First up! Sanfran666co posted this very nice thing about us: Love Letter to the DNA Lounge. Awwww…

This month was a Patreon milestone, and not in a good way: this was the first month since January 2019 that I did not have to mail out any new Patreon cards. That’s right, this is the first month ever that we had zero new sign-ups… Patreon has been an extremely helpful channel for helping keep this club alive, so please tell your friends.

If you come to a couple shows a month, it’s a bargain. But it’s even more of a bargain if you only come to one show a year, because it leaves open the possibility that you will ever be able to see a show here again. Your membership helps ensures that the club will still be around when you need it in the future. (Do you want us to go the way of Oasis? Because otherwise that’s how we go the way of Oasis.)

And if you’re already a member, thank you for your ongoing support! Can you up your pledge by a few bucks?

I don’t want to jinx it, but we may have an incipient plumbing disaster brewing again, so… Patreon!

It has been a slow few months. Overall attendance has been down. Some folks are theorizing that people are staying home because they are depressed about our country’s ongoing self-immolation and speed-run toward fascism and economic collapse. Maybe, who knows. I don’t get that, though. Why be sad and drink alone at home when you could be sad and drink alone in a loud room full of strangers?

We’ve been trying a few new things, throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. We have a few flavors of “pop music from 10 years ago” that are sometimes clicking, and we’ve been trying a few variations of “latin party”. Sometimes the secret sauce with those is having both the words “Bad” and “Bunny” on the flyer, but sometimes that doesn’t help. Not really the same thing, but Gothicumbia has been killing it, though. Coming up this Saturday!

Every few months I read a breathless article about how the Hot New Trend With The Youth is dance parties that end by 10pm, so they can Get To Bed at a Reasonable Hour. This offends me deeply, because back in my day we twentysomethings and thirtysomethings went to work sleep deprived and hung over and we liked it that way. (We also stunk of other people’s cigarettes and I do not miss that.) Yes yes, Old Man Yells At Cloud, I know. Anyway, we tried throwing one of those last week and it flopped. Maybe we’ll try again.

And, here are some upcoming events, and some photos from recent parties: Buy tickets! In advance! Berate your friends!

Secret Attraction Micro Mania Wrestling Dale Duro Secret Psychedelica Sorry For Party Rocking SJ Random Access Star Crash Curse Mackey Cyberdelia Street Cleaner Nitzer Ebb

Faux toes…

Ascend Gothicumbia Hubba Hubba Vorlust Super Mario Bros '93 Hell Fire + Nefarious + Defiance After Life

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