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Chek Mom :
您們應該要對Chek有信心, 也要對醫生有信心, 更要對 God 有信心, 我是他媽媽都不擔心, 您們也不必太擔心, 他會學到教訓的 ... 不幸中的大幸, 只是腦的外圍出血, 沒有傷及大腦, 醫生也對Chek情况很樂觀, 也幸好Chek的頭夠硬
金貝貝說：GOD BLESS CHEK!
fhaione：
我跟上帝禱告 感謝主這次的試驗, 相信這功課也不只是CHEK的, 請樣我們能與CHEK一同成長與學習, 願你的美意成全 奉耶穌的名禱告
Kelly：我們為你祈禱！願上帝保佑CHEK!
小禮：
到家了..回家時想起當初遇到你們是他第一個教我如何skid..不熟練的中文,依稀記得..請加油.還想跟你騎車...
Jimmy：God bless Chek & all rider!!!!
阿倫：CHECK 加油~~~GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!
老虎：CHEK !! 加油!! 主神保祐你!!!
阿邦：希望CHEK跟Ken都早日康復喔
Gus：he will be fine!! god is with him!
ADward：
不是說好要帶著我一起塗鴉 就像你表哥帶你一樣 請好起來 塗鴉圈需要炸彈客 God bless u .Keep praying chek Just keep waiting
小齊：想看到你的塗鴉淹沒整個台北市的那一天 醒來再噴吧
LEADER：god bless chek.我會幫他到教堂祈禱 他會好過來
3s：雖然不了解情況 God bless chek
Shi Bing： 你要加油 大家都在等你 Graffiti king
SHEEP： 神保佑塗鴉先生CHEK康復
BORN：
my blessings to the mayor!!!
he is healing and will be stonger when this has passed..
peaceking
丹尼爾：CHEK!不要去太久,要快點回來阿!!
阿財:：Chek快快康復, 下次騎車要把海豚叭哺裝上, 有裝有保佑歐
馬克：
今天工作一整天~在外面跑來跑去~!!也在很多地方看到了CHEK的作品,讓我一直想到你,加油CHEK~~!!!!
阿威：
我也是!還記得當初我都還沒有車時(當時騎著老虎1號).CHEK也是細心的教我如何skid!CHEK大師"當之不愧"...願主保佑CHEK 奉主耶穌基督之名,阿們
tayalniyin ：
昨天朋友說chek在開刀的那天聽見了我們在為他祈禱也接受了我們的能量...所以那天大家去醫院都特別累。後來看見他一天一天的進步，我想他說的對。
祈禱chek一天一天的進步與好轉....!!
咻米 :
I still can't believe it that was happened on you...
i'm not really be familiar with you before,
actually we just met, talked for times...
but you are so courteous to me,
and you are kind for every body,
i'm really missing you're walkin' in and say hello to us,
bring your puppy dachshund to make us fun,
now we're so anxious you,
we're praying everyday and just hoping you will getting over to this,
the miracle must be happened...
our regards are all belong in the paper-cranes,
hope you can feel our benedictions on you...
and you can become well day after day,
make us can see that you're walkin' here then,
Smiling and Saying "Hello" to us again.
Jess
我與Chek並不特別熟.但幾次見面都覺得他是個很Nice的人.不吝嗇自己的好意.記得第一次看到他.他與Noe在比賽貼貼紙.覺得他們很妙.碰到這樣狗屎的事情.自己對於台北市又加深了一點討厭.Pray for chek
Explore: Aug 23, 2008 # 150
This is for my friend Fabio!!!Thank you for your beautiful testimonial! I'm very touched by your kind words.
Gracias Fabio!!!!!
Here is Fabio's photostream:
I can message you more pictures of the inquired doll so you can see an upclose, high quality of the hair, face paint and mark condition.
In order boxed dolls. Funk Out Nude Cloe. Desert Jewelz original Cloe
TOP ROW: Head Gamez sleep-over Meygan. Sleep over 2004 edition Cloe. Babysitter Lana. Big sisterz Kiana? Liliana? Flashback fever Jade
BOTTOM ROW:
Girls Night Out Dana. Triiiplets Orianna. Formal Funk Jade. Dance Crewz Jade. Flashback Jade.
