RIP CBGB Hilly Kristal

Snowflake · 08-29-2007, 11:38 AM

Okay, I was never in the punk scene (d'uh) but this passing is well worth noting.

I hope there is a great party going on wherever you've landed.

Bon Voyage

flippyshark · 08-29-2007, 11:46 AM

I felt that "passing of an era" feeling when CBGBs closed last year. This just puts a sad capper on it. I feel old all of a sudden.

wendybeth · 08-29-2007, 12:44 PM

Me, too. RIP, Hilly.

Snowflake · 08-29-2007, 01:00 PM

BTW, NPR's All Things Considered will have a remembrance of Hilly Kristal on today's show. All Things Considered is 4:00 pm generally on your local NPR station, or after 2pm Pacific aty NPR.org online.

CoasterMatt · 08-29-2007, 01:03 PM

RIP, Hilly

Tref · 08-29-2007, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

I felt that "passing of an era" feeling when CBGBs closed last year. This just puts a sad capper on it. I feel old all of a sudden.

I felt that same way when the Quizno's closed at the Glendale mall.

Snowflake · 04-09-2008, 03:59 PM

Reviving this dead thread (no pun intended, really)

The CBGB club is now a designer warehouse, sorta.

[size="5"]Fashion designer moves into N.Y. club CBGB's space

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The punk spirit of CBGB lives on, but it has cleaned up its act.

Menswear fashion designer John Varvatos has opened his newest boutique in the space that once housed the famed underground music club CBGB, where popular acts such as Blondie, Television, The Ramones and Patti Smith played.

Varvatos has preserved much of CBGB's poster- and graffiti-covered walls and recreated some of its gritty mood with dark wood, Victorian-style crystal chandeliers, velvet curtains and a black ceiling.

Story here

PanTheMan · 04-12-2008, 05:39 PM

How Sad CBGB's is now a Boutique. All the dead Romones are spinning in their graves. The place was dive, I saw The Talking Heads there in '86, but it was the sprit of the place that awed me.

I have also heard they plan to open a CGGB's in Vegas? Restaurant, Bar, louge and Momorabilia... For this sacrilege I hope the Romones actually rise from ther graves and burn the place down.

08-29-2007, 11:38 AM	#1
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	RIP CBGB Hilly Kristal Okay, I was never in the punk scene (d'uh) but this passing is well worth noting. I hope there is a great party going on wherever you've landed. Bon Voyage __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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08-29-2007, 11:46 AM	#2
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I felt that "passing of an era" feeling when CBGBs closed last year. This just puts a sad capper on it. I feel old all of a sudden.
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Me, too. RIP, Hilly. __________________
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08-29-2007, 01:00 PM	#4
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	BTW, NPR's All Things Considered will have a remembrance of Hilly Kristal on today's show. All Things Considered is 4:00 pm generally on your local NPR station, or after 2pm Pacific aty NPR.org online. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	RIP, Hilly __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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04-12-2008, 05:39 PM	#8
PanTheMan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere between you, and just over there. Posts: 258	How Sad CBGB's is now a Boutique. All the dead Romones are spinning in their graves. The place was dive, I saw The Talking Heads there in '86, but it was the sprit of the place that awed me. I have also heard they plan to open a CGGB's in Vegas? Restaurant, Bar, louge and Momorabilia... For this sacrilege I hope the Romones actually rise from ther graves and burn the place down. __________________ What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about? ....
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