I know I shouldn’t take on another project at the moment, and I don’t think these kinds of things are generally undertaken until well after the death of a great person, but seeing this Johnny Ramone memorial makes me think that we really need to get our shit together as a community and build that […]
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The Iggy Pop statue
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged Babies R Us, Carpenter, Iggy Pop, Iggy Pop statue, Pittsfield Township, Ramones, Riverside Park, statues 28 Comments
“punk wasn’t a musical style”
I’m waiting for Clementine to fall asleep, drinking a well-deserved beer, and skipping around the internet, looking for archival footage from the early days of CBGBs. And, in the process, I happened across this segment from the 1995 PBS documentary entitled Rock and Roll. I think I saw it when it was first broadcast, but […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged Blondie, CBGB, Chris Franz, David Byrne, Debbie Harry, DIY, do it yourself, Hilly Kristal, Joey Ramone, Patti Smith, punk, punk rock, Ramones, Rock and Roll, Talking Heads, television, Tina Wymouth, Tom Verlaine 7 Comments