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Joey would have been 54 (!) today...I still get sad thinking I'm never gonna run into him at Continental or at Manitoba's...I'm glad though that Dick Manitoba still puts together the tribute shows...he was a good guy and a HUGE influence on American New Wave in the mid 70s...and with so many of my teen heros gone too, sometimes I feel really old...and I realize that with the way we used to live, any of us from back then should be happy to still be around...

Gabba Gabba Hey!

Please excuse this, but I honestly prefer to see these music 'icons' depart before they become 'Over The Hill' senior citizens.[V]
There must be something to that classic R&R adage "Hope I Die Before I Get Old" Cause I have a hard time visualizing any of

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At the recent Gang of Four show at Irving Plaza, they broadcast on their big screen their upcoming shows, and the Joey Ramone birthday party was one of them. Some things don't change! [:)]

Get out! I can't believe today would have been Joey Ramone's birthday. It's my sister's 40th birthday today. I wonder if she knew. She met the Ramones when they played SUNY Brockport in 1984. She said she half expected them to be jerks, but they were the

Gabba Gabba Hey indeed!!

Thanks for the post, Wauk!

Thanks for the punk-pop, Joey!!