I AIN'T WAITIN'...NO...UN-HUH...

For that Marquee Moon. If you listen to Air America Radio, you know that morning sedition with mark and Mark was live at GBGB's club.Part of the deal was a benefit for the club, who have lost the lease...they gotta move after 30 years of alternative music and culture. Unless a miracle happens. As a guest they had richard hell ( Voidoids, Television ) reminising about his days at the club. And quite frankly not having much good to say...David Byrne of the Talking heads apparently was a douchebag in those days according to Hell,
Who also related to the reporter about a feature he recently did where they wanted to take pictures of the hot spots in and around CBGB's...guess what? With the exception of CBGB'S they are all gone.
In an odd convergence of karma...the same thing is happening here. The Pier is closing down...the actual number of years they were open escapes me, but they were a mile and a half from where I grew up and I spent a lot of time there and at the knock off place just down the dock...Sunshine's Party...but that's for another time.
Memory flash...since 1928...that's a long time...I did a search.
Here it is:

Some of final acts scheduled for August and September are Leon Russel, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Cross Canadian Ragweed.

The Pier opened as a hard-to-find fishing lodge in 1928. It was later a speakeasy during Prohibition, and bartenders would toss the liquor into the lake if any authorities happened to stop by.

In 1958, the business was given the name The Pier on Lake Austin. It was then purchased in 1981 and turned into a restaurant and outdoor music venue.

I did the fucked up walk a mile and a half...actually three miles if I couldn't catch a ride...down River Hills Road many times.