Would You Believe That James Dolan Allegedly Kicked A Reporter Out Of A JD & The Straight Shot Show?
NY Post- Even if it’s not at a Knicks game, you’re never safe from James Dolan’s wrath. Polly Mosendz, a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek, says she was kicked out of the Paramount, a small theater in Huntington, where Dolan’s blues band, JD & the Straight Shot, was performing.
“He was not happy that a reporter had come to see his show,” Mosendz wrote Friday morning. “He said he hadn’t authorized an interview and that I wasn’t allowed to be there — despite this being a public show in a public venue — and repeatedly insisted that his music was not about him and therefore should not be mentioned in the article (an article about a CEO whose company happens to run one of the world’s most significant music venues). “At one point, he flipped my notebook closed. Finally he stormed off and summoned security guards to make me leave. When I protested, one of them offered me cash to cover the cost of my ticket. He said that while removing reporters was not the venue’s policy, Dolan was the headliner and could make such requests. Actually, Matt Costa played last, Sorry to have missed you, Matt.”
Businessweek had contacted Dolan for an article about his tenure as owner of the Knicks and he declined comment. Mosendz bought a $38 ticket to see the show to add a paragraph on the band for the larger feature story on Dolan. The band was second on a three-act bill. Mosendz approached Dolan before his set, but he quickly had her removed, insisting that since his music was not about the team, it should not be included in the article.
No offense to Polly Modendz and this little “Bloomberg” publication she works for. But her account sounds nothing like something James Dolan would do. I can’t believe it! I shan’t believe it! I don’t think I have to say another word to describe my disbelief after using shan’t! This all must be Fake News.
Wait, what was that?
Oh yeah, this is the EXACT kind of gutless move that Lil Kazoo Jimmy would pull. The only thing that gets James Dolan off more than being in charge of bad music/basketball is kicking out the idiots that paid to watch that bad music/basketball. It doesn’t matter if the person paid for a ticket or if kicking her out knocked the paid attendance into single digits. James Dolan will take that silver spoon out of his mouth and toss you like Cowboy Joe West, even if he technically isn’t allowed to because his shitty band wasn’t the headliner. I mean listen to this song. Does it sound like something a headliner would sing?
JK, I would never subject Stoolies’ ears to that trash or give that overprivileged Ewok’s band a play. Fuck him and everything his itchy ejection trigger fingers touch.