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I will probably get there around 6:30 raver. . . and I know tiny gets out of work at 5, hopefully she can make it!

God Bless Photoshop!

In no way is the content of tiny's sig to be interpreted as evidence of any scandalous act, imagined or otherwise. Maybe

Sorry Shady, the wing deal is only Tuesday nights. . .

Tuesday Night 6 or 7-ish Big Hunt Cheap Beer and cheaper wings Who's up for it?

:D

I don't think I've seen any of these kids ('cept tiny) in normal light

Tiny, I am *so* there! If I start to backpedal on this, tie me up and throw me in the car!

I'm glad you made it in tiny - should have known you'd go back for a second try!

I'm *so* sorry you guys! I hope you at least get a refund. . .and party doubly hard for Danny tonight!

It's OK Rocky - we've got St. Patty's Day to drink our frustration away!

Maybe it's merely a publicity stunt for. . .

Damn, it is the end of a wacky week. . .I thought you meant outer space. . . derrrrr.

Those wacky Wheaton kids. . . CHRISTIAN U. TAKES 1-2-3 STEP FORWARD February 21, 2003 They still can't have sex or booze it up, but students at the super-strict Wheaton College finally have permission to dance. The evangelical Christian school - whose graduates include the Rev. Billy Graham - also has loosened up with faculty members and graduate students, allowing them to smoke and drink alcohol. The changes came after the school's board of trustees feared the school might be violating a 1991 Illinois law that sets limits on how much employers can regulate the private lives of their workers. "Drinking and tobacco use are none of the college's business," said board spokeswoman Pat Swindle. Trustees then decided that even though the law wouldn't apply to their students, a little dancing would be OK. Still, any students caught in the sack or downing a cocktail can be expelled. "We pretty much think it's a good change, something that was long overdue," said Lisa Nudd, 21, editor of the campus newspaper, the Record. "I know I danced off-campus with my boyfriend. It was nice."

What about him?

. . . 65 . . . unbelievable

Some of the smaller side streets and residential streets (at least here on the Hill) are still messy and cars are trapped behind the giant plowed-snow banks. . .

