the last word on c.b.g.b.'s

before the ur rawk dump recedes into the mists of history (or more accurately, of "my grandma went to c.b.g.b.'s and all i got was this f*ckin' t-shirt"), richard hell, who was present at the creation (as a member of television), has his say.

the last word, though, must belong to patti smith, quoted in the village voice, who expressed no nostalgia for the j'int, but rather opined, "the new kids are going to have their own places. new places. they'll do what we did -- find some shithole and play in it."

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. amen.