[kj] OT- West Hollywood House Of Blues' Future In Trouble

[LONESTYLE at aol.com]

Hey Karen,

 
Yeah, it was mad! That is when punk was dangerous everywhere! Riots  were 
scary and I have been in many but always stood on the sidelines for cops  loved 
to beat the shit of you if you were throwing bottles or whatever. The  
Expolited riot in Feb 1983 was probbaly the most crazyist!  You counld  not get away 
from the cops for safety! TSOL SIR studios in Jan 1983 was another  on in 
Hollywood too. I saw punks not doing anything but trying to get out there  get 
maced and beat! Sad!:( 
 
 
I do not think anything will mess up tonights gig it should be pretty cool.  
Hope to see you there. 
 
Cheers,
 
~ LB
 
In a message dated 10/8/2008 10:34:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
karen.weil at sddt.com writes:

Howdy, LB:
 
Yeah, my hubby used to go to gigs at those places in  the early-mid 80s -- he 
said it was f-ing crazy. 
He went to the Whiskey, Gazzari's, the Roxy, etc.  Good times, I would 
imagine! Sounds like you were enjoying it,  too!
As for HOB, I've never been there. I just pray  nothing interferes with KJ! 
They must conquer Los Angeles! ; )
 
Ciao,
 
k.w.
 

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Karen,
 
I hope not too. But if you look at the history of The Sunset Strip lots  of 
crazy shit has happened over the years.  
 
In the early 80's with punk gigs shit would jump off crazy!  I witness some 
of them as I was14. Especially at The Whisky A Go Go.  One gig I remember was 
Vice Squad & Chron Gen in summer of 1982 and  punks were throwing bottles 
outside at Sheriffs, doing stage dives on cop  cars, and also breaking windows all 
down the strip! 
 
I just read the article in the California section of today's LA Times  about 
this ordeal and they listed some of the incidents. I tried to look  back on 
The HOB calendar and did not find any listings of who played those  gigs. They 
could be rap? Or Punk? Who knows?
 
Cheers,
 
- LB
 
 
In a message dated 10/7/2008 12:02:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
karen.weil at sddt.com writes:

Man, let's hope not!!!! Thanks for the info.
 
 
k.w.
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _LONESTYLE at aol.com_ (mailto:LONESTYLE at aol.com)  
To: _gathering at misera.net_ (mailto:gathering at misera.net)  
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008  11:45 AM
Subject: [kj] OT- West Hollywood  House Of Blues' Future In Trouble


This for L.A. folks and what not, but I just heard this last night.  But I do 
not think it will affect upcoming shows.
 
~LB
 
_http://cbs2.com/local/house.of.blues.2.834251.html_ 
(http://cbs2.com/local/house.of.blues.2.834251.html) 
 
 
 
Oct 7, 2008 1:48 am US/Pacific  
WeHo House Of Blues' Future In Trouble
WEST HOLLYWOOD  The West Hollywood City Council Monday discussed the 
possibility of  revoking or suspending the House of Blues' business license because of 
a  series of violent incidents and management's failure to address them.  


>From September 2007 to September 2008, events at the House of  Blues have led 

to 44 arrests, including for fights, drunken and  disorderly behavior and 
grand theft, more than doubling the arrests for  the same period in 2006 to 2007, 
according to Councilman John Heilman.  

There have been more than 100 sheriff's radio dispatches in the  past year to 
the club at 8430 Sunset Blvd. 

"Unfortunately, for  the last several years, the House of Blues has had a 
history of serious  problems and an unwillingness to address these problems," 
said Heilman,  who introduced the motion to begin proceedings to revoke or 
suspend the  club's license. 

"After each serious incident, there is a  perfunctory apology and a promise 
to reform, but the problems persist  and have escalated." 

The club's general manager spoke at  Monday's council meeting, pointing out 
the club's high revenues for the  city and ability to draw some 300,000 
visitors each year. But he did not  address the history of problems that have 
occurred at the venue.  

Heilman's fellow council members also expressed unhappiness at  the meeting 
over the club's failure to fix the growing problems, which  have caused 
distractions and inconvenience to residents and businesses  nearby. 

On Sept. 4, more than 100 people were involved in fights  both inside and 
outside the club. Sheriff's deputies required assistance  by officers from 
the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police  departments to keep crowds under 
control. 

Authorities arrested  several people that night on outstanding warrants, 
battery and  drunkenness, and one woman was hospitalized. 

Helicopter units  monitored the area from above until 1 a.m. while a stretch 
of Sunset  Boulevard remained closed for several hours. 

Because of the  closure, several nearby businesses lost customers and were 
not able to  to return vehicles to their customers already at their 
establishments,  Heilman said.  
(© 2008 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All  Rights Reserved. This material may not be 
published, broadcast,  rewritten, or redistributed. Wire services contributed 
to this  report.)



 
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