LOOKING FOR--
-First edition (Sasha)
-Beach Party (Any)
- Flaunt It (Any)
-Funk N' Glow: Cloe, Jade, Meygan, Dana.
-Strut it: Sasha, Jade.
- Style it: Cloe
- Funk Out: Yasmin. Nevra.
- Formal Funk: Sasha
-2002 Xpress it: Cloe, Yasmin, Jade
-Wintertime Wonderland: Cloe, Yasmin, Sasha, Dana
-Sleepover: Cloe
Nighty Nite: Cloe
Halloween Cat Jade
IndepenDANCE Cloe
Winter ball beauty, Cloe
Step Out: Cloe, Jade
Play Sportz Karate Roxxi
Finora, Penn (Masquerade)
-Birthday Sasha
- Style and Spa original Dana
- Skateboard Cloe
-Sun Kissed Summer; Jade
- Back to school/Class Yasmin, Sasha or Cloe
-Spring Fling Jade
-Earth Girl Yasmin
-Costume Party Bee Yasmin
Sweet Dreamz Pajama Party Cloe
-Sierrna
-Spring Break Cloe
- Ice Hockey Cloe Canada
-Jeanne Beker Jade
- High school Cloe
- Iconz Yasmin
-Magic Hair Yasmin
-Spring Break Cloe
- Bratz costume party Yasmin
C L O T H E S
-Feelin Pretty Jade's top
- Tessa's duck top
- Sun Kissed Summer Jade's anything
- Funk Out Cloe's Navy/bunny top
Will trade doll for clothes.
Welcome back, Dagmar !
I missed you so much !!!!!!!
I was so afraid about you !!!!!
It was so wonderful to see your Comment !!!!!!
Please stay with us !!!!
"If i could reach up and hold a Star
for every Time you've made me smile,
I'd have the entire Night Sky
in the Palm of my Hand :)"
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For reasons unknown, this bird was cruising the area at about three feet, his wings occasionally hitting the leaves of plants.
Inspiration can come from countless sources. Sometimes it can come from an email plainly stating a case for why I should build something in Burlington green. Ironically, I'd taken an interest in a pair of BN GP50s that recently moved to LA and so the wheels of creation where put into motion. It's not a whole lot different from the numerous other Geeps I've built over the years and it's not that different from the BN Geep pictured in "Getting Started with Lego Trains." It is, however, the first loco I've ever built in green. Thanks Skuppi.
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The Olympics may be over but these little critters are still going for gold and they know how to share too.... nature at it's best, taken in my garden this afternoon - a muggy but sunny day and I'm pleased the evening is here as it's now cooler. The "buzzers" been having a field day today what with the lovely heat and plenty of nectar in my lovely garden.... I love hearing the sound and watch them. Wish you all a happy Saturday, I will be back later, if not then tomorrow, dinner calls.
Wait For Me
By Rebecca St. James
Darling did you know that I
I dream about you
Waiting for the look in your eyes
When we meet for the first time
Darling did you know that I
I pray about you
Praying that you will hold on
And keep your loving eyes only for me
Cause,I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Darling wait
Darling wait
Darling did you know I dream about life together
Knowing it will be forever
I'll be yours and you'll be mine
And darling when I say
Till death do us part
I'll mean it with all of my heart
Now and always faithful to you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Darling wait
Darling wait
Now I know you may have made mistakes
But there's forgiveness and a second chance
So wait for me
Darling wait for me
Wait for me
wait for me
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Darling wait
Darling wait
Wait for me
Darling wait
Cause I'm waiting for you
Cause I'm waiting for you
So wait for me
Darling wait
Wait for me
"Wait For Me" is a song by Christian pop and rock artist, Rebecca St. James. It is one of St. James' most famous songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage. "Wait For Me" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2002 Dove Awards[1].A music video for the song was made and shows Rebecca writing a letter to her future husband.
Courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_for_Me_(Rebecca_St._James_song)
This is one of the two fans that the late Margo gave me for Christmas a dozen years or so ago at one of Vanity's famous and elegant parties. Leslie Anne gave me the juice from her cabbage so I could make soup with it.
Unsweetened Dutch Cocoa butter cake, layered with French vanilla Swiss butter cream, iced with Belgian dark chocolate ganache with an ivory fondant finish....specailly created for Marcelle's 80th Birthday. Handmade two tone sugar roses (look away now James Rosselle, these were made before your class!!), pale blue blossoms and edible ivory gold pearls.
