Thursday, August 16, 2012

If you want a quick look inside Johnny Ramone's estate

L.A. Weekly goes inside Johnny Ramone's home in the Valley where his wife Linda still resides...

Linda Ramone lives in an eccentric museum. The widow of iconic Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone (who died in 2004 of prostate cancer) is dedicated to preserving her late husband's legacy, and his estate. She still lives in the home they shared in the Valley — a wacky, charmingly garish house filled with things like original posters for Elvis Presley movies and stuffed foxes resting beneath punk memorabilia. And, of course, there's the shrine to Ronald Reagan in the kitchen.

She hosts the 8th annual Johnny Ramone Tribute on Sunday.

[Photo by Kai Flanders via L.A. Weekly]

5 comments:

  1. What cracks me up about this is if you scroll down to the comments, you'll see their road manager, Monte Melnick, plugging his book. On almost every Ramones related article online, he does this! He must have a Google alert for Ramones articles.

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  2. "She tells her story with pride in the brassy accent of New York" Brassy?

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  3. Learn all about Johnny Ramone & the Ramones in the book;

    “ON THE ROAD WITH THE RAMONES”.

    Throughout the remarkable twenty-two-year career of the Ramones the seminal punk rock band, Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers and Recording Academy Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners Monte A. Melnick saw it all. He was the band’s tour manager from their 1974 CBGB debut to their final show in 1996. Now, in this NEW UPDATED EDITION he tells his story. Full of insider perspectives and exclusive interviews and packed with over 250 personal color photos and images; this is a must-have for all fans of the Ramones

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  4. Yeah New York Brassy..whatever that is. I am a New Yorker. Are you an expert on New York accents?? meh feh

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