Parting Glance

EYE WANNA BE SEDATED
So we hope everyone has heard about the move of CBGBs from New York’s Bowery to the Las Vegas strip. If not, please let 20/20 fill you in. There once was this hell-hole of a rock club where numerous rock legends such as The Ramones, Talking Heads and Patti Smith soared to infamy. CBGBs was a . It smelled. The sound system was horrific. And as the years wore on the aura wore thin as countless would-be-punk-posers blared briefly (and badly) before beginning somber careers as dyslectic accountants. One wonders if our sadly missed spex-star, Joey Ramone, would ever even foot in the soon-to-be-recreated Vegas CBGBs. Gabba, Gabba, HOPE NOT.

—James J. Spina