MJs Bar fiasco last night

[Guest EXPAT]

A bunch of friends of mine and I drove 70 miles up to MJs bar in Silverlake (Los Angeles) last night for the premiere night of "EXXXCESS" which is the new name for "Industry" night of 10 nearly naked porn stars performing at the bar. This event used to be at Numbers and then moved to ELEVEN in Weho and they were trying out MJs Bar last night.

Here is the advert for it:

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However, when we arrived, there was the "usual" line dancing going on early which we thought would not be happening this week. One dancer was up dancing who happened to be a porn star, but a staple of the go-go dancing scene. But the line dancing continued until 10PM. Meanwhile, I was looking for Jason Sechrest who sponsors these Industry events and EXXXCESS tonight. He was no where to be seen.

Then the next thing I saw on Twitter, was that he and the 10 porn stars stormed out of MJs Bar because MJs double booked their event with the line dancing. So all the dancers left with Jason to go to Here Bar. So there were no dancers left. Twitter was all a twitter about the disaster and the porn stars were all pissed and off they went to Here Bar. Around 10:30 3 dancers re-appeared at MJs (they usually have anywhere from 15 - 20 at one time).

Later on Twitter someone said that MJs wouldn't let Jason's team perform because MJs performance license wasn't in order. What a mess for both MJ's and Jason Sechrest as a PR guy. Not only did he not double and triple check his own booking, MJs also made mistakes by not making sure that they didn't have two events booked at the same time and (if this is even believable) that they had the right performance license.

It's only funny because many people showed up for the event and had no idea what was happening. Some were pissed because the EXXXCESS poster said "no cover" and MJs was suddenly charging $10 to get in after 10PM.

As someone who likes to go to these events I have to say that Jason's events are usually a mess even when they do happen. He doesn't have the hottest porn stars usually (maybe one or two) and they are more interested in talking to each other than to the crowd so it usually is a flop even when they are there. It just reminds me how disorganized some people are when they are trying to run their own business and don't follow simple rules of the business world. I find it amusing and all too common unfortunately in this world of gay entertainment.

But we turned lemons into lemonade and had fun anyway. We spent the rest of the evening looking at this dancer:

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And one of my favorite bartenders:

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[TotallyOz]

Sexy bartender! So, I'll be in LA for a bit. What will I have to do to see some hot porn stars on stage?

[Guest EXPAT]

You'll have lots of choices. But don't just limit youself to pornstar nights at these bars. They are usually disappointments. MJs on Tuesday and Fridays have the most dancers with anywhere from 12-20 dancers each night.

Micky's always has dancers but they seem to have the same four or five dancers all the time but then they would be new to you. Be sure and seek out Mike at Micky's. He's a major hottie that knows how to work the crowd.

Chi Chi Larue hosts events at Here Bar and they have lots of dancers after 10 pm Friday.

Pick up an Odyssey when you are in town or look up "Frontiers in LA" magazine online and download the PDF version to check out the venues.

I've had the best luck with MJs when in town. (except for last night). I'd avoid the Jason Sechrest events. They tend to be disappointing.

[Guest EXPAT]

Turns out the headliner of this event was under 21 and MJs couldn't let him perform because they don't have an 18+ license I guess. Again, poor planning on Jason Sechrest's part for not knowing. And bad planning on MJs for double booking the evening anyway with line dancing too.

I'm always amazed at the lack of detail people who run businesses actually have. . .

[TampaYankee]

I'm always amazed at the lack of detail people who run businesses actually have. . .

ditto... Probably one of the more frequent reasons that so many small businesses fail.

[KYTOP]

Turns out the headliner of this event was under 21 and MJs couldn't let him perform because they don't have an 18+ license I guess. Again, poor planning on Jason Sechrest's part for not knowing. And bad planning on MJs for double booking the evening anyway with line dancing too.

I'm always amazed at the lack of detail people who run businesses actually have. . .

It would seem anyone that plans an event at a "bar" with someone under 21 would check things out before planning such an event. Which goes along with your last comment above. Looks like the bar was smart enough to check age id's.

[marcanthony]

It would seem anyone that plans an event at a "bar" with someone under 21 would check things out before planning such an event. Which goes along with your last comment above. Looks like the bar was smart enough to check age id's.

Never mind the promoter or host... even me as the customer I always ask... because the 18+ bars are where the cuties are!

[boiworship]

Never mind the promoter or host... even me as the customer I always ask... because the 18+ bars are where the cuties are!

Amen to that. I see that Jason Pitt has a Rentboy ad. I wonder what he'd be like. Any experience here? My problem sometimes with porn stars is that they gossip among themselves.