Hey Kats -
..So, yeah, I've been quite severely 'awol' from PL for many moons, now, but.. Not been 'intentional'.. Just... been going thru THE toughest spells - yet again - with biz / life, etc.. Yeah, I know, it 'always seems like jon is playing his violin', but.. It's the truth.... seem to be a difficulty / sht magnet, what can I say.. (maybe *I'm* actually 'Murphy'? ..and to 'make my point', see below.. (I started this post on Thursday, and have just not been Able to get to finish it, till now..
..So, back in March, we get notified by the (former) building owners (where Laserium has been HQ'd - Since 1974...) that they'd 'someone an offer' on the building, and it was in process if escrow.. No biggie, I thought, since they (former owners..) bought the complex for $2M in 2010... and were asking $6M (!), now, so... I figured it would go about like the previous 'interests' (..once they saw the price tag, it was sayonara..) we'd seen this 'threat', before..
...Well, unfortunately, it turned out to be These little spoiled brats... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvvEyCsOayQ ..who dropped the 6-Large on it, and, although they had *assured us* (via the Real Estate peeps / new Property Management, etc) that they were (quote) "keeping All the tenants", in mid-April, ol' caterpillar-brows, there, drops the bomb on me that 'we need your space', and - you have 2 months notice to gtfo.. Yeah - like a 42 yr-tenant, packing-out 5,300 sq. ft of warehouse, is going to be able to find a new place / secure it, let alone *Move-all*, in 2 mo's.. So, I told them where to stick that fantasy, and began the arduous quest to find a 'new home' for Laserium..
..Fast forward to this past week - We've Secured a new place, much smaller, but nicer, in many ways (I'll post later about it..) but we Just closed on it week-before-last, they're Still cleaning / painting / turning it for us - don't even Have the keys yet - and this Douchehat orders his 'demo guys' to *break into our space* and start busting sht up... ...and there's more, but that's not what this Post is supposed to be all about, so...
..Point-being, I Wanted to post on this Last Thurs, but.. Been a bit 'sidelined' with all this shyte / all-else going on.. SO.. LAST SHOWS, TONITE.. I know - this should have been posted Last week, but, again, as-per above, just seems like it's non-stop 'life getting in the way of living', these days.. IF any of you SoCal peeps can manage to make it, I promise you will enjoy the effort.. And, this will be THE last op to See the Orig. digs of Laserium, since, we're not just 'moving out' - these DBs are desecrating Laserium's crib, soon as we're out, and *gutting it* to the walls, so.. All the 'funk and soul' of 6911 will be gone, forever.. Suks, but.. there it is..
Hope to (maybe) see some of ya's.. Lemme know, email for Tix / info.. Sorry this is so suckingly-late, but.. My gaunlet is just non-stop.. +_+
cheers..
j