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June 16

The Runaways

Can anyone help me figure out who all the Runaways are in this picture of the band? I know the woman in the lower right is Joan Jett but I'm lost on the others and would like to add it to the file description. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 04:30, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Upper left is Lita Ford. The other members of the band had much less notable post-runaway careers. --Jayron32 04:33, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Upper middle appears to be Sandy West. See [1]. --Jayron32 04:35, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Yep, it does appear to be West. See [2]. --Dismas|^(talk) 04:44, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Lower left is Cherie Currie. See [3]. --Jayron32 04:40, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Upper right is Jackie Fox, one of their revolving door group of bass players. See [4]. --Jayron32 04:42, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I've updated the file description and the article for the band. Dismas|^(talk) 04:54, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

What Novel are we talking about

There are two brothers. The elder secretly works for the mob. One day, due to his carelessness a big consignment of drugs get nabbed and the boy goes behind the bars. The bosses blame him and want the money back. But how can he arrange so much, especially when he is behind the bars, but the bosses don't care they just want the money back. They start harrasing the family. Now there is only one way out - the younger brother who is totally innocent and clean has to start smuggling to make up for the loss. But due to inexperience he too gets nabbed. But the authorities keep it secret and send him back to mob with a wire to capture the whole gang, the mob finds out and that's that...which novel was it ?  Jon Ascton  (talk) 14:29, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Popular musician grew up on an island without modern music

I remember an interview with a rather popular musician in the mid-80s in which the musician stated that he grew up on an island and had no access to modern music. When his family moved to (I don't know where - let's just say New York), he first heard popular music and decided that he wanted to do that. Every time I try to remember who it was, Peter Gabriel comes to mind. So, I figure there must be some relation between this musician and Peter Gabriel. Is that enough info for someone to guess who the musician is? -- kainaw™ 18:57, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

I just remembered two more things... He stated that his father was military, which is why they were on an island, and that he was around 10 when they moved away from the island. I'm trying to think of a way to form a Google query for "musicians who lived on an island until they were 10 because they had a father in the military". No luck so far. -- kainaw™ 19:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Robert Palmer spent his early youth in Malta and returned to England in 1959, aged 10. His father was a naval intelligence officer. He's a contemporary of Peter Gabriel. Could it be him ? --Xuxl (talk) 19:14, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Freddy Mercury lived in Zanzibar until he was 8. His dad worked for the British government. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:49, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. It is Robert Palmer. I'm not sure why I confused him with Peter Gabriel. I'm just getting too old. Now, I can finally hunt down a couple references and finish this stupid paper I'm writing. -- kainaw™ 12:08, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Why did he have no access to modern music? Malta isn't exactly in a well. And surely there was BBC Radio available? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 23:48, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Truthful or not - it is just what he said in the interview. He explained that they had some records from the 20's or so, but nothing modern. When he returned to England (which I now know is where he returned to), he claimed to have heard rock for the first time. In the end, I just need an anecdote about a person being drawn to a talent primarily because the person wasn't exposed to it until he was old enough for the exposure to make a large impact. -- kainaw™ 12:05, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

"Malta isn't exactly in a well." More recently, no, but we're talking about the 1950s, when the only BBC Wireless programmes receivable in Malta (the BBC General Overseas Service as it was then known) would have played little or no "modern music" of the kind under discussion. Records might have been in circulation, but it's entirely possible that Palmer's parents would not allow such music in the house, and that none of his acquaintances were able to expose him to it. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 21:13, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

I also believe Freddie grew up knowing Elvis and the Beatles (interview with Circus magazine, 1974), even in Zanzibar, so one can't say he didn't have access to contemporary pop music there. 24.189.90.68 (talk) 06:07, 18 June 2010 (UTC)