Competetion in business is ordinarily a good thing, but what I do is far from ordinary. I'll keep y'all posted as much as I can if anything develops there.
That's not why I posted, though I suppose it's a tangent. What really bothers me is finding out things still happening that could've been prevented if I'd been there. Now, L.A. is a big place, and being everywhere at once is foolish and impossible for the best of us, but I like to do what I can. I found this article in the Didier Wing, a newspaper for a decent-sized city just a few miles outside of L.A. but is often overlooked.
Didier Wing wrote:
by Thomas Dascomb
Psychics Fail to Predict Antique Organ Destruction
During the third week of August, people coming from all walks of life came together to celebrate the New Age Grandstand Art Exhibit, a conglamoration of New Age Psychic readings and merchandise held once a year at Didier City Square. Though it is free to enter, those wishing to actually share psychic talent or sell merchandise must be approved by the city council or invited by them. This year, visitors got their fortunes read or their futures told by renowned psychics such as the veteran Angel Kaiser, Bellaire Call, and Amer Coffin. Newcomers Mitten Bradshaw and Harly Fortecue were especially popular this year, too. Merchandise offered included pieces of art ranging from wind chime crystals to paintings and sculptures by the likes of Amy Kinder, Robert McTracy, and Jamie Baerlewis.
But no one--whether new psychic or comfortable regular--could have predicted the catastrophe that rocked the landscape of art and music alike. The famed Organ of Lagarst, fashioned by none other than the composer and world famous Bela Lagarst himself before he died in 1901, was destroyed when it fell thirteen stories from the top of Newsley Congretional Church, where movers had stowed it for the night before they would take it to the new owner's private collection. Witnesses claim to have seen a young woman wearing glasses and toting a thin stick, and an old man frequently visiting the secured site where the priceless antique was kept, but police officers have yet to identify them or press charges. Janice Hotchkiss, CEO of the H&L Agency and recent buyer of the Nightlander Hotel chain, has generously offered not to press charges, but urges the culprits to come forward and seek professional help.
The Lagarst Organ has always been shrouded in mystery. Some claim it is cursed. Others insist it was the inspiration behind the Hinners Organ, only darker and more gothic.
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I'm not sure how or if this even relates to the Lazlo Society, but there's something odd about this event. Maybe it's the fact that the story's already been removed from the news listing. It was lucky I got this first part down, since parts one, two and three have already been removed. Has anyone heard about this supposed art exhibit thing?
