Satisfaction keyboardist Matthew Fletcher was sitting around with some friends last night when one of his buddies got a text. They scored tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. But they couldn’t make the trip down from Seattle to attend it.
“Everyone at the place said they didn’t want to go so I said, ‘I’ll go.’ I jumped on it,” he said.
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Friday afternoon, our society columnist Bruce Cook called me.
“What are you doing Sunday morning?”
“I don’t know. I have to check with my Mona-ger.”
Mona pencils me in for all sorts of things and I have trouble remembering them. I count on her reminders. Today, I actually bought a planner to keep better track of it all. Turns out I was free Sunay morning, and so was Mona, thankfully. So we ageed to be Bruce’s guests on KOCI-FM (101.5) live at the Back Bay Bistro. As we drove in we tuned into the station and her stereo toggled between KOCI and its neighbor, creating an ad-hoc Pink Floyd, Al Green medley. Pink Green? Green Floyd?
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Ever since Lori Brystan was a young girl she’s wished she had a time machine.
“I remember thinking when I was 12 years old, ‘Why isn’t there a place like Disneyland where we can go back in time,’ ” Brystan said.
Well, she’s accomplished that dream in a way. She established “Show: The Supper Club” at Code Restaurant in Newport Beach. It first started with a classic supper-club variety show featuring music from the 1930s and ’40s with saucy burlesque dancers. And it generated quite a buzz in Orange County since it offered something truly unique — unique perhaps in Los Angeles as well — a grown-up good time at a reasonable price. Live entertainment and a nice meal — just like your grandparents would have enjoyed.
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