They didn't have to do this. They didn't have to stop by and talk to the people who where collected to remember the guy. But they did. I've never heard of a fire department doing that. It was welcome.

One of the officers mentioned that the two of them were friends with Officer Brenton who was killed on Halloween. Ben's friends got condolences from the officers. The officers gave condolences to Ben's friends. They told me that it's been a hard week all around. They're right.

"Once word leaked to real estate circles and other people, we started getting offers to buy the club, we're open to the idea, and we have a couple guys who have made offers to buy the club as is."

"I've had that space since i was 19, so there's a part of me that is gripping onto it, and a part of me that would love to let it go. I guess we'll see."

Asked if he thinks the odds are good of the club being bought and maintained as is, Lalario says, "If I'm a betting man, I would say so, but the way things are in this world who knows what'll happen.

"Either way, November 29th is our last public party, and everyone who's ever DJ'd or been through is going to come play. And it'll be a McGinn/Holmes fundraiser—thank god for McGinn—to help them cover campaign debts. Even on my last night, I can't make any money."

Club spokesperson Kerri Harrop agrees that chances are “pretty strong” that a buyer will step up to take over the club as is.

The War Room is dead, long live the War Room? More news as this develops.

Hello friends.

It is with no joy that I bring you this news. On November 30, the current War Room ownership will shutter its doors. The future of the venue remains to be determined.

On a professional level, I hate to see a good club close down.

On a personal level, my heart is nearly broken. The War Room has been the best clubhouse imaginable, for more than a minute. I celebrated my 40th birthday there. My 38th, too. We’ve ushered in great political change in that room, and said goodbye to dear friends under its roof.

And, we have partied our balls off up in that piece.

Full press release after the jump.

Was it the missing $100,000 that some say is the reason the Satellite closed? Is it a mountain of pure Columbian cocaine? Is it the brain of Courtney Love?

Here's what was inside:

THE NIGHT THE MUSIC DIED: SEATTLE NIGHTLIFE TO OBSERVE A "MINUTE OF SILENCE" IN FEAR OF TOM CARR'S RE-ELECTION

Seattle nightlife establishments from throughout the City are scared of what will happen if Tom Carr is re-elected on November 3. How scared? In an effort to raise awareness of City Attorney Tom Carr's anti-nightlife policies — and to emphasize the importance of a safe and vibrant nightlife — bar, live music venue and nightclub owners will observe a "minute of silence" on Friday, October 23, 2009, at 11:30 PM.

For one minute, nightlife as we know it will cease to exist in Seattle. Participating establishments will use a portion of this minute to inform their patrons of Carr's anti-nightlife policies and the importance of electing his opponent Pete Holmes. Carr, a longstanding opponent of the nightlife industry and the mastermind behind Operation Sobering Thought — a botched "sting" operation that cost the taxpayers over $50,000 and resulted in zero convictions — has continued his efforts to hamper nightlife and the arts as the election approaches.

Many in the nightlife community believe it is the ultimate goal of Carr's office to shut down bars and nightclubs in the City of Seattle, thereby decimating an industry that employs thousands of people and generates nearly $100 million in annual tax revenue.

The Stranger and the Seattle Times over the past week have been giving extensive coverage to the issue of nightlife. The bar, venue and club owners have been particularly fearful in the wake of blistering attacks from Carr's office that occurred at a meeting on October 6 on Capitol Hill. At that meeting, a member of Carr's office threatened to stop pedestrians on the street to find out where they were drinking and then use the information collected to issue citations and possibly revoke the licenses of those nightlife establishments.

"A vote for Carr is a vote against nightlife," said Crocodile Café owner Marcus Charles. "If you want someone who is pro-consensus, pro-music, and pro-arts then Pete Holmes is the only choice." Charles has decided to join the event and to take it one step further: The Crocodile will close down for the entirety of Friday night.

Participating in the Minute of Silence will be the Crocodile Café, Neumos, Moe Bar, Havana, The Saint, Trinity, The Sunset Tavern, Tractor Tavern, Cha Cha Lounge, Bimbos, Baltic Room, Rendezvous, Del Rey, Shorty's, Spitfire Grill, Venom, Amber, Funhouse, Nectar, High Dive, The Red Door, ToST, Skylark Café and Club, Trinity, Cowgirls inc., Tractor Tavern, Sunset Tavern, Lock and Keel Inn, War Room, Century Ballroom, R Place, Seattle Eagle, Quinns Pub, and many others.

