Crackhouse Adjacent
Ask and ye shall receive, as the saying goes. No sooner did I state that I wanted to start doing more standup than I received four offers for shows. I wish it came that easy with acting work and money. Maybe this blog has some magical power to it. It's worth a shot....
"I want to start booking more feature film work and television work."
"I want to receive a lot of money (via above mentioned acting/comedy or writing)."
There, now the Universe can get to work on those two things and I can finish this blog...
My friend Chris called me up and asked if I wanted to do his new room in Hollywood. It was a late show on a Tuesday night and I was debating on whether I wanted to drive "over the hill" and face the terrors of Hollywood parking. Once he let me know that my good friend Dwayne Perkins was there (a friend I don't see nearly enough of and one of the best standup comics you'll ever see...do yourself a favor and go see him perform...but I digress...) it made my decision for me.
I pull up to the place and find that it's in Hollywood in only the loosest of ways. It's at the edge of Hollywood in reality in an area that isn't so spiffy. The "end" of Hollywood. Miles east down Sunset from the world famous Viper Room. We joked that if being young and hip, doing blow and E at The Viper Room was the beginning of it...this is where the trip ended. Tara Reid was probably only blocks away.
In Los Angeles listings use the term "adjacent" for an area that isn't so nice that's next to an area that is much nicer. For example, there's a crappy little neighborhood in West LA that is considered "Beverly Hills Adjacent". It just sounds much nicer when your car is getting broken into.
This place was "crackhouse adjacent". Literally. There was a motel abutting where Dwayne and I got to see a fresh bust in progress. Cops rushing into the building with guns drawn. Made my "little comedy skit" seem not so important as getting the hell off the sidewalk.
It's funny how people outside of LA refer to Hollywood as a place. Don't get me wrong, it is an actual place and does exist, but not in the terms people usually equate to it. When someone "moves out to Hollywood" they are usually living in Studio City or Brentwood, they don't usually live IN Hollywood. It's more a state of mind or a concept, really. Most studios are in the valley or on the west side, as are most casting directors. Hollywood itself is a pretty skanky, nasty area. Sure they've tried to pretty it up by adding the Hollywood and Highlands complex (where the award shows are held now), Arclight Cinema and the like...but for the most part it's skank-ariffic.
And man, does the parking suck.
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