Album Review: Joey Ramone – “…Ya Know?” - Consequence of Sound

Album Review: Joey Ramone – “…Ya Know?”
Consequence of Sound
For the group's trademark slacker jam, there's “Going Nowhere Fast”, which pairs a guitar with the force of an industrial saw and Ramone's nasal, ambivalent drawl. As the instrument destroys the world around him, Ramone rattles off the ways in which ...

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Yellow Bike Project marks 15 years in the community - Austin American-Statesman

Yellow Bike Project marks 15 years in the community
Austin American-Statesman
To celebrate the end of school and Joey Ramone's birthday, Spiderhouse is throwing a two-day, 50-band music extravaganza, complete with a swimming pool and a set today from the Converse All-Stars, a Ramones cover band featuring Austin musicians Max ...

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Maranatha falls in first round - Pasadena Sun

Maranatha falls in first round
Pasadena Sun
The Minutemen may have lost a chance to completely change the game in the first, when they loaded the bases with no outs versus Blackhawks starter Andrew Ramones (7-0), who allowed a double to Daniel Rasmussen followed by consecutive errors.

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Alan Rickman to Play CBGB Founder in Biopic - New York Times (blog)


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Alan Rickman to Play CBGB Founder in Biopic
New York Times (blog)
... iconoclastic bearded, flannel-wearing bar owner who played a key role in the birth of punk and new wave music in the 1970s, providing the scarred stage where the Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Blondie and other seminal groups got their starts.

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Hey Ho, Let's Go Celebrate the Birthday of Punk's Ultimate Poster boy, Joey ... - Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)


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Hey Ho, Let's Go Celebrate the Birthday of Punk's Ultimate Poster boy, Joey ...
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
By Lee Zimmerman Fri., May 18 2012 at 7:09 AM The late Joey Ramone is clearly held in high regard. He still inspires a celebration in his memory, one that's held every year on his birthday: May 19. Sadly, it's been eleven years since he passed away, ...

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Navy-bound Grovetown grad donates hair to charity - The Augusta Chronicle

Navy-bound Grovetown grad donates hair to charity
The Augusta Chronicle
He looked like the missing member of the Ramones. His father, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1983 and is a captain in the Naval Reserves, said his son's desire to follow in his footsteps has always been his own idea. “It's what he wanted to do ...

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CBGB's -- Downtown NYC Punk Rock Club--About to Be a Movie Too - Forbes


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CBGB's -- Downtown NYC Punk Rock Club--About to Be a Movie Too
Forbes
It was announced in the trades over a year ago. But the casting sheet says it's supposed to start in late June. Lisa is being cast as are Joey Ramone, Mary Harron, and Stiv Bator. But there's no casting for Hilly's ex wife Karen, mother of Lisa or her ...
CBGB Is Dead. Long Live CBGB. New York Times

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Kris Wiechmann - Glide Magazine

Kris Wiechmann
Glide Magazine
Add in some southern rock style via “All My Wheels” and some Ramones-y New York spit to “Elbow Grease” and you have a recording that rocks in many directions. On a recent late Monday afternoon, Wiechmann called to talk to Glide about being in a band ...

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Punk-rock temple's owners plan a revival - Bend Bulletin

Punk-rock temple's owners plan a revival
Bend Bulletin
... say they hope the festival will revive the wide-open artistic aesthetic associated with CBGB, which in its heyday served as an incubator for influential acts like Television, the Talking Heads, the Ramones, Blondie, Sonic Youth and Patti Smith.

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Movie about the famous NYC club CBGB will mostly be filmed in Savannah - On Location Vacations


On Location Vacations
Movie about the famous NYC club CBGB will mostly be filmed in Savannah
On Location Vacations
The film will most likely focus on the late-'70s era of the club when bands like the Ramones, Talking Heads, Television, and Blondie played there. Filming on the CBGB is expected to begin on June 25 in a Savannah, GA studio where the club's ...
Alan Rickman to Lead CBGB; Amaury Nolasco and Megalyn Echikunwoke Join A GOOD ... Collider.com
Alan Rickman to star in "CBGB" IFC (blog)

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