The Bottom Line, the legendary New York venue which showcased acts from Joan Baez to The Police, officially shut down last week after losing a financial battle with its landlord, New York University. “For a music lover the place always seemed too good to last. The Bottom Line was a grand anomaly among clubs: a place where the music came first. In the end, it seemed, its owners weren’t greedy enough.”
Tag: 01.26.04
Hobbits And Cubicle Drones Win Big At The Globes
The Golden Globe Awards were as unpredictable as ever last night, with the critically acclaimed Cold Mountain getting all but shut out despite leading the field in nominations, and the final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy taking home four awards, including best dramatic film and best director for Peter Jackson. On the television side of the slate, the satirical BBC sitcom The Office, which airs only on a little-known cable network in the U.S., was the surprise winner of best comedy, and also garnered an acting award for the show’s creator and star, Ricky Gervais.