Ace Venture

"Jesus, do you always drink this way?" I ask her.

She smiles and lifts her shoulders and lets them drop slowly. "I guess so."

Paolo Vescia

Johnny Ace: From left, Brian Stylz, Joey, Andy Madison and Fido with dancers Leah and Page whoop it up in the kitchen at Bailey's.

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Yet somehow Betty retains an optimistic bounce in her walk and her dancing. She is not yet ruined by circumstance, the perversions of adulthood. But she's the patron saint of self-destruction.

Madison calls me on Haugen's phone and says not to use names of the bands they were bagging on earlier. His words slur.

Haugen moves in and scores with Betty.

The glimmering night is over.

Johnny Ace is scheduled to perform on Friday, July 21, at Hollywood Alley in Mesa. Showtime is 9 p.m.