Don’t be misled by the name: most of the musicians are fully plugged in and dangerous when they take to the intimate stage of the city’s leading live-music venue. And judging by the numbers that pack in, the local crowd just can’t get enough. It's at the end of the alley by the upended VW Beetle.
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