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Here Comes The Flood — Remembering Joey Ramone (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001) has become a tradition in New York City: Celebrating what would have been the 59th birthday of punk icon JOEY RAMONE, the annual JOEY RAMONE BIRTHDAY BASH will take place Wednesday, Ma... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Sir Charlie Palmer said... Outburst – The Wailers Peel Session – Tortoise 31.08.96 http://sircharliepalmer.blogspot.com music499 said... REM - Reveal Ramones - Subterranean Jungle http://music499.blogspot.com Mister Moods said... BR... more info

BBC News - UK — The personal assistant to former Ramones manager Linda Stein is sentenced to 25 years in jail for bludgeoning her boss to death. more info

Guardian Music — With songs that last less than three minutes, this London trio prove that succinct doesn't suckHometown: London.The lineup: John Arthur Webb (guitar, vocals), Kevin Hendrick (vocals, bass), Robin Silas Christian (drums).The background: Length isn't e... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Interview with John Hallstrom & Legs McNeil of New York’s Punk Magazine by Stephen MacLean from Flashez, 1977. Ref. Radio Birdman, Patti Smith, Saints, Ramones, Television, anti-intellectualism et al. + Download DRM free music via eMusic’s ... more info

Guardian Music — Join Johnny Marr and Jon Savage in telling us about your favourite record stores past and presentToday's G2 celebrates that endangered species, the independent record store. A selection of musicians and music writers – Johnny Marr, VV Brown, N... more info

Killed By Death Records — Yep, another well known record by a band that managed to get banned in LA after their celebration to Stevie Nicks after Rodney Bingenheimer played it on his radioshow Rodney on the ROQ, where the band managed to make a nice first impression on the Ra... more info

Powerpopulist — Favebloggers been berry berry good to pp. . .and u. Thanks, favebloggers.The Rubinoos - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend & The Girl - Another Aging Hipster - plus one otherThe Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing - Peter's Power PopThe Prisoners - Better in Bla... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Amy Phillips; Above: Rainbow Bridge Tom Breihan's SXSW Reports: Wed | ThuRyan Dombal's SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu The temperature in Austin dropped into the 40s Thursday night. The True Panther party was held at Cheer Up Charlie's, a d... more info