The WAR STORIES We Could Tell

On October 7 (it's a Sunday and the next day is "Columbus Day," so the banks and Federal offices are closed... you might have a day off - so come and enjoy yourself)... a handful of OG Los Angeles punks will gather at the Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip for a story-telling round.

This is "old home week" for us collaborators.  Pleasant Gehman (co-host/co-curator) and I both worked down the street at the Whisky a GoGo during our late teens and early twenties (though at different times), and have promoted shows independently at both the Whisky and the Roxy.  Both clubs are owned by the same people.  Two of the co-owners have passed away - Elmer Valentine and Mario Maglieri. Surviving partner, the legendary Lou Adler, his son and Mario's son now run these businesses as well as the Rainbow Bar & Grill, located next door to the Roxy.  The Sunset Strip scene has always been one big family - from the club owners to the patrons and performers.

These clubs were playgrounds for everyone - the glitterati and gutterati alike. Pop culture central.  The Rainbow parking lot, in between the Bar & Grill and the Roxy, had its own after-closing-time scene where patrons of all the Strip joints would gather to see and be seen.

Oh - I'm not giving you any details here!  Pleasant and I will share these stories in vibrant and juicy detail on October 7.

self and Pleasant, on the airwaves! 2016

Join us and Chip Kinman, Dave Catching, Jennifer Finch, Keith Morris, Mike Watt, and DJ Lina LeCaro for hot dishes and oral history lessons... come hear our War Stories: Tales of 70s & 80s Punk Mayhem Told by the Perpetrators Themselves!  Buy tickets here

 see you at at the Roxy!

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theresa k.