Hah—trick category, since there isn’t one, and a Rolling Stones Christmas album is about as likely as a string section on a Gov’t. Mule album. I throw it in as an excuse to mention that we saw the Stones a couple of years ago. In fact, the same week that a number of the newspapers had a great picture of Mick coming out of his osteopath’s office. The concert was pretty good–Keith...
... Avenue, use the First Avenue exit), 8 pm Tuesday Dec. 8: Book Release party for I Slept with JoeyRamone by Mikey Leigh (Joey's brother) and Legs McNeil; music by Spanking Charlene (see below) and Mickey Leigh. Goodbye Blue Monday , 1087 Broadway (J Train to Kosciusko St.), 7:30pm Saturday Dec 12: Spanking Charlene . I keep missing this band, but friends like them and they...
... and Kat and Corin totally ruling the rock world--and it became my first book, I WANNA BE YOUR JOEYRAMONE . My second book, BALLADS OF SUBURBIA , was inspired by the Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash. After a discussion in a grad school class about ballads, true ones like the one Johnny sung about life and love and our tendency to fuck up, I came up with the structure of the...
... good vibes for these boys... after all Astro Coast sounds like the result of a jam session between JoeyRamone, Paul Simon, and Frank Black. Who's gonna say no to that? [MP3] Surfer Blood - Take It Easy Label Site | MySpace | More MP3s | Preorder Astro Coast
This is just a random fashion observation I’ve made recently concerning the tightness of jeans in relation to the overall condition of the economy. Maybe Alyx from LOLFed will point out where I’m wrong (she knows this stuff), but here’s what I’ve seen: JoeyRamone Lates 70’s to Early 80’s The first era of tight and tapered blue jeans I can remember was the late 70’s and early 80’s. This...
The far right has never been friendly territory for Jews It's always a little jarring to watch the small but determined handful of befuddled Jews flirting-- for one reason or another-- with the right-wing elements that have been trying to exterminate them since Biblical times. There were even confused Jewish fascists who supported Hitler and Mussolini (and wound up being killed by those they supported)....
... even adding her trademark "whoah-oh" to the songs. And Ronnie's dear friend, the late JoeyRamone , though terminally ill, produced several songs for the album. Instructions are given before we chat that Ronnie's former husband, Phil Spector , whose legendary production vision gave the Ronettes their hit-making sound, is off limits. When her rhetoric gets a little too Phil-heavy,...
While I'm waiting to hear if my Zoe book will be picked up, I've started work on another book idea I've been kicking around for awhile. Zoe is not entirely written yet (only 50 pgs in, in fact), so it feels kinda weird to start a new project, but I used to write more than one thing at once and if I ever want to make some semblance of a living at this whole writing thing, I need to do more than one...
"When I saw Tom Verlaine play for the first time, I realized he had 'it,' and all my life I've looked to try and teach people 'it' and usually come away with great despair," Lloyd said. "You can teach harmony, but you can't teach melody. You can show someone the craftsmanship of songwriting, but they're the ones who have to put out the antenna and wait for the universe to send them a song. "The...
... 2006Tim Brough, Springfield, PA United StatesHits is something of a misnomer when it comes to the Ramones. It's more like the tongue in cheek title that the Red Hot Chili Peppers gave their 1993 EMI collection, "WHAT hits?!?" I am sure that anyone who is a die hard fan probably has all these on CD somewhere, or would have picked alternate titles than the ones presented here since...
... Anything" picks up the pace with a buzzing guitar attack and a chorus hook that would make JoeyRamone proud. The trio is at their best on songs like "Over There" and "Yell In The Air," tunes that are emblematic of the perfect middle ground that Scott has struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying...
... ever been before and as close as you might ever get. Cool ey? Let's do the same mathematics with JoeyRamone !!! JoeyRamone wore this t-shirt in 1975. Now you wear this t-shirt with either one of these Ramones Skirts and you are about close to 89% JoeyRamone. That's most probably closer than you've ever been before and as close as you might ever...
