--- - |- Friday saw a tribute party called 'In Loving Memory of Johnny Ramone,' a charity fund-raiser to honor the late guitarist of the punk-rock legends The Ramones, held at his gravesite in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Fans viewed a concert from 1988 projected onto a mausoleum wall, and also a 1932 cult carnival film 'Freaks,' which is [...] ~~- The Ramones
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--- - |- For any of us who grew up listening to rock and roll, air guitar was an integral part of the experience. "Air guitar is inherent to anyone who listens to rock music," says Craig Billmeir of Alameda, while noting that his old roommate's two-year-old begins the air guitar motions whenever a Ramones record is put on. "No one taught her that." Billmeir knows a thing or two about air gu...
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Converse will be putting out a Ramones inspired Chuck Taylor All Star sneaker later this summer in collaboration with The Gap's (Product) Red line, which helps raise funds to fight AIDS in Africa. According to a press release. Chuck Talyor's were worn by the members of the Ramones, and the shoes became a staple in punk culture. Designed to symbolize the way the band wore their Chuck Taylor shoe...
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Marky Ramone drumsticks. Yeah, we get that. Marky Ramone condoms? That's where you loose us. In an attempt to make sex rock with a condom Ramones drummer Marky Ramone has teamed with Ready Two Go, a safe sex company, for his own line of condoms. The hook-up came in time for last week's national condom week. Marky and Ready Two Go were looking to promote "safer sex kits" in a "cool, hip" way. Ea...
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After forming in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, the Ramones performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. A spokesperson for Rhino Entertainment issued a statement explaining details about the upcoming end all collection of live Ramones. ??It’s Alive 1974-1996?? features more than four hours of rare and previously unreleased concert performances From around the worl.
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Two tributes to the Ramones will take place on Friday, June 29th. The premier of Too Tough Too Die, a two part documentary celebrating the legacy of the Ramones will premier at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Produced and directed by Mandy Stein, Too Tough Too Die captures the 2004 Ramones 30th Anniversary Concert, which took place at the Palace in LA. Ramones members Tommy, Mar...
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Darmuzz and RobinH on their big day (along with Darmuzz Jr. & Ugly Doll friend on the far left)
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Dee Dee RamoneI guess everyone who cares knows that there is a motion picture feature about The Runaways in the making... I wondered who would be cast as whom... the one thing I had known for a long while that it was going to be directed and written for the screen by Floria Sigismondi, who is best known for her photography and for directing a ton of high profile music videos (Bowie, Marilyn M...
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A host of rare Ramones footage will see the light of day for the first time on the forthcoming DVD, "It's Alive: 1974-1996", due Oct. 2 via Rhino.This story was "previously reported":PR, I just wanted an excuse to post the below clip.(Ramones playing live on BBC. On A show called Old Grey Whistle Test. They play Don't Come Close, She's The One and Go Menta)("More Here":CH)[CH]http://www.billboa...
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Linda Stein is known by most as the one-time manager of the Ramones and her marriage to Warner Brothers VP Seymour Stein. After her punk rock days, she became a real-estate broker to the stars, including Calvin Klein, Billy Joel and Bruce Willis. Last night (October 30th), Linda Stein was found dead in her Manhattan apartment. She was murdered by a blow to the head with a blunt object, and p...
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Discovering an author whose writing I like is a real pleasure. When that author is also a Mogger, well, how cool is that!A couple of weeks back, Brendan Halpin (http://mog.com/brendanhalpin/) did a post where he offered to mail a copy of his most recent book, a novel titled "Long Way Back," to Moggers who provided their address, until he ran out of books.I quickly mogmailed him and a few days l...
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The Ripple Effect: The Life and Times of Marky Ramone"The best music you're not listening to. Reviews of lost classics and obscure titles. Unheralded bands and songwriters. New bands deserving of greater attention. It's all here, on the Ripple Effect. www.ripplemusic.blogspot.com" This is an encore performance of the show from December of 2008 when the legendary Marky Ramone took control of the...
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This slide show that is up at the New York Times' website includes photos of The Ramones and Patti Smith. It's sponsored by a credit card company. And that really makes me sick.Punk rock was all about destroying the corporate Nazi's who are sucking the life out of this planet.Great idea to use dead rock stars to lure people into going in debt. How punk!
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In News Of The Lowest - Linda Stein's former assistant Natavia Lowery confessed to killing the former Ramones manager, but is pleading "not guilty" to the murder. She confessed that she hit Stein repeatedly with a yoga stick because Stein "just kept yelling" at her. As if that weren't bad enough, Lowery had been stealing thousands from the woman in the months before and even used Stein's cred...
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You might say that my profession is: punk rocker. Weird how that happened... but that's the way it goes. I would be horribly remiss if I let this day go by without posting a memento of Joey Ramone everywhere I post.I posted a photo tribute to Joey on my photo blog for today.If you're not a link clicker, I'll leave you with a Ramones pic at the end of this post.Everyone has something to say ab...
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