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10.18.06 by Rob Levy @ 5:47 am  As CBGB's closes its doors I feel a sense of loss and emptiness. I lived in NYC for nearly three years from 1990-1993. However I had been dating this girl there for nearly four years before I had become familiar with club and haunted its hallowed environs for various shows. The first time I went there I was awestruck at how small it was at how crappy the bathrooms were. You could catch the Plague in those restrooms. But one thing was certain; from the minute I walked into the place I felt the history, the legacy and the importance of it. It was 1989 and I was awestruck by NYC and this girl I met from Brooklyn. Our first proper NYC date was dinner and then a show at CBGB's, I can't for the life remember what godawful crappy ass band was playing that night (they were on Sub Pop). But I do know that I was in a temple...a church, if you will. As I was leaving I passed Joey Ramone coming in the door and he said "Hey" and I said "Hey, you make great records." I nerded out. I went back again about six months later and stood next to Lou Reed in the crowd for a few seconds before he scurried off. That sealed the deal, this place was cooler than shit. In 1991 I got a really hokey job hosting a music interview and video show for Manhattan public access. It was scary and weird but I did get to interview a band at the bar of CBGB's right when it had opened. It was only then at that moment that I saw the place in white light and realized what a shithole and dump it really was. Categorized as: Music
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10.17.06 by Widge @ 10:47 pm  The blog is The Soundtracks That Time Forgot. They post weird and unavailable bits of movie scores. For example, from last year's Halloween film fest, the ridiculously, hilariously bad Night of the Lepus, in which giant killer rabbits terrorize a small town. They've got the main theme up for your dancing and dining pleasure, and there's more fun where that came from. Categorized as: Music
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10.15.06 by Rob Levy @ 7:39 pm OBITUARY: CBGB's, the hallowed and venerable punk rock club, has died at the age of 33. CBGB's, a pillar of the New York City underworld community formerly resided at 315 Bowery in New York City. CBGB's was euthanized by the Bowery Residents Committee. CBGB's is survived by no children but is beloved by an outside family of the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, Television, Patti Smith, Sonic Youth and thousands of sweaty, tattered and beaten down punks, roustabouts and artist-types. Arguably the most famous venue in New York City for over three decades, CBGB's hosted loud and thunderous music each and every night for its entire career. Along with its cousins, The Village Vanguard and Studio 54, CBGB's helped create the cultural, artistic and musical history of New York City while bolstering the NYC underground. A beloved hotspot for tourists, hipsters, artists, bohemians and generally sketchy Machiavellians, CBGB's was the pulse of NYC's punk rock movement of the 1970s. In the 1980s the club invigorated the underground with art rock and hardcore shows of epic proportions. The 1990s and early naught decade saw the club remain a vital epicenter for underground culture in the city. Its last fifteen years saw the club decline in health but expand musically with the advent of noisecore, grunge and indie rock. Until its death on October 15th, 2006 CBGB's remained a treasure both for New York City and the millions of lost youth who passed through its hallowed doors. Following a memorial service by friends and singer Patti Smith, the body of CBGB's will be taken to Las Vegas, Nevada for embalming and public display. Categorized as: Music
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10.15.06 by Widge @ 6:08 am Yeah, I know, I know. Again, breaking custom by putting up a music video. But the fu of DJ Format and his compatriots cannot be denied. And the setup of this video should appeal to you, the mad caffeinated weasels who read this site. Categorized as: Music and Stimuli
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10.15.06 by Widge @ 1:37 am  Senses Working Overtime continues to rock the (haunted) house with another week's worth of posts in their 31 Days of Halloween series, all summarized in this handy review post. Go check them out for classic radio terror, scary retro comic books, podcasts and more. Categorized as: Comics and Music and Stimuli
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10.14.06 by Widge @ 5:53 am The inexplicable weirdness of madman/genius/musician, Bill Bailey. He has dominion. Sadly, Bill has no Region 1 DVDs of his standup available. Buy the first series of Black Books instead. Maybe they'll take a hint. Categorized as: Music and Stimuli
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10.09.06 by Widge @ 9:26 am  Well, it's official: Tower Records is an ex-parrot. That's a shame. Tower was the only place in town where you could go back in the day when you had that itch for an album and it was late as freaking hell and no other place in town was open. They were always there, ready and willing to sell you what you needed for your late night fix. As The Long Tail explains it, though, the cause of death is clear: Tower decided to try and resist change. And you know that way lies madness. Categorized as: Music
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10.07.06 by Widge @ 5:22 am  Our own resident turntablist, DJ B-Naut, was a lucky bastard this past weekend and got to check out Gnarls Barkley live in Atlanta. He was kind enough to write up the experience for us to share with all of you. Full article and more pics available after the break below.
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10.07.06 by Widge @ 1:18 am  The Smoking Gun has seen many, many concert riders (i.e. the document that performers send ahead of time with their demands for how things should be set up to their liking). They state that this one from Iggy Pop is the funniest they've ever received. And it's easy to see why. It's eighteen pages of pure genius.
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10.06.06 by Widge @ 9:23 am  Sloshing through the swamp of pop culture so you don't have to. We bring you ideas for how to waste your weekend. Of course, special thanks go out to Clutch for letting me use their absolutely badass song, "Promoter (of earthbound causes)" as my theme music for this. Buy Blast Tyrant, which is where you can find "Promoter". Buy their latest album, Pitchforks and Lost Needles. Send them love and coin. BTW, you iTunes subscriber types can nab this feed here. Or if you want to do something else with it, the feed feed is here. Special guest stars are Morgan Quillin as Disgruntled Kid #1 and Dark Zoe as Evil Elmo.    Laurel Canyon by Michael Walker, performed by Lloyd James. (Blackstone) The Zero by Jess Walter, performed by Christopher Graybill. (Harper Audio) The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins)    Content #2 by Gia-Bao Tran Essential Alice in Chains (Sony) The Vacant Stare by Lifted    Galaxina (Brentwood BCI) The Brak Show, Vol. 2 (Adult Swim/Warner Brothers) I Am Sex Addict (IFC)     Romancing the Stone (Fox) Go For Zucker (First Run) Miracles of Jesus (BBC) The Ellen Degeneres Show (Warner Brothers - Target Exclusive) Categorized as: Books and Comics and DVD and Music and Podcasts and Recommendations
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