I solely define the scene as being the places and people outside my circles and my weekly routines so that I may get the warm fuzzy feeling of exclusion.

Yeah, practically speaking, it's true that there are plenty of other venues, including new ones, that can make up for any loss of shows there. And hopefully one or some of them will enlist Kyle's talents to do that. But in the last few paragraphs I was more trying to communicate that if it doesn't reopen it would be an emotional blow to the scene. There's a lot of history there, and it's a unique venue that a lot of people (not everyone, obviously) hold near and dear.

whats worse columbus bands or columbus bars

I thought it read Menards which made me laugh because no band is that bad.

I'm a Big Lots man.

Menards is sick

Yeah, Menards rules. This thread is stupid. Larry's sucked well before the doors finally closed. I'm outta here, PEACE!

Larry's totally sucked. The bathrooms were disgusting, the pool table had a bunch of pillars next to it which made it hard to play, the "stage" and "soundsystem" were terrible enough to require quotation marks, the service blew, the drink selection was mediocre, the booths were uncomfortable, the song "the man in me" ran on repeat, etc. It was a complete shithole. But man oh man if it wasn't my favorite shithole in the world.

I tried Menard's twice. Wanted to like it, but never got used it. I guess I'm a Lowe's guy. BTW, don't even try and enter through the exit. IT IS AN EXIT, NOT AN ENTRANCE. YOU WILL BE DENIED!!!!!!!

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I liked larry's more than any of ya'alls nards.

Menard's.......that's just south of Dick's, right?