[alexashka]

> ... it would be a huge loss to culture if the second style of club disappears

The 'second type' never disappears, it'll always keep going, because you can't make starving artist types disappear - they are already willing to be marginalized by the rest of society.

The particular groups and venues you are familiar with will disappear, but they always get replaced by a younger generation's thirst for self expression and community, willing to eat the shit sandwich of the starving artist lifestyle.

Don't worry, some people live to eat and breed, some people live to do their quirky thing and one of the quirky things some people just can't get enough of is music.

[neuronic]

Starving artists also have to pay rent and are usually not the ones running those clubs.

[alexashka]

Yup. They always seem to find somebody who appreciates their artistic expression and is willing to fund it, which's why they're starving artists, not starved to death artists ;)

I live next to a park. Who ever thought to spend money on parks. How do they not get their funding cut? I don't know, these things don't follow cold logic - some people just really want to have parks and find a way.

Music venues are like parks, nobody makes money but they just seem to get willed into existence - some things are beyond micro economics.