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Don’t look now, but live music is again flourishing on Sixth Street. The lushly appointed Capitol Drafthouse (pictured), once known as the original Mercury and before that the White Rabbit, last month joined the Flamingo Cantina, Vibe, Bigsby’s, Ritz Upstairs, Rockstars, and the Parish as original-music oases on cover-band/dance-club row. Frat boys, oblivious, downed another collective Jell-O shot.
This article appears in March 12 • 2004.
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