i met joey ramone in 1979. i was having my 12th birthday party at Burger King on Flatbush Ave. in NY and just after the dude in the burger king costume came in, in walks Joey Fawkin Ramone. I had been listening to Road to Ruin almost every day and the thing was that I had just started to dig the Ramones and when i saw him come in, i thought that somehow my dad had arranged for him to come to my party....lol... anyway...you cant miss the guy, he was like 6'9. so me and my cousin go up and ask him for his autograph. he sees that we are having a party and actually comes over and joins the fun. and the coolest thing is that when everyone was singing happy birthday he actually joined in and sang happy birthday. he hung for a little while and then took off. 11 years later when i was in college, i went to a Ramones autograph signing and i waited in line and when i got to Joey, I asked him if he remembered the kid that he sang happy birthday too in the brooklyn burger king and he remebered and it was really cool....