My trip in NYC and Toronto in May, 2005

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Here begin my picture-story report of my trip in New York and Toronto in in May, 2005.

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This report is written by Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone in 2005.

Photos:
Photos are taken at the opening night of The Joey Ramone Birthday Bash Art Extravaganza, it was at CBGB's Gallery between May 14 - June 3:
Upper, left: Anthony Zito's painting of Joey.
Upper, right: Joey's mother Charlotte Lesher and Ramones fans Laura Brown and David Kelly in front of many paintings. Behind Charlotte and Laura in the background you can see a Joey drawing done in 1972 by Charlotte. There is more about it in Ramones: Soundtrack Of Our Lives.
Lower, left: NY loves Joey more than ever! sign. I got to see this first time at the Joey Ramone Birthday Bash in 2003. Then I found that all of the performers attending the event that night (2003) had signed a personal greeting for Joey.
Lower, right: Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone and Charlotte Lesher. Behind is one of drawings Joey drew when he was a children.

Story of this my trip begin here.... I (Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone) wrote this in 2005.
It was a long long trip from Finland to New York. Just before I started my trip from my hometown Kauhajoki to Helsinki (capital of Finland) on May 13, 2005 I did phone interview with Antti Niemi, goalkeeper of Finnish national soccer team, he's also a Ramones fan and in my second book Rock In Peace: Dee Dee And Joey Ramone. Then I had first a flight to the Amsterdam. There I was planned to meet my friend Bram van Schaik. But Bram went that day to the Berlin to see Gabba Gabba Hey! musical. So it was a long waiting before flight to New York.

In New York my friend David Kelly came to pick me from JFK airplane station, I had with me heavy bags because of big amount of my books.
It was nice to relax a bit and we drank few bottles of Jamaican beer Red Stape and some Jack Daniels whisky shots, then we we headed to the opening night of The Joey Ramone Birthday Bash Art Extravaganza, it was at CBGB's Gallery between May 14 - June 3. There was around 30 paintings/ art piece, mostly all of them were about Joey. Prices were mostly between 250US$ - 600US$, but eight paintings were 1000 US$ or more, like Shepard Fairey's Obey Joey Ramone was 2500 US$ and Anthony's Zito's Joey 1200 US$.
Anthony's work was one of my fave (see photo), like as well I Remember You by Toilet Boys Guitarist Sean Pierce. On Pierce's drawing Pinhead is sitting in a metro in a sad mood with Gabba Gabba Hey sign.



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