More on the situation at Back Room, from another extremely well-placed source:
re The Back Room- I could have told you this 3 weeks ago. The day after the hostile purchase, all staff members, especially those who had opened the bar, came in to find the place padlocked-None were allowed back in to get their stuff. Apparently the police had to come to cut the locks, but I heard that part 3rd hand.As much fun as it is to see the situation escalate from a difference of opinion to a full-on 'hostile purchase,' we do hope no celebrities were harmed in the process.
· Breaking: Tim Robbins Out at Back Room? [~E~]
UPDATE: Another report: "The story I heard from one of the bar's neighbors is that Johnny is and always has been OK with the B&T crowd, Tim Robbins pulled out because of the excessive amounts of nose powdering going on in the bathrooms, and he was warned not to have his name associated with that."
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