"Music and nightlife makes a city great, plain and simple," said Havana owner Quentin Ertel. "Nobody wants to live in a ghost town."

As a show of support, the marquee at Showbox Market will be dark all night.

Read more about Carr vs. Bars here.

photos, Kelly O. Tons more to come.

• Pony, September 2009

I know I originally said August 22nd, then Sept 2nd, but now it's confirmed, as of 27 minutes ago:

I wish I could show you more pictures, like the one above, but the owners would rather you just come and see for yourself. I can say, however, the walls have lots of pretty pictures much like the first Pony, the Big Gay Air Hockey Table™ is even bigger and gayer than the old one, the bathrooms look like Klaus Nomi threw up on them, most of the seating is made from recycled church pews, and the bar itself, well, the bar kinda looks like a giant curved penis. I mean, not that I know what a giant curved penis looks like, but I'm guessing.

• Pony, August 2007

Also of note, attendees on Thursday are encouraged to "dress slutty". There may or may not be a stripper pole somewhere in there.

all photos © Kelly O

* August 22 is the proposed opening night. Still to be confirmed.

Know of a show or other nightlife that you think should be on Line-Out? Email mhickey at the stranger dot com.

Photos, Kelly O. Tons more after the jump...

Well, yes. Of course. Whatever. But this is only half-true! HALF TRUE!

Yes, the notion that Line Out is exclusively musical has been reinforced over lo these many years by Line Out remaining freshly and relentlessly crammed to its musical crannies with exclusively music-related posts. Indeed.

But the WHOLE weird truth—the ENTIRE story is this: Line Out is also THE NIGHTLIFE Stranger Blog. Nightlife! Seattle Nightlife! Not just music. Line Out was birthed so you could discover not only nuggety treasures of any and everything music and music-related, but also news of CLUB NIGHTS and BARS sometimes and NIGHTLIFE PERSONALITIES and BARS occasionally and DRINKING and BARS maybe and DANCING and all the drunken moonlight ravings of the lunatic night! Every night. Almost. (My liver has threatened to walk out—I'm not pushing.) That's why I'm here. And it's why I'm posting about those things.

So what I’m trying to so strongly impress upon you here is this: the next time I post something here (on LINE OUT!) about wandering drunk through Ballard or getting man-balled (whatever that is) at The Bit Saloon or braving a cadre of improving drag queens for the sake of a well-stocked cash bar or that Modest Mouse baked me a plate of fucking muffins (although that one was kind of music related and had nothing to do with nightlife…um…), and a bunch of jackassess rush to The Comments (which I never read) with, “That had absolutely nothing to do with MUSIC,” and/or “That was in NO WAY MUSIC RELATED” or whatever, I’m gonna cut me some bitches. CUT. Me. Some BITCHES.

Do we understand each other? I thought so.

Say it with me, now: LINE OUT=NIGHT LIFE. ADRIAN=probably pretty damn GAY nightlife.

And thank you. I’m sorry I had t be so stern.

And no, of course I don’t read comments. Don’t be ridiculous.

CUT, CUT, CUT!!!

Floating mysteriously above some really cute guys making spider roll...

While several of these amazing nutmegy things...

Warm my stomach and make me tyPe funny. But I already drank them all up, so there's just no picture. Sorry.

Say what you will about Cha Cha and Bimbo’s being lousy with hipster douches (I know many of you can’t chugalug enough of that Hatorade), you can’t deny that the music the employees play there is often extraordinary.

Thank you.

Even if you despise karaoke as a general rule (and trust me, I do), could you really fail to appreciate the glasses- and side-part-wearing white guy who did all the dramatic runs in "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" by Boyz II Men not once but TWICE on Wednesday night? I think not. And oh yes, in case you're wondering, Vanessa made it to the next round—she's hell bent on making it to Finland for the Karaoke World Championships and if you think you can take her down, I guess we'll see you next Wednesday.

Also, early head’s up: Derrick May plays Neumos July 3.

"Friend of mine is coming into town for the weekend, and wants to drink exclusively in bars that have rocking jukeboxes. The only ones with pretty sweet jukeboxes I could remember where Linda's on Cap Hill and the Mars Bar. And it's been a while, so I could really use your help!"

Jeff Kirby addressed this on Line Out years ago. He said Wong's Kitchen in Wedgwood has "what might be the one of the best jukeboxes in town." Other commenters recommended Shorty's, the Redwood, Mecca, and Poggie's Tavern. It's been a couple years, though. Things might have changed. So who's got the most awesome jukebox in the city?