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David Giffels and ripping the Ramones


Nevermind explaining why I’m reading the NYT Magazine at 1pm on Monday, when I was actually, even physically in NYC for three days.

I smiled at the Evangelical “crack up” cover story because we’ve been dancing on that one for days in the blogs, ho-hum.

Then, I browsed the two pages of contents to the end, where I saw that David Giffels had authored the Lives entry, Shirt-Worthy.

Which is completely time-worthy.

But more than that, it was just fun to see David Giffels’ name there – a college roomie of mine is connected to a first or second or third cousin to Giffels and, knowing how many people really like his writing (me included; I even liked him on the Michael Feldman show when he was on in the last year or so, though I can’t find that show in the archives, I can only find one from 2003 – I’m sure there was one since then, no? yes?), I just kind of thought it was cool that I knew a Giffels from Ohio who was related to that Giffels, even though I don’t know him.

But then, or maybe I really mean, now, his essay in the NYT mag is great reading. For many reasons – the parenting thing, the Ohio thing but mostly – for The Ramones thing.

There were many unique things about my wedding, but the most unique, next to the need for cooking food outside the synagogue on a late December night because the synagogue didn’t yet have its new kitchen operating, is probably how, after the rehearsal dinner, we all went to the Ramone’s concert at Toad’s Place, in the VIP booth above the floor.  And this was when they were all still alive and kicking.

I was a Ramone’s fan during the right era too, during college. But to see all these rather zippered-up law school classmates and West Coast greenies mashing in the muck of the Toad’s cement floor, the night before my wedding?

That was pretty cool.

Almost as cool as Giffel’s really cool essay in the NYT yesterday.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:15 pm October 29th, 2007 in Culture 

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2 Responses to “David Giffels and ripping the Ramones”

  1. 1 redhorse on October 29th, 2007 11:24 pm

    Read through the Mag yesterday, but missed that; good catch.

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on October 29th, 2007 11:30 pm

    OMG! A reader! ;)

    Good essay, huh!?

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