I guess several months ago a bunch of geniuses decided to break ground on a "new" yankee stadium. To me this sounds like blasphemy! Why why why why why why why why why! Would you tear down the acropolis in greece to make room for condos? NO! or maybe the eiffel tower and build a new one cause the old one is a little dingy. What i dont understand is they arent changing anything except putting more luxury boxes. But everything is gonna stay the same. The dimensions of the field. its not gonna hold too many more than the old stadium. and there even bringing some of the design from when it was originally built in the 20's. So then why build a new stadium! Yankee stadium is legendary in sports history. Its the house that Ruth built. whats its nickname gonna be now, the house that steinbrenner and bloomberg built. Real nice ring to that. whatever. Now im gonna definitely gonna have to see a game next season before the new one is built. Assholes.
By second biggest disappointment is the fact that CBGB's is gone. Another institution in NYC that is gone. What are we looking at 33-34 years!!!!! that they were in around. They are/were rock. I mean that place was a haven for rockers and for true punk to live and breathe. Most famously the Ramones put that place on the map. And one of the last shows to grace that place was the Bouncing Souls and Bad Brains. WOW! i would have loved to have gone to that show. I can happily say that i went there 4 years ago. No lie that place gave me goosebumps when i walked in there. History and mystique lined that place. I remember walking down into that disgusting awful bathroom and seeing signatures from bands that played there. I remember seeing 5 bands that night and now i wonder if any have made it. One band, it was there last performance before moving out to L.A. to try and make it big. All local, all underground and hungry to make it. But now that is gone. And because some dick landlord who's only concern is money, booted them out. I wish now i had picked up at CBGB's shirt when i was there. At the time i thought it was tacky and i'd be like every other stupid mark trying to be cool. Not now. It would be a tribute and an honor to wear there shirt.
And things like this are allowed to happen everyday in America. Institutions in each and every city are being pushed out and torn down for something new and flashier. Is nothing sacred? we can make a stupid old house a landmark, but not someplace that actually has meaning and memories. Ridiculous.
and one last tidbit for you all. For those that hadnt heard, the founder/creator of YouTube just sold it for a ridiculous 1.6 billions dollars. Nice huh? I'm gonna go be sick now.
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