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Sure, you could pay $26 to see the old awning of CBGB as part of the New York Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Tour, but if you want to see the closed club's real nuts and bolts, head on out to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Inside a 3,000-square-foot storage space, you'll find old paperwork from the business (including notebooks that reviewed auditioning bands) and tons of panties emblazoned with the CBGB logo. But not the bar, alas: That's stashed in—heavens!—Connecticut. [NYT]

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Clothing designer John Varvatos, whose new shop on the Bowery replaced CBGB, is still trying to play up his punk rock bona fides, telling the New York Post that his first concert was an Iggy and the Stooges show in 1970. "Even back then, he performed shirtless. Fast-forward 35 years and I put him in a three-piece suit in my ad campaign. He said it was the first time ever that anyone wanted to photograph him with clothes on." Ahh, isn't the realization of the punk-rock dream a beautiful thing? [NYP / Photo via BlackBook]

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John Varvatos Is Keeping It Real

The clothing designer's hiring policy for his brand-new store, located in the former location of CBGB, is allegedly trying to keep the space true to its roots: "All the staff they're hiring for the store are musicians in their other lives... He's really trying to keep the space about music." Why do I have the feeling "musicians in their other lives" is code for "looks like a not-as-well-nourished Julian Casablancas?" Oh, if only G.G. Allin was still around to put in an application. [Gatecrasher / Pic via Racked]

8:45 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by Cassiel: I dressed exactly like Minnie Pearl for my interview and they still wouldn't hire me. Posers. more »

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CBGB Space Turned Into A Store Where People Can Overspend On Hoodies, Follow "Vinyl Is Back" Trend

The John Varvatos store in the former CBGB space has opened. Racked stopped in over the weekend, and it's about as EPCOT-on-the-Bowery as you might expect: "Fans of leather and false nostalgia, rejoice: the space has been remade in a faux-punk ethic, with walls adorned with vintage concert poster reproductions; a section dramatically demonstrating the evolution of what used to be called A/V equipment; plenty of guitars, drumsets, and amps; and even bins of vinyl up front for browsing and buying. Racked's drop-by around 2pm found a relatively sparse crowd, and, worse, no free booze. The front vinyl racks attracted browsers, though." Well, of course they did! Vinyl's the new old thing, you know. [Racked]

6:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by capnbecki: @Wasp vs Stryper: Going to small venues and spending my money there is pretty much my life, so... I'm going to keep bitching. P-) more »

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Jared Leto Finally Acting A Bit Like Jordan Catalano Again

When heartbroken friends sigh about the transformation of Jared Leto from TV dreamboat to emo assclown, my natural reaction is to laugh long and hard, for reasons jealous and Brian Krakow-like in nature. But when I read that Leto tried to yank some posters off the walls at CBGB during its demolition, I smiled a little. More »

8:45 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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Menswear designer John Varvatos will apparently open a boutique at 313-315 Bowery sometime in the next few months. So why is this Idolator-worthy news—because Varvatos used a snake-bedecked Alice Cooper as a model recently, and is a "fan of musicians and the rock scene"? Nope; it's because that address is better known as the former home of CBGB. [Racked]

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Hilly Kristal died with a net worth of about $3.7 million, a sum that could have probably bought him a lot of CBGB T-shirts. Of course, now his whole family's squabbling over the fate of the fortune. [Village Voice]

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Hilly Kristal, Founder Of CBGB, R.I.P.

Hilly Kristal, the man behind CBGB, died on Tuesday following a battle with lung cancer and perhaps an even more debilitating battle over the last few years to keep the punk rock warhorse open:

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The CBGB Truffle Collection: Alas, There's No Flavor Honoring The Bathroom

We bet the skull-and-crossbones chocolate is always the last one left in the box. CBGB's Punk Rock Box [Chocolate Bar NYC, via The In Crowd]

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blogsmacked

Blogsmacked: CBGB's Toilet Gets Backed Up For The Last Time

- CBGB fans gather—where else?—on MySpace, posting their memories of the club in fonts that are visible from across the Bowery. [CBGB MySpace Blog]
- Brooklyn Vegan has been all over the CBGB closing, with show reviews from the final nights, tons of photos, and a shot of the now-awningless CBGB exterior. [Brooklyn Vegan]
- CBGB's place in "post neo-classic proto pre-post punk rock land." [Tom Watson]
- Idolator commenter mickeyprecious looks back on how the club smelled like vomit ... "but not in a bad way." [Yahoo! News]
- James Wolcott looks back, and recalls that even when CBGB was "huge"—but before it became a fashion statement—it never drew a swarm of people. [James Wolcott]
- Existential angst: totally not a punk rock emotion. [Jossip]
- "Would the people who are mourning CBGB's passing prefer it to live on as a slightly grubbier version of the Hard Rock Cafe?" Oh, snap. [The Insomnia Report]
- One question: What band was the last to break out of CBGB? [POPSURFING]
- Why fret about CBGB? The East Village club scene was dead anyway. Onward ... to Brooklyn! [Popwatch]

4:29 PM on Mon Oct 16 2006
By mjohnston
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At Least The Post Spelled 'CBGB' Right

First the New York Times confuses Clash members Mick Jones and Joe Strummer—and the New York Post, in its rush to engage in some Times-mocking, runs a picture of Foreigner's Mick Jones. Now, the Post can't tell the difference between Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry and Patti Smith. Perhaps we should take up a collection to buy every NYC newspaper's photo desk a copy of Please Kill Me. (Also, if anyone has a copy of that Mick/Mick mix-up, please send us a scan—we'd like to blow it up and hang it on our flophouse's wall.) More »

11:20 AM on Mon Oct 16 2006
By mjohnston
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Videodrone: Punk Parody Almost A Little Too Spot-On

Corinne Bailey Rae was the announced musical guest on this week's Saturday Night Live, but Lou Reed and Patti Smith—as inhabited by Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen—also made an appearance, in a clip looking back on Bowery fixture CBGB. A warning: The clip's "funny" quotient is probably directly proportional to the number of times you've been around annoying people moaning about how the club's imminent closing is a death knell for punk, rock, the concept of "subculture" in general, and the world. More »

3:24 PM on Mon Oct 9 2006
By mjohnston
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Liner Notes: That's Mr. Diddy To You, Kids

- Diddy gives an inexplicably press-worthy speech at a Philadelphia high school, during which he preaches the value of not dropping out, as well as the importance of milking your friend's untimely death for all it's worth. [People]
- For a guy who just sold a boatload of albums, Justin Timberlake sure can get angry. [Perez Hilton]
- Reggae-punk outfit Bad Brains is set to reunite and play a pair of shows at CBGB next month. Okay, now the place can close. Finally. [Brooklyn Vegan]

3:03 PM on Wed Sep 20 2006
By mjohnston
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blogsmacked

Blogsmacked: Fools, Punks, And Castoffs

- Are you sad that "Yacht Rock" hasn't put out a new episode in a while? Perhaps seven versions of the Doobie Brothers' "What A Fool Believes" will tide you over for now. [JasonHare.com]
- Could the secret behind CBGB's demise be its lousy payouts to bands, and not gentrification? [Gothamist]
- Christina Milian denies being broke, doesn't deny that selling her old outfits on eBay is fun. [MySpace blog]

5:11 PM on Wed Sep 6 2006
By mjohnston
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