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Music, Pop Culture

Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk at the Queens Museum

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The Ramones By Shepard Farley
L to R: Dee Dee, Tommy, Joey, and Johnny. Portraits of the Original Ramones by Shepard Fairey (All Photos By Gail)

Hey, do you love The Ramones? I sure do; so much so, that I even made the trek, by subway train and foot, all the way out to Flushing Meadows, Corona Park (a long, long ass way) to visit the Queens Museum, where there is a newly-opened exhibit that is all about Forest Hills, Queens favorite sons, the legendary Ramones. Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk, as you can imagine by the title, is pretty sweet.

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Music, Pop Culture

Johnny Ramone’s Mosrite Guitar Goes Up for Auction

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Johnny Ramones Guitar
Pictured: Johnny Ramone’s Personally-Owned and Stage-Used 1965 Mosrite Ventures V1 Guitar

Johnny Ramone’s Mosrite Guitar will be featured at a live auction event by Boston, MA based RR Auction this month. The personally-owned and used red 1965 Mosrite Ventures V1 guitar is signed on the body in black felt tip, “Best always, Johnny Ramone, 5/22/90.”
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Music, Pop Culture

Happy Birthday In Heaven, Dee Dee Ramone!

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dee dee ramone headstone photo by gail worley
All Photos By Gail

Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Colvin), Bassist and primary Songwriter for The Ramones was born on this day, September 18th, in 1951. Dee Dee died of a drug overdose on June 5th, 2002 and he is still much loved and missed. He is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California (headstone above), not far from his former Ramones’ bandmate, Johnny Ramone.

dee dee ramone by shepard fairey photo by gail worley
Dee Dee By Shepard Fairey

Film and Television, Pop Culture

Randy’s Rad Celebrity Graves Tour

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Hollywood Forever Sign

My excellent friend Randy, an enthusiastic collector of autographs and celebrity memorabilia, recently found the time to compile a thorough overview of celebrity graves he’s visited over the past decade. Randy sent me the link to this fun slideshow this past weekend. I thought that the virtual tour was so cool, I asked if I could share them with you, dear readers, and Randy agreed.
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Music, Pop Culture

Remembering Johnny Ramone

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Johnny Ramones’ Grave Marker at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA (Click Image to enlarge)

Ramones’ Guitarist Johnny Ramone (Born John Cummings) passed away from prostate cancer on this day, September 15, in 2004. He was 55 years old.