The News Review:
- CBGB’s Hilly Kristal Championed Punk-Rock Spirit
- Newest ski areas find niches with terrain ‘boarding
- Music to the ears
CBGB’s Hilly Kristal Championed Punk-Rock Spirit
NPR – Nov 27, 2006
But that isn’t the music that made the nightspot famous: CBGB was an incubator for punk rock — and became a model for music venues around the world. Kristal the man behind CBGB died Tuesday of complications from lung cancer. CBGB got its start in 1973. That’s when Kristal moved a club that he ran in the West Village Hilly’s to the Bowery — and changed the name.
Newest ski areas find niches with terrain ‘boarding
signonsandiego.com – Nov 27, 2006
People are dropping out of the sport at an increasing rate. ”Echo Mountain has far less terrain than 5289-acre Vail Mountain for example but kids who spend all day on just a few jumps don’t need thousands of acres Donovan said. While bigger resorts may embrace baggy pants and punk music they also must cater to owners of high-end condos families baby boomers and first-timers. Sparrow said smaller resorts have more flexibility to build a culture just for their core customers. At Echo Mountain one main building with corrugated metal walls is modeled like a teenage basement where kids can play Atari games. Graffiti art hangs from the wall. The kitchen eschews $12 burgers in favor of selling microwave meals from Hot Pocket or Jimmy Dean.
Music to the ears
NEWS.com.au – Nov 27, 2006
Each of the city’s 10 principal districts has its own unique flavour but if you’re looking for modern salsa in a trendy club check out the venues below Teatro National. For a bit of ’50s retro and dancers replete with extravagant headdresses check out the legendary open-air Tropicana. PUNK & TKY JAPAN The extent to which punk is becoming mainstream here is shown in the production of a set of Sex Pistols ‘action figures’ by a Japanese toy company to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols album release. The punk scene in Tokyo has been around just as long and as you’d expect its proponents make up a highly visible minority in the metropolis. As is always the case in Tokyo you can expect the unexpected with punks rocking out on street corners or outside Shinjuku station sometimes accompanied by artists creating anarchic visions inspired by the music. PERA & FLRENCE ITALY Italian intellectuals in the 16th century were well into ancient mythology and thought it would be cool to set the old Greek myths to music. A new art form was born… PUNK & TKY JAPAN The extent to which punk is becoming mainstream here is shown in the production of a set of Sex Pistols ‘action figures’ by a Japanese toy company to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols album release. The punk scene in Tokyo has been around just as long and as you’d expect its proponents make up a highly visible minority in the metropolis. As is always the case in Tokyo you can expect the unexpected with punks rocking out on street corners or outside Shinjuku station sometimes accompanied by artists creating anarchic visions inspired by the music. PERA & FLRENCE ITALY Italian intellectuals in the 16th century were well into ancient mythology and thought it would be cool to set the old Greek myths to music. A new art form was born. The world’s first opera Jacopo Peri’s Dafne was performed in Florence in 1598. The opulence and power of the music reflected the grandeur of a city at the height of its powers.