I love the fact that Stephen Saban wound up living in LA. Stephen- do you remember when you were sparring (in writing) with that writer from LA Style and you charmingly remarked that LA Style was an Oxymoron?"

Amber,

I've been asking around, and haven't gotten any solid leads on fun CURRENT nights...

Last time we went out there, all the big nights were retro. We were retroed out by the end of the trip...

What we did find that we LOVED was this Gallery/Shop:

La Luz De Jesus Gallery

Tons of kitch, out of print art books, fetish hardbacks, tiki culture, day of the dead,enough cookie jars to make Warhol crazy etc. etc.

The gallery had us drooling all over ourselves.

Well worth the drive out of the general Hollywood area. There is also a pretty good costume/thrift shop right next door.

HAVE FUN!
XXXOOO
Satori

Oh, hold on, got this email this morning you may want to keep this in mind esp. when almost everything closes down by 2am:

XXXOOO
Satori
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Hi everyone! It's me Jay again welcoming you all down to "Forbidden Zone" to hear all the rare and best music of the 80's... like NEW WAVE-Punk-SKA-Synth-pop and what ever else we can dig out of our ultimate collection of tunes. We are Located at Spike Bar that's 2blocks East of Fairfax 7746 Santa Monica Blvd. And this is in West Hollywood area. We incourage everyone to dress up and have a blast from the Past!
WE are going to be !!FREE!! before 11pm. We will be openening at 9pm and switching over to the after hours at 2am So get there early it is $5 after 11pm and $8 after 2am The earlier the cheaper it is and more fun. We are a weekly club and wish that you will come down and join us for a drink which will be really cheap! $2 beers

I wont be able to make it to vaginal davis' night (BIG BOOOOO F'N HOOOO).
But I am on the parlour club list so i will try to make it to one of the cool nights. It looks like my trip is super booked up...5 shoots and 3 shows!!!

Have a great time and give em hell!

Hey, kids. I don't know if anyone cares, but after years of worrying and asking and not knowing and exploring all avenues of inquiry, I finally found Tina L'Hotsky--quite by accident, when I least expected it. She had gone missing, you know. But last night I went to see the Kenny Scharf show at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, expecting to see all the usual L.A. celebs (RuPaul, Ann Magnuson, Vincent Gallo, et al.) and before I could even get past the gallery's front desk I was leapt upon by an oddly familiar blonde in a black leather jacket squealing my name. It took a moment to register. It's been at least--at least!--20 years since we've seen each other, but it seemed as if only 20 minutes had passed. If you don't know who Tina L'Hotsky is, you don't know your N.Y. nightlife history. (OK, I know all of you absolutely do.) Anyway, Tina was the self-crowned Queen of the Mudd Club (the grandaddy of them all) and virtually invented the theme night, which was carried to its absurd extreme at Area. Also, she was one hot chick and possibly the first It Girl of the local cocktail generation. So we can all breath a collective sigh of relief that one more living legend is still living. Kisses, Stephen.