It seems kinda like a 9:30 Club - type venue, but smaller. Horribly sad. *edit* they just upped the toll to at least 54. . . Nightclub fire kills at least 39 Rhode Island concert's pyrotechnics eyed as cause WEST WARWICK, Rhode Island (CNN) --At least 39 people died at a concert late Thursday after a fire -- ignited by an indoor pyrotechnics display -- destroyed a Providence, Rhode Island-area nightclub, officials said. "Quite a few more" bodies remain in the smoldering ruins of the Station club in West Warwick, said Peter Brousseau, the West Warwick chief of police. "The building was well involved inside of three minutes," said Fire Chief Charlie Hall, who told reporters that the building had no sprinklers because its relatively small size didn't require them. The fire broke out around 11 p.m. Thursday at a concert featuring the 1980s metal group Great White, known for its hit song "Once Bitten, Twice Shy." One of the group's guitarists, Ty Longley, was among the missing. "I'm so sad. It's just such a tragedy. I'm really shocked right now," said Great White lead singer Jack Russell in an emotional interview Friday morning. At least 168 people were injured in the fire and taken to nearby hospitals, according to hospital officials. Several were flown to the nearest burn centers in Massachusetts. Hall said most of the bodies have been recovered from near the front entrance of the building and that the fire itself was "the main contributing factor" to their deaths. "Human nature being what it is, they tried to go out the same way they came in" and were trapped, Hall said. "That was the problem." All of the building's four fire exits were functioning, he said, and firefighters arrived quickly and managed to rescue about 100 people. Hall also said the building's capacity was 300, and fewer people than that number were at the club. The Station passed its fire inspection on December 31, 2002, with some minor violations that were corrected, Hall said. Brousseau said investigators, searching the nightclub's charred site for more victims and to determine how the blaze spread so quickly, were waiting for the arrival of some heavy equipment to move unstable parts of the destroyed building. He said the investigation had so far revealed that the club probably did not have a permit for the band's fireworks as required by state law, but could not say if the club, the band or both would eventually be held responsible. Video shot by CNN affiliate WPRI showed Great White performing as on-stage fireworks went off in the background. As the crowd cheered, fire engulfed the wall behind the stage and quickly spread. Some didn't realize fire not intentional Initially, fans casually made their way toward the exit. Then panic broke out, according to videographer Brian Butler, who was taping the rock concert for a story on nightclub safety. "It was that fast. As soon as the pyrotechnics stopped, the flame had started on the egg-crate [foam] backing behind the stage and it just went up the ceiling and people stood and watched it," Butler said. The video showed piles of people lying on top of each other, trying to push their way out of the club. "Some people were already trying to leave and others were just sitting there going 'Yeah that's great!' and I remember that statement because I was like, 'This is not great, this is time to leave,'" the videographer said. As the flames spread inside the one-story building, band members jumped off the stage and joined the crowd, heading toward the exit. "We rarely use pyrotechnics," Russell told WCVB-TV. "We use them when we get permission from the club." Longley, the missing guitarist and a Pennsylvania native, has been playing with the band for three years. "We're still looking for him," Russell said. "I'm going to check the hospitals. That's my main concern right now is to find him. After 25 years in show business, nothing like this has ever happened." "What do you say? Gee, I'm sorry? That just doesn't cut it," the lead singer said. "There're no words to express how I feel right now. I'm devastated." Technician: No supervisor during show The Station's stage technician Paul Vanner told WPRI he was not aware that the band planned to use fireworks. Vanner said the club has had on-stage pyrotechnics at past concerts, but there has always been a licensed expert to supervise the fireworks. He said no one was on stage to supervise Thursday night's show. At least 52 people were taken to nearby Kent Hospital, most in serious to critical condition with first, second and third-degree burns, a hospital spokesman said. Four patients were then flown to Boston and Worcester, Mass. Rhode Island's Gov. Don Carcier called the incident a "terrible, terrible tragedy." "There are going to be all kinds of questions about 'How could this happen?' 'Why did this happen?' 'How was this allowed to occur?'" the governor said. "The fire marshal says it was not permitted. So why did this go on?" On Monday, 21 people died and more than 50 were injured in a stampede at a Chicago nightclub, after a security guard used pepper spray to break up a fight. The worst nightclub fire in U.S. history occurred November 28, 1942, at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. That inferno, fed by decorations in the ritzy nightspot, left 492 people dead. Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/21/deadly.nightclub.fire/index.html

More info. - I think UP! is cursed. . . Last Update: ========= First off, State Side would like to thank those of you that supported VISION, as well as other parties we've thrown in the past. After much thought and deliberation we've decided to end VISION and start a new party, with an old feeling, and a new direction. Vision has ended for a number of reasons, including issues with the venue. Luckily, we were able to work out misunderstandings with the venue to create a better format for a new party. This night will not have any limitations. We will be booking everything from: Techno, House, Trance, Progressive, 2 Step, Breakbeat, and D'n'B (we will NOT have D'n'B on any weeks that VOLUME is going on as to not conflict with the highly respected VOLUME dj's.) The name of the night will be "REVIVAL", which we find fitting considering the state of the EDM scene in Washington, DC. We will be taking over the 2nd level of Pollyesther's. We are adding sound and lighting to this room. It's a huge room with the potential capacity of 1000. We are also looking to potentially host a second room. It will take your support, as always, to get us to that point. "Revival" will kick off on March 7th with DOC MARTIN. We are vigorsly working with top talent agencies to book top artists in america to play at this event. You will NOT be let down with what we are coming up with The entrance to this venue will be the door right next to UP! Nightclub.

That shouldn't be too hard, being Baltimore and all.

Off topic - the degeneration of this thread, for some strange reason, reminded me of this:

I refuse to have a pic of my own ass as an avatar. Gimme a shot of yours and maybe I'll change it.