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Can Manhattan Get Its Groove Back?

Gregg S. Lipman | Posted 05.10.2013 | New York

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Brooklyn shouldn't get too comfy with its current cool status; it's just a matter of time before the borough suffers a backlash as well, and the cool hunters go in search of the next big thing.

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Another Excerpt: I "Discover" CBGB and Open for The Ramones, May, 1975

Binky Philips | Posted 04.13.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: Hilly Kristal, Television, Kiss, The Ramones, Cbgb, Terry Ork, Binky Philips, Paul Stanley, Entertainment News

Here's another excerpt from my eBook on Rhino, My Life in the Ghost of Planets - The Story of a CBGB Almost-Was. It's doozy, too... in which my band, The Planets, is initiated into the brave new world of CBGB in the early Spring of 1975.

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The Bay City Rollers Did NOT Suck... and the Awesome Influence of One Haircut

Binky Philips | Posted 05.15.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: Cbgb, Bay City Rollers, Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell, Binky Philips, The Palladium, Glam, Entertainment News

Here's the true unsung story about one of the origins of the Punk/New Wave look...

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1977: Iggy Pop and Ray Manzarek Want to Start a Band With Me

Binky Philips | Posted 04.24.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: Nite City, Hilly Kristal, Danny Sugerman, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, The Doors, Corky Stasiak, Iggy Pop, Cbgb, The Planets, Binky Philips, Entertainment News

Yes, I know turning them down was raw lunacy, but I had the secret knowledge, as I listened to Danny, Ray and Ig work me, that The Planets were gonna be signed by Warner Bros. My band, my songs.

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1977: My Band is Signing With Warner Brothers Records! Thin Lizzy's Producer is Set to Do Our Album! In London! At The Who's Recording Studio! And... Then...

Binky Philips | Posted 04.17.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: The Who, Van Halen, Mo Ostion, John Alcock, Max's Kansas City, Cbgb, Bob Merlis, Ted Templeman, Thin Lizzy, Binky Philips, Entertatinment, Entertainment News

Looking back, it was an undeniably fertile creative moment in New York City. Things were coalescing and I was in the thick of it.

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Two CBGB Bands vs. an Actual Biker Gang

Binky Philips | Posted 04.09.2013 | Entertainment

The bikers just went happily berserk. Booing, screaming, howling, cursing, laughing, flipping birds, throwing empty beer cans... Poor T'winks, in front of everyone, the bar owner walked up and let them know that the Bands-From-NYC experiment was over.

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Webster Hall Attack: Cro-Mags Founder Harley Flanagan: "What I Did Was Defend My Life"

Camilla Webster | Posted 09.16.2012 | New York

New York Natives sat down with Cro-Mags founder Harley Flanagan for an exclusive interview about the events of the now infamous July 6 Webster Hall Cro-Mags blow-out during New York's CBGB Festival.

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Who Really Made CBGB Cool?

The Huffington Post | Michael Hogan | Posted 07.18.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Hilly Kristal, Chris Frantz, Cbgb New York, Patti Smith, Slideexpand, Bob Lefsetz, Cbgb, Video, Tom Verlaine, Cbgb Club, Talking Heads, Terry Ork, Cbgb Movie, Lisa-Kristal-Burgman, Larry Butler, Entertainment News

Who's responsible for turning CBGB's into the petri dish that unleashed punk rock onto the world? It's long been known that the idea didn't origina...

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2 Stabbed At CBGB Fest, Former Cro-Mag Member Arrested

AP | Posted 07.09.2012 | New York

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NEW YORK -- Authorities say a two people were stabbed and one was also bitten before a show at the New York City music venue Webster Hall. Harley Fla...

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CBGB Festival Guide: Superchunk, Reggie Watts And Guided By Voices

Posted 07.03.2012 | New York

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From July 5 to July 8, the city will resurrect the greatness of CBGB with the venerable club's first music festival, bringing both established and eme...

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Alan Rickman, Is That You?

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 06.29.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Mickey Sumner, Iggy Pop, Cbgb Film, Patti Smith, Alan Rickman Hilly Kristal, Slideexpand, Foo Fighters, Cbgb, Video, Alan Rickman Cbgb, Rupert Grint Cbgb, Alan Rickman Photo, Taylor Hawkins, Cbgb Film Set, Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins, Cbgb Cast, Entertainment News

It's hard to imagine Alan Rickman as anyone other than Severus Snape, but after seeing the British actor on the set of the upcoming "CBGB" film, we're...

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'CBGB' Film Casts Its Patti Smith & Iggy Pop

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 06.05.2012 | Entertainment

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"CBGB" is shaping up to be quite a star-studded affair. The film, which chronicles the famous New York City music venue, has cast "The Big Bang Theory...

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The Best Upcoming Summer Festivals

Posted 05.23.2012 | New York

Read More: Cbgb, Celebrate Brooklyn, Music Festivals, Cbgb Music Festival, Bryant-Park-Movies, NY Around Town, Governor's Ball, New York Concerts, New York Summer, New York News

With summer approaching fast, newly announced concert lineups, official festivals, and plenty of outdoor movie screenings are quickly taking over our ...

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The Sudden Resurgence Of CBGB

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.15.2012 | Home

Read More: Cbgb, Alan Rickman, Hilly Kristal, Video, Misfits, Punk Rock, Summer Festivals, Cbgb Festival, Ramones, New York Music, Punk Music, Blondie, New York Clubs, On Our Radar, Alan Rickman Cbgb, Home News

In 2006 one of the most renowned music venues in the country shut its doors. But now it looks like CBGB -- the venerable East Village hard rock in...

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Remembering Joey Ramone Through Photos

Posted 05.11.2012 | Arts

Read More: Cbgb, Photography, Video, Joey Ramone, Rock Photography, Joey Ramone Photos, Ramones Photos, Ramones, Slideexpand, Deborah Feingold, New York, Rock Stars, Arts News

"I Remember You," a new exhibition of never-before-seen photographs at John Varvatos in New York, shows a few sides of the brooding singer/songwriter ...

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Back From The Dead?

Reuters | Posted 07.08.2012 | New York

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(Corrects name of Kristal's daughter in 7th and 9th paras) NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - New York's legendary punk-rock music venue CBGB...

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PHOTOS: Varvatos Hosts A Ramone Autobiography Party At Former CBGB Venue

Posted 03.30.2012 | New York

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High-end fashion designer John Varvatos celebrated the launch Thursday of "Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone" at his chic 315 Bowery boutiq...

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CBGB Searching SXSW For Bands To Play Summer Festival

Posted 03.16.2012 | New York

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More than five years after CBGB shuttered its doors, ending three decades of legendary punk performances to transform into a high-end John Varvatos bo...

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POLL: Should CBGB Reopen? Because It Might!

Posted 01.31.2012 | New York

Read More: Cbgb, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Hilly Kristal, Video, NY Real Estate, New York Real Estate, Lisa Kristal, New York News

News of CBGB's possible reopening has sent the blogosphere into a tizzy. Can the legendary music venue be successful without founder and "rock midwife...

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Denver Does CBGB's: Accordion Crimes on Blondie

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 12.10.2011 | Denver

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This October 29th, Denver bands are bringing the Hi-Dive back to CBGB's in the mid-seventies. We spoke with Accordion Crimes about covering Blondie, being blond, Playboy Bunny Camp, and other blond-related topics.

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Denver Does CBGB's: Hindershot on Talking Heads

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 12.06.2011 | Denver

Read More: Cbgb, Talking Heads, The Donnybrook Writing Academy, Hindershot, Denver Music, Punk Rock, Denver Around Town, Cover Bands, Covering Music, Denver News

October 29th, Denver bands are covering iconic bands that played the Hi-Dive. The lineup includes local band Hindershot as Talking Heads. We caught up with Hindershot to talk about the process of covering the Heads.

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WATCH: New York City's Vanishing Landmarks

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 07.26.2011 | New York

Read More: Cbgb, Astroland, Shea Stadium, New York Real Estate, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Elaine's Restaurant, NY Real Estate, Florent, Chinatown Fair, Slidepollajax, Yankee Stadium, New York News

There's been a rash of New York City landmarks closing or about to close this week. Mars Bar got its demolition permit, a candlelight vigil was held l...

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Legendary New York Venue Setting For New Biopic

Posted 07.20.2011 | New York

Read More: Cbgb, The-Talking-Heads, Randall Miller, The Ramones, Brad Rosenberger, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Lisa Kristal Burgman, Patti Smith, Hilly-Kristal, Jody Savin, Blondie, New York News

CBGB, the famous New York City music venue, and its founder Hilly Kristal will be the subjects of a new biopic, according to Bilboard.com. Brad Ro...

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East Village's Extra Place: Music, Fashion and Tacos

| Courtney Scott | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

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When CBGB was at its prime, Extra Place was the back alley where questionable things went down and music legends made fast getaways. Fast forward to t...

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WATCH: Finding The Bowery's Rock & Roll Roots

GloboMaestro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Cbgb, John Varvatos, The Bowery Hotel, East Village, Travel, Morrison Hotel Gallery, Concierge, The Bowery, Travel News, Music, Bowery Poetry Club, Rock and Roll, Poetry, Video, Travel News

CBGB was once the center of New York's punk-rock scene on the Bowery. But do you know about the club's latest incarnation? City insider, Laura Cooper...

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