Speaking of Birthdays...

...apparently CBGB's just turned 50 years old this week, which is almost as long as I've known about it and dreamed about what it was like back in the day.

"But Xmastime", you say in the voice of Craig “Ironhead” Heyward from those soap commercials (RIP), “didn't your band blow the fucking roof off that place back in 1999?"

Sigh. Yes we did, faithful readers, YES we did:

1. Earlier in the day, the booker had called to ask what time we wanted to sound-check. This being the first time a band of my status (ie, slightly above a loaf of bread)(okay I'm lying, no higher than a loaf of bread) had even been afforded the luxury of one, I replied "Do we have to?", which seemed to startle her.

2. The sound, it turns out, was fantastic. Far better than...READ MORE