Happy Joey Ramone Day! Hug a Slug today!

"A kids' computer magazine I was working for in the early 80's were planning a music issue, and needed an original song to publish. I asked Joey, who generously gave us the rights to use Slug. It had been recorded but rejected from Road To Ruin, but Joey had a real affection for it. I still remember the look on his face when Johnny Ramone discussed the tracks they were going to use on the record and totally dismissed it. The programmers were thrilled at the chance to work with a Ramone and had a field day. We gave Joey a free computer in return, but he always preferred his Atari 2600 game system. We played games at his place fairly often back then; he even reviewed some for Heavy Metal magazine when I was working there. That was Joey: generous, fun-loving, open-minded, ready to embrace new technology... It's how I remember him, at his best." - John Holmstrom, Punk magazine founder

The aforementioned song, SLUG:

This cover of Slug isn't the same version (nor platform) as mentioned above, but it's great to hear an 8-bit version:

[ thx Matt ]

This is Hideaki Akaiwa.

femmebot: toliveanddieinlondon: This is Hideaki Akaiwa. When the Tsunami hit his home town of Ishinomaki, Hideaki was at work. Realising his wife was trapped in their home, he ignored the advice of professionals, who told him to wait for the army to arrive to provide search and rescue. Instead he found some scuba gear, jumped in the raging torrent - dodging cars, houses and other debris being dragged around by the powerful current, any of which could have killed him instantly - and navigated the now submerged streets in pitch dark, freezing water until he found his house. Swimming inside, he discovered his wife alive on the upper level with only a small amount of breathing room, and sharing his respirator, pulled her out to safety. If he had waited for the army, his wife of 20 years would be dead. Oh, and if that’s not enough badassery for one lifetime, Hideaki realised his mother was also unaccounted for, so jumped back in the water and managed to save her life also. Since then Hideaki enters the water everyday on a one man search and rescue mission, saving countless lives and proving that two natural disasters in a single day, and insurmountable odds can’t stand in the way of love. This man is my hero. Respect.

femmebot:

toliveanddieinlondon:

This is Hideaki Akaiwa. When the Tsunami hit his home town of Ishinomaki, Hideaki was at work. Realising his wife was trapped in their home, he ignored the advice of professionals, who told him to wait for the army to arrive to provide search and rescue.

Instead he found some scuba gear, jumped in the raging torrent - dodging cars, houses and other debris being dragged around by the powerful current, any of which could have killed him instantly - and navigated the now submerged streets in pitch dark, freezing water until he found his house. Swimming inside, he discovered his wife alive on the upper level with only a small amount of breathing room, and sharing his respirator, pulled her out to safety.

If he had waited for the army, his wife of 20 years would be dead.

Oh, and if that’s not enough badassery for one lifetime, Hideaki realised his mother was also unaccounted for, so jumped back in the water and managed to save her life also. Since then Hideaki enters the water everyday on a one man search and rescue mission, saving countless lives and proving that two natural disasters in a single day, and insurmountable odds can’t stand in the way of love. This man is my hero.

Respect.

Reblogged from femmebot's tumblr
via slavin.tumblr.com