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Kind of funny, really.

the sky(bar)'s gone out

The Skybar is closing :-(   This is a very sad thing, as with Anders doing the booking there it was one of the only venues in the city that was open to goth/dark/whathaveyou music.  From today's Herald:

Somerville's 8-year-old Sky Bar will host its final show July 15. The club's owner, Mike Qiu, has decided to expand the adjacent China Delight restaurant rather than bear the cost of installing a $40,000 sprinkler system to comply with safety regulations. Not surprisingly, New England clubs have faced more stringent inspections since the 2003 fire at the Station nightclub in Warwick, R.I.

"This is more than most people make in a year," [Anderson Mar] said of the sprinkler cost. "If (Qiu) expands the restaurant, he can get out of installing the sprinklers through a technicality."

"We'll have all kinds of crazy activities," she said. "I've been dealing with genres other venues wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. We were the only venue doing metal shows after O'Brien's closed (temporarily for renovations)."

Seven Sunless Days this Saturday

speaking of the Skybar, don't miss your last chance ever to see Seven Sunless Days when they play at the Skybar this Saturday, June 30.  They go on shortly after 10pm, so be there by 10 to be sure to catch them...

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Darn it--I had finally decided to order an in-stock costume from Dahlal that I'd been thinking about, and of course it's gone.  meh.  That will teach me to think before I commit hundreds of dollars on a whim!  So-o-o-o tempted by this Eman Zaki, but I'd definitely be rocking the Dina look in the one they have in stock and after my last experience I am not big on the idea of custom ordering from Eman Zaki again.  Still, though, it's gorgeous and if you ask me it's got me written all over it.

Why do I get costume fever the worst when I have no money at all?

aw

That whole assessment of Cedric and then the interchange between him and the judges is exactly why I have some genuine respect for SYTYCD.  That was honestly very moving.