Another one bites the dust

Son-of-a-bitch: RIP CBGB!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/13/cbgb.closure.ap/index.html

After years of paying the rent by selling tshirts, CBGBs closes. That whole
neighborhood has been changing for a while, Brooklyn is the new East Village.
And it's too much trouble to get there. Whatever.

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* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, David Beardsley <db@...> wrote:
> Whatever.

Well, I viewed it pretty much as a metaphor anyway. Sorry to see the
birthplace of some angry young punks go by the wayside and all that.
Never been there, and I hope there are other dangerous music places
that are happening somewhere in NY. If not, the planet is doomed.

Cheers,
Jon

Jon Szanto wrote:

>--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, David Beardsley <db@...> wrote:
> >
>>Whatever.
>> >>
>
>Well, I viewed it pretty much as a metaphor anyway. Sorry to see the
>birthplace of some angry young punks go by the wayside and all that.
>Never been there, and I hope there are other dangerous music places
>that are happening somewhere in NY. If not, the planet is doomed.
>
>Cheers,
>Jon
>
Tonic and the Knitting Factory started booking mostly rock bands a few years ago.
The Continental (up the street from CBGBs) stopped booking bands because
nobody was coming to shows.

I worry more about new music venues in Manhattan, it's always been tough to
find a place to play.

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db