Comments on: John Leech, founder of Onyx Cafe, passes away http://blogging.la/2009/03/19/john-leech-founder-of-onyx-cafe-passes-away/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rollerzz http://blogging.la/2009/03/19/john-leech-founder-of-onyx-cafe-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-41016 rollerzz Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:01:51 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=23414#comment-41016 Yes, that's location #2, which was the best knwn and longest lived. I've got a shot somewhere that appeared in the Reader (I think)of the Vista location. I'll have to find it and scan it. Yes, that’s location #2, which was the best knwn and longest lived.

I’ve got a shot somewhere that appeared in the Reader (I think)of the Vista location. I’ll have to find it and scan it.

]]> By: silverlakebodhisattva http://blogging.la/2009/03/19/john-leech-founder-of-onyx-cafe-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-41015 silverlakebodhisattva Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:44:52 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=23414#comment-41015 As a frequent frequenter of the Onyx in all three or four incarnations, I sadly acknowledge that an era has truly ended, though some have picked up the torch. Not to be a stickler for my nostalgia or anything, but isn't that location #2 in the pic? Anyone have a pic of location #1, next to the Vista when it was still the Onyx? As a frequent frequenter of the Onyx in all three or four incarnations, I sadly acknowledge that an era has truly ended, though some have picked up the torch.

Not to be a stickler for my nostalgia or anything, but isn’t that location #2 in the pic? Anyone have a pic of location #1, next to the Vista when it was still the Onyx?

]]> By: waltarrrrr http://blogging.la/2009/03/19/john-leech-founder-of-onyx-cafe-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-41014 waltarrrrr Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:07:15 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=23414#comment-41014 Lucinda, the photog is Gary McCarthy. (Says so on the clip.) Lucinda, the photog is Gary McCarthy. (Says so on the clip.)

]]> By: waltarrrrr http://blogging.la/2009/03/19/john-leech-founder-of-onyx-cafe-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-41013 waltarrrrr Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:56:28 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=23414#comment-41013 Sad sad news. Happily, he and Cafe will not be forgotten. Just a few months ago, S.A. Griffin organized a 10 year Onyx reunion at the Tribal Cafe that brought back together many of the artists, poets, and musicians that held court at there. After all these years, I still won't go into Figaro out of respect to the Onyx after loosing that space 10 years ago. Once upon a time in Los Angeles, an espresso was a rarefied thing. (Yes, there was a time before there was a Starbucks on every corner.) A time when if you wanted to find a strong cup of coffee, hang your art on the wall, and rock an open mic meant going to Pasadena's E-Bar, or coming here, to The Onyx. With the Onyx Cafe, Fumiko Robinson and John Leech gave LA's underground scene a chance to crawl out and see the light of day. Los Angeles' cafe culture started here, and Leech's contribution to art, coffee, poetry, and music lives on in the lives that passed through that narrow Vermont Avenue storefront. Rest In Peace, and thanks for the memories. I'll tip better next time. Sad sad news. Happily, he and Cafe will not be forgotten. Just a few months ago, S.A. Griffin organized a 10 year Onyx reunion at the Tribal Cafe that brought back together many of the artists, poets, and musicians that held court at there. After all these years, I still won’t go into Figaro out of respect to the Onyx after loosing that space 10 years ago.

Once upon a time in Los Angeles, an espresso was a rarefied thing. (Yes, there was a time before there was a Starbucks on every corner.) A time when if you wanted to find a strong cup of coffee, hang your art on the wall, and rock an open mic meant going to Pasadena’s E-Bar, or coming here, to The Onyx. With the Onyx Cafe, Fumiko Robinson and John Leech gave LA’s underground scene a chance to crawl out and see the light of day. Los Angeles’ cafe culture started here, and Leech’s contribution to art, coffee, poetry, and music lives on in the lives that passed through that narrow Vermont Avenue storefront. Rest In Peace, and thanks for the memories. I’ll tip better next time.

]]> By: rollerzz http://blogging.la/2009/03/19/john-leech-founder-of-onyx-cafe-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-41012 rollerzz Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:03:37 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=23414#comment-41012 Sad news indeed. I was fortunate enough to frequent The Onyx in all is locations and had the privilege of showing there in the early nineties. It is sorely missed, as John will be. Sad news indeed. I was fortunate enough to frequent The Onyx in all is locations and had the privilege of showing there in the early nineties. It is sorely missed, as John will be.

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