Joey Ramone would have turned 58 today…
…and if you’re in New York, get over to the Fillmore for the 6th Annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash. This year features performances by Richard Lloyd of Television, and Shangri La’s great Mary Weiss. Like all punk-minded people, Cherrybomb is a huge fan of Joey Ramone. But there are [...]

Don’t I wish Saturday was May 16th…
I think the best news I got this week was that Prince is playing Bumbershoot in Seattle this year. Which made it difficult for any other news this week to be important to me. Except for John Edwards endorsing Obama. Which makes me bring up an erroneous point for [...]

Mickey Rourke and Macy Gray hanging out on Monday at the High Times, I mean the 944 Magazine party in Miami.
What could these two possibly have to say to each other? Wait, I bet it went something like this…:
Macy Gray: I’m sorry dude, I’m gonna say it again. I don’t know who you are [...]

Billy Squire, Stroke Me indeed, 1983. Billy Squire turns 58 today.

Okay, here’s the truth. Cherrybomb loves Billy Squire. My thoughts are often consumed with visions of an all-star Squire compilation that would naturally include the following musicians:
Prince takes on Squire’s musical calling card, The Stroke. Even though ex-Faith No More vocalist, Mike Patton & Mr. [...]

Peter Beste - Koldbrann, Oslo - 2007

Peter Beste has spent the last eight years deeply entrenched in Norway’s Black Metal scene. Beste is set to publish his book of photographs from his eight year odyssey, True Norwegian Black Metal, on May 15th through Vice Books. An exhibition of dozens of photographs from from TNBM opened [...]

UFO at El Corazon, Wednesday, May 7th 2008. Phil Moog and Vinnie Moore in the upper right. I swear to God.
Holy fire hazard! Cherrybomb was at El Corazon last night, fearing for her sort-of young life, all in the name of Phil Moog. UFO fiend Mike McCready and his Flight to Mars men Paul [...]

Wendy O and Cherrybomb’s favorite car of all time. The Mustang Mach 1
Oh man. Two of my favorite things. Wendy O, a Vintage Mustang Mach 1 and the weekend. Wait a minute…uh never mind, that’s right. Cherrybomb might can’t count, but I can order a vodka rocks in like five different languages.
Useless Cherrybomb talent number [...]