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THIS MONTH: THE SUNSET STRIPALSO...- INSIDE WHISKY A GO-GO- INTERVIEW WITH MARK BREEN

Table of Contents

Map of the Strip 4

Mark Breen Interview 6

Interview Part Two 8

Inside Whisky A Go-Go 10

Inside Whisky A Go-Go Part Two 12

Inside Whisky A Go-Go Part Three 14

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Table of Contents

Map of the Strip 4

Mark Breen Interview 6

Interview Part Two 8

Inside Whisky A Go-Go 10

Inside Whisky A Go-Go Part Two 12

Inside Whisky A Go-Go Part Three 14

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Your Guide To The Strip

1 The Key Club 4 Whisky A-Go-Go 7 The Comedy Store 10 Carny’s

11 Cajun Bistro

12 The Laugh Factory8 House of Blues

9 Sunset Tower Hotel5 The Viper Room

6 Mondrian Hotel2 The Rainbow

3 The Roxy

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House of Blues

8430 West Sunset BoulevardWest Hollywood, CA 90069(323) 848-5100

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Laugh Factory

8001 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90069(323) 656-1336

Your Guide To The Strip

1 The Key Club 4 Whisky A-Go-Go 7 The Comedy Store 10 Carny’s

11 Cajun Bistro

12 The Laugh Factory8 House of Blues

9 Sunset Tower Hotel5 The Viper Room

6 Mondrian Hotel2 The Rainbow

3 The Roxy

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House of Blues

8430 West Sunset BoulevardWest Hollywood, CA 90069(323) 848-5100

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Laugh Factory

8001 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90069(323) 656-1336

Interview withMark Breen

Topic: So what’s life like living on the Sunset Strip?

Mark: It’s pretty interesting. There’s always something to do within a very close radius and you don’t even have to be interested at all in the entertainment industry to find anything. Just look around and see what’s out there.

T: What are some of your favorite things to do on Sunset?

M: Man, I love to hit up the Whisky A Go-Go as much as I can. I love music myself so whenever I can hit up that place the better. Lots of big musical acts perform there sometimes as well as good acts you’ve never heard of before. It’s a trip.

T: What sort of thing do you recommend to people who are checking out the Strip for the first time?

M: Kind of a tough question. I’m a bit wild and so I like to check oout whatever I can almost at first glance. I guess one of the easiest places would be the Laugh Factory. Who doesn’t love stand up comedy? But once again I have to give love to the Whisky. Love that place.

T: Are there any things you don’t like about living close to the Strip?

M: Tourists I guess. It’s not a big deal though and tourists are always welcome. They help out the economy and all that. So yeah, they’re cool. I don’t really have any big issues with living around here at all.

T: Let’s talk a little about the entertainment around the Strip. You’ve mentioned what your favorite place is; what about your least favorite?

M: Hmm, I can’t really say I have a least favor-ite at all. I haven’t actually been to every place around here but everywhere I actually have been I’ve enjoyed. I can’t really pinpoint one place over another can call it my least favorite though. Everything’s cool. I like it all.

T: How often do you like to visit places like the Whisky A Go-Go?

M: I probably go a couple times every month. My average might be something like three times per month. One of my favorite places to hang out for sure.

T: What is your opinion of The Laugh Factory?

M: Pretty awesome place. A lot of famous guys came out of there and a lot of them still perform there. Just like the Whisky it’s a good place to see some new and old faces in the stand up comedy gang. Who knows what big name might come out of there next?

T: How often would you say you visit the Laugh Factory?

M: Not nearly as much as I hang around the Whisky. I like to check out the Factory when I’m with a group of friends usually. I’ll go to the Whiskey whether I have friends with me, a date, or if I’m a lone. The comedy club is different like that I guess.

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Interview withMark Breen

Topic: So what’s life like living on the Sunset Strip?

Mark: It’s pretty interesting. There’s always something to do within a very close radius and you don’t even have to be interested at all in the entertainment industry to find anything. Just look around and see what’s out there.

