My trip in NYC and Toronto in May, 2005

Copyright© 2005 -> Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone

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(Photos: Upper: Barbara's friend Emily, Dee Dee's wife Barbara Zampini, another Barbara's friend Mark, Dr. Donna Gaines, Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone and Andy Shernoff.
Lower: Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone, CJ Ramone and Arturo Vega)

I decided together with David Kelly to go to the Continental club. Cheetah Chrome of Dead Boys was playing there that night, like also one year before when I was in NYC. We decided to visit in a backstage, and there we met also The Dictators bassist Andy Shernoff, Joey thought of Andy in the group as one of his best friends. As you may already know he played bass on Joey's solo album. Joey and Andy collaborated and wrote a few Ramones songs together, like Ignorance Is Bliss, I Won't Let It Happen and one of my favourites, It's Gonna Be Alright etc. Later during this my trip in New York it was really great to do long interview with Andy in his house. Andy was hanging out with Barbara's friend Emily whom I was met also in Los Angeles in 2004. Emily plays in Frantic RomantiX.
Show started and soon it was nice to hear songs like Not Anymore and Nothin'. After 20 minutes I and David decided to order some more drinks and then we were watching show together with Andy, Emily, Barbara and her friend Mark and Dr. Donna Gaines. When we heard first chords of Sonic Reducer, I took Barbara to the wild hellacopter dance with me.

I was decided with CJ earlier that we do long interview to my third book. Interview took place at Arturo Vega's loft with his help, like many of you knows, it's at Joey Ramone Place street and in that loft also Joey and Dee Dee were living in the 70's with Arturo etc.

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