Sirius Satellite Radio Broadcasting Final CBGB Show With Patti Smith

Sirius Satellite Radio has been tapped to broadcast the final show at the renowned CBGB’s, the birthplace of the punk movement in the US. Patti Smith will be the final performer with a sold out show on the 15th. In fact, the show was sold out in 18 minutes, according to club founder and owner Hilly Kristal, who will soon be forced to shutter the premises. Smith first played at the club in 1975. “Although we mourn the...

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Hooj Choons Label Set For Comeback

You can’t keep a good label down. After a 3 year hiatus Hooj Choons has announced a full scale return in early 2007. So says the Hooj Choons website. One of the more influential progressive house labels folded in 2003, when the genre had run its course in the UK and fallen out of flavor in the clubs. But now the label is set for a return, and has begun releasing its back catalog on Beatport. According to Hooj, “As a taster...

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