Recent content by David Dunne

The Dunnes In Ireland there is an 'e' and in England there isnt. But to cut a long story short, we started it!

Hello Bongo Bill, Hannah and Number6Horse, your responses are small treasures in the hellhole of my heart. Mr Roth has indeed been a revelation to me. I feel I have taken a first irreversible step on a long road which I hope will last a long time. Have just finished "I married a Communist". The...

Hi David, seeing as nobody in the entire universe seems to have heard of the wonderful Philip Roth, I have decided to answer myself myself. Its good to know that there is someone out there who can still pick something up and squeeze the juice out of the plum. Many thanks for your correspondence...

To all my friends; I just discovered a writer called Philip Roth. The book is called Sabbaths Theatre. Does this mean anything to any of you? It has some wonderful Hank undertones throughout and for anyone who enjoys a riot this is one to get. I hope you are all drunk.

I hope for your own sakes, that at some point in the near future,some of you good people can find a way of extricating your heads out of your arses for once and for all. What a load of bollocks! I am now going to give you all some top secret, classified information specifically designed to...

You probably caught an entire verse on the upbounce

Go to any half-arsed Ramones website and check out LYRICS. Just to check I wasn't going triple nuts that's what I did. And there it is: I'm a Shock Trooper in a stupor, yes I am, I'M A NAZI SHATZE, AND I FIGHT FOR THE FATHERLAND". It's from the first album entitled Ramones. The song is called...

Thanks mjp. I gave it a go. I'm not good with this kind of thing, so we'll wait and see. PS. How did you know I had'nt already activated the Edit Signature feature??? Now, lets see if I roared.....

One last thing before I go (I'm off to London for the weekend) and that is that this is an interesting thread. An interesting topic.The relationship between politics (either percieved or otherwise) and art. The Ramones were just an example. Goodnight. "I ROARED LIKE A MADMAN"....

I've been the lead singer in a Ramones tribute band called Pinhead for the last 3 years young man, and I know my onions! I just think that words like Nazi and Fascist are too easily bandied about. For instance, Randy Newman often portrays himself as an asshole in order to let us inside the mind...

Sorry mjp. I meant to type "Today your love, tomorrow the world". All due respect, but I dont think the Ramones were the goofers many people make them out to be. In fact probably one of the most intelligent bands from that or indeed any era. But like you said yourself, and according to Hank...

Nazis Its ridiculous to suggest Hank was a Nazi. Just look at the mans Humanity. Still not sure where I misquoted on the Ramones lyric in "Today your Love, Tomorrow Your Love". You might check the other verse. "I ROARED LIKE A MADMAN".....

Perhaps Hank and Dee Dee Ramone had some things in common: a German heritage, dysfunctional backgrounds in America, the need for attention, a creative streak, frustration, and their positions as the ultimate outsiders. Neither were particularly impressed with the prospect of sobriety either...

Welcome to the darkness Ren6. The birds are making noise now. Time for me to zone out.

I thought for a minute that I had accidentally logged in to a Neil Young website. I thought, wait a minute, better log out until I realised that at least some of you Hank fans are Shakey fans too. That great because the two of them are in my top 10 All Time Greats Of All Time list along with...