Last night some new fancy schmancy bowling alley called Strike had a grand opening party in Tustin. Yes, bowling alleys are the next thing to hop on the glam wagon.
And several reality show stars (or former stars) from The Hills and Real Housewives Of OC showed up because... hell, who knows.
Here's the link if this strikes(!) your interest in the least.
Belated congrats to the fabulous Stew, who won a Tony Award in NYC on Sunday for the book of his hit Broadway musical Passing Strange (though it should've taken home the Best Musical trophy, which went instead to In the Heights). For much of the '90s, Stew helmed the amazing LA band The Negro Problem, which played Long Beach and OC clubs with fondly-remembered frequency. (Right now, I'm remembering the NP gig I caught one night at the Lava Lounge at Java Lanes Bowling Alley, but then I remember
The passing of Mr. Blackwell at age 86 on Sunday reminds Clockwork of an encounter years ago with the “Ten Worst Dressed Women List” creator. Toiling at The Daily Pilot allowed the opportunity to not only cover Blackwell's introduction of a book he was hawking, but to sit at the same Balboa Bay Club luncheon table with him, his longtime companion, manager and former Beverly Hills hairdresser Robert Spencer and his friend, philanthropist and proud wearer of Blackwell fashions, Donna Crean.
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Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for Lebowski Fest 2009, which kicks off with a special screening and live music event at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 7 followed by bowling night May 8 at Cal Bowl in Lakewood, which will be the scene of wild costumes, trivia contests, unlimited bowling and reenactments from Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski.No one could have fathomed the lightly attended stoner-noir of 1998 would still be remembered, let alone that its central character, The Dude,
