In the 1990’s I was a frequent patron at The Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax in Hollywood. Then two things happened that told me I should take a break:  1) I had seen all the Buster Keaton movies (many of them with enjoyable friend Joe Stafford in tow) and 2) A contract killer shot and killed the owner-operator during a screening.

In the years since, things have changed a bit at The Silent Movie. (And for an informative and delightful history of the theatre, click here (about recent changes), and here which also covers the murder and fallout.) For one thing, it’s not so silent. Because now that’s where Sinead O’Connor is going to be performing in July. What Ms. O’Connor has to do with either movies or silence eludes me (although hats off to someone for this very odd idea). Does the world get stranger and stranger, or is it just me?

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