A piece in The Age about the closure of the Continental Cafe, and
another one by local music-scene figure Stephen Cummings.
(Interesting that they mention that the Espy and the Punters Club are
rumoured to be under threat of closure. The Espy, by the million-dollar
foreshore of of hyper-yuppified, de-souled St Kilda, has had packs of
predatory developers circling it like vultures for ages.
St Kilda, formerly home to artists, bohemians and other scruffy lowlife, is
rapidly turning into the new South Yarra, and in general, most
of the live-band-venue scene south of the Yarra has been replaced by boutique
DJ bars and things more polished and upmarket than the vaguely grungy,
Dionysian phenomenon of rock band venues.)
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