Rock 'n' Roll High School was on Much More Music last weekend. For those who haven't seen this cinematic masterpiece, it's a classic teenage rebellion movie featuring the Ramones, much like those old Beatles movies except that the Ramones are far less attractive. It was also, embarassingly enough, my first real exposure to the Ramones. I had a couple of their tunes in my collection, notably "Judy is a Punk" which impressed a colleague's girlfriend, but no full albums. I also clearly remember their appearance on the Simpsons, where Smithers introduced them as several young men who he was sure would go far. After soaking up some Ramones culture over the past few days, I realized that they would have been in their mid forties when Smithers said that.

There's some good live music on the horizon, too. Next week is the Tragically Hip concert. The week after that is the Tool concert with the illustrious Warcode. I saw the Cowboy Junkies (whose cover of Sweet Jane beats the pants off Lou Reed's version, in my humble opinion) on television yesterday. I'd like to see them live again.