CBGB'S

This weekend CBGB's is finally closing.
i am really very saddened by this, for both the NY music scene and for personal nostalic reasons. When i was a kid, i got 5 bux allowance. That was enough cash to take the bus to the S.I. ferry, get to NYC, walk to the Village, $3.00 to get in to CB's to see the show, with 25 cents left over for the return trip on the ferry.
There would be at least 3 bands on the bill - usually more. i saw some of the most amazing punk and hardcore bands play, from all over the world. i was there every weekend for about 10 years.
It was on the stage there, at my VERY first concert ever that i saw my Master for the first time. Who knew we'd still be together? He played there many, many times with a number of different bands. We made friends with some of the sound men and used to get them to tape concerts off the sound board for us. (where are those tapes now???)
i got my first black eye there, in the mosh pit. (because Sir jumped off the stage and kicked me in the eye.... ahh, the early S.M. blossoming of youth!) i carried Sir and a bunch of friends in the pit on my shoulders (chicken slam!)
i, myself, sang on that stage with one of Sir's bands. So, yeah - CBGB's closing is a very personal thing.
i read that Hilly is going to take everything, including the urinals with him and re-open in Las Vegas. i hope he does it, i really do. It won't be the same (nothing in life ever is, i've discovered) but let it become a huge entity with financial backing and pray that the powers that be stick to the spirit of feeding new music, discovering new bands and keeping some dreams alive.