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NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — It is with deep sadness and regret that we inform you of the death of Hilly Kristal, who died on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 from complications from Lung Cancer. Kristal, 75, founded the legendary rock club CBGB and ran the club for 33 years. A singer and songwriter himself, Kristal opened the club to showcase “Country Bluegrass and Blues”; instead the club became a breeding ground for Punk rock. Among the many acts that called CBGB home were Blondie, the Talking Heads, Television, Living Color, Patti Smith and the Ramones. The club closed in October 2006, but CBGB continues, with a retail store in New York City and worldwide merchandise sales; in addition, there currently are plans to open new CBGB clubs in several locations.

Kristal is survived by his daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, son, Mark Dana Kristal, son-in-law Ger Burgman, grandchildren Jenny and Adam Burgman, CBGB, and the thousands of artists and musicians who played the club. A private memorial service is planned. A public memorial will be held at a later date. Contributions in Hilly’s honor may be made in his name to the American Cancer Society or to the Hilly Kristal Foundation for Musicians and Artists (168 Second Avenue, PMB 207, New York, NY 10003).

I saw The Police a few weeks back at Madison Square Garden, and since our seats weren’t so good, I watched a good bit of the show on the jumbotron. I noticed that Andy’s guitars and Sting’s bass looked mighty old and worn, and I just assumed they had dusted off some of their old gear to add a subtle note of authenticity to the reunion tour. I thought that was a nice touch.

Now I find out that they are playing replicas.

That’s a lot less cool.

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Tivo Alert: Monday night on the Travel Channel, check out Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. In this week’s episode, Anthony goes to Cleveland, hangs out with Harvey Pekar, visits the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame with Marky Ramone, and eats a whole lotta pork.

Here’s a clip where we learn the really-not-all-that-suprising fact that Marky eats bugs…

Some, uh, people out there in our nation don’t have maps…

This weekend, just a hop, skip and a jump from Rockhead HQ, is the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival. There’s the usual festival fare, (artist market, funnel cakes, beer, port-a-johns…) but there’s a pretty good line-up of local bands too. Check out the line-up here.

See ya in the park!

Because somebody here at Rockhead World Headquarters actually belongs to the Bacon Of The Month Club…

More music stuff soon… really…

October 16th is the release date, and it looks pretty cool! Check out the trailer here.

“There’s a good chance he was drunk or drugged. Only an idiot would jump into the bear cage,”

Friends don’t let friends frolic naked with dangerous wildlife drunk. Then again, sometimes they do…

Spoon’s got a new video for their tune “Don’t You Evah” creeping virally across the webs, and those of you that qualify as űber geeks will recognize the star of this vid as Keepon the dancing robot.

Watch the whole thing for nigh unbearable robotic cuteness, plus several Japanese school girls, which is always hot: