Hades Nyasani, contributor
I started going to house shows when I was 14… I’ve seen the lifespan of tons of venues, sat half passed out on too many basement couches and spent hundreds of mornings after with sore feet and a lingering hurt in my cheeks from smiling. What unifies local shows and separates them from big concerts is largely rooted in place. Some may notice that recently we have had less physical spaces. This year marked the end of Como Backdoor and gave us our last Pink Place summer.
House venues exist in a transient space, but there is still a natural knee-jerk reaction when a venue you love is shutting down.
I sat down with my dear friend DJ Ladybug (Jo), who ran sound for Como Backdoor at one point. We chatted about the culture surrounding closing venues; “These places closing is always a bummer. I feel like all the venues I loved have closed, but these are rentals, and they can’t last forever.” Two years ago, houses like the now-defunct Laundry Room or garages like Cemetery Ridge were, according to Jo, “the coolest thing at the time.”…