BUMP
I wonder if the talking heads/TomTom club will get involved. They played there a bunch.
Speaking as one who has christened the bathroom (notice I didn't say toilet) at CBGB on a few occassions, I can honestly say that, while it was a great place to hang in my youth, its time has come and gone. The death of NY's hardcore scene (and live music in general in the big apple) has meant that it was only a matter of time before that little hovel on Bowery & Bleecker became a Starbucks or Sushi stand.
My mom still waxes emotional about all the old dance halls in the Seattle area that were torn down. I think the last one went down 25 years ago.
Life goes on. There is a little too much romanticising about this building going on. "That's the hallway where we got really high and me and this really f***ed up chick got it on during a Ramones concert. Man I'm going to miss that building."