Legendary New York rock club CBGB shut its dingy downstairs restrooms and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-worthy stage for good with a three-hour set by punk priestess Patti Smith nine days ago. Let the memorializing begin! "The Definitive Story of CBGB: The Home of U.S. Punk," a two-disc CD compilation out today on Salvo Records, boasts 34 tracks from some of the biggest acts that played during the club's influential '70s heyday. In the lineup: Smith, Blondie, The Ramones, The New York Dolls, Iggy & The Stooges, Velvet Underground & Nico, Devo, B-52s, Pere Ubu, The MC5 and more. The Talking Heads are MIA — but club owner Hilly Kristal stumbles through "Mud."

— Derek Paiva

FINAL WORD

"Everything I'm thinking about writing now is about politics or social issues wrapped in a novel."

John Grisham | author of "The Innocent Man," in Time magazine