Dear Ken,

I am saddened to hear about your loss. I met the love of my life at Atomic

Cafe and for 3 years we celebrated that meeting at Atomic Cafe. When I lost

him, Randall was a big supporter and very kind to me. He will truly be

missed. My thoughts are with you and your family.

CH

Everyone here was shocked and saddened to hear the news about Randall. We

owe a lot to him, as lots of bands and people in Phoenix do. We send along

our condolences and thoughts. Randall was a great guy, and a good friend.

He will be missed.

Eric Seven

http://www.radiofreeamerica.net

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Ken and Beth, sorry I had to miss the funeral Saturday. I am thinking of you

and your loss. I am listening to the music and it brings such a sorry to my

heart. I'll never forget the Atomic Cafe and the times I visited there. Your

friend....Vic

Vicduff@aol.com

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it is still very hard to believe that i will never be able to pick up the phone and hear RANDALL say "what's up freaky" or at the end of every phone call say "chow" not good-bye i can remember that every fri and sat night i would be in the DJ booth with RANDALL playing are favorite music and turning people on to the latest new tunes that we had found. and get so much energy from watching the dance floor fill up and people having a great time to the music we were mixing. we also had such a great time being able to bring that music to them live on the radio. the "UNDERGROUND CAFE" was are first shot and from the success of that show we started "THE NOISY DONUT SHOP" so for four hours on sunday night's we ruled the airway's playing are mix of fuel injected music for the fan's. i will miss doing are birthday's together those were such great times and showing off to each other every time we got a new tattoo. and when someone like RANDALL who had everything the only thing we could think to get each other at times for gift's were buying each other tattoo's. most people would think that was odd, but not us. there was one time after i had been in phx for over 2 years or so and i was driving down the freeway and i got a flat tire. i put the spare on and made it back to my house. it was a friday night and of course i was getting ready to go were i was always to be found on a friday or saturday. the ATOMIC CAFE, i looked at all of my phone numbers and tried to think of who i could call to come pick me up for a ride that friday night and i realized out of about 30+ people i had numbers for not one person i could call and ask that because i did not know them that good enough to ask them to go out of there way and get me. the only other close people i knew i worked with and they were on the radio or at a promotion with the radio station. the only person at the end of the search that i realized was my friend and could call was RANDALL it hit me that out of all of the different people i saw on a weekly basis, and hangout with or had a drink with. were not anyone who deep down i really new or spent anytime with outside of a bar or night club. RANDALL was the only person that i knew would be there for me if i needed him. but RANDALL was running the place i needed so badly to get to and so to make a long story short, i took a cab that night to the ATOMIC CAFE to be with my BEST FRIEND, i can not and probably will never be able to put into words the loss that i feel inside the pain i have been feeling since the night i received the phone call that he was gone. and there was no way to change what was done, beth and ken you were like a second family to me, when ever i had no place to stay when i was in town you opened you home to me, so many times RANDALL would make me stay with him because it was not safe for me to drive after along night of spinning records and shots of oatmeal cookies or honey flavored yagger or what ever new shot he was coming up with. and when i finally parted way's with the radio station and did not know what i was going to do stay in radio or make the move to L.A. and work for the record industry. RANDALL helped me keep a roof over my head and gave me a job spinning at the club. he helped a lot of people over the years and a lot of people he opened his club's and home to. after all of the years of being friends with RANDALL not one time ever did we argue or have any bad words with each other. i think we both had some kind of link with each other , a bond unlike no other, we always talked about new music i was into or band's that he had found and was into, always comparing note's on what we thought was going to be the next big thing. anytime i had new music or band's i was working with or anything i could send or give to him to help with what he was doing i would, or anytime i needed to get a break with some baby band i was trying to break. he would open up the ATOMIC in phx or the ATOMIC in austin and help me. even being in L.A. and so far away from RANDALL we knew that we would always be friends and cross path's again. we could go month's at a time of not talking because we were so busy, and as soon as i called or he called me, we picked up where we had left off, always "HEY JERKY" never in my wildest dreams would i think that the bond would be cut, it is still there in spirit and i know someday we will be together again spinning records or promoting bands. maybe we can comeback someday and do it all over again, after the service on sat, i realized that no matter what nothing in this world is as important as LIFE, no matter how hard thing's get no matter how much you think your job sucks or that you having a bad relationship and thing's like traffic or lines at the grocery store or bank or what ever the case might be. having good friends and enjoying LIFE is more important then anything. I would give up everything i have worked for for the last 10 years is the crazy industry. to be able to have a drink and hang with RANDALL. because i know now that i don't need any of this to feel good and rich inside, all you need is one BEST FRIEND. my heart goes out to all of the family and friends, a lot of you have helped me as well get through this time, i have been there to help some of you. we should never have to wait to get in touch and see each other over the loss of someone we loved. from this day on i will look at LIFE in another way and every time i do something in this crazy music industry i will know that RANDALL is there with me making sure i do the right thing. i have to tell myself that he is in a better place and no longer in any kind of pain. i will always remember you RANDALL until we meet again

LOVE CHRISTOPHER "THE MINISTER"

christopher allen

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After the memorial service, a group of us decided to gather at the old

location of Atomic...it's kind of funny...even though nothing looks the

same, it still felt like Randall was somehow there with us. Here's a

group photo we had someone take...thought you might like to see it.

Paula

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