And yes - Ryan DID provide my required Certificate :D
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Thank you Isaac and Ryan for your kind donations and making both this kid (me) as well as other kids very happy this holiday season :)
Over the past year I have been incredibly lucky to cross off many LEGO "must dos" off my bucket list, and one of them was to partake in Creations for Charity - both as a donor (1) (2) and as a purchaser.
Going into the purchase phase I was out to get what I would consider 'iconic' builds of my favorite builders I was very lucky that Ryan put up his crate, it might not have been his most iconic build, but it's iconic to me - as I believe that was the first ever build I saw of his...
And well ... I kinda twisted Isaac's arm to give up one of his prized Firetrucks (And yes you can still borrow this for shows...)
Cheers guys.
Official Promo shots for LUCIFER. Photography by Dirk Behlau.
Lucifer is a multinational Heavy Rock band from Stockholm. Founded in 2014 in Berlin by The Oath front woman Johanna Sadonis, the group first consisted of Cathedaral, Angel Witch and Ladytron members. The first 7” Single ‘Anubis’ and debut album ‘Lucifer I’, penned by Sadonis and Cathedral’s Garry Jennings and released by British label Rise Above Records, brought Lucifer international recognition. The band completed their line-up with Swede Robin Tidebrink from the band Saturn on second lead guitar. Lucifer has been touring the world including Europe, USA, Canada and Japan.
Lucifer’s is defined by their very heavy 1970s Hard Rock sound spiced with a good dose of Proto Heavy Metal and Doom Rock. Main influences are groups such as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Blue Öyster Cult, Lucifer’s Friend, Steppenwolf, 70’s Heart and Fleetwood Mac.
With a shift of constellation within the band in 2016 and Johanna Sadonis’ move from Berlin to Stockholm, Lucifer were ready for chapter two. In Nicke Andersson, notable for his groups The Hellacopters, Entombed, Imperial State Electric, Death Breath among others, Sadonis found a new renowned writing partner. Together they wrote Lucifer’s second album ‘Lucifer II’ and produced it at Nicke’s studio The Honk Palace in Stockholm in the summer of 2017. The album was mixed by Swedish producer Ola Ersfjord at Cuervo Recording Services in Madrid.
With the critically acclaimed release of their long awaited second album ‘Lucifer II’ on Century Media on July 6th 2018 and the videos for their new singles ‘California Son’ and ‘Dreamer’, Lucifer is facing a new grand chapter. The album immediately jolted into the Swedish, German, British and American charts and received outstanding worldwide attention.
This year Lucifer played a number of international festivals like The KISS Kruise, Psycho Las Vegas, Hellfest, Desertfest, the long standing German cult TV program Rockapalast to name but a few and embarked on many European dates. Lucifer is now planning to return to Japan and the USA again this winter. With freshly recruited lead guitar players Martin Nordin and Linus Björklund, and the Austrian Alexander Mayr on bass, the band is ready to climb Mount Olympus of Rock.
For "Boston Strong"...when I need strength and need to gather my thoughts I find peace at our beaches. So this gull will be my representation to all who have worked so hard this past year to be "Boston Strong". And To Jane Fiske, Hawkwatcher08, you always remembered to send well wishes after Superstorm Sandy, and then the fire when we had to start all over again....I hope you remain "Boston Strong" today.
Freedom for Venezuela! Es el movimiento por la paz y la vida! Countries around the world are standing up for their rights, with Venezuela being the latest. Please take a look at this video! Do not be silent about the things that matter!
The very last version of my images of "Flowers for Grandma".
Today we'll follow her to her final resting place, and I just had to pick som last flowers for her vase from mom's garden - as she valued so much. This time for decorating the post-funeral reception venue.
My album of bunches of flowers here (several of them for Grandma).
I have been head over heels for Silvia Otten-Nattkamp's photostream for a long time now ... her unique compositions, her exquisite use of texture and tones, and her sensitive versatility. Hand her a random object or scene and it will come back to you with beauty and meaning. I seriously believe Silvia could make urban art out of a Home Depot parking lot.
Silvia is so generous too, calling attention to others' work by regularly creating collages of her favorites and posting them in a separate stream called "I Love Your Work" ... and I have seen so many amazing photos through her eye for a good image.
