Used to play the Ramones to various kids I skipped high school classes with, in their teenage cars on their shitty tape decks, make 'em take out their G'n'R or Billy Joel or Clapton or Led Zep tapes. One said, appreciatively, "Damn, it's like the Beatles!"

I would still put the NY Dolls under "proto-punk." I abso-friggin-lutely love them, but there were still lots of solos and long songs. That bare-bones minimalism of the first Ramones album is what set them apart.

You know what else was awesome about the Ramones? Their fashion sense. Straight-legged Levi's during the bell-bottom era, vintage cartoon t-shirts during the unbuttoned wide-collared polyester shirt craze, & motorcycle jackets on city dudes who probably never got close to an actual motorcycle even once. They just wore…

Warren Oates, I'm sticking with your story. Great actors like us gotta stick together. Soon as I saw the "Who are the American Beatles?" headline the Ramones instantly leapt to my mind, but honestly, they're never out of it. I saw the Ramones 8 or 10 times, a handful of shows w/ Dee Dee, and they were incredible.

You guys hear the story where Shaw kept trying to deliver the USS Indianapolis speech but was too drunk, sipping from a paper cup of whiskey, and complained, "I wish I could do this sober"? And so little Ricky Dreyfuss grabs the cup from his hand, throws it out the porthole, and says, "Do it now!" And he did and it…

Thanks guys!

A good man.
He should call me, though, and we could hang out, talk about Jaws.

Can't anybody give me a straight answer around here?!

cameo
I haven't seen this movie in years—I was also surprised at its secret success—but during the Cook makeover, a hair stylist steps in and cuts her bangs at the last minute, and I could've sworn it was Chrissie Hynde, sans eyeliner. Anybody else notice that? IMDB/Google turn up nothing.

She's still Big Red to me.

Now, let's be fair—Glenn Beck may have *not* raped and murdered a young girl in 1990—he may have, he may have not—but what I find interesting is, you know who else may not have raped and murdered a young girl in 1990? HITLER.

Cajun style.

Cheryl Hines looked fantastic in this episode, better than ever. I'm a sucker for a woman with horsey teeth in a big mouth. GET BACK ON THAT LARRY

Fat Boy acknowledged the immediate flare-ups in his hilarious response to Larry and Suzie's first argument, about the dinner invite: "Why do you even get started with her on this stuff? That's my question."

ZMF, you speak the truth—eaten with a fork this is basically Chicken Cordon Bleu.

The Ramones
I met Joey and Johnny Ramone on two separate occasions, and not at one of their shows. Johnny was at—of course—the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors in NYC. I was 19 so it was quite some time ago and he was the first famous person I'd ever met, & since I'd been obsessed with them for ages it was quite…

"andrea raus slightly parted lips"

We shan't be telling your mother this, shan't we?

No,the Blob was aways, even for '50s audiences, inherently funny and ridiculous and silly— *until it started to consume you*. Then it was all screaming and Who's laughing now bitch?!

I liked FIGHT CLUB well enough back in the day, but it's true, its biggest impact on me was that I still think "the ass or the crotch" when walking by seated people.