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This Friday, at 8pm, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones is being shown at Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave S., Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The screening celebrates the 50th Anniversary of The Ramones’ First Live Show / 20th Anniversary of the documentary. Plus after the screening, there will be a Q+A with special guests!
As you know, the documentary tells the history of the first punk band with interviews from the members and insiders.
To enter to win two tickets, all you need to do is e-mail podcast@punknews.org and say why you should win. Be sure to include your first and last name. We’ll award the tix to whomever has the best spiel! This contest closes this Thursday at 5pm est, so be sure to email before then.
Otherwise, you can buy tickets right here. This is a one-time only special showing!
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You can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach on a Ramones-themed NYC ferry
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It’s not hard, not far to reach; you can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach … this weekend, on one of three Ramones-themed rides on the NYC ferry system.
Select ferries leaving from Wall Street/Pier 11, Sunset Park and Rockaway at midday on Friday and Saturday will play music by the seminal Queens punk band, host raffles for Ramones prizes from Rhino Records, offer free samples of Rockaway Soda and give out stickers celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band’s first CBGB show.
“We’ve been bringing a lot of folks out to the beach this summer, and these local partnerships are important to get people going to the Rockaways to connect with the neighborhoods there,” said NYC Ferry’s Executive Director James Wong.
The Ramones formed in Queens in 1974 and played the groundbreaking Bowery venue CBGB on Aug. 16 of that year. “Punk” magazine co-founder Legs McNeil was at the show.
“They looked so striking. These guys were not hippies. This was something completely new,” PBS quoted him saying in its materials for a 2005 documentary.
The band and venue became emblematic of New York City’s punk and new wave scene. For decades, artists from the Sex Pistols to The Clash to Nirvana to The Donnas would owe a debt to the Ramones’ signature sound.
