The Precise Reason Why CBGB's Shouldn't Be Saved

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― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Punk Rock Box and Retro Bars, anyone?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

cbgb has sucked for years... landmark my ass.

― cindy williams permafrost (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

are you saying CBGBs thinks it's chocolate when it is actually chewing gum?

― john'n'chicago, Saturday, 21 May 2005 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)

now if they'd only start booking artists like annie...

― cindy williams permafrost (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 21 May 2005 17:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Back in the day there was a heavy metal coverband club -- Great Gildersleeves -- next door to CBGB. Typically perverse, PiL even played there in the early 80s. So why isn't THAT spot a landmark?

Down on the corner of Bowery and Dee Snider Place...doesn't have the same ring of authenticity I guess.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 21 May 2005 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

the way to save cbgb would've been for the club to, like, pay rent all those months/years when they didn't.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

That wouldn't be punk.

― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah, right, sorry. please withdraw my comment from the official record.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Debuting this May, 2005, Chocolate Bar, in collaboration with Hilly Kristal unveils two edible lines of CBGB products including the CBGBs Punk Rock Box ($25.00); a 16 piece truffle collection embossed with the pioneering history and iconic imagery of CBGBs illustrious music scene. Served in a chocolate brown box, hot-stamped with the venues famed logo, it comes complete with a postage-paid petition to save CBGBs, a record-shaped biography, steel logo keychain and a collection of CBGB stickers. CBGB Retro Bars ($3.00 each); Inspired by those colossal flavors from late-night, post-show snack attacks, discover pure 1970 nostalgia with two new retro flavors. Each is wrapped in a limited-edition CBGBs keepsake, weighs an impressive 2.25 ounces and comes complete with a postage-paid petition to save the venerable venue.

― jw, Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

http://store1.yimg.com/I/chocolatebarnewyork_1845_73583

― jw, Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

let's keep CBGB's where it belongs: on the t-shirt table at Urban Outfitters.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Hot Topic

― jw, Saturday, 21 May 2005 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

LOL WTF OMFUG

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Saturday, 21 May 2005 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

oh thanks - i couldn't fgure out how to copy&paste text from that flashed-out website.
x-post

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 21 May 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

ewwwwwww

― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Saturday, 21 May 2005 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

what the hell is with new york.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 21 May 2005 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't even begin to figure out what's going on here.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 21 May 2005 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

one can only imagine what associatons the phrase "two edible lines of CBGB products" would have brought on 20 years ago.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 21 May 2005 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Annie would be a perfect fit for CB's i.e. not nearly as good as you imagined.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 22 May 2005 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)

you are correct.

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 22 May 2005 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I just don't understand why Hilly hasn't sold CBGB to DISNEY yet.

― deb p, Sunday, 22 May 2005 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Even teen pop idols know better than wear a CBGB's shirt!

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Sunday, 22 May 2005 03:13 (twenty-one years ago)

when did ilx find its No Logo soul, one wonders

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Sunday, 22 May 2005 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Shania Twain's Ramones T-shirt: C/D?

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Sunday, 22 May 2005 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Hi-Fashion Ironic Vintage Metal/Punk Kitsch

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Sunday, 22 May 2005 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

You can get a t-shirt here in Sydney designed by Ray Ahn of the Hard-Ons which looks exactly like the Dangerfield knock off, but has "Hey Ho Let's Go Shopping" written on it.

― moley, Sunday, 22 May 2005 05:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Inspired by those colossal flavors from late-night, post-show snack attacks, discover pure 1970 nostalgia with two new retro flavors.

????????!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?WTF??!?!?

― Amon (eman), Sunday, 22 May 2005 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://chocolatebarnyc.com/images/ill-cbgb.gif

is this faceless douchebag reaching down to fondle his huge hipster belt-buckle or trying to hide his unhip fanny pack?

― Amon (eman), Sunday, 22 May 2005 06:04 (twenty-one years ago)

He has no mouth. Someone else must've eaten that bite of chocolate.

― moley, Sunday, 22 May 2005 06:15 (twenty-one years ago)

neither does this guy. nor can he see what's in his shopping bag, i.e. - "the blind consumer"

http://chocolatebarnyc.com/images/ill-home.gif

― Amon (eman), Sunday, 22 May 2005 06:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Is there anything worth saving other than that awning? It's a classic awning and someone should save it. It shouldn't be that hard to find some place to put it. Other than that what's the fuss?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Sunday, 22 May 2005 06:25 (twenty-one years ago)

now i've really seen it all.

