The Ramones

Radio giant Howard Stern plans to put together a new version of the classic teen movie "Rock 'N Roll High School". Stern has often professed a fondness for the 1979 film on his radio show and will produce the remake while Alex Winter writes the screenplay. In case you need a refresher, Rock N Roll High School, IMDB summarizes it as "A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administ... MORE

The other day, MOGger laureate lucystarlite opined that Wham’s “Last Christmas” was one of her guilty-pleasure holiday favorites. (http://mog.com/lucysilverlining/blog_post/129146) And she started me to thinking about my own obsession with Yuletide music. I’ve got it bad, and have been this way since childhood – despite my Judaic roots. I’ve got to admit that there are all too many Xmas songs that I enjoy and that could be tabbed as guilty pleasures - depending on who's ... MORE

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. Each Marky Ramone kit includes two rubbers, lube, and an STD info card a... MORE

Christmas Eve, as I was out with the boys running some last minute errands, I got the greatest thrill. My youngest son Josh was listening along to the mixtape (in CD format) in the car, and _singing along_. Wouldn't that just melt your heart? It did mine, especially on a very trying day otherwise. Thus, the idea for a final Christmas present was hatched. I spent that night figuring out songs that I knew he liked, and songs that I thought he might like. See, I've figured ... MORE

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Come on! Even Rollingstone said so...and don't you feel really American when you listen to the Ramones, even if you aren't?

"The Ramones always believed in their music's message of self-deliverance. They celebrated rock & roll, patriotic flag-wavers, simultaneously harking backward and forward. Their music wasn't angry, though it did have firepower and relentless energy. If anything, the Ramones affirmed that if they could do it, you could do it; just be resolute. Cou... MORE

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(Sort of...)And, no, this is not a post that should have been before the previous one...
The statement of Socrates after his condemnationj (according to Plato):

No doubt you think, gentlemen, that I have been condemned for lack of arguments which I could have used if I had thought it right to leave nothing unsaid or undone to secure my acquittal. But that is very far from the truth. It is not a lack of argu

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New evidence in the murder of Linda Stein, the realtor to the stars and former manager of The Ramones, could clear her assistant of the crime. Natavia Lowery was accused of bludgeoning her boss to death - and even confessed to the crime. But NME reported today that video surveillance footage shows Lowery leaving the building before the time of the murder. Lowery's lawyer says the assistant was coerced into confessing in order to get out of the interrogation. Read more ... MORE

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 world spanning the Ramones’ entire career. The DVD follows the band from its earliest ... MORE

Police have arrested a former personal assistant to ex-Ramones manager Linda Stein for murder. Stein was found beaten to death in her apartment over a week ago in New York City. According to an unnamed officer who spoke with The New York Times, detectives interviewed the assistant several times this week and allege she killed Stein because "she just kept yelling at her." An autopsy showed Stein died from significant blows to the head and neck.

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Spotted at a 4th of July BBQ in SF: Now that's dedication! So is this.

i was in my car coming home and the radio had the ramones playing. i wanna be your boyfriend is probably my favorite ramones song but it's hard to choose a favorite ramones song. they're all gems. i have to download cheetah girls and cascada now for my fourth grade class mix. argh. i think it's funny that my fourth graders know the dead kennedys' holiday in cambodia. it's all thanks to guitar hero. they started humming the tune when i mentioned cambodia yesterday in... MORE

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 police say there was no evidence of forced-entry to her home. An investigation i... MORE

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