If not, I'll probably end up at, well, this...
(This thread can serve for goings-on in any number of cities.)
― Sam J. (samjeff), Monday, 29 December 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)
i'm gonna be in SF for NYE then going to chicago on 1/5.
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 29 December 2003 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sam J. (samjeff), Monday, 29 December 2003 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 29 December 2003 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)
(or not)
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 29 December 2003 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)
the hollywood athletic club might be a larf.. might just end up getting hosed at an irish pub in santa monica thats not gouging anyone w/ a new years eve cover charge..
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)
Ha, yeah, it IS on a Wednesday - which can always mean good old "Big Kahuna" Karaoke at Del's Saloon in my West L.A. neighborhood.
― Sam J. (samjeff), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― dan (dan), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)
whats the scene like at this place anyway?
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)
It's always a pretty good time, if only to have a few beers and watch the assorted regulars (mostly clean-cut, energetic post-UCLA types who all seem to know each other; but also a sprinkling of real old-time oddball neighborhood characters) go through the usual tunes.
So if you enjoy watching yuppie types being agreeably funny as they whoop it up, and then seeing some total Bukowski character stumble up to the mike and do a Frank Sinatra song - and keep in mind, this is probably the most fun to be had within, yeah, five blocks of my apartment - Del's ain't bad.
And then there's this fascinating character named "DJ Ballz"...
― Sam J. (samjeff), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Monday, 29 December 2003 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sam J. (samjeff), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)
the only interesting west side bar that I'd recommend visiting is the backstage, which is right behind sony studios on culver blvd. cheap drinks, interesting locals, kareoki dj with a penchant for sporting red suits, and the occasional sighting of d level celebrities. oh and you can smoke in it too.
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)
i live in culver so Im always looking for places that dont require a designated driver to get there..
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)
it's not really a hotspot, it's a japanese coffee shop with a staff older than buddha. get the #4 lunch special.
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)
As for the question itself, Sam, I'm not aware of anything happening on New Year's at all... if I hear of something, I will let you kow for sure. I'm really hoping it's not a replay of last year (Boardner's... alone... full blackout on a bus bench on Highland)...
keep me posted, too!
― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)
Do you know that bar "The Red Garter" (I think it's in Culver, on Lincoln somewhere). About as divey as they come, but good for that - playing those touchscreen video things and listening to the jukebox. (I remember them having particularly blah bottled-only beer [no draft], though. At least Del's has Guinness in the *can*.)
Ben - you should come to this Athletic Club dance thing! My girlfriend and I will likely end up going to that. In fact, I may buy online advance tix before long here...
― Sam J. (samjeff), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)