PATTERNS AND TONES

Me and Tura Satana at Cinemania Photo Credit: Jon von It's not everyday you get to meet and greet a celebrity you really admire. But I not only got to meet my idol but was quickly flipped on my back and pinned down by the legendary pussycat  Tura Santana  in three seconds flat! I met her at  Cinemania , one of the most incredible cult video stores in Northern California. They were known to host actors at their shop and in the summer of 1995 they had booked the screen siren Tura Satana!  Early in her acting carreer, Ms. Satana had appeared in a cameo as a Parisian prostitute in the Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine romantic comedy " Irma la Douce ". She was then cast as an exotic dancer in the Dean Martin, Carol Burnett and Elizabeth Montgomery comedy " Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed ". But it was her role as Varla in Russ Myer's 1965 cult classic " Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill !" that brought fame and notoriety. Cinemania was run b...

I met Leesa Creamer back in 1995. My first initial reaction upon entering her home was one of awe and some trepidation. There was some voodoo afloat and I wasn't quite sure if she was a punk rock witchdoctors or if I had just stumbled upon the most amazing person I had met yet. Luckily my overnight stay did not include any ritual sacrifice and I woke up in her colorful world of horror movies and rock n' roll.  This photographic series would not be complete without featuring Leesa. From being the lead singer for The Creamers  for over 25 years to co-owning one of the most amazing cult video stores ever (which was located up in Sacramento) called Cinemania , Leesa has always dedicated herself 110% to her passions.  What made you fall in love with rock n' roll? "I started going to see the whole Lazy Cowgirls / Eddie Flowers / Moist & Meaty / Claw Hammer clique of bands and through my association with those amazing players got turned onto The Ramone...