Photos and text by Stacie Joy
Ahead of Joey Ramone's birthday (May 19!), East Village resident John Holmstrom, the co-founder, editor, and illustrator of Punk Magazine, is hosting a special celebration of the lead singer of the Ramones in the basement at Metropolis Vintage, 803 Broadway and 11th Street.
I stopped by the longtime shop last evening as Holmstrom's "Cartoonist Jam Session" was just getting started.
As Holstrom put it, a group of artists and cartoonists "will be scribbling drawings on huge murals that will be auctioned off to raise money for the Lymphoma Foundation." (Ramone died of lymphoma in 2001 at age 49.)
Among the early arrivals... illustrator Cliff Mott...
... and SVA student Noah Zeines...
Elsewhere, I talked with owner Richard Colligan, who started the business on Avenue B in 1990...
... and sales associate Skeleton Boy...
Tonight's festivities include Monte A. Melnick, the Ramones' tour manager, hosting a "Rock ‘N Roll High School" screening in the Metropolis basement...
No comments:
Post a Comment
Your remarks and lively debates are welcome, whether supportive or critical of the views herein. Your articulate, well-informed remarks that are relevant to an article are welcome.
However, commentary that is intended to "flame" or attack, that contains violence, racist comments and potential libel will not be published. Facts are helpful.
If you'd like to make personal attacks and libelous claims against people and businesses, then you may do so on your own social media accounts. Also, comments predicting when a new business will close ("I give it six weeks") will not be approved.