I missed an earlier opportunity to credit Silvia for inspiring a shot I was really happy with, Euphorbia Euphoria ... my first post with texture and a different take on composition. I realized later that the reason I felt good about it was because it was the closest I'd come to a Silvia shot!
Here's an address to start the tour: www.flickr.com/photos/silvia31163/4544498721/
;~)
I used to make these "Dream Giftset" photoshoots for fun, but I am refocusing my collection and it was a great way of getting some farewell playtime with the ladies.
The luggage and the matching purse have some wear and tear. GP Eugenia has been swapped into a FR2 body.
Come on, love...let's just stay here for a while. Let's dive into eachothers eyes. We will hide from the world outside. The sea will sing our song. The wind will help our wings.
Love is touching souls. Surely you touched mine.
I'll be gone for a few days. I'll be staying at Évora and I won't have any contact with anything close to a computer. :/ I promise to return next week... and with photos.
my Pa has passed away this recent Sunday. Felt after a few hours that I needed to repost this to the top to honour his memory separately
my dad had early onset dementia/alzheimers and had been in a home for over a year now, it is very sad. He could barely communicate, I did get to visit him relatively recently and then got a proper goodbye which I'm glad of but to have those conversations we used to share long since gone is what I'll miss most.
these from when I was welcomed on a walk with Bonnie and my Pa in 2011
more in comments :-)
Day Fifteen of the December Diary 2011 Project.
Dr Martens industrial boots Supplied by Royal mail.
Dr. Martens is a traditional British footwear brand, which also makes a range of accessories – shoe care products, clothing, luggage, etc. In addition to Dr. Martens, they are known as Doctor Martens, Doc Martens, Docs or DMs. The footwear is distinct because of its unique air-cushioned sole (dubbed Bouncing Soles), upper shape, welted construction and yellow stitching. They are one of the most popular and well-known footwear brands in the world, and are iconic to the fashion industry.
Great song by Nacy Sinatra
These boots are made for walking www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLenuBXt2RE
D464 was used for the video for Singer Sinead O'Connor new song "Eight Good Reasons", the bus was well received despite some mechanical issues.
Canon PowerShot A470
For more of my splashes: www.flickr.com/photos/sergiocrivelin/sets/72157614960628113/
Instagram: instagram.com/45surf
Subscribe to my new youtube channel and see how I used the divine section and golden rectangle, spiral, and ratio to get the cover of N-Photo Magazine! And see how Ansel Adams and the great painters and fine art masters used the golden mean in their compositions!
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It shows up in a lot of my surf photos too!
Nikon D810 Photos Pro Women's Surfing Sports Photography With New Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon!
Beautiful athletic swimsuit bikini wetsuit model goddesses!
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography! New Instagram!
Goddess videos! vimeo.com/45surf
Nikon D810 Photos Pro Women's Surfing Van's US Open Sports Photography Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD !
I shot in DX mode which crops away the extra pixels and takes me 1.5X closer while allowing for up to 7 FPS with the Nikon D810's Nikon MB-D12 Battery Grip using the 8 AA battery option! 8 Duracles took me through around 3,000 shots no problem--maybe more! I was shooting at the equivalent of 900mm with the 1.5x crop factor! Pretty close! Had I gone with the Nikon D4s, I would have gotten 12 fps, but no DX crop factor, as the sensor has only around 14mp, compared to the d810's 36 megapixels! Sure the larger pixel size on the Nikon D4s full frame sensor comes in handy indoors or at night, but in the brigth sun, there's more than enough light for the smaller pixels in crop mode! Sure we lose some pixels from the outer edges when shooting in DX crop mode, but most of those pixels would be cropped away in lightroom anyway. And the smaller files make the memory cards last longer, while also upping the FPS to 7 shots per second! Not quite 12 FPS< but still awesome and enough I felt!
What a beautiful way to test the Nikon D810 and Tamron 150-600mm zoom lens for sports photography!
Athletic graceful girl goddesses! Tall, thin, fit and in shape! Pro women's surfers form the van's us open wearing both long wetsuits and bikini bottoms with shorty wetsuit tops/summer wetsuits. Sexy, beautiful beach babes and water goddesses all! Many are professional swimsuit bikini / surf lifestyle models too!
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Autofocus lens for Nikon AF-D Cameras.
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography New Instagram!
