‘Then God said, “Hold my beer”’: The inside story of the night that changed L.A. clubs forever
LA TimesSound nightclub staff, from left, GM Artie Sinaplidis, owner Kobi Danan and bartender Shailee Ben-David. Then God said, “Hold my beer.” Christine Karayan, general manager of the Troubadour: I wasn’t really paying attention to the rest of the world, because when you do 12-hour days, you’re kind of insulated. We’re gonna be the first thing to close up.” Karayan: I remember my husband going, “You’ve got to be careful.” I’m like, “You’re blowing this all out of proportion. That’s going to send a ripple of panic throughout the crowd.” I just thought, “I have to go for it as hard as I can for these last couple of songs.” I felt like I had a responsibility to make people happy for the last 15 minutes of live music in L.A. Charley Tichenor, singer for Dirty Cakes, the last headliner at the Satellite: Even as we were prepping for the show, bartenders weren’t taking cash, and they were wearing gloves. Riskin: The community keeps calling, saying, “You’re going to reopen, right?” I say, “We’re trying, we’re trying.” There was a moment when we thought we wouldn’t.
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