This page was last updated on - (05/31/2007)

"All you need is friends, besides the one percent which is a drink" S. Gallup 1985

 

My Cure Friends -  I have meet so many wonderful  people through the Cure! I am so thankful. Many I am still in contact with and others we do not see anymore.  Here are a few pictures.  As you can tell I REALLY Love pictures - Enjoy!

 

A Big THANKS to: A BIG WORK IN PROGRESS 3-2007
A few with links with more fun details.(Other Voices #)

Andreas -  ( Cure-Concerts) German Cure friend I met online, He runs the best Cure concert site.  Has sent in many scans for POY. & sold me many rare Cure photos.  He also helps me buy things from Germany on Ebay.

Angie Mickel
- Thanks for years of friendship and fun. (97-04)

Andrew - Remasters CDs :)

Arusha - Met her in 1996 and have seen her at almost all Cure events since then.  She is making a 2000 Cure tour film documentary.

Brian Greenspan (New York) - The craziest guy I know! What more can I say? Lots of fun crazy times.

Bruno Brunning
- Thanks for sending me a million and one rare and candid photos & for answering all of my numerous questions with a smile...

Charlie
(Impression Of Sounds) - For your beautiful site.

Catherine Watson
 (#93), San Diego,  San Fran, Texas  & Seattle-  She was a wonderful friend/penpal from OV.  She also loved Duran/Nick & David Sylvian/Japan.)

Cheri Karson (#35) "Roberta Smith" - She was a wonderful PP that came out to visit Mike back in 1990,  (Reward!!! - I would love to find her!)

Coco and Joel (Belgium) Tape Trade page Wonderful cure fans we met in France in 1992.  LOVE THEM...

Daren Butler - We traded records with him in the early 1990's.  He wrote the world famous Cure book 'On Record' - and is working on book #2

Dayna (A Foolish Arrangement) - My dear collector friend, we trade many clippings and magazines.

Elizabeth Everett (#276) -   (formerly of Lefaye - opened for the Cure in 1992) thanks for all of the scans and the years of friendship and fun.

Falland - For translating so many Germany articles so very fast! THANKS so much.....

Gina G (#71)  - My best friend. Met via the USA Cure fanzine Other Voices way back in 1989.... Thanks for a lifetime of friendship.

Ian R.  (The Upstairs Room) - He sent in many of his personal scans.

Jamie E. &  Robi - Saw Jamie at the LA & NY shows back in 1996.  I have been. to a million shows with her since.  The sweetest and most generous girl in the world! I wish she lived closer...

Jason E (http://www.lament.us/) -Went to LAS VEGAS 96 for his birthday and when we got there the Cure were playing!!

Jayme Jacob (#241) - Went to a few 96, 97, 00 & 04 shows with Jayme.  He took some great Candid shots in 1992...

Jay Brame (#326) - Helped us get to France in 1992 for Paris. We see him almost every time at the great Cure shows all over the world.

Jean C. Moglia - Thanks for sharing your amazing collection with me and the rest of the cure world...

Jennifer M  (Chicago) - She was a online Cure friend with Jason E in 1996.  We first met her in line at the Cambell record signing.  A few days later she called way past midnight after a late night with The Cure at the hotel and asked if she could stay the night along with Craig Hogan and Sonja? ;) - Cure friends of Cure friends are your friends right.  Well of course!. I have seen her every Cure event all around the world since then.  She helped with the London Cure Drink in 2005...

Jessica L. Roberts (San Diego, CA) My first Cure friend. It was wonderful learning about the CURE with her. 

Jimmy N (#283) - I worked in a record shop and he used to come in every Sunday and buy a ton of rare Cure records.  We went to many show with JIMMY in 92. Mike and Jim became great friends, He was a member of our Wedding Party in 1998.

Joe Dupre (#12) (http://www.staticwhitesound.com/) - Thanks for FREE server space for POY and for the wonderful times over the years.

Keyth P - Mike meet him via "Goldmine" trading Cure tapes years ago (1989).  He is a really big Cure fan who used to live in SD near us. Then he fell in love with the WEA rep! :) and moved to Chicago.  Now he works for WEA and is back in LA. :)

Kris (#60) - Pen Pal back in 1988. Gina's best friend. Had many fun Cure and non-Cure adventures together. She also has a sweet little boy.

Lanya - My big Cure sister.  Went to my first Cure show with her in 1989.  We bought many of her rare Cure items from her collection.  Including the First Aid Kit.

Lol Tolhurst - For your kindness and answering all of my numerous questions.

Lori B (#314) - Serious Cure music collector has sent us many wonderful CD's over the years. Thanks for the hotel in NY 00.

Marie and Jean (France) http://www.thecure.com/tib.html - Classic French Cure fans.  Thanks for taking us in to your home in 1992 & 1994.

Michael (#57) - My Husband. Father of my wonderful son. Saw him buying Cure tickets in 1989! Really!!! Married in 1998...

Mindy W (#9) (North Carolina) - My first Cure Pen Pal. Went to London in 1990 and just ran into the cure! ;)

Paul Kelly
(#242) -  Mike met him in 1989 at the Cure's hotel. We have seen dozens of Cure shows with him over the years. I went to two Florida shows with him in 2004.

Paul Hartley - (Matthieu Hartley brother) - For sending me a few childhood and current photos of Matthieu...

Ric Gallup - For sending me so many of your wonderful treasures from the Cure's past, I am so thankful you choose to give them to me .& of course for listening to all of my 100's of questions.

Richard Bellia - (My favorite Cure photographer) - thanks for all of the photos and wonderful stories.

Roger O' Donnell
#5  - The first member of the Cure I ever met (89). He was very kind to me over the years.  I am so sorry to see him leave the Cure. I wish him nothing but the best.


Ruth Fillmore (#1) The creator of the USA Cure fanzine Other Voices. We went to all of the West Coast Cure shows together in 1992.  She also flew out to see Presence with us in 1991.

Scott Z - Old Cure concert taper. Thanks for getting us backstage at Cure shows, convincing me to start a Cure site and so much more

Stefan
(Germany) - My dear friend in Germany that has helped me a million times buy Cure stuff in Europe. :) I also got to meet him at the last Berlin Show. Check out his wonderful Cure site. -   http://givemeit.de/

Sugar - My Webmaster - she has taught me everything I know.... Picturesofyou.us Would NOT be here if it was not for her..... http://www.lostwishes.com/

Wilson Simon (Brazil) - We traded a TON of records and magazines in the mid 90's http://www.geocities.com/Baja/1040/cure_in_brazil.htm

And of course a very big thanks to THE CURE who changed my life in so many ways. 
I have been a Cure fan now for twenty one years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!