Beautiful athletic swimsuit bikini wetsuit model goddesses!
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All the best on your epic hero's odyssey! :)
Been hard at work on my books--my physics books on Dynamic Dimensions Theory (dx4/dt=ic) celebrating the hitherto unsung reality of the fourth expanding dimension which all the photons surf across the universe en route to making a photograph! Also working on an art, mythology, and photography book titled The Golden Hero's Odyssey! All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey! Always love hearing from y'all! :)
Elas foram enviadas hoje, a loja me mandou essa foto para provar que estão vindo... já que elas vêem dessa vez sem rastreio e sem seguro!=X Isso porque a For My Doll agora envia por airmail, mas nessas condições... mesmo assim, sendo arriscado, resolvi pedir... pelo menos até hoje (tirando as vezes que fui enrolada por vendedores e, aliás, estou sendo por um do 3bay, também comprei uma wig dele e até agora nada... ¬¬) nunca deixei de receber um pacote... tomara que essa não seja a exceção. Bom, #OREMOS. Essa era a única opção para quem não quer se lascar com as taxas absurdas da Receita Federal (coisa que já me aconteceu milhares de vezes e estou tentando evitar...=.=). Ainda quero mais uma, em tons de castanho, mas fica para uma próxima!=)
As perucas loiras são para minhas gêmeas, as Alicinhas (ou Dolores e Daenerys), e a outra, que ai só aparece a parte rosa, mas é também preta, para a minha Hello Kitty, a Penélope!=)~ E as maria-chiquinhas eles mandaram errado, eu pedi em tons pastéis... D': Mas deixa quieto!>.>'
Ando tão sem tempo pra entrar aqui!=.= E chega final de semana também não paro quieta, hahaha, mas vou ver se nesse consigo tirar fotos da minha doll nova, a Alex!<3
My grandpa was kind enough to sit with Timmy for a small photoshoot. This is a snapshot taken after the shoot. My grandfather is incredibly important to me and unfortunately he is not well. Please keep him in your prayers. He's an amazing man.
I had a wonderful time at The National Trust Gunby Hall Estate in Lincolnshire. It was fascinating to find out about its place in history, listen to the descriptions of the rooms from the friendly Trust volunteers, the little anecdotes and so much more.
The Estate comprises the 42-room Gunby Hall. It's a Grade I Listed Building. It dates back to 1700.
The Clock Tower, Carriage House and Stable Block all date back to 1735 and are all Grade II Listed Buildings.
In 1944 the trustees of the Gunby Hall Estate, Lady Montgomery-Massingberd, Major Norman Leith-Hay-Clarke and Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, gifted the house to the National Trust together with its contents and the 1,500 acres of land.
The principal part of Gunby Hall was built at the end of the 17th century for Sir William Massingberd on the site of a small manor house that had once belonged to a family called Gunby. The 3-storey, 7-bay house was built of red brick, some brought from Holland in 1699, and the rest probably dug from the brickfield that is now the Icehouse Pond in the park. The exterior is distinctly formal; the only ornament is a doorway on the west front with an elaborately scrolled, broken segmental pediment enclosing a cartouche of arms. The interior decoration is restrained with simple early 18th-century panelling and an early Georgian staircase with a moulded ceiling.
[NT] Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/nottinghamshire-lincolnshi...
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for odc2 - A mystical figure
Watch this space, I am going to shamelessly exploit the christmas light bokeh and unlike Barb I don't feel guilty at all!
NYC 2007 © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto
CBGB - legendary punk club, Closed and for rent. Covered in graffiti lamenting the end of a punk heritage site. Bowery NYC, to the left, BRC the alleged "homeless shelter" which cancelled their lease. See article below. 3.8.07
shadowpress.org/landlord_greed_kills_cbgbs.51.html
LANDLORD GREED KILLS CBGBs!! LEGENDARY PUNK CLUB FORCED TO CLOSE By Chris Flash
[SHADOW News -- December 15, 2006]: As a result of its landlord's refusal to negotiate a new lease, legendary rock club CBGBs was forced to close its doors indefinitely on October 15, 2006.
CBGBs (the letters of which stands for "Country, Blue Grass, Blues"), is world famous as the birthplace of punk music in the U.S. and has served as a launching pad for such groups as the Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, the Dead Boys, Reagan Youth, Murphy's Law and countless others, both well known and not as well known.
