Yesterday, Jen Carlson from Gothamist posted that she had it on "good authority" that legendary Bowery scene club CBGB was "alive in spirit" and was possibly looking for a new space to open in Manhattan. Which is so vague it could mean literally anything. Which already is a terrible sign.
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As far as we can tell, CBGB is little more than a series of letters appearing on t-shirts in suburban malls. Apparently it was a rock club once, right? Well, anyway, now that three Ramones are dead and David Byrne is busy with White House Correspondents dinner bashes and whatnot, it's time to focus Read More
We suspect this news would give Patti Smith the CBGBs.
The former CBGB Gallery space at 313 Bowery is on the market. The former den of the Ramones and Blondie was only a couple of years ago rescued from a perilous conversion into a bank branch by the Morrison Hotel Gallery. With its recent Lynn Goldsmith exhibit of Read More
Artist Justin Lowe plans to recreate the CBGB bathroom at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, reports the Wall Street Journal:
Lowe's installation, up June 3 through Sept. 5, will take over four of the museum's galleries and feature walls papered in Day-Glo collages involving movie stars, vintage book covers and illustrations of insects.
On Tuesday, May 5, the John Varvatos boutique at 315 Bowery was perhaps the only nightspot on all of the Lower East Side where someone in his late ’20s or early ’30s might actually feel young.
Like, really young. Slightly-out-of-place-because-he-does-not-yet-have-any-gray-hair young.
Not that this was a bad thing, especially considering the reason for this demographic role-reversal was Read More
“I don’t need any water!” exclaimed an exasperated Mandy Stein, nervously working the red carpet outside the AMC Loews Village 7 cinemas on Friday, April 24, while relatives and aides hassled her with questions, advice and refreshments.
Ms. Stein, daughter of the late Linda Stein, real estate agent to the stars and Read More
Designer John Varvatos is stealing a page from American Idol creator Simon Fuller's playbook, announcing the launch of his own "Free The Noise" battle of the bands contest to be broadcast on the Spin magazine Web site SPINearth.tv.
The fashionable 50-something self-professed "music junkie"—whose past ad campaigns have featured rockers Perry Farrell and Scott Weiland—will Read More
Overhwlemed by choices? Here are the Observer's top nine picks at Tribeca. Click on the slideshow to see what not to miss! And check back during the week for dispatches, updates and everything else from the festival.
Self-described "die-hard rock fan" Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined music legends Billy Joel and Clive Davis today in announcing the development of a new 25,000-square-foot annex to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, located at 76 Mercer Street in Soho.
The new annex, opening in November, will include such priceless artifacts as Johnny Ramone's Mosrite guitar Read More
Demonstrators who picketed the new John Varvatos boutique on the Bowery last week plan a second wave of protests tonight, as the fashion designer celebrates the store's grand opening with a splashy charity concert.
The shop is located on the site of the former legendary rock club CBGB, which shuttered in 2006 after Read More
“I’m not going to be a club promoter,” said the 54-year-old fashion designer, who is hosting a charity concert on Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of his new eponymous boutique in Read More
The live music component is part of Mr. Varvatos' self-described effort "to honor what [CBGB] was, instead of seeing it turn into a Read More
Bill Popp, who played CBGB from 1981 until its closing last year, mourned the Bowery's turn for the purse.
"Now it's going to become a contrived type Read More
God, we love Debbie Harry—iconic, sensual, intelligent, fashionable. She's still relevant decades after she became the queen of the CBGB punk scene. Last week she released her new album, Necessary Evil, and recently approved Kirsten Dunst to play her in a Michel Gondry-directed biopic. We're not sure about that decision just yet, but we Read More
CBGB and MVD Entertainment are pairing up to immortalize the legacy of CBGB on CD. MVD, a company itself that benefited from the publicity that CBGB and its founder, the late Hilly Kristal, afforded visionary artists, is putting out a series of albums that will feature a full live performance at Read More
