joey ramone, rip
I own no Ramones albums on cd. When I heard the news about Joey, my first thought was to dive for the albums. I was lazy and didn’t want to clean off the turntable… R… What? No Ramones? Not even the...
View Articlethe ramones: nyc 1978
Last month, I spent an afternoon putting bookshelves together, and listening to this relatively new live Ramones album from 1978. And I’m standing there, holding a screwdriver, trying to figure out how...
View Articleend of the century
I loved the Ramones with all my heart. Like anyone who loved the Ramones, hearing them changed my life, my beliefs, my dreams, it literally altered my spirit. I couldn’t be Patti Smith or Chrissie...
View Articleend of the century for real
Johnny Ramone died yesterday. Arturo Vega of course has some very nice tributes up at Official Ramones.com. More later from me, after family time today. Right now, my stomach just hurts bad. Enjoyed...
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johnny ramone birthday show
Really, these things are difficult to organize. Especially given that the LA show a few weeks back was such a blowout, it was going to be hard to get people to commit to this one. And god love Arturo...
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the last chord: cbgb’s last day
There was no enormous emotional wallop as I got off the 6 train and walked down Bleecker to CB’s, probably because that was never the way I walked to the club back in the day: the stop was too...
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Visiting Johnny & Dee Dee
When I was in LA in July, I made a side trip to pay my respects to both Johnny and Dee Dee, who are buried in the same cemetery in Los Angeles. On the occasion of Johnny’s birthday, I thought I’d...
View ArticleAnd Then There Were None: RIP, Tommy Ramone
When the news came through last night, I poured a glass of whiskey and put on End of the Century, because I wanted to watch all of them alive and talking and and I didn’t want to have to scroll...
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