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...this, but for most of the '70s they tolerated it. They worked for no pay at the Comedy Store because that's how they got seen by the agents and bookers and producers who could be their ticket to the real paying jobs - a TV guest shot, a club gig out of town, maybe even a part in a sitcom or movie. Landing good time slots at the Comedy Store was too important to risk alienating the club owner who put together the nightly lineups...
...strike worsened his relations with Mitzi. While it was underway, Lubetkin was scheduled to work a five-night engagement at the La Jolla Comedy Store (which was not affected by the strike), but he showed up late on opening night and Mitzi canceled the gig. Lubetkin said his car broke down; Mitzi was upset because he had stopped off first at the Sunset club to walk the picket line. But after his death, she angrily denied any implication that she bore some responsibility. "I was very close with Steve Lubetkin," she says. "I loved him. He was my best friend...
...mental health awareness (an awareness which is ultimately good), self-help books, and, most notably, a consensus that sharing and talking is helpful to those seeking atonement for sins or relief for sorrow. You’d think that deep inward prayer would be the gig HRCF would get behind—the fact that it doesn’t points to the degree to which even religion is being made over by the modern imperative to “talk things out.” This was made clear at the end of “Confessions...
...Mersey Estuary, the city's prodigal son will launch a year-long festival marking its selection as one of the two European Capitals of Culture for 2008 (the other one, Stavanger in Norway, is even colder). It will be Ringo's first rooftop performance since the Beatles' final gig atop London's Apple Studios in January 1969. That day, enveloped in a scarlet coat and insulated by his thick mane of hair, he looked cold - and the moptop has long since been supplanted by a close-cropped style that will afford zero protection against a wintry Liverpool night...
...That's the deal with critics' awards. They give prizes to whom they damn well please. No problem with that; it's their gig, and obviously they should pick their favorites. (The choices are fine with me: No Country, Persepolis and No End in Sight are all on my 10 best.) But these laurels factor into publicity campaigns for the Oscars and Golden Globes; often they are the campaigns. It's the way we critics contribute to the art-industrial complex. Our prizes certainly help determine which films get nominated, setting in motion the next round of ballyhoo before...