The Rock Shop at 249 4th Ave (b/w President and Carroll) Photo: The Rock Shop on Facebook When talent buyer Jack “Skippy” McFadden abruptly parted ways with Union Hall and The Bell House a couple of weeks ago, it sent shock waves through the NYC indie music community. If you’ve been following Jack on Facebook,…
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CBGB Holdings LLC Files For Bankruptcy
The legendary club is long gone, but now it looks like the ubiquitous t-shirts are in jeopardy too. Say it ain’t so Hilly! CBGB Holdings LLC, which two years ago purchased the name and copyrights associated with Manhattan’s legendary punk-rock club CBGB, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday. CBGB Holdings LLC, which two years…
BKLYN Yard Is Closing
I hadn’t even put up the summer schedule yet and now this… To our Yardies… Over the past four years, we have worked hard to create BKLYN Yard. You watched us grow from a small unknown independent venue into a space that hosted the best tacos in NYC, incredible talent (Lee Scratch Perry, Kaiju Big…
Alaska Alaska Drummer Survives Fall and Impalement
Alaska Alaska w/ Nick Blossom on Drums Photo: MySpace Drummer Nicholas Blossom from the band Alaska Alaska was seriously injured last night when he fell from a balcony was impaled on a spiked fence one floor below. The incident happened at around 4 a.m. Saturday at a party in Chelsea. Police said Nicholas Blossom was…
Luna Park Opens Today!
Luna Park at Coney Island Luna Park, the first new amusement park built on Coney Island in 50 years opens today (May 29). “We don’t have to invent our freakishness,” said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. “We don’t have to import characters to Brooklyn. We’ve got the greatest assortment of meshuganahs right here.” [NY1.com]
Legal Ticket Scalping To End in NYC
Though it’s unlikely that you’ll be prosecuted [Note: this is in no way intended as legal advice], you might want to be a little more subtle when hawking those tickets to The National‘s sold out show at BAM tonight. The current New York law, set to expire Saturday, May 15, allows ticket brokers and others…