Heaven or Las Vegas: "Some claim the end of CBGB's is overdue, and that its continued existence has been symptomatic of a current flabbiness in punk rock; that punk, once the great exhorter of annihilation, of ripping up and starting again, has reached an age where it can grow attached to its family heirlooms. Would it really be fitting to shift CBGB's to Vegas, to pickle and preserve it as one of America's great cultural artefacts, as a place where tourists can take time out from the casinos and Celine Dion concerts to visit this freakshow museum of sorts and buy their branded punk-rock memorabilia?"
Burn yr idols, yadda, whatever. All faded icons end up in Vegas or the Smithsonian. I know which I would choose, given the choice.
