If you're like us and you desperately need something to distract you from the Knicks getting whooped by the Heat, it may be time to throw on Rocket To Russia and blast "Cretin Hop." Or even better, below you can watch the excellent 2003 documentary on The Ramones, End Of The Century. Nothing is better than listening to those ridiculously pronounced, cigarette-stained Queens accents wax poetic about the late '70s. more ›

Today would have been punk legend (and very popular street sign namesake) Joey Ramone's 60th birthday, and there's a whole lot of Blitzkreig Bopping going on around town to celebrate (sorry, we had to). Whether you want to bust out your leather jacket and hit the town or just remember the shaggy-haired rocker from the privacy of your own home, here are some options: more ›

Usually, when we find that a band has been whoring themselves out for Bacardi Mojitos or little shiny rocks that kill and suppress millions of people, we tend to take them out of rotation on the iPod. After all, if we're being bombarded with their music on TV and in our Hulu ads, we don't need to hear it on the way to work. more ›

As one of the great 20th century philosophers put it, "Mondays Suck." But sometimes Sundays are just as bad: maybe you're hungover, maybe you have to catch up with work, but the whole time, you're carrying around the foreboding knowledge that Monday is right around the corner. Well here's a way to bust you out of your Sunday blues: a red hot soundboard recording of The Ramones live at NYC's Palladium, from January 7, 1978, at the height of their powers. more ›

MOVIES: With another version of Hairspray hitting the big screen this summer, it seems to be a season of decades past and, of course, hair! Movies With a View brings back the musical tale of Central Park hippies, small town boys headed to Vietnam and the '60s as they show the film Hair tonight. more ›

In the past we've told you about New York album art from The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Ramones and more. You can read the past posts here, and now we move on to The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Fillmore East. more ›

Just listening to a lot of records, getting emotional about them, falling in love with them. more ›

The owner of an art gallery that works with George DuBose (as a dealer of his photographs) emailed us to clarify the debate that was going on in the comments of this post. That debate being: was the cover of The Ramones Subterranean Jungle a real photo, or the handywork of a retoucher? more ›

The Notorious MSG, Original Chinatown Bad Boys more ›

# "The Boxer" by Simon and GarfunkelHowever, it's also a little alarming when you find out that Kenny G has penned a song called "Tribeca." Check out some of our other favorite Wikipedia NYC pages: official NYC page, list of NYC lists page, and NYC travel page from WikiTravel. more ›

If you plan on hitting the clubs next week and taking part in the annual CMJ music binge, why not use the coming days to rest up, get some sleep and save your pennies? A week of rest woudln't hurt, would it? more ›

Here's the Ramones' official website. Joey died in 2001, Dee Dee died in 2002, and now drummer Tommy is the only surviving original Ramone (Coolfer pointed out to us "second drummer Marky is still alive, as is second bass player CJ"). The Ramones were boys from Queens, and there was an NPR piece about John Langford going to Queens to find Joey's ghost. A street in the East Village is named "Joey Ramone Place" - we'll see if another part is named after Johnny. And there's a Ramones documentary, End Of The Century, out now [read a review from Salon].
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Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim….and The Ramones? more ›

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