Friday, January 14, 2005
JOHNNY RAMONE, ALONE IN STONE
January 14 at 3 p.m., there will be an unnerving unveiling: a new statue in honor of famous (or is it infamous?) punk guitar legend Johnny Ramone, near the grave of bandmate Dee Dee Ramone (Johnny's widow owns the ashes of the cremated rockstar) . Location: the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd.
Punk Forever!
But wait. Wasn't punk all about being alive... and loud... and free.... about breaking down stiff establishment conventions, and rejecting old idols? And yet now, a low-decibel ceremony, for a statue, to memorialize an American Punk Idol, my friends.
I guess all movements eventually solidify.
I almost can't believe it.
I almost can't believe it.
Then again, maybe Ashton Kutcher will show up, and tell us we've all been Punk'd.
