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.
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November 1, 2006 at 4:41 pm
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!
November 1, 2006 at 6:23 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.