RUNNERS-UP: Fabulous Thunderbirds, Timbuk 3, Cave Club opened, Z-102, Drinking age raised to 21, Liberty Lunch stayed open, Club Iguana stopped, Black Cat Lounge, It survived, Farm Aid II

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