June 19, 2005

Rumors For Uplifting Gormandizers

TBA if NYC will declare CBGB's a landmark. In the meantime, rumors about the legendary punk club's future continue to swirl. My favorite, via Westwood One:

MARKY RAMONE: This is another thing I heard, it could be a rumor ... Japanese businessmen want to go there, dismantle it, take it back to Japan and rebuild the whole thing in I think Tokyo and make it CBGB’s there. You know, so, that could happen.

Hilarious, yet sort of awesome.

Posted at 10:00 PM

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that would be sort of awesome. i'd go to tokyo for that.

Posted by: chris at 06/19/05 10:32 PM | Reply
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I wouldn't be surprised. There's just as many Japanese that are wild about America as there are Americans crazy about the Japanese.

Posted by: ChrisG at 06/19/05 11:22 PM | Reply
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I don't know if that's the most punk rock thing I've heard or the least. I dunno

Posted by: German at 06/19/05 11:24 PM | Reply
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It'd prolly be cooler in Japan than as an official "landmark". And Japanese rockers in a reassembled CBGB would be completely punk.

Posted by: susan at 06/20/05 12:18 AM | Reply
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I guess I'll be the first to say this reminds me of London Bridge being bought and reassembled in Arizona....

Posted by: zeppelin at 06/20/05 1:07 AM | Reply
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I can't wait...You think that the bathrooms will be intact...theres no way they can make it through customs too much blow ground in every crevice...

Posted by: Yale Bloor at 06/20/05 9:06 AM | Reply
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uh, as someone whose lived in Tokyo for quite a while (in Shibuya, not the sticks), I can say for certain that CBGB here would be a tragic hangout for the worst type of hipster. Hell, even Momus would probably pop by to hang out with the D&G punks.

Japanese who are obsessed with American culture are not as pathetic as Americans obsessed with Japanese culture....but damn its close. The only genre of Japanese music (sans traditional/world) is electronic. Its all posing besides that. Seriously, how many good clubs are there in Tokyo?
Yeah, and they're all micro-house based.

No, at CBGB Tokyo, you could probably get all hot to see Babyshambles for $70+

Posted by: ferenc at 06/20/05 9:16 AM | Reply
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They'd probably at least get some use out of it: there's nothing punk about Bishop Allen.

Posted by: Adam at 06/20/05 9:17 AM | Reply
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Funny; I had to help out a young girl (maybe 12 years old) who was on the W side looking to get to CBGBs.

Maybe it can just be a museum, as it really hasn't served much more of a purpose than that over the last decade.

Posted by: DIRT at 06/20/05 11:27 AM | Reply
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damn, i was going to say about the london bridge thing.

that was hilarious, but you know, the americans thought they were getting tower bridge!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

jesus, fools, trust foreigners to thihnk that every bridge in london is called london bridge.

Posted by: sarah at 06/21/05 12:22 PM | Reply
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didn't this already happen?