Will The Phoenix rise from the ashes?

[First filed: May 23, 2010 @ 1:23
Second filing: May 24, 2010 @ 8:45]

The sign on the door of The Phoenix this Saturday has sent shockwaves through Canberra.
“DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THE PHOENIX IS CLOSED TEMPORARILY”
Some have been saying the power got turned off. And yet there were lights on inside.
Others would note that the once [...]

Burning down the Waldorf

To the great Canberra list of regrettable facebook groups let us welcome If the Waldorf does to Transit Bar what it did to Toast, I’ll burn it down.
RiotACT advises against joining the group, or burning down the least loved corporate component of the Canberra night life.
The description reads thusly:
This is a group for people who [...]

Chrome announced for April

[ 4 April, 2009; ]

Canberra’s number 1 display of corsetry has announced plans for April’s outing by the children of the night:

After a great Black and White party that stretched the DJs to their limits Chrome is back to “normal” with Resident DJs and and another Chrome virgin Guest DJ BadPauly!

The Chrome Corps will march through fields of gothic [...]

Nothing known on Civic violence, no answers suggested.. Quick do something

Yesterday’s Canberra Times had an odd piece with Simon Corbell promising to do, er, well, something.
Something about drunks in Civic.
Simon admits in the article that he doesn’t know if things are getting better or worse and still has no idea what he’ll do.
ACT Policing’s Michael Chew knows what he’d like:
Superintendent Michael Chew said introducing [...]