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As if Joey Ramone weren't already going to be remembered indefinitely as the founding father of punk rock, Community Board 3 of Manhattan's Public Safety and Transportation Committee has approved a proposition to give him his own honorary street corner, where he can hang out all day and haunt the pedestrians. Just like the old days! All that's left now is to get the majority of votes from the full 50-member community board this Thursday, which committee members are extremely optimistic about, and the corner of East Second Street and the Bowery-- only a few yards away from the punk rock institution CBGB-- will be subtitled Joey Ramone Place.

According to some weird pop culture-obsessed website we've never heard of called mtv.com (what is it with these guys and Lenny Kravitz, anyway? Are they serious?), the idea was proposed by one Maureen Wojciechowski of Staten Island, who told the fascinating story of how she came up with the idea: "I came up with the idea," she said, reinforcing what had already been established, "right after Joey's 50th birthday, but wasn't sure exactly how. Then someone mentioned honorary street signs, and how, as is the case with most in the city, no one knows who they are [named for]. So I thought, 'That's it. I'll put one up for Joey Ramone.'" Only after speaking with reporters did Wojciechowski appropriately formulate her thought.

Meanwhile, the spirit of Aaliyah materialized for Community Board 18, and strictly demanded that they had "better recognize," prompting security to call in Ghostbusters. Stunned witnesses could only relay that the deceased pop star left a mysterious residue as she disappeared through a nearby wall, and that Egon Spengler's home phone number had been disconnected.