An Appreciation Of The Career Of Randy California, Who Died On January 2nd, 1997
Phil McMullen, Ptolemaic Terrascope, March 1997
SO, HE'S GONE THEN. If Nick hadn't metaphorically picked me up by the scruff of the neck and encouraged me to start writing the interviews and reviews which were to become the first issue of the Terrascope back in 1989, I could easily have become the David P. Housden of the Spirit world and created for Randy and chums the Spirit equivalent of the Love scrapbook and fanzine, The Castle.
Total word count of piece: 2217
Best Databases: RBP is Runner-up in Best Niche category
Video: Johnny Marr talks about Rock's Backpages
RBP on Spotify: The Very Best of 40-year-old Virgin
RBP Album Club, June 13th: Miki Berenyi and Lucy O'Brien celebrate a Blondie classic
Essential Listening: Green Day grilled by Roy Trakin
RBP Album Club, July 11th: Nick Hornby and Nick Coleman celebrate Southside Johnny's debut
Essential Reading: Bud Scoppa's 1971 Byrds classic