Another One Down

Another story I missed last Friday (and all weekend, for that matter) was the last gasp of L.A. City Beat, the smallish alternative weekly. They’re dead, buried, a memory. I was going to use “financially afflicted” as an adjective, but is there any print publication anywhere that isn’t sliding down the slope?

The only reason I picked up City Beat year after year was to read the esteemed film critic Andy Klein, and when they whacked Klein last January in a cost-cutting move I said to myself, “The hell with these guys.” I was actually thinking of a scene in Out of the Past when Jane Greer hopes for the quick death of Kirk Douglas . To which Robert Mitchum replies, “Give him time.”

9 thoughts on “Another One Down

  1. Agreed. Andy Klein was the only reason to ever pick up the City Beat, and I haven’t read it once since he was let go. I guess in hindsight it’s a good thing he got out when he did.

  2. While Andy was the MAIN reason to read it, I’d dispute that he was the only one. Steve Appleford, Natalie Nichols, Dennis Romero, Andrew Gumbel, Mick Farren…plenty of talent passed through.

    After Appleford was fired, though…only Andy was left. After he was fired, indeed nothing.

  3. While Andy was the MAIN reason to read it, I’d dispute that he was the only one. Steve Appleford, Natalie Nichols, Dennis Romero, Andrew Gumbel, Mick Farren…plenty of talent passed through.

    After Appleford was fired, though…only Andy was left. After he was fired, indeed nothing.

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