CBGB's in Trouble

I didn't even know this was happening

Judge says N.Y. punk landmark CBGB's can't be evicted

NEW YORK (AP) — A civil court judge ruled Wednesday that the landmark punk club CBGB's can't be evicted from its Bowery location, saying it shouldn't be punished for not noticing it owed its landlord money.
The ruling was a victory for the club where the groups like the Ramones and Blondie created the punk scene, but CBGB's future is still uncertain.
Its lease with the Bowery Residents' Committee expires on Aug. 31, and a renewal remains up in the air.

The executive director of the Bowery Residents' Committee, Muzzy Rosenblatt, said he had not seen the ruling so he could not comment on it.
"All we're looking for is a responsible tenant," he said of his group, which provides shelter for homeless people in the building that houses the club.

The dispute involved $91,000 in rent increases that the club said it did not pay for four years because of a bookkeeping mix-up. CBGB's said it wasn't billed for the increases, but Rosenblatt said the increases were clearly stated in the lease. The rent is $19,000 a month.

In her ruling, Judge Joan Kenney praised the club's impact on the neighborhood, which she said was plagued by "destitution, degradation and substance abuse" when the club opened in 1973.
"CBGB has proven itself worthy of being recognized as a landmark — a rare achievement for any commercial tenant in the ever diverse and competitive real estate market of New York City," she wrote in the ruling, a copy of which was provided to The Associated Press by the Save CBGB's Coalition.

"It would be unconscionable for this court to allow petitioner to proceed with its intent to evict CBGB ... because it failed to notice that monies were outstanding for approximately four years," the judge wrote.
As part of its proposal for a new lease, CBGB's has said it would find a third-party guarantor and would raise money for the committee every year with benefit concerts.


Curse of the Demon 1958 rating 10

not much going on, I'm practicing my poems for the Poetry reading at Base Gallery this Friday. Not nervous right now, I've done this before 7 years ago.Saw a cool movie last weekend Curse of the Demon. for 1958 it was the best old horror movie I ever seen to this date. Maybe the best old movie i've ever seen on the Ocult. the special effects were amazing. i wonder why they stop making movies that good?

posted Thursday, 4 August 2005

The jacket Rating 7

Big Surprise I put this movie off for the longest time, because I thought it was going to be stupid, but I was wrong. it's like Butterfly Affect but 20 times better. and it's like a second rate Jacobs ladder. which Scared the Shit out of me and I still didn't know what the Fuck was going on.

posted Sunday, 24 July 2005