My trip in NYC and Toronto in May, 2005

Copyright 2005 -> Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone

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This report is written in 2005.

Photos:
Upper small photo: Arturo Vega's 5 pillows: (Ramones logo, Joey Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone and Tommy Ramone pillow).
Upper big photo: CJ Ramone reading my first book Heaven Needed A Lead Singer: Fans Remember Joey Ramone.
Lowest photos: Marky playing together with Lisa Marie Presley at City Hall Park. She is daughter of Elvis Presley and also Johnny Ramone's close friend.

It was so cool to meet with CJ Ramone without any hurry. He has been few years mostly away from Ramones happenings, he's only played some Bad Chopper shows (CJ's own band) and also at Ramones 30th Anniversary Show on September 12, 2004 and Johnny Ramone benefit concert on October 8, 2004. So many fans are asked from me what he's doing nowadays. I and CJ were at Arturo's loft around 4 hours and our interview lasted 1,5 hours. Interview is amazing and it comes to my third book, so I've decided to do it. CJ has 2 kids and they're main reason why he's not playing a lot etc. He really wanna spend a lot time with his kids, and I understand his decision really well, even I hoped he would have said yes to the offer to play tour with Ramones Mania (Ramones tribute band) in Germany in August, 2005. I tried to get CJ to play that tour. Anyway, Marky said yes and he does play with Ramones Mania then in August for example at Headbanger's Ballroom in Hamburg, Germany on August 3, 2005 and in huge Wacken Open Air festival in Germany on August 5, 2005.

CJ told that Bad Chopper album really comes out in future. CJ also recorded song together with Bien Desocupados (Argentina) to the Todos Somos Ramones tribute album released by Rockaway Records/ Mariano Asch. During this trip I was talking of Todos Somos Ramones with CJ and Marky, both were really satisfied for it.

I and David Kelly had really great time in New York. During one day we were bicycling 30 miles, like we were in Coney Island Beach and also close of Rockaway Beach. Soon it was..., May 19, and in a morning tears were falling, it was Joey's and mine birthday. What A Wonderful World this was with you dear Joey.

Soon I was calling with my dear friend Josie Montserrat who came to the NYC from Montreal. It was sad that many of my friends couldn't come this year to the Joey's Birthday Bash, like Randy Wisebrod, Shazz Carrington, Maria Montoya-Kaye, Diane Hatcher and Maggie St. Thomas. I met with Josie (and it was a long, long hug) in a park (at City Hall Park) where Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis and also Johnny Ramone's close friend) played a show. I and Josie met with Marky Ramone before a show. Marky was playing with Lisa Marie in encore Ramones song Here Today Gone Tomorrow. It's also in her new album Now What (release date April 5, 2005).

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