music history
Kenny's Castaways 40th Anniversary
Founded in 1967 by Patrick Kenny, Kenny’s Castaways was a haven for new and up and coming local bands to showcase their songs. From the New York Dolls residency to the debut of a singer named Bruce Springsteen (with the E Street Band) in 1973, Kenny’s Castaways has held it’s own for more than 40 years, alongside CBGB as a downtown staple for groundbreaking bands…
Little Steven playing MSG, comments on Hilly Kristal
“Losing CBGB meant it was only a matter of time before Hilly followed” said Van Zandt “It was his whole life. He created the space to allow Indie Rock, Pop Art Rock, and Punk to be born…
HILLY 4EVER (pics from outside CBGB)
DOWNLOAD: Nico – Janitor of Lunacy (live at CBGB, March 8, 1979 (MP3)
RIP - CBGB Founder, Hilly Kristal Dies at Age 75
DOWNLOAD: The Ramones – Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Hilly Kristal – Rock N Roll Jackson (excerpt) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (naive Melody) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Patti Smith – Piss Factory (MP3) (clip)
DOWNLOAD: Patti Smith – All Along the Watchtower (live @ CBGB) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Television – Elevation (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dead Boys – 3rd Generation Nation (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Blondie – Rapture (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Agnostic Front – Gotta Go (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sick of It All – Take the Night Off (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Bad Brains – Give Thanks and Praises (MP3)
RIP Hilly
Hilly Kristal on CBGB’s final night – Oct 15, 2006
Mike Watt & The Stooges @ United Palace, NYC pics (part 2)
DOWNLOAD: Minutemen – History Lesson – Part II (MP3)
Popmatters has some great recent video interviews with Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Kelly Clarkson)…
60 yr old DAVID BOWIE bringing DANIEL JOHNSTON to NYC HIGHLINE Festival in MAY (9-19) (+ TVOTR & Arcade Fire?)
DOWNLOAD: David Bowie – Changes (MP3)
Happy Birthday David Bowie! “David Robert Jones” was born on January 8, 1947. Today he’s 60 years old, so the BBC listed sixty things about him
Back in May 2006 (when he was just 59) we found out that David’s curating the May 2007 Inaugural HighLine Festival in NYC…
VU record sells for 155,401 | Lou Reed about to do Berlin
THIS POSTER IS ALSO FOR SALE (HERE)
RECORD SOLD
The Velvet Underground record sold for $155,401 to a mystery bidder named “mechadaddy”, but there’s still time to bid on a one-of-a-kind Portastatic poster, a Guided By Voices collage made by Robert Pollard, a limited edition GBV Propeller LP, a Misfits Evilive 45, and an original set of ABBA dolls…
Sick of It All @ CBGB (last hardcore matinee) | pics + Tour Dates w/ Hatebreed
These pictures of Sick of It All are from the last-ever hardcore matinee at CBGB (October 8, 2006). I never posted them before, so Sick of It All and Hatebreed’s just-announced tour (“Stillborn Fest”) was the perfect excuse…
The dismantling of CBGB
“To help him with the five-day process of packing up the club, Kristal has hired Aurora Productions, a New York theatrical production management company that specializes in the construction and disassembly of Broadway stage sets…
APB reissue music - playing 4 area shows
APB | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sat Dec 09 – Loop Lounge (Passaic, NJ)
Thu Dec 14 – Union Hall (Brooklyn)
Fri Dec 15 – Knitting Factory (NYC)
Sat Dec 16 – Molly Blooms 2 (Amityville, LI)
THE PRESS RELEASE
“If you were a dance-punk growing up on alternative radio (WLIR, WHTG) on the east coast in the mid to late 80’s, you remember Scotland’s APB…
