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Posted on 10/16/2006 5:22:09 AM PDT by t_skoz
Gabba Gabba Hey! to the Rock & Roll ping list.
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Rocker Patti Smith performs at the iconic New York club, CBGB, during the club's final concert on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in New York. A homeless advocacy group, which owns the property, is not renewing CBGB's lease. It expired in August 2005. The grungy club, which has been a fixture in downtown New York, will close October 31st. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)
We were at Irving Plaza last night to see Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, well, actually, to see the opening act Eagles of Death Metal and I wondered how much conflict there was for fans to decide between the two shows. Though it was an easy decision for us...
It's just not the same since Joey Ramone died.
BFD
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Music halls come and go.
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CBGB's best days were just before Gen X was able to get in!
When I was high school freshman in Jersey City in 1981 I didn't realize how radical it was to be playing The Ramones and Talking Heads at a high school dance. We wreathed on the floor during "Rock Lobster" and jumped high in the air during "Shout" while people attended the Halloween dance in togas.
Only years later would I get to CBGBs and by that time, glam rock hair bands had already taken over from the punk/new wave music scene.
Nope, I've got to hand it to the younger Boomers who put the nail in the coffin of disco.
do you regularly post stupid comments on subjects you have no interest in?
how was the EODM show?
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What else would you expect? He/She/It's from Oklahoma....
'nuff said! 8^)
EODM was really good but not as great as they were when we saw them open for Peaches (blech) or when they headlined back in April. We met Jesse and the guys before the show as they were coming out of the tour bus. We were front and center but, for some reason, it just wasn't as good that close. Maybe because it was our third EODM show in 6 months, or that we met them just hours earlier, or that they were right on top of us on stage so all the mystery was gone, or that the sound was off (vocals drowned out by the music), or that it's the same set list we've heard 3 times but they just didn't excite us the way they normally do. Anyway, my ears are killing me today! Joan Jett wore an inch of pancake make up and looked incredibly butch. Her fans are maniacs.
Also, being a thousand miles away in the sticks of Florida (and we had our own, quirky punk scene) it would have been one heck of a commute to get there.
I did, we'll get weegee to update his as well.
i don't think i know that part of the story!!!
Patti Smith is pretty much a man, isn't she?
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