Tag Archives: punk

Pussy Riot Freedom

August 9, 2012 – 12:15 pm

Show trial in the USSR were an integral instrument of Stalin’s oppressive regime and the practice has been revived in Vladimir Putin’s Russia to stifle any and all demonstrations against his rule. Last February three members of the punk group Pussy Riot entered Moscow’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Christ to perform PRAYER beseeching the Mother […]

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212-982-4052

July 21, 2012 – 10:09 am

Former guitarist for the Ghosts and present strummer for the Bowerytones Jahn Xavier posted a New York telephone number on Facebook. 212-982-4052. I can’t believe I remember that phone number, but there it is. Anybody out there know where that bell rang? Within two minutes a woman called Dusty recognized the number to CBGB’s telephone […]

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Dave’s Luncheonette

April 23, 2012 – 12:42 pm

After a night at the Mudd Club, the clientele met for breakfast at Dave’s Luncheonette on Canal Street. Eggs, toast, home-fries, and a cup of gruesome coffee was $1. Conversation was the night’s evening. The cuisine got no stars in any guidebooks. I googled ‘dave’s luncheonette’ and Robert Carrithers wrote the following on his blog […]

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ZOMBIE DANCE / THE CRAMPS

October 31, 2011 – 4:48 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0a6KHD_gwQ

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NEW ROSE The Damned 1979

March 14, 2010 – 2:48 pm

The Damned played Hurrah in September 1979. New York’s Misfits opened the show. The 62nd Street club was packed with punks. I was working security and my job was to lead the band up to the stage. Several minutes before the show I asked them if they needed anything and one of them said, “4 […]

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