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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy29, post: 18823, member: 1113&quot;]Kind of a shame.&nbsp; I loved the Ramones in the late 1970s and 1980s.&nbsp; They&#039;re all dropping, and it seems to keep being cancer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, my classic Ramones moment was &quot;meeting&quot; the late Joey Ramone (sort of, we never spoke and barely made eye contact).&nbsp; It was around 1996, I think.&nbsp; My wife worked at a college bookstore operated by the business that also ran the football stadium at our alma mater, San Jose State (and this business coordinated events there).&nbsp; She volunteered to work the Lollapalooza show there on a Saturday and recruited me to do the same (we were mostly running cash from concession stands to a central secured location).&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t much, but I had nothing to do that day and it was $15 an hour we wouldn&#039;t have had otherwise.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>At one point between acts, a few minutes after the Ramones finished playing, we found ourselves crossing an area under the stadium where access was restricted and some roadies, event staff and such were assembled.&nbsp; Sue taps me on the shoulder at one point, looks toward a very tall man and whispers in my ear, &quot;he looks like Joey Ramone, doesn&#039;t he?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked up for about a second and whispered back at her.&nbsp; &quot;That&#039;s because it *is* Joey Ramone.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Gabba gabba hey![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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