There is so much to say about Kim Fowley, but rather than tell you about his life, I’ll suggest that you watch two films, The Runaways and The Mayor of Sunset Strip, to get a good idea of who this man was. Kim passed away in January after a long battle with bladder cancer.

Kim Fowley was an unlikely friend. We met when he lived in New Orleans from 1997 to 2003. For our March 2000 issue, OffBeat published a profile, “Kim Fowley: A Strange Dog In The Barnyard Of Hu...