T: What are some of your favorite things to do on Sunset?

M: Man, I love to hit up the Whisky A Go-Go as much as I can. I love music myself so whenever I can hit up that place the better. Lots of big musical acts perform there sometimes as well as good acts you’ve never heard of before. It’s a trip.

T: What sort of thing do you recommend to people who are checking out the Strip for the first time?

M: Kind of a tough question. I’m a bit wild and so I like to check oout whatever I can almost at first glance. I guess one of the easiest places would be the Laugh Factory. Who doesn’t love stand up comedy? But once again I have to give love to the Whisky. Love that place.

T: Are there any things you don’t like about living close to the Strip?

M: Tourists I guess. It’s not a big deal though and tourists are always welcome. They help out the economy and all that. So yeah, they’re cool. I don’t really have any big issues with living around here at all.

T: Let’s talk a little about the entertainment around the Strip. You’ve mentioned what your favorite place is; what about your least favorite?

M: Hmm, I can’t really say I have a least favor-ite at all. I haven’t actually been to every place around here but everywhere I actually have been I’ve enjoyed. I can’t really pinpoint one place over another can call it my least favorite though. Everything’s cool. I like it all.

T: How often do you like to visit places like the Whisky A Go-Go?

M: I probably go a couple times every month. My average might be something like three times per month. One of my favorite places to hang out for sure.

T: What is your opinion of The Laugh Factory?

M: Pretty awesome place. A lot of famous guys came out of there and a lot of them still perform there. Just like the Whisky it’s a good place to see some new and old faces in the stand up comedy gang. Who knows what big name might come out of there next?

T: How often would you say you visit the Laugh Factory?

M: Not nearly as much as I hang around the Whisky. I like to check out the Factory when I’m with a group of friends usually. I’ll go to the Whiskey whether I have friends with me, a date, or if I’m a lone. The comedy club is different like that I guess.

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The Stars - There are always celebrities roaming around the Sunset Strip. It’s a hotbed for the entertainment industry so surely enough musicians will be performing somewhere or actors will have something to shoot for a film or television show.

The Landmarks - There’s a lot to see on the Sunset Strip, from landmark hotels to clubs and restaurants. The place is filled with famous spots to check out so there is something for everyone to visit at least one.

The Restaurants - Like to eat out? There are lots of famous and fancy eateries planted around the Sunset Strip. From open-air to indoors, every restaurant is of high quality and has a nice atmo-sphere for an enjoyable night out with friends or family.

The Clubs - Let’s face it, everyone that visits the Sunset Strip is most likely doing so for the benefit of having some nighttime fun. From the awesome Whisky A Go-Go music club to the famous Laugh Factory, there’s lots of fun to be had all around the St

The Atmosphere - The Strip has a special feeling to it; you know that special things have happened and that special people have been here. It has an overall air of the entertainment industry that only it and Hollywood itself share. It just looks like a fun place.

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The Stars - There are always celebrities roaming around the Sunset Strip. It’s a hotbed for the entertainment industry so surely enough musicians will be performing somewhere or actors will have something to shoot for a film or television show.

The Landmarks - There’s a lot to see on the Sunset Strip, from landmark hotels to clubs and restaurants. The place is filled with famous spots to check out so there is something for everyone to visit at least one.

The Restaurants - Like to eat out? There are lots of famous and fancy eateries planted around the Sunset Strip. From open-air to indoors, every restaurant is of high quality and has a nice atmo-sphere for an enjoyable night out with friends or family.

The Clubs - Let’s face it, everyone that visits the Sunset Strip is most likely doing so for the benefit of having some nighttime fun. From the awesome Whisky A Go-Go music club to the famous Laugh Factory, there’s lots of fun to be had all around the St

The Atmosphere - The Strip has a special feeling to it; you know that special things have happened and that special people have been here. It has an overall air of the entertainment industry that only it and Hollywood itself share. It just looks like a fun place.

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Whiskyago go.

