.” So it was really cool to run into singer Tim Wheeler at a club in Austin during SxSW. He gave me...

Ash, circa 2005 And for more from...

Ash, circa 1995 And “Jack Names the Planets” is...

When: July 30, 1987 Where: Cal Expo, Sacramento And: After my previous thwarted effort, at long last, I got to meet Duran Duran. The irony of the situation didn’t escape me: I finally found myself backstage at one of their shows… but by that time, I was older and a little wiser, and my obsession with the guys was a mere shadow of what it had once been....

Kirk & Tim on the tour bus (Garry Beers actually took this photo on my camera): And autographs from them both: And for more from this...

In April 1987, while my friends from school were off to Tahoe or Hawaii or wherever for spring break, I caught a plane heading east, and met up with friends of mine — first in Boston, and then New York. The timing was rather fortuitous in that BAD happened to be playing in those two cities that same week. The Boston leg of my trek was great, but NYC truly was...