For the musician’s standpoint, we yield the floor to the compiler of the Ramones tribute album Gabba Gabba Hey, as former Adolescents and current ADZ lead singer Tony Reflex offers his reflections on one of his biggest inspirations.

Brian Kruger enumerates the things we take for granted today that would not have existed without The Ramones.

David Lee Beowulf helps us define freedom.

David Lee Beowulf details his brushes with Joey Ramone, the band’s place in history, and the real definition of punk.

Terry Eagan reminds us that while Joey may be gone, the music remains.

The debut f the comic stip by Karen Carpenter-Damascus and Frances Farmer, in which our heroine personally experiences the destructive potential of those things you see in stadiums.

Punk rock progenitor Joey Ramone passed away Sunday afternoon after a battle with lymphatic cancer. David Lee Beowulf says a brief farewell. - ,Ink 19 will offer a special tribute to the life and legacy of Joey Ramone later this week.

Carl F. Gauze recalls the day The Ramones changed the face of his Milwaukee college radio station forever.

James Mann remembers growing up with The Ramones.

People have been getting fooled for years, and believing all sorts of nonsense. David Whited shows us the way.

Does the music industry chew artists up and spit them out, or do they do it to themselves? Lee Ann Leach ponders the issue of integrity in music.

Carl F. Gauze offers you a quick and dirty guide to the 8-track of the new age.

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In the tradition of cartoon cereals from Smurfberry Crunch to Pac-Man cereal, and from Mr. T cereal to Pokemon, Kellog’s has let loose The Powerpuff Girls cereal on an unsuspecting world. Phil Bailey turns his finely-honed palate to this sugary-sweet sensation, but will Mojo Jojo destroy breakfast?

Another take on the Eninem story, served up with all the restraint we’ve come to love from David Lee Beowülf.

David Whited offers a compelling argument for dumping the majors to the artist that may be considering taking the self-distributed indie plunge.

What sorta crap is being shoveled into our children’s ears? James Mann examines the Eminem phenomenon.

All that glitters may not be gold, yet somehow Oscar has retained his luster for 73 years. John P. Wasser meditates on the allure of the Academy Awards and the significance of the multicultural feel of this year’s ceremony.

Exactly what is wrong with the music industry’s new list of the most important songs of the 20th Century? Julio Diaz counts down the Top 7 probelms with the list, and the hits don’t stop ‘til we get to the top.

Did reality TV and shock radio finally go too far by depicting the slaughter of animals on air? Shad Clark analyzes the phenomenon, and comes up with some chilling conclusions…