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The legacy of CBGB further unwinds into nothingness with Target’s East Village appropriation

By Mark | July 22, 2018

I try my best not to be too terribly sentimental about things. I understand that, no matter how much we might try to stop it from happening, everything changes. I know, eventually, everything wonderful and meaningful is destroyed and replaced. As I’ve discussed here before, though, there are certain things I find it difficult to […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Atlanta, CBGB, commoditization, David Spivey, East Village, East Village Grieve, Hilly Kristal, New Jersey, Nordstrom, popular culture, punk, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Stiv Bators, Talking Heads, television, The Patti Smith Group | 42 Comments

Spin subscribers get fucked

By Mark | December 26, 2012

When ReadyMade magazine stopped publishing, they sent a letter to Linette, telling her that, for the remainder of her subscription, she’d be receiving the decidedly less hip 1950s journal of the American housewife intent on keeping up with the Joneses, Better Homes and Gardens. I thought that was hilarious, but it’s no where near as […]