Author's note:
understood and appreciated by
remembering that by the end of the
main day of my trip I had been awake
for about thirty-six long hours and had
over nineteen more ahead of me until I got home.
and nowhere (such as a hotel room) to relax and safely let down my
guard, let alone to sleep. Therefore many of my experiences are carved
into my brain by necessity and have been given an inordinate amount of
attention by my heightened mental state.
the excitement that I felt, so this account is not embellished in any way.
It’s just a simple attempt to preserve the most important details—and
some very trivial ones that affected me personally—for my own benefit. I hope other people can get
something out of it, too.
Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!
—Tim
How I Spent My Summer Vacation With The Ramones Copyright 2008 by Tim Opper.
All photos copyright 2008 by Tim Opper.
Monte-Tommy-Marky-C.Jay logo designed by Tim Opper, after the original by Arturo Vega.
- The following true-to-
understood and appreciated by
remembering that by the end of the
main day of my trip I had been awake
for about thirty-six long hours and had
over nineteen more ahead of me until I got home.
- I was loopy from sleep deprivation, but at the same time I had to
and nowhere (such as a hotel room) to relax and safely let down my
guard, let alone to sleep. Therefore many of my experiences are carved
into my brain by necessity and have been given an inordinate amount of
attention by my heightened mental state.
- Factor in that I’m kind of loco for the Ramones, and you might
the excitement that I felt, so this account is not embellished in any way.
It’s just a simple attempt to preserve the most important details—and
some very trivial ones that affected me personally—for my own benefit. I hope other people can get
something out of it, too.
Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!
—Tim
How I Spent My Summer Vacation With The Ramones Copyright 2008 by Tim Opper.
All photos copyright 2008 by Tim Opper.
Monte-Tommy-Marky-C.Jay logo designed by Tim Opper, after the original by Arturo Vega.
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| I made this logo to honor the three Ramones that I met, and their tour manager, Monte Melnick, the man who drove them around the world and back! |