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The good news: You'll be able to see two alt-country stunners - Neko Case (with New Pornographers, although the backing band from her last solo tour, The Sadies, are opening) and Kasey Chambers - at Prospect Park this summer, thanks to Celebrate Brooklyn.

The bad news: If someone doesn't do something soon (e.g. help out this project), CBGB will join the list of historic New York venues to close in the past year or so. I have very fond memories of my last time there - at an all-ages, early-evening Distillers show, where my then boyfriend and I were twice (if not thrice) as old as anyone else in line, except the parents dropping their kids off. But once inside, it was all about the rock.