In 1973, Hilly Kristal took over a former Hell's Angels hangout on the ground floor of the Palace Hotel, an infamous flophouse at 313-315 Bowery. Over the following twenty years, with its policy of booking any bands wanting to play there, CBGBs became one of the most famous venues in the city for live alternative music.
Kristal considered buying the building in the early 1990s, when the Bowery was swimming in crack, but he couldn't afford the then roughly $4 million price tag. "I never had that kind of money," said Kristal, who still lives in a tiny rent-stabilized apartment around the corner.( He said that he had only started to turn a profit in recent years through CBGB Fashions, which sells t-shirts and other club merchandise.)
Around that time, the landlord, Palace Renaissance, Inc., turned over management of CBGBs' building, along with neighboring 317 Bowery, to a group called the Bowery Residents Committee (BRC), a non-profit organization that runs a homeless shelter and drop-in center upstairs from the club, with a 45-year net lease on both properties.
Kristal speculates that the owners entered into the long-term lease with the BRC because it was the only way to rid themselves of troublesome SRO tenants. "I don't think anyone else but another homeless group could have dealt with it," he said.
Kristal was given a 12 year sublease and said that he remained "friendly" with the BRC until 2000, when they informed him that CBGBs' rent was more than $300,000 in arrears. Kristal blamed both his own and the BRC's lax accounting: Muzzy Rosenblatt, who took over as the BRC's executive director in 2000, conceded that the BRC dropped the ball. "We're not a commercial landlord," he said of the BRC, which has evolved into a $30 million-a-year homeless-services provider, managing 23 programs in the city. After a seven-month court battle, CBGBs was ordered to pay roughly $223,000 in monthly installments.
On February 17, 2005, the BRC sent CBGBs a "notice of default," demanding that Kristal pay $76,000 for back rent or face summary eviction. Kristal said that he could pay, but decided to hold off, as per the advice of his attorney. The back rent issue, Kristal felt, was the only bargaining position he had on renewing his lease, which was to terminate on August 31, 2005. "My position is, give me ten more years at a rate we can pay, and I'll get you the money now." said the 73-year-old Kristal from his cramped "office," a pair of old metal desks jammed in the club's entryway and plastered with the stickers of just about every band that has ever passed through. Kristal said that he couldn't afford to stay if the BRC doubled his rent from $19,000 to as much as $40,000 a month, which is what the BRC quoted him the year before. "The real thing is they don't want me back," Kristal said, adding that there had been a series of disagreements between him and the BRC over renovations and building code violations in recent years.
On August 1, 2005, a combination press conference and concert was held at CBGBs to launch the"Save CBGBs" campaign. The gathering was organized and chaired by veteran musician and actor Steve Van Zandt, formerly of the E-Street Band and more recently part of the cast of the Sopranos tv show. Van Zandt called CBGBs "very simply the last rock and roll club left," and said that "CBGBs has historical significance because the genre of punk was created here."
Tommy Ramone told the crowd of over 200 CBs supporters: "When the Ramones first played here in the early 1970s, there was nothing here on the Bowery but CBGBs. Soon the scene developed and the Bowery started growing. Now, after 30 years, it has grown unnaturally. It's kind of ironic that the seeds of that growth were because the club allowed young talented musicians to create original music that nobody else allowed to be played. This is one of the last vestiges of what New York was, is and could be in the future." The press conference was followed by a concert that included performances by Debbie Harry, Jesse Malin, the Star Spangles, the Swingin' Neckbreakers, and Ted Leo + the Pharmacists.
On August 10, 2005, Judge Joan Kenney denied the BRC ‘s request to evict CBGBs on the premise that it owed $91,000 in back rent, ruling that the BRC failed to properly bill CBGBs. In her ruling, Judge Kenney declared: "CBGB has proven itself worthy of being recognized as a landmark […] a rare achievement for any commercial tenant in the ever diverse and competitive real estate market of New York City." She went on to say, "It would be unconscionable for this court to allow the petitioner to proceed with its intent to evict CBGB […] because it failed to notice that monies were outstanding for approximately four years."
