A recent story in the New York newspaper The Village Voice grabbed my attention. It was about a large New York dance club called Twilo, which this summer lost a long battle with the city to remain open.

New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been attacking the city's dance clubs in the name of "quality of life." A patron of Twilo died of a drug overdose after leaving the club last July, and now the city has succeeded in having Twilo's license to operate revoked. Not coincidentally, Twilo's two biggest competitors, Limelight and The Tunnel, have had their liquor licenses suspended by the state and also appear to be on the way out.

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