Thursday, December 08, 2005

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!.....sorta

New Deal Keeps N.Y. Punk Venue CBGB Open by LARRY McSHANE Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- The legendary punk venue CBGB, known as the launching pad for influential bands such as the Ramones and Talking Heads, announced an agreement with its landlord Wednesday to keep the club's doors open through October 2006, when it must move. CBGB's lease expired in August, with the landlord announcing it wanted the club out after a five-year fight. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office helped reach an agreement that avoided a court battle with the Bowery Residents Committee, a homeless advocacy group that owns the lease on the property. - complete story

(note: Joey Ramone was dead and unavailable for comment on the above story) -

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