WERE THE RAMONES FREEMASONS???
For no reason at all the other day other than having some well earnt time to waste I was watching a documentary about the naming of streets in the U.S.A. (of all things! days off nowadays just dont seem to have that same excitement that they had in times past, I suspect its a ploy to get the young unemployed away from the TV in the daytime and off to their fated, Burger flipping jobs).
RAMONING THE SQUARE...?
Why I was watching that show and not another channel I dont know, but I suspect that I was maybe half hoping that the N.Y street named after Joey Ramone would get a mention, although for the life of me I dont know why it would of been, boredom I 'spose. And yet, in an odd roundabout way I kind of got my wish, I think...
HIRAM IS A PUNK ROCKER
Anyway! just as I had had enough of the rather dull show and was about to flip over the channel, the Narrater said a most interesting thing, he said that in the U.S. it was almost impossible to get a street named after yourself unless you were a Freemason, and usually one of note, although occasionally a 'civilian' person who had invented something like a life saving instrument with beneficial global implications has one named after them, but that was it.
"...have to be a Freemason? hmmm!" I thought, "but Joey Ramone has a street named after him..." Did that mean that brudda Joey was a widows son who has ridden the Donkeys back?
" ...GABBA GABBA, WE ACCEPT YOU ONE OF US.."
On the face of it, I couldnt see New York citys elder Fathers considering him a suitable candidate for such a honour, being the singer from a Punk band who are famous for singing 'objectable' songs about glue sniffing and drug abuse? (plus oral sex for Heroin money, beating children with baseball bats, and physical & mental retardations being just a few topics among their wide ranging subject matter). I couldnt see the bands image being suitable enough to grant their singer such an esoteric accolade.
Not knowing anything about how the street got named after Joey I could be massively wrong and it was maybe voted for by New Yorkers or something like that, if anyone knows how the street got Joey Ramones name they are welcome to let me know.
A peek at what Joey Ramone might of possibly looked like had he been granted the years, lost the retention of his hair, put a bit of weight on and grew a 'Tasche.
BLITZKRIEG BOAZ
So, do we have the beginnings of a new but a bit crap Conspiracy theory? one that doesnt contain an apocalyptic ending and instead is really rather boring?
Were Joey and his "Bruddas" ('brother' being a common term amongst fellow Masons) performing Cabbalistic Rituals live on stage, just as Madonna has recently 'confessed' to performing at her concerts, (this after people had been laughed at for some time for suggesting that she was doing so)? we dont know. What we do know is that guitarist Johnny was a rabid 'Dubya' fan and was totally sucked in by all the propaganda lies that justified the medical aid sanctions and the 1st Gulf war, supporting it unconditionally, leading to a series of arguments between himself and the more Libertarian leaning 'right on' Joey.
The plot thickens.
Ooooh. creepy.
For no reason at all the other day other than having some well earnt time to waste I was watching a documentary about the naming of streets in the U.S.A. (of all things! days off nowadays just dont seem to have that same excitement that they had in times past, I suspect its a ploy to get the young unemployed away from the TV in the daytime and off to their fated, Burger flipping jobs).
RAMONING THE SQUARE...?
Why I was watching that show and not another channel I dont know, but I suspect that I was maybe half hoping that the N.Y street named after Joey Ramone would get a mention, although for the life of me I dont know why it would of been, boredom I 'spose. And yet, in an odd roundabout way I kind of got my wish, I think...
HIRAM IS A PUNK ROCKER
Anyway! just as I had had enough of the rather dull show and was about to flip over the channel, the Narrater said a most interesting thing, he said that in the U.S. it was almost impossible to get a street named after yourself unless you were a Freemason, and usually one of note, although occasionally a 'civilian' person who had invented something like a life saving instrument with beneficial global implications has one named after them, but that was it.
"...have to be a Freemason? hmmm!" I thought, "but Joey Ramone has a street named after him..." Did that mean that brudda Joey was a widows son who has ridden the Donkeys back?
" ...GABBA GABBA, WE ACCEPT YOU ONE OF US.."
On the face of it, I couldnt see New York citys elder Fathers considering him a suitable candidate for such a honour, being the singer from a Punk band who are famous for singing 'objectable' songs about glue sniffing and drug abuse? (plus oral sex for Heroin money, beating children with baseball bats, and physical & mental retardations being just a few topics among their wide ranging subject matter). I couldnt see the bands image being suitable enough to grant their singer such an esoteric accolade.
Not knowing anything about how the street got named after Joey I could be massively wrong and it was maybe voted for by New Yorkers or something like that, if anyone knows how the street got Joey Ramones name they are welcome to let me know.
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A peek at what Joey Ramone might of possibly looked like had he been granted the years, lost the retention of his hair, put a bit of weight on and grew a 'Tasche.
BLITZKRIEG BOAZ
So, do we have the beginnings of a new but a bit crap Conspiracy theory? one that doesnt contain an apocalyptic ending and instead is really rather boring?
Were Joey and his "Bruddas" ('brother' being a common term amongst fellow Masons) performing Cabbalistic Rituals live on stage, just as Madonna has recently 'confessed' to performing at her concerts, (this after people had been laughed at for some time for suggesting that she was doing so)? we dont know. What we do know is that guitarist Johnny was a rabid 'Dubya' fan and was totally sucked in by all the propaganda lies that justified the medical aid sanctions and the 1st Gulf war, supporting it unconditionally, leading to a series of arguments between himself and the more Libertarian leaning 'right on' Joey.
The plot thickens.
Ooooh. creepy.
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