Lemonade Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 When I heard they were going to New York I asked them to take this shot for me, check out the sign, how cool is that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Pretty cool. Is your Dad the little white guy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neil ex Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 There's a 'Nelson Mandela Place' in Glasgow, which is pretty damn ace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 There's a 'Nelson Mandela Place' in Glasgow' date=' which is pretty damn ace![/quote']nelson mandela place has a funny story to it. margaret thatcher was coming to visit the city when she was PM and due to her treatment of the delicate situation regarding mandela and apartheid, the councillors decided it'd be funny to rush through a plan to change the name of a place right in the middle of town to NM Place! And so it remains today! /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Alan Cynic and I passed Joey Ramone place last year on our way to CBGBs.I'm surprised your parents were happy to do it, it seemed to be a fairly dodgy area. To me at least, Alan seemed right at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Alan Cynic and I passed Joey Ramone place last year on our way to CBGBs.I'm surprised your parents were happy to do it' date=' it seemed to be a fairly dodgy area. To me at least, Alan seemed right at home. [/quote']Yeah, I've been there too. The area is getting much better - only CBGBs and the homless hostel beside it are shitey places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 is CBGBs shut now? /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooked*smile Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 is CBGBs shut now? /x Yup, tis no more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Yup' date=' tis no more.[/quote']Actually, it's still open at the moment - http://www.cbgb.com/There's still bands on - http://www.cbgb.com/club_front_page.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooked*smile Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Actually' date=' it's still open at the moment - [url']http://www.cbgb.com/There's still bands on - http://www.cbgb.com/club_front_page.htmMy mistake then, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 My mistake then' date=' sorry[/quote']it's closing soon for sure though - Hallowe'en, I believe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 It was definitely open a month ago, when I strolled past. As Dusty says, I feel pretty safe in the general area, but am wary once past Avenue C. When I took Mr & Mrs Dusty to CBGBs we were in danger of being zimmered to death.....the average age must've been 70 at least (no joke!).I felt totally at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted May 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Yeah my folks went into CBGBs and they are in their 50s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 The night we went in it was a woody Guthrie tribute, and it seemed a load of his (extremely) old pals had turned up. Electric wheelchairs were zooming back and forth conveying pints etc.There was that strange, stale and uriney 'old people' smell too, but that was just Dusty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 There was that strange' date=' stale and uriney 'old people' smell too, but that was just Dusty [/quote']Not true! It was the wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Patti Smith to play final CBGBs show.`CBGB` club to be bare when doors closeSep 20, 2006, 18:57 GMT NEW YORK, NY, United States (UPI) -- CBGB founder Hilly Kristal says he will strip New York`s legendary punk music club to the walls when it closes next month. The club`s final night is scheduled Oct. 15, not Sept. 30 as previously reported, the New York Post said Wednesday. Patti Smith is scheduled to sing the last gig with her longtime guitarist Lenny Kaye.Although the club`s initials stand for country, bluegrass and blues, CBGB became famous for such acts as the Ramones, Television, Blondie and the Talking Heads. Kristal, who lost his fight to save the club, has until Halloween to clear out CBGB and CB`s Gallery next door before turning the property over to his landlords, the Bowery Residents` Committee, the newspaper said. Kristal said the items will remain in New York or possibly be shipped to Las Vegas, where he is looking into opening a club in 2008.http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1203432.php/%60CBGB%60_club_to_be_bare_when_doors_close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 There's a 'Nelson Mandela Place' in Glasgow' date=' which is pretty damn ace![/quote']That streetname incenses my racist grandmother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 RIP CBGBshttp://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1005You will however live on in T-shirt form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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