OFF: Dee Dee Ramone found dead

[Doug Pearson]

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 22:06:50 +0100, Si Halley <si at SICKTHINGSUK.CO.UK> wrote:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/music/newsid_2030000/
>2030201.stm
>
>A bad year all round so far

Indeed.  More info (from the hometown paper) here:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-Ramone.html

You gotta appreciate a guy who could write upbeat, lighthearted songs about
being a male prostitute/hustler ("53rd and 3rd") or the pathetic junkie
grind ("Chinese Rocks", co-written with fellow junkie Johnny Thunders),
both from personal experience.

If not for the Ramones, I don't think I would have been able to fully
appreciate the genius of Hawkwind's numerous, fabulous, three-chord wonders.

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com