The Bowery Residents Committee's board of directors is composed of representatives from the city's largest real estate, financial and banking concerns, including Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Cushman Wakefield (real estate developers), American Express, Merill Lynch, Columbia University, and Goldman Sachs. These are among the most influential corporations in the city that have a vested interest in changing the demographics of targeted neighborhoods as they gentrify them, driving up real estate prices and forcing lower-income people out.
The BRC is exempt from income tax under Section 501 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code and is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes. However, according to its most recent IRS form 990 filing, the BRC has taken in $459,000 in rental income; in addition to the millions per year it has received in government grants. CBGBs supporters have questioned the BRC's ability to rent out a commercial space that it does not own on a "for profit" basis, in apparent violation of their not-for-profit status and corporate charter, and wonder if the BRC gets away with this through the connections of members on its board of directors.
As the August 31 lease termination date approached, Kristal made efforts to negotiate a new lease with the BRC that would address and resolve the concerns that the BRC expressed, but the BRC never responded to him. All other attempts by Kristal, including offering finding a third-party guarantor and raising money every year with benefit concerts, were unsuccessful
When August 31, 2005 came and went, Hilly Kristal refused to close his doors, and continued to do business as usual. Unfortunately, a few months later, Kristal announced an agreement with the BRC, under which CBGBs would pay the BRC $35,000 per month for one year and then vacate the premises at the end of October 2006.
On October 15, CBs held its last shows, ending with Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye. The CBGB Gallery next door to CBs closed on October 31. In December, CBGBs opened a boutique at 19-23 St. Mark's place (the former site of the Electric Circus in the 1960s), selling CBGBs clothing and paraphernalia. It is not clear what Kristal intends to do beyond this. In December 2005, he said that he was looking at potential locations for CBGBs in Manhattan and was considering Las Vegas as a site to open a sister club. "We're looking here and there, and we may have both places or we may only have one place," Kristal told CMJ.
In this current hyper-inflated real estate market, overbuilt luxury housing (rentals and condos) are taking the place of structures that are being demolished with no consideration of their cultural and historical significance, as gentrification along the length of the Bowery runs rampant. Among the historic buildings near CBGBs that have been torn down over the past six months are the original Minsky's Winter Garden Theater at 9 Second Avenue and McGuirk's Suicide Hall, a Civil War era building featured in Herbert Asbury's Gangs of New York, that was located at 295 Bowery, both only one block from CBGBs.
The killing of CBGBs by a greedy corporate-funded and tax-subsidized landlord is yet another example of artists and the counter-culture generating interest in a formerly undesirable section of the city and then getting pushed out by landlords and real estate developers looking to exploit that interest by attracting upper-income residents to the now "hip" neighborhood. Paradoxically, the wealthy residents so saturate the neighborhood that they destroy the very scene they are trying but can never be a part of!!
It remains to be seen what sort of business will pay $40,000 or more per month being sought by the BRC for CBGBs' space. With several new commercial storefronts next door and across the street from CBs already sitting vacant, CBGBs' space is sure to stay unoccupied for a long time.
If the public makes it known to any potential renters of CBGBs' space that an aggressive boycott campaign (and perhaps more) will be mounted against them, perhaps they will reconsider renting there.
GIVE THE BRC BASTARDS A PIECE OF YOUR MIND!!
BOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE: 324 Lafayette Street, 8th Floor, NY, NY 10012; Phone Number: (212) 533-5700; Fax: (212) 533-1893; Email: info@bowrescom.org Website: www.brc.org
MUZZY ROSENBLATT – Executive Director
GENEVIEVE CHOW – JP Morgan Chase
ALEX COHEN – Cushman & Wakefield
RICHARD W. EADDY – E T Partners
ILENE FISZEL-BIELER – Citigroup
ALICIA GLEN – Goldman Sachs
LAWRENCE GRAHAM (Treasurer) – Brookfield Financial Properties
SIMON MILLER – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
ANTONIO X. MOLESTINA – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
PHILIP R. PITRUZZELLO – Time Warner Inc.
CHARLES RAYMOND (Secretary) – Citigroup
JEFFREY B. ROSEN, Esq. – Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, & Kahn
JUDITH RUSSELL, Ph.D. – Columbia University
JULIE SALAMON (Chair) – Writer
MARC SOLOMON – Merrill Lynch
VIJU VERGHIS – Credit Suisse
MARCY E. WILKOV – (Vice Chair) American Express Company
RITA ZIMMER – Housing + Solutions
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