{"article":{"id":13988,"heading":"Popular Nightclub Needs Help","author":"imc-bot","created":"2002-01-08 14:45:05","modified":"2002-01-09 04:23:49","last_modified":"Wed, 09 Jan 2002 11:23:49","article":"

Friends, This Tuesday, January 8th at 4:30pm there will be a Zoning Appeals

Hearing that will determine the future of Club Blue, and we seriously need

your support. If you are not already aware of this, Blue is the club on Las

Palmas where Dungeon, Stigmata, Skin, and Blue Monday are held. And it was

also the location for the Velvet\/Clockwork Orange New Year's Eve party.

Unlike The Ruby, The Pool or 7969 Santa Monica we (Bruce Perdew, Mike

Stewart & partners) own and operate Blue. A few of the competing Nightclubs

& Restaurants in the immediate area are trying to make Blue out to be a

public nuisance, and that stricter rules need to be applied for us to remain

open. They have made false accusations, and outright slanderous lies about

our venue because they want us shut down. And they have aligned themselves

with some of Los Angeles's political elite, and have the ear of the Zoning

Department. Specifically, these complainers would like to see Blue: -Close

every night by midnight -Limit capacity to 400 people They are trying to

force Blue to live up to these unrealistic conditions to put us out of

business, so our competitors can purchase the property for redevelopment. We

need YOUR help! If you can, PLEASE show up at this meeting to voice your

support for Blue. I realize that this is late notice, but we've spent most

of our energies working on our defense and haven't had a chance to

communicate this to our e-mail list members. You don't have to fill out any

forms and you don't have to speak up. All you need to do is SHOW UP - it is

YOUR presence at the hearing that will convince the powers-that-be that Blue

is not a nuisance, a danger or a blight on Hollywood as our opponents have

stated. Just to give you some background, before Blue opened, it was The Las

Palmas Theater - a decrepit old building that had fallen into disarray. And

in the not too distant past, the stretch of Las Palmas where Blue sits was

one of the worst drug-dealing prostitute laden spots in all of Hollywood.

The arrival of Blue contributed in many ways to changing this. First, a

$700k+ makeover to the theater gave it the dark but classy interior that

most of you know all-too-well. Next, a $50K+ sound-proofing system was

installed to insure that the noise didn't disturb any of the neighboring

businesses. Finally, security guards were brought in to not only the club

and it's exterior - but to the surrounding streets and parking lots to

insure not only the safety of Blue's patrons - but also to curb litter,

public disturbances and crime. The point is - Blue adds value to Hollywood.

It is one of the renaissance businesses that is helping give Hollywood a

face-lift and re-emerge as a cultural center of Los Angeles. The address of

the meeting is: Los Angeles City Hall 4:30pm 10th Floor Conference Room 200

N. Spring St. Downtown Los Angeles Please email me, velvetla@aol.com<\/a> if you

can make it - or - just show up.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Blue, a nightclub in Hollywood, is being targeted by it's rivals. IMC_BOT thinks it's because the clientele are young, and easy to get rid of.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/01\/13988.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":13997,"heading":"Spunk on the dance floor","article":"I have deposited lots of my salty seamen in said night club. I was wanked off by a large African-American, with the breath of a baboon. For the powers that be to decide that gay and lesbian men and women of any color cannot go somewhere for anal love is an invasion of my first amendment. If you love black cock too, you will help save the club. God bless you sister.","author":"Martin Webster","parent_id":13988,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-01-09 02:23:25","modified":"2002-01-09 03:00:03","fileurl":""},{"id":13999,"heading":"Forget the fascist nightclub owners","article":"Why should we feel sorry for them? Why should we? Are their drinks cheaper? NO! Just a couple of small business fascists protecting their interests! Close the club -shoot the counter-revolutionaries!","author":"Paul","parent_id":13988,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-01-09 04:23:49","modified":"2002-01-09 05:00:02","fileurl":""}]}