I know I should be supportive of the new indie film about the infamous Bowery bar CBGB, as it has the potential to introduce a whole new generation to the music of Television, the Ramones, the Talking Heads, and all the other punk and new wave bands that came into being there in the mid-1970s, […]
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Watching the legacy of CBGB unwind into nothingness on the big screen
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Bowrey, CBGB, CBGB Festival, Hilly Kristal, Iggy Pop, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Mercer Arts Center, movies that I want to see, movies that make Mark cry, New York, New York Dolls, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, punk, Richard Hell, Rupert Grint, television, Terry Ork 18 Comments
Tom Snyder, new wave, and Kim Fowley
I’ve got work to do tonight, but I can’t seem to find the energy. So, I’m procrastinating, watching old episodes of The Tomorrow Show, and bemoaning the fact that we don’t have good, substantive late night talk shows anymore, or, for that matter, television hosts like Tom Synder. For those of you unfamiliar with Tom, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Media Also tagged 1977, Cherie Currie, dog meat, Google, jail-bait rock, Joan Jett, Kim Fowley, offshore tax havens, punk, punk rock, Runaways, sex kittens, The Runaways, The Tomorrow Show, Tom Snyder, Tomorrow, villians 11 Comments