Breaking: CBGB *Not* the Only Rock Club in NYC!
I'm going to have to break up with the New York Times if they keep running lame-ass stories that leave out/gloss over/state the obvious like this. Ostensibly, the reason for this one is the closing (finally!) of CBGB a few weeks ago and the upcoming CMJ Music Festival, but really, did anyone doubt that there were many dozens of other perfectly good music venues in the city? There's even a few in Williamsburg--didja hear? There's lots of young hipsters over there. They like the rock-n-roll music.
posted by Red Squirrel at 12:26 PM
2 Comments:
This whole CBGB-as-icon thing is so overplayed. I'm so sick of it that I've even started to question the value of the bands the place supposedly nurtured. Blondie? They kinda sucked!
4:41 PM
Well, I wouldn't go that far. But it seems they've been trading on the legend for a long time, and they haven't been part of any exciting "scene" for ages.
6:23 PM
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