Vale Clem Burke (The Blondie Drummer)?🥁

Sad news about Clem ... but I'm relieved it wasn't Gary when I saw the headlines.

Clement Anthony Burke
(November 24, 1954 – April 6, 2025)

I feel like I know Gary, even though we've never met in "real life", as Gary hangs out on the net with the same weirdos as I do/did and has similar interests -

Gary Lachman: Music and Mysticism and the Lost Knowledge of the Imagination?

42 Minutes Podcast
11.26.13 Episode 112: Gary Lachman

I knew next to nothing about Clem, apart from him being Blondie's long-term drummer.  
According to Clem's Wikipedia page -

"He was a key figure in keeping the group together when Stein and Harry considered disbanding after their original bassist, Fred Smith, departed to Television. Burke recruited his friend Gary Valentine to play bass."

The day before I left America for Australia back in March, I bought a Blondie ReAction figure from a music shop called Amoeba Music on Hollywood Blvd.

The Tide is High for the Dark Archetypal Angel of the Water and the Sky?

I also found Kermit the Frog's star:-)

The Substance and the Five-Pointed Star?⭐🥚🌟🌠🤩🎬

Pepe and Kermit the Frog ... and Q ... Memes and the Rainbow Connection?

Kek is Back in the Swamp for 2024?🐸🍩

I'm surprised that Chis Knowles of 'The Secret Sun' blog hasn't written a (free) piece about the passing of Clem (AKA Elvis Ramone), since Knowles seems to like The Ramones? 

I notice this Blondie ReAction figure was made in China, so I'm lucky I bought it in March:-P

Today [April 3rd] is World Party Day?🚢🥳🎉

APRIL 4th

I notice in hindsight that Clem died two days after World Drummer's Day.
Today [April 4th] is World Drummer’s Day? 🥁🪘☿