The Whisky a Go Go is a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901

Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip. The Sunset Strip Whisky was founded by Elmer Valentine, Phil

Tanzini, Shelly Davis, and attorney Theodore Flier and opened on January 16 1964. In 1972, Valentine,

Lou Adler, Mario Maglieri and others started the Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip. In 1966, Valen-

tine, Adler and others founded The Roxy Theatre. Lou Adler bought into the Whisky in the late '70s.

Valentine sold his interest in the Whisky a Go Go in the '90s but retained an ownership in the Rainbow Bar

& Grill and the Roxy Theatre until his death in December 2008. Though the club was billed as a disco-

thèque, suggesting that it offered only recorded music, the Whisky a Go Go opened with a live band led by

Johnny Rivers and a short-skirted female DJ Rhonda Lane ,spinning records between sets from a

suspended cage at the right of the stage. When, in July 1965, the DJ danced during Rivers' set, the audience

thought it was part of the act and the concept of Go-Go dancers dancing in cages was born.

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Whiskyago go.

The Whisky a Go Go is a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901

Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip. The Sunset Strip Whisky was founded by Elmer Valentine, Phil

Tanzini, Shelly Davis, and attorney Theodore Flier and opened on January 16 1964. In 1972, Valentine,

Lou Adler, Mario Maglieri and others started the Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip. In 1966, Valen-

tine, Adler and others founded The Roxy Theatre. Lou Adler bought into the Whisky in the late '70s.

Valentine sold his interest in the Whisky a Go Go in the '90s but retained an ownership in the Rainbow Bar

& Grill and the Roxy Theatre until his death in December 2008. Though the club was billed as a disco-

thèque, suggesting that it offered only recorded music, the Whisky a Go Go opened with a live band led by

Johnny Rivers and a short-skirted female DJ Rhonda Lane ,spinning records between sets from a

suspended cage at the right of the stage. When, in July 1965, the DJ danced during Rivers' set, the audience

thought it was part of the act and the concept of Go-Go dancers dancing in cages was born.

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1964Since

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The Whisky a Go Go was one of the places which popularized the Go-Go dancing. Elmer Valentine, in a

2006 Vanity Fair article, recalled arranging to have a female DJ play records between Rivers' sets so patrons

could continue dancing. But because there wasn't enough room on the floor for a DJ booth, he had a glass-

walled booth mounted high above the floor. A contest was held for the girl DJ job. But when the young

winner called Valentine on the night of the opening to tearfully say her mother forbade her from doing it,

Valentine recruited the club's cigarette girl, Patty Brockhurst. Valentine quickly hired two more girl danc-

ers, one of whom, Joanna Labean, designed the official go-go-girl costume of fringed dress and white boots.

Rivers rode the Whisky-born "go-go" craze to national fame with records recorded partly "live at the

Whisky." The Miracles recorded the song "Going to a Go-Go" in 1966 (which was covered in 1982 by The

Rolling Stones), and Whisky a Go Go franchises sprang up all over the country.

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1964Since

13 Whiskey A Go-Go

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The Whisky a Go Go was one of the places which popularized the Go-Go dancing. Elmer Valentine, in a

2006 Vanity Fair article, recalled arranging to have a female DJ play records between Rivers' sets so patrons

could continue dancing. But because there wasn't enough room on the floor for a DJ booth, he had a glass-

walled booth mounted high above the floor. A contest was held for the girl DJ job. But when the young

winner called Valentine on the night of the opening to tearfully say her mother forbade her from doing it,

Valentine recruited the club's cigarette girl, Patty Brockhurst. Valentine quickly hired two more girl danc-

ers, one of whom, Joanna Labean, designed the official go-go-girl costume of fringed dress and white boots.

Rivers rode the Whisky-born "go-go" craze to national fame with records recorded partly "live at the

Whisky." The Miracles recorded the song "Going to a Go-Go" in 1966 (which was covered in 1982 by The

Rolling Stones), and Whisky a Go Go franchises sprang up all over the country.

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8901 West Sunset BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90069-1897(310) 652-4202

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