Johnny Ramone's grave...

[THE TEXREYS]

Went out to the "Ink n Iron" festival at Long Beach last weekend. It was a blast, cool rides and vendors, plus The Woggles, The Fuzztones, and The Sonics ! Wow...The Sonics were on fire ! Before the festival, I went with Mrs Wig and a friend to pay our respects to Johnny and Dee Dee at the Hollywood Forever cemetary. Johnny's bronze statue is awesome, Dee Dee's headstone is engraved with The Ramones logo, and lyrics from his "Highest Trails Above"...very cool stuff. We checked out a few more plots, Jane Mansfield, Don Adams, Mel Blanc...couldn't see Rudolph Valentino's spot, there was a service happening in the mausoleum he's in, so we decided to split. On our way out we drove right up by Johnny Ramone's plot...I shit you not, as soon as we were right next to him "I Wanna Be Sedated" kicked in on the radio !!! We all looked at each other and were like WTF ??? We're talkin' goosebump central...It's gotta be the coolest and weirdest moment I reckon I've ever experienced. Naturally we stayed parked until the song finished. What a crazy cool thing to happen ! I'm not bullshitting...this really did happen. Cheers, Wig

[steve schmitt]

from the great beyond, they GOT the AIRWAVES....

Rock In Peace!