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this weekend started with fun at food not bombs and a punk seder with delicious knishes and a whole lot of wine. a handful of tipsy punks took the bus to the gorilla angreb show, which was goddamn great. that band is everything i love about punk and hardcore. and sometimes life doesn't get much better than heading home with a bunch of my favorites, in the back of an empty bus in the late night.
except...life got about twelve thousand times better on saturday, when i woke up to bright sun and lounging in short shorts on the back porch. i biked to abc no rio, went wild during snaked's set, almost lost my mind and had a heart attack during gloryhole's ramones cover set, and basically couldn't stop shaking from excitement for the rest of the daylight hours. i can't really remember the last time i freaked out so hard at a show. john, cory, colin and sweettooth had been driving everyone crazy for the past week, with a constant stream of ramones tunes and talk coming from boom boxes, guitars, drums and throats. and finally! they got into character, leather jackets and accents and all, and played an awesome show, starting with my favorite ramones song. yep. my heart still races when i think about that shit.
and then! ramones tour of new york! chicken vindaloo on 2nd avenue, joey ramone place, cbgbs, 53rd and 3rd, refried beans in queens and rockaway beach. a bit was left out due to time restraints...but it was definitely one of the best days ever. i was surrounded by about 20 kids i love at all times. and the moon was beautiful.
except...life got about twelve thousand times better on saturday, when i woke up to bright sun and lounging in short shorts on the back porch. i biked to abc no rio, went wild during snaked's set, almost lost my mind and had a heart attack during gloryhole's ramones cover set, and basically couldn't stop shaking from excitement for the rest of the daylight hours. i can't really remember the last time i freaked out so hard at a show. john, cory, colin and sweettooth had been driving everyone crazy for the past week, with a constant stream of ramones tunes and talk coming from boom boxes, guitars, drums and throats. and finally! they got into character, leather jackets and accents and all, and played an awesome show, starting with my favorite ramones song. yep. my heart still races when i think about that shit.
and then! ramones tour of new york! chicken vindaloo on 2nd avenue, joey ramone place, cbgbs, 53rd and 3rd, refried beans in queens and rockaway beach. a bit was left out due to time restraints...but it was definitely one of the best days ever. i was surrounded by about 20 kids i love at all times. and the moon was beautiful.