Gothamist: Smell Ya Later, CB's

REALITY CHECK

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:40:43 -0500

Actually, this is all VERY punk (I'm not being sarcastic). Most punks still grow up and have kids and get married and move to the suburbs just like every other goddamned meat-and-potato-eating American-flag-worshipping piece of shit. The only difference between punks and soccer moms are their music tastes, their fashion choices and their choice of soy versus real milk. Underneath they're all the same. Punks ARE suburbia (pun intended). So this whole thing of corporate sponsorships and family values is not anti-punk. All of this is very, very typical of punk. CBGB actually epitomizes punk to a T in this regard. Punk is fun, the music is enjoyable, but don't kid yourselves about its supposed honor.

Honest Abe

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:21:22 -0500

The nostalgia over CBGBs closing and relocation to Vegas (gag) is some of the worst anti-punk b*llsh*t I've ever seen. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Tex

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:57:20 -0500

How cool is it that they unearthed actual 70s glitter-rock glitter? It's like a punk rock Valley of the Kings.

Miquel

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:04:21 -0500

Yeah...duh. Everyone knows that Blimpie is the defacto corporate sponsor of punk rock. I wonder if they kept in one piece the little dirt-floor room across from the boysroom that rockstars and fans alike used to use for 'stuff and things'...

brooklynbee

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:43:01 -0500

I like how the MTV flipbook is interspersed with ads from Subway, because Viacom and corporate sandwich chains are so. punk. rock.