Posts Tagged ‘ramones’
Hey! Ho! Let’s Go to The Queens Museum
April 29th, 2016 by chocko
The Planet Chocko goon squad hopped in our flying saucer and landed in Queens to check out the opening day of the exhibition, Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk at the Queens Museum. By the time we got to the doors, the fire department had come in to limit the amount […]
Tags: dee dee ramone, exhibit, exhibition, hey! ho! let's go!, joey ramone, johnny ramone, new york city, punk, punk rock, queens museum, ramones, the ramones, tommy ramone
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CBGB Music and Film Festival
September 23rd, 2014 by chocko
The Ramones The CBGB Music And Film Festival 2014 will take place in New York City from October 8 through 12. I went last year and checked out a few events during my limited schedule at the time. Blank Generation was being screened at Anthology Film Archives with director Ivan Kral in the house. The […]
Tags: art, blank generation, cbgb, cbgb music festival, film, indie rock, manhattan, movie, music, music festival, new york city, nyc, pink slips, punk rock, ramones
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2012 CBGB Festival Day 2
July 11th, 2012 by chocko
On Day Two of the festival, Chocko only had time to check out some movies. Joey Teacups and Chocko went to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Ave) and we ran into Tommy Ramone (the original Ramones drummer!) and The Ramones’ Tour Manager, Monte Melnick. They were hanging out in the lobby before their appearance for […]
Tags: cbgb, fest, festival, monte melnick, ramones, suicidegirls
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Adventures of an Autograph Hound
April 7th, 2012 by chocko
Eric Erlandson, Patty Schemel and Melissa Auf der Maur made an appearance at Barnes & Noble in Union Square to promote Eric’s new book titled “Letters To Kurt” on the death anniversary of his friend, Kurt Cobain. Eric read some of his emotional letters, which actually read like ‘stream of consciousness’ poetry. His former Hole […]
Tags: eric erlandson, jennifer hudson, melissa auf der maur, nicki minaj, overkill, patty schemel, ramones, signings, stephin meritt, tommy ramone
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Misfits – The Devil’s Rain
October 6th, 2011 by chocko
Devil’s Rain is the first album of new material by the Misfits in almost a decade. The current lineup is Jerry Only on bass and vocals, Dez Cadena on guitars and Eric “Chupacabra” Arce on drums. First let’s focus on the positive, the packaging of the CD is awesome especially the cover art. The cover […]
Tags: black flag, dez cadena, jerry only, ramones, review
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Rock And Roll Reunion #2 at Continental
January 20th, 2011 by chocko
Continental, located at St. Mark’s Place in New York City closed its doors in 2006 after a long run of hosting live rock shows only to reopen as a trendy bar without live music. It sucked for the music scene in NYC which had already lost some legendary spots to catch live music such as […]
Tags: bebe buell, cj ramone, new york city, punk rock, ramones, sea monster, the bullys, waldos, walter lure
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