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CHOP SUEY REPORTEDLY BEING EYED FOR PURCHASE BY LA ENTREPRENEURS

Capitol Hill Seattle blog reported on December 8 that Los Angeles club owner Erin Carnes and LA musician Brianna Rettig have designs on buying Capitol Hill club Chop Suey. Carnes currently runs the Escondite in downtown LA with Brian Houck. When contacted to find out what the status of the deal is, Rettig said: “Thank you for your interest. At this moment in time, I have no comment and neither does Erin Carnes or her partner Brian Houck.” Chop Suey talent buyer Jodi Ecklund told The Stranger that she’s been ordered by her boss “to cease all bookings starting January 20” as well as to cancel all future bookings. “I have no idea if the new owners plan to keep any of the current staff or not,” Ecklund said…

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Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when...