Post #260981 by donhonyc on Sun, Oct 15, 2006 10:55 PM

So long. The moment that looked like a point in the (not too) distant future has come and gone. CBGB is a memory as our society continues it's obsession with getting rid of things old and beautiful, to make way for the new and generic. In the case of the Bowery, to turn it (literally) into one giant NYU dorm.

If Patti Smith said one thing tonight that made total sense to me it was this. To paraphrase; 'CBGB will be gone but a new generation will do what we did: Find some shit hole that no one cares about to use as a place to fail, succeed, and experiment.'

The optimist in me agrees. The pessimist in me says that any generation of young people coming up these days wil not, by default care a damn about branching out and experimenting. Their environment dictates nothing leading them to true non-conformist aspirations. Technology and corporate culture have almost guaranteed that. Anyway Patti, we will see. If I am wrong I will eat one of your albums. Preferably 'Easter'.

Thank you Hilly Kristal and thank you CBGB.