(note: still confused)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 22 May 2005 06:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I think this pic deserves to become a running ILM meme.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 22 May 2005 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Walter's right. Put the awning in a museum and call it a day. Either that or get new management and book really good stuff instead of any punk band that sends a demo.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Sunday, 22 May 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm moving! someone tell me where i should be. this city's hipness quotient just keeps sinking. good riddance.

― ZionTrain in NYC (ZionTrain), Sunday, 22 May 2005 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

this chocolate bar's good, but it doesn't taste retro enough.....

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Sunday, 22 May 2005 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

they should sell chocolate bars manufactored in 1970. i love that white dust that forms over bad chocolate.

― malorie bourgeois (m bourgeois), Sunday, 22 May 2005 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

You can get a t-shirt here in Sydney designed by Ray Ahn of the Hard-Ons which looks exactly like the Dangerfield knock off, but has "Hey Ho Let's Go Shopping" written on it.

-- moley (mol...) (webmail), May 22nd, 2005 2:32 AM. (later) (link)

What's the original knock-off like?

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Monday, 23 May 2005 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

A CBGB chocolate bar is as nothing compared to the Manowar fudge ingot.

― George Smith, Monday, 23 May 2005 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The chocolate is so punk that as soon as people agree that it tastes goof it turns bad so it doesn't appear to be "selling out"

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 23 May 2005 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

good*

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 23 May 2005 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

http://chocolatebarnyc.com/images/ill-menu.gif

But why does this guy appear to be eating (through osmosis, most likely) a healthy sandwich?

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 23 May 2005 01:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I think that's Noel-Gallagher-Without-A-Face

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Monday, 23 May 2005 01:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Is there anything worth saving other than that awning?

the bathroom.

― rajeev (rajeev), Monday, 23 May 2005 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

the world would be a better place had it never opened it's doors anyhow! - just my opinion.

― corey c (shock of daylight), Monday, 23 May 2005 05:31 (twenty-one years ago)

you can shit on a puertorican whore

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Monday, 23 May 2005 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Serious question: I notice that both the CBGB and OMFUG logos are copyrighted. How much of a cut does Hilly get on merch (T-shirts, chocolate bars, etc.)? And why isn't that enough to pay his back rent?

The chocolate is so punk that as soon as people agree that it tastes good it turns bad so it doesn't appear to be "selling out"

To make it a REAL CBGB bar, it should be one good candy bar packaged with four bland, mediocre other bars. And you have to eat the other four bars before getting to the one you really want.

― mike a, Monday, 23 May 2005 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

ha ha ha

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Monday, 23 May 2005 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

You'd think this was about Mars Bar.

Hiyo!

(I'm on a roll today...)

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Monday, 23 May 2005 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

what, deez nuts?

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Monday, 23 May 2005 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

To be fair, Chocolate Bar is a really cute little place and not at all as slick as their web designer makes them out to be.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 23 May 2005 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

No it's not, it's a yuppie hellhole run as a caprice by a big-time PR guy and his wife; all they do is repackage a couple of already-popular chocolates (Jacques Torres and some other kind) in their trademark wrappers. They're doing a much brisker business in t-shirts (inscribed "chocolate boy" and "chocolate girl").

Wait a sec: a puffed-up empty brand that makes most of its money on t-shirts... how did i not see the connection before?!

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 23 May 2005 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

^ How to pwn fules on the internets

― Cool Hand Luuke (ex machina), Monday, 23 May 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

You're going to hate/love this one, Alex.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

http://viceland.com/viceDiary/photos/Save%20CBGB/IMG_1152.JPG

― Old School (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

Punksnotdead...

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

...Vince Mcmann bought it

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

For more than 30 years, the eternal downtown nightclub has with ragged pride, served as the incubator for much of the punk and art-rock which came out of New York over the last thirty years including The Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Blondie and The Talking Heads.

"over the last thirty years"

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

"Horses" 1975
"The Ramones" 1976
"Blondie" 1976
"Talking Heads 77" 1977
"Marquee Moon" 1977

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

♪ ??? ♪